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Film · France · 1905

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The Palace of the Arabian Nights

10Leave it.

Painted halls and tricks, with a story that only walks you into the next room.

Take controlThis scores 10. The Palace of the Arabian Nights cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

I will not invent a plot. Painted halls, tricks, and a story that exists to move you from room to room. Georges Méliès, 1905. A child can watch it. The rooms are the point. The sets do not need a tale, and I was too tired to fake one so the kids would have something to retell at breakfast.

Nobody's job, marriage, or conscience is the subject. You are walked onward because the last hall ended. Pretty, if paint is what you came for. If they ask what happened, say the rooms. That answer is the whole fact, and it is enough.

Journal

Keep The Palace of the Arabian Nights in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 10. 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

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

24 instead of 10

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is still a fantasy film, and it scores 24 instead of 10. What you gain is household: A father is still cooking.

The eight

1
Industry
No job matters; painted halls and tricks are the work on offer.
0
Household
No marriage, parent, or child; the palace is a run of rooms.
1
Piety
No conscience is required; the sets do not need anyone to stop.
1
Courage
No one risks a thing they would miss; the motion is room to room.
1
Republic
No town is owed; a story exists only to change the painted hall.
1
Temperance
You are trained to want the next room, and the rooms are the point.
2
Truth
Do not invent a plot; the rooms are the fact this féerie gives.
1
Stewardship
Paint and tricks are left; no one is shown keeping a palace.

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Film · Prime Video · 2016

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Terrifier

13Leave it.

There is no measure here that justifies the ticket. Do not bring it in.

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The review

Art is not a character. He is a permission slip for a lens that will not cut away. There is no household, no joke with a point, no dare that teaches a limit. The only skill on display is a refusal to be ashamed. That is not an art a house should pay for.

People will say it is only horror and you can look away. The film's whole method is that you do not look away. Decline it once, out loud, so a younger person hears that a strong stomach is not a virtue.

Journal

Keep Terrifier in the record.