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Film · Edison · 1903

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The Great Train Robbery

31Leave it.

A child can sit through the twelve minutes, but the stickup is the fun they sold.

Take controlThis scores 31. The Great Train Robbery cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

Bandits stop a train, rob the passengers, and a posse follows. Porter made it for Edison, about twelve minutes, and a man points a gun at the lens. Broncho Billy Anderson is in it and is not yet a star. A child can watch it. I can sit through a reel that short. I still have to say the crime is the pleasure.

It played for years, which is why the title still gets said with awe. There is no clean ledger of the take, and I won't invent one. Awe is not a reason to treat a stickup as the lesson. If it is on, I would rather the kids remember the posse than the barrel aimed out of the picture.

Journal

Keep The Great Train Robbery in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety 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

Baby Driver

43 instead of 31

Baby Driver is still a crime film, and it scores 43 instead of 31. What you gain is industry: He is excellent at the wheel.

The eight

3
Industry
Bandits stop a train and rob the passengers; that is the work shown.
1
Household
No parent or marriage is the life here; the passengers are the haul.
2
Piety
The bandits are not stopped by any second thought in the reel.
5
Courage
A posse follows the bandits after the passengers have been robbed.
5
Republic
The posse is the only answer the reel gives the robbed train.
2
Temperance
The crime is the pleasure, and the picture played for years.
4
Truth
There is no clean ledger of the take, so no dollar figure holds.
3
Stewardship
Left behind is a twelve-minute crime reel and no clean ledger.

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Film · Prime Video · 2026

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Buddy

31Leave it.

A mascot is not a companion. Wait for a story before you clear a Saturday.

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The review

The poster is a face designed to be kept. Films like this sometimes hide a real loneliness under the plush, and sometimes they are only the plush. The desk cannot see which from the tile, and will not invent a lesson the marketing department did not bother to print.

If you play it, watch the adult in the frame. A story where a creature teaches a man to stay is worth a conversation. A story where the toy is the point is an advertisement. You do not owe an advertisement your evening.

Journal

Keep Buddy in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

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