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Film · Paramount · 1921

The Sheik

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Item: The Sheik
Rating: 13
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13Leave it.

Not for anyone in this house: he abducts her and they call it romance.

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The review

I don't care how famous the face is. A desert prince abducts an Englishwoman, and the film calls it romance. Rudolph Valentino, Paramount, 1921, a large hit around 1.5 million, behind the Horsemen, The Kid, and the Musketeers. Adult. Not a family film. The costume is the sell. The want is the plot, and the picture takes his side. I will not describe the assault.

This is for adults who will say the word abduction out loud, and even then I wouldn't bother. A hit is not a blessing on the taking. Nothing stops him. The film does not treat the wrong as a debt. If someone in the family calls it a great love story, correct them with the plot. He takes her. They named it love.

Journal

Keep The Sheik in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 13. Yours can differ.

The glance

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

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.

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Flesh and the Devil

26 instead of 13

Flesh and the Devil is still a romance film, and it scores 26 instead of 13. What you gain is truth: The desire wrecks the friendship, and the duel is the bill that comes.

The eight

2
Industry
The desert prince is a costume, not a trade the film respects.
1
Household
He abducts an Englishwoman and the film calls it a romance.
1
Piety
The picture takes his side, so conscience never gets a vote.
1
Courage
Taking her is not a risk he stands to lose; the want is the plot.
1
Republic
The prince's want is the plot, and the picture takes his side.
1
Temperance
The want is the plot, and the costume trains you to enjoy it.
1
Truth
Calling an abduction a romance is a lie the film will not bill.
2
Stewardship
Left behind is a costume hit that takes the abductor's side.

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Film · Universal · 1978

Animal House

13Leave it.

It takes the wreckers' side, and you can feel later comedies learning that trick.

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The review

The dean wants the fraternity shut, and the film never seriously asks whether he has a reason. It takes the wreckers' side. A parade is destroyed. The school is a prop. Damage plays as charm, and a long line of comedies learned that trick from this one.

People had a huge time with it. That is not the same as a good thing to leave on. The nerve on screen is mostly the nerve to break a ceremony you will not rebuild. I would not hand this to a teenager as a picture of school. The laugh is borrowed from a town the movie does not intend to pay back.

Journal

Keep Animal House in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 13. Yours can differ.

The glance

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

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

Sixteen Candles

26 instead of 13

Sixteen Candles is still a comedy film, and it scores 26 instead of 13. What you gain is household: A family forgets a daughter's sixteenth.

The eight

1
Industry
The school is a prop, and nobody's work is asked to matter.
1
Household
A fraternity is the set, not a family anyone has to keep.
1
Piety
The film sides with the wreckers and does not let conscience in.
2
Courage
The risk is expulsion, spent on smashing a parade.
1
Republic
They destroy a parade and owe the town nothing back.
1
Temperance
Damage is played as charm, and the next wreck is the reward.
2
Truth
The dean's reasons never get a fair hearing on screen.
1
Stewardship
A ceremony is ruined, and later comedies copied the wreck.

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