Somebody here mentioned the movie the Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston, made in the mid 1950's. That happens to be my favorite movie of all time. When I used to watch it as a teenager, I was genuinely inspired, dreaming of communicating with G-d and being as great as Moses was.
Unfortunately, the movie has some pretty glaring inaccuracies. For one thing, the real Moses stuttered, and was the most humble man to ever walk the face of the Earth. The Torah says as much. Yet Moses according to Charlton Heston was this manly stud with a deep, commanding voice who was quite the womanizer.
Nevertheless, the movie did get most of the Torah's account of the birth of our nation right, and the level of acting talent in that movie was phenomenal. I would say it is the ultimate politically conservative movie, as it was clearly pro-Torah, and the whole basis of conservative thought is the Torah itself.
If any of you have not seen it, please see it. Yes it is a very long movie, and yes, the special effects are pretty primtive compared to today's standards, but it really is a kind of life-changing experience just immersing oneself fully when watching that movie.
I was going to talk about two other movies that I put in the stratosphere of my favorite all-time movies, but figure I better keep this one focused on that one movie, The Ten Commandments.
