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Film · Italy · 1914

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Cabiria

34Leave it.

A teen can take the elephant and the sets; leave the temple undescribed.

Take controlThis scores 34. Cabiria cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

A girl in the Second Punic War, a temple, an elephant, and a strongman named Maciste. Giovanni Pastrone made it in Italy in 1914. It is not an American gross leader, and I won't invent one. This is the picture that taught Griffith the size of a set. A teen can watch the scale. The empire is the spectacle.

The temple scene is a sacrifice. I won't describe it, and I don't want it described at the table. The elephant and the sets are why people still bring it up. They are not a reason to walk a child through that scene. Watch the size if you must, and keep the temple undescribed.

Journal

Keep Cabiria in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 34. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety 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

Argo

53 instead of 34

Argo is still a history film, and it scores 53 instead of 34. What you gain is industry: A cover story has to be built: names, calls, a fake movie.

The eight

4
Industry
The sets are a real job of building, and they taught Griffith size.
3
Household
A girl is carried through a war epic, not given a household.
2
Piety
The temple scene is a sacrifice, not a conscience that stops one.
5
Courage
Maciste is the strongman beside a girl set inside a war.
3
Republic
The Second Punic War is played as empire, and empire is the show.
3
Temperance
Elephant, temple, and giant sets train you to want more size.
4
Truth
A historical spectacle, not a record, and not an American ledger.
3
Stewardship
Griffith took the set size; the empire stayed a spectacle.

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Film · Netflix · 2026

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Animals

34Leave it.

He wins the city on a rescue that was not his.

Take controlThis scores 34. If you do not want Animals in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

Mark Kimball has already spent what the house had, in secret, on a race he is losing. His wife is already gone in all but the papers. A call says their son is taken. The son is at home. The boy who was taken is Hector, the son of the man who waits on their housekeeper. A fixer is hired. At the end the public is told that Mark is the man who saved the boy, and the votes follow.

The measure is that last thank-you. A child was the price of a story, and the story is what the city believed. Do not admire the nerve.

Journal

Keep Animals in the record.