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Film · Columbia · 1981

Stripes

Stripes

30Leave it.

They join the Army, and the movie likes them better while they're still bad.

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The review

Two losers join the Army because civilian life has quit them. That opening is sadder than the jokes that follow. Basic training is the bit they came for, and they only stumble into competence afterward. You can feel the film relax while they are bad at the work, and care less once they get better.

It is not a mean picture about soldiers. It is a soft one about staying incompetent. The service is a real institution. The movie would rather you remember the shrug. There is no marriage, no child, no town they still owe when the laugh ends. If you wanted the job treated as something a person can learn, this ducks out.

Journal

Keep Stripes in the record.

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The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 4Industry
  2. 1Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 3Courage
  5. 4Republic
  6. 3Temperance
  7. 4Truth
  8. 3Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

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Consider this

You've Got Mail

41 instead of 30

You've Got Mail is still a comedy film, and it scores 41 instead of 30. What you gain is household: Courtship built on a concealment.

The eight

  1. 4
    Industry

    They join the Army only after civilian work has quit them.

  2. 1
    Household

    Two men enlist together, and no spouse or child ever shows up.

  3. 2
    Piety

    Conscience never really stops the joke of being bad at the job.

  4. 3
    Courage

    They stumble into competence instead of choosing a hard risk.

  5. 4
    Republic

    The Army is a punchline more than a duty they accept.

  6. 3
    Temperance

    The film likes the incompetence more than the later skill.

  7. 4
    Truth

    Civilian failure is honest; the shrug at the job is the dodge.

  8. 3
    Stewardship

    What it leaves is a laugh at the service, not a unit worth keeping.

Live historically

When it ends, name one skill they have that basic training did not play as a gag.

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Film · Prime Video · 2026

A Doctor to Die For

A Doctor to Die For

30Leave it.

Medicine is a trust. A poster that breaks it for a scare has not earned an evening.

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The review

The tile is a close face and a title that turns a physician into a body count. Sometimes that story is about a real betrayal of an oath, which is a grave subject. More often it is a white coat as a costume for a thriller. The desk will not invent the chart.

Do not learn what a doctor is from a poster like this. The oath is older than the twist. If the film is actually about the oath, the scores on truth and stewardship can be revisited. Until then it is a scare with a stethoscope.

Journal

Keep A Doctor to Die For in the record.

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The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 4Industry
  2. 3Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 3Courage
  5. 3Republic
  6. 3Temperance
  7. 4Truth
  8. 2Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Muzzle

43 instead of 30

Muzzle is still a thriller film, and it scores 43 instead of 30. What you gain is courage: He goes back into a case that has already cost him.

The eight

  1. 4
    Industry

    The profession is the bait.

  2. 3
    Household

    Care is the setting, not yet the good.

  3. 2
    Piety

    An oath used as decor.

  4. 3
    Courage

    The thriller's nerve is the audience's.

  5. 3
    Republic

    A clinic as a trap.

  6. 3
    Temperance

    Dread is the sale.

  7. 4
    Truth

    A betrayed trust is a true subject, unproven here.

  8. 2
    Stewardship

    It risks teaching fear of the person you may need.

Live historically

Thank one person who does caretaking work without an audience.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

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The next title is the one nearest what this house keeps, then the measure where it is thin. Nothing here is a crowd. It does not leave this device.

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