Ben-Hur Your Eyes Are Full of Hate, Forty-One

[eddievenegas]

Someone please post the scene in the dungeon when they find out that Ben Hur's Mother and Sister are LEPERS.

[WhipMate]

How better to sculpt that perfect torso - hard physical labor, a good sweat, and the incentive of the lash. Where do I sign the dotted line?

[enterBJ40]

thares nothing like hate to keep you motivating!! LOL...

great of greatest movie ever!!!

[argentpachyderm]

Such an incredible movie.

[bienenpabst]

looks like that"konsul" WAS A GOOD JOOB!

[hlnl56]

What I love about this movie, my favorite, by the way, is that it's not computerized. It doesn't look fake. The people are genuine and so are the costumes. Amazing and THE best movie ever made!

[liesrbentruth]

Spoken like a verizon supervisor....

[11bangmedic91]

OH MAN! IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH I ENJOYED THIS SCENE. I EVEN QUOTE IT OCCASIONALLY. IT'S COOL TO SEE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT THIS APPEALS TO. THANKS FOR UP LOADING IT!!

[VingadorAzul1]

He looks like my boss.

[Dac719]

Question...why did Arrius whip Ben Hur for no apparent reason? All he did was answer his questions. If I was in that place and he whipped me for no reason, I would have said "what the f**k are you doing, man?" Then, I probably would have grabbed the whip and whipped him back, saying "how do you like it?"

[MARGARELON]

@Dac719 And then the guards would kill you. End of the movie. ^^

He whips him, to test him. He's impressed by a slave that can survive so long.

[Dac719]

@MARGARELON See blusmile1's comment below. If the guards kill me, that would happen to avenge me.

[MARGARELON]

@Dac719 Still, there would be a better time and place to start a slave rebellion. That was the whole point of this scene and the answer to your question. Ben Hur knows better, than to let his emotions controll his actions.

[blusmile1]

Now!

I grab him from the neck #7-8 9 take soldier down!

42-43-44-45 all together now!!

Revolution lets kick they're buts!

[Lahoreumar]

"Hate keeps a man alive ...... it gives him strength". The strength of fighting spirit which a person weilds during times of adversity is a stark measure of one's stoic fortitude.

[adying]

i wish 47 (Agent 47 : hitman) was there back in those times .....then lets who gets the whip....

[Tony63909]

Did the Roman have the ill galley slave replaced for humanitarianism, or to make the rowers more efficient?

[Railriderchris]

@Tony63909 Surely to have better rowing performance (also if the ill man recovers). However, it is often said that historically there weren't slaves but trained rowers in those ships, because they couldn't allow the slightest lack of disciplin during a battle (rowing a trireme or a quinquereme has to be very difficult due to the small distance between the oars)

[benhurfanclub]

@Railriderchris Quite right. Rome never used slaves. Rowers were actually trained sailors and warriors. That way if things ever got heavy in battle, they could be relied on to fight also. Makes sense. If slaves were used, they'd turn on their masters at the first chance.

But nevertheless, it makes for a good story.

[Railriderchris]

@benhurfanclub Yes, and i like the part with the naval battle very much; it is still very rare to have movies with sea battles involving galleyships ;-)

[shortstopshep]

For some reason whenever he tells number 41 that hate gives a man strength I can picture the Emperor from Star Wars telling that to Anakin and Luke.

[MarcusFalco]

Hard labour, sweat and the lash also gives a man strength. What I'd give to be number 42!

[jripley31]

I'm pretty sure my favorite line of the movie is right after this clip ends... "We keep you alive to serve this ship, so row well... and live."  Does anyone else have a link to that scene?

[enterBJ40]

i dont. Actually we dont share the same boss!!!hehehe

[benhurfanclub]

Lotta hate in the Consul's eyes, too.

Another part well played, Jack.

[tinosnit]

I don't know why a consul would be on some ship during a war. It would be like Obama driving in a tank in Iraq.

[bursegsardaukar]

@tinosnit Must be his flagship or something. In the old days, the leaders, even kings, lead their army in the battlefield.

P.S. In the words of Lelouch from Code Geass if the king doesn't lead, his subjects won't follow.

[soup100]

@tinosnit

Actually, after the establishment of the Roman Empire, the consuls were merely a figurative representative of Rome’s republican heritage and held very little power and authority, with the emperor (Caesar) acting as the supreme leader. So it actually makes sense that a consul was on the ship. The only way your analogy makes sense is if Caesar himself was on the ship.

[jegspillerpiano]

'He's insubordinate, consul'.. "That will stop!" I remember that ever since seeing this for the first time as a 10yo. That is one bad ass introduction to a character.

[KCstreets]

the sound clip before the speaking begins is from the beginning of nightmare on elm street. cobhc!!

[TheWhitehall]

 "Your eyes are full of hate 41" Great stars Hawkins and Heston.

[DDAY44j]

I probably say "...hate keeps a man alive, it gives him strength," at least once a day

[EvilKatarn]

Awesome. I looked it up because it's in the beginning of the Children of Bodom song The Nail. Thanks for uploading this. He says it with so awesome pronounciation.

[charlesc300]

i will always remember that "hate keeps a man alive it gives him strength"

[PeekaPeep]

@charlesc300 It did for Darth Vader, lol.

;-p

[betterthinktwice86]

pure genius. all hail 41!

[rcossa1]

there's a great TCM commercial where little kids act this scene out in a school production of Ben-Hur

[TheMrBodom]

The Nail

[icx121]

hell yes.

[allezbordel]

Hehe

[cq9702]

@TheMrBodom always wondered it was from haha epic.

[XxXnonameAsDXxX]

@TheMrBodom can you tell why is this quote in the beginning of the song?

[tss77]

It reminds me also garrybedi.

Strange this one scene can do that to a Person.

[garrybedi]

whenever i hear or see number 41 it reminds me of this scene

[enterBJ40]

me too...

[pgergely13]

@garrybedi

Indeed

[stormybryant]

You have the spirit to fight back, but the good sense to control it...... I wish I had the second attribute.

[Rogee83]

Absolutely!!! One of the best scenes of the movie....

[user8881]

Great scene!

[JScott1981]

Yes, this is one of my favorites in the entire movie. Thanks for commenting!