Richard's Analysis of "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ"

Throughout the reading of Richard's analysis of 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" I don't find myself disagreeing with him. I enjoy how he explains the process that went into the making of the film. It was not easy and there were many occasions where they had to start from scratch, with a new director, new cast, and new sets; making the film stand out to me. Before even talking about the plot and meaning of the film, he went into all the aspects, including the outcome and impact of the movie. With his summary of the story he seemed to cover the main points that the story is about. Focusing on the aspects of Christianity and Imperial Rome and what came about of Ben-Hur and Messala, and a star of the film, Jesus. The summary gave clear vision on the meaning of the story. He covered all the selling points and factors of the film that were important to making it the production it came to be. In comparing the 1926 to the 1959 film I am unable to speak on, because I haven't seen the 1959 version. I would have liked to read more about the incident of the accidental fire and accidental chariot crash. Overall, I agree with Richard's analysis of the film, everything I read about was important to the understanding of "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."