Ben-Hur

Title: Ben-Hur
Year: 1959
Director: William Wyler
Writer: Karl Tunberg, based on the novel by Lew Wallace
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Distinctions: Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Griffith), Best Cinematography (color), Best Score, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (color), Best Costume Design (color), Best Special Effects, Best Editing and Best Sound; Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay; currently #138 on IMDb's Top 250
Length: 212 minutes
Synopsis: a Hebrew prince and his family are imprisoned by the Romans on false charges
How I saw it: online (streaming from Netflix), yesterday
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh).
Objective Rating: 4/10 (gets points for concept, characters, cinematography and music) c. 2.1/4 (Okay).

Pretty tedious. You could cut it down to two hours without losing anything. There are a number of lengthy segments which do nothing but show off armies of extras. The climax is about a half hour before the end of the movie.