Film · Walt Disney · 2013

Frozen

The act of true love is a sister who will not stay safe.

The picture the world hummed is the one about letting it go. The picture the story actually finishes is a sister on the ice, spending herself for the other one. The prince who wanted the throne is the correction to a love that is only charm.

See it for the last act, not the song. A child can learn that the loud feeling is not the same as the love that stays.

The eight

Industry
5/10
A kingdom still has to be ruled. The storm is what happens when the queen will not.
Household
8/10
Two sisters, and a repair that is not a wedding.
Piety
4/10
No creed. Love is asked to be more than a feeling, which is a start.
Courage
8/10
Anna goes up the mountain for someone who told her not to.
Republic
5/10
The town is mostly a backdrop for the sisters.
Temperance
6/10
Concealment is the excess. It freezes the place.
Truth
7/10
The charming prince is a lie. The film lets the lie come due.
Stewardship
6/10
A queen who comes back can still keep a country. The film only starts that job.

Live historicallyDo one hard thing this week for a sibling or a friend, with no announcement.

Film · Prime Video · 2003

Secondhand Lions

Keep it. What a man should be is said out loud, and then tested by whether they keep the boy.

Hub and Garth are ridiculous, wealthy, and, in the story they tell, faithful to a harder life than the suburb wants to hear. The film lets the tale stay a little unverified, because the boy needs the standard more than he needs the paperwork. The standard is plain: men do not lie, steal, or cheat, and they do not tolerate those who do. Some of the adventure is boys'-book stuff. The porch is the true set. A child left by a careless mother is not a comedy premise, and the film, to its credit, does not find her charming.

Watch it with a boy who is deciding what kind of man the loud world is offering. Then be dull and reliable on the porch you actually have.

The eight

Industry
6/10
Old men who still know how to work and fight.
Household
8/10
Uncles who accept a charge they did not ask for.
Piety
4/10
A code, said plainly.
Courage
7/10
They keep him.
Republic
4/10
A private ethic more than a public one.
Temperance
6/10
The code limits them.
Truth
6/10
The story may be tall. The care is not.
Stewardship
8/10
The speech is the part to memorize, if you mean to live it.

Live historicallyTell a boy the standard, and then let him watch you keep it when it costs.