Ben Kingsley | Ozymandias (1996)

'OZYMANDIAS'

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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[MysticTraitor]

Is this a joke? Or did they miss the point of the poem?

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

Is the point that UBS is Ozymandias, and its arrogance is crumbling?

[johnanthonyp]

Oh wow, A lesson in poition, Time is the boy. Maybe the God we all hunt. Like these human;s do-I am time-fit the spec. I was am and will be. You cannot touch me-you cannot concive me

[SpidermanInLondon]

This is amazing.

[thespecialneedsgroup]

I've never noticed before, but Ben Kingsley looks like a cross between Patrick Stewart and Lord Voldemort. 

[needsafix2]

Ah, irony... A bit like goldy and silvery, but funnier. :)

[baraxor]

Evidently UBS = Ramesses II after Kadesh.

[krane121]

@jg2904 Not if Ozymandias' words are taken as the One's...as they should be.

[Number1ricky]

@MysticTraitor You missed the point; I did too when I first read it. Think about the sculpture. It's of a king, but all that's left is the sculpture (made by those he ordered) not the king or anything he had. It goes to show that nothing lasts forever, except perhaps art, except perhaps nature. It's very romantic and a shot against pride.

[FootDanielLight]

lolol excellent . surely a farce

[kokoinmars]

hahahahahahahahaaahahahaha