Ben-Hur/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement: Everybody knows about the movie, few have read, or even heard about the book.
 * Alas, Poor Villain: Messala.
 * Awesome Music: Miklos Rozsa for the win. Big Fucking Movie gets Big Fucking Score.
 * Ending Fatigue: You'd think the story would end with Judah winning the chariot race.
 * Tear Jerker
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: Even today the sea battle sequence is spectacular, to say nothing of the chariot race.