death, taxes, and a toast

[sergebroom]

Tonight, Turner Classic Movies is showeing 1959's Ben-Hur:

While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ

I'm sure a lot more happens than that. I probably won't watch it though. I usually save it for Easter.

I just finished breakfast, which consisted of two slices of burnt toast with peanut butter. I guess I can't procrastinate any further. Time to go back to getting the tax stuff ready for our consultant. Quite a taxing task.

Comments

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

I once watched most of Ben-Hur because it was on and I was bored. The Jesus Christ bit at the end came out of *nowhere*-- I was not expecting it at all.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

As for myself, I love the movie(*), and not just because it's one of the first movies I ever saw on the Big Screen. But it has two big flaws. One is the woman Ben-Hur is supposed to be in love with. The other problem is a structural one: the story was about Ben-Hur and Messala, and anything after that was resolved felt assymetrical. Sure, the story is touted as "A Tale of the Christ", but...

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(*) So does Martin Scorsese, apparently. Heheheh...