Finally we've reached the first film on this list that I've seen before, although it's been a long time. And unfortunately it wasn't quite as good as I remember. There were few things objectively wrong with it, but it just seemed... a little full of itself. I thought I remembered a spirited adventure flick, but actually most of The Thief of Bagdad is quite sober and grandiose. It's an Epic, and a Timeless Classic, with a clearly stated Moral Lesson. A little too clearly stated, in fact. Often these things are couched in flowery, period language. "Happiness Must Be Earned" is so naked and straight-forward it pounds you in the gut like the butt-end of a pike.
