Hi all! Happy Friday! Let's start this week off with a bang!
I am a Christian (my disclaimer), but you do or don't do whatever it is you do or don't want to do! This is Easter weekend, and I wanted to share some clips that are associated with the holiday, but aren't too Christian-heavy-handed.
The first clip this week is an absolute gem. Ben -Hur was from the era of absolute epic movies. Yes, it gets really Christiany at the end, and Charlton Heston's gun worship is its own discussion, but the movie itself has a lot of wonderful all-time classic movie scenes, and the story of a betrayed man clawing himself back from condemnation (a Hollywood trope) has never been done better than when Ben-Hur returns to confront Messala. This leads to one of the most iconic scenes in all of movie history, the chariot race scene.
I can't even imagine watching this in 1959 on a mega-wide screen. The work this one scene took is astounding, and the race builds and builds to absolute perfection. I do recommend the original Ben-Hur movie, if you are so inclined.
Next up is a quick video from The Peanuts 'It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown.' In my mind, it's not the holiday unless Snoopy is dancing with bunnies.
