Posted on 06/30/2008 7:28:43 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
Here We Go
The Hills Have eyes (original)
High Plains Drifter
Hotel Rwanda
Heavenly Creatures
How green was My Valley
Hobson’s choice (Lawton)
Halloween
How the West was Won
Hell is for Heroes
Henry V (Olivier OR Branagh)
If you want a movie where Frodo Baggins meets King Kong this isn’t it! However, one link is arguably the best director of the last 20 years, Peter Jackson. Unlike his later movies, this was not to become box office gold.
Telling the true story of 2 child killers from New Zealand in the 1950’s, we first set our eyes on a young Kate Winslett as Juliet Hulme making mincemeat of her French teacher (I wish I could have done that) and for the first time attracting the attention of Pauliene Rieper, who is played delectably by newcomer Melanie Lynskey.
Pauline and Juliet’s magical fantasy world is brought to the screen by amazing digital effects, which are purposely blended in. And don’t forget to look out for Peter Jackson who manages to write in a kiss from Kate Winslett.
For anyone with an interest in movies from New Zealand, Peter Jackson, or the rare sight of a masterpiece, this one’s for you!
Favourite quote (as mentioned above)
Juliet Hulme: [Juliet has just arrived at her new school. For French class she has taken the name Antoinette] Excuse me, Miss Waller, you've made a mistake. "Je doutais qu'il vienne" is in fact the spoken subjunctive.
Miss Waller: It is customary to stand when addressing a teacher, [pause]
Miss Waller: Antoinette.
Juliet Hulme: [stands] You should have written "vînt".
Miss Waller: I must have copied it incorrectly from my notes.
Juliet Hulme: [stands] You don't need to apologize, Miss Waller. I found it frightfully difficult myself until I got the hang of it.
No Hoosiers?
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High Plains Drifter, yes it had a better than average rape scene.
Howard The Duck
Hud
Hombre
The Hustler
(Newman’s “H” period)
High Noon.
Oh Oh! I might have looked over that one :-)
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Hard Day’s Night. While old, it contains lots of nice tunes. It was arguably the beginning of MTV. It was one long music video. Walter Shenson said he’s been called the father of MTV, but he wants a blood test to prove paternity. John, Paul, George, & Ringo were good actors for their first film effort.
You beat me by 11 seconds. Great minds think alike. :)
Since we’re in H’s, let’s throw in “Help!” too.
Hawaii
No love for “Harvey”?
And for trivia fans, one of the girls portrayed in Heavenly Creatures grew up to be a famous mystery author. Explained alot about her books once I found out. Who knows without looking?
Find a place in the top 10 for:
History of the World. Part 1
Answer to yesterday's quiz - COMBAT!
Home Alone
Hancock — too early to tell, but it looks pretty good.
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“The Haunting” should have been on the list. One of the best scary movies of all time. “His Girl Friday”, too, although I admit I’m an unreasonable fan of Rosalind Russell. I love any movie she’s in.
BTW, it's not in Mcqueens biography by Christopher Sandford (good read)
Keep smiling,
Philip
Harvey
High Times At Ridgemont High
The High And The Mighty
Helter Skelter
Hang ‘em High
Harold And Maude
I’ll second Hud, The Hustler, and High Noon as contenders, and add the Preston Sturges comedy Hail the Conquering Hero.
That's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" -- another egregious oversight from the "F" thread. (Freaky Friday - Lohan version - indeed!)
High Anxiety
Happy Gilmore
Hondo
Hellfighters
Hancock?
I did like the first couple of Harry Potter movies.
Why not? Works for me.
HIGH & LOW: One of the greatest detective films of all time, and almost no one in America has heard of it (Japan 1963, Kurosawa)
HARAKIRI: Great story of revenge over a ritual suicide (Japan 1961, Kobayashi)
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS: A military officer and two bumbling peasants rescue the lovely Princess Yuki. This was the inspiration for Star Wars (Japan 1957, Kurosawa)
THE HIDDEN BLADE: A samurai must make a moral choice when ordered to kill a rebellious friend, while earning the love of the beautiful servant girl Kie (Japan 2006, Yamada)
HERO: An assassin devises a complicated plot to kill the powerful King of Qin (China 2003, Zhang)
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS: Two officers track down a beautiful blind rebel girl (China 2005, Zhang)
See my Freeper page for candidates for upcoming alphabetical lists! :-)
Hunt for Red October
You are correct to mention Asian Cinema, of which has made some excellent inroads in the last decade after being “held back” by martial Arts movies for sooo long.
Internal Affairs 1-3, plus Old Boy come to mind straight away.
The Thanksgiving porno classic - HUMPKIN PIE!!
Although not quite up to “Howard the Duck” standards, Heaven’s Gate was supposed to be a big budget blockbuster.
Oh, and don’t forget “Hello, Dolly!”
Bronson and Coburn were the guest stars, McQueen was never on it. Other guest actors were James Caan, Telly Savalas, Lee Marvin, Mike Kellin, Sal Mineo, Mickey Rooney, Tom Tryon, Richard Jaekel, Richard Basehart, Jeff Chandler, Tab Hunter.....
Really good stuff.
I managed to track down a VHS version of this movie many years ago, and though long and drawn out, there are 2/3 scenes which I thought were classics, the best being the Ice Skating scene if my memory serves me well.
Although I still have the Cassette, I no longer own a VCR, so I can't double check.
Oh, yes, Hud for sure. It so captured the era.
John Ford at his very best.
Heaven Help Us
Here Comes the Navy
Hellraiser
Hot Fuzz
Hot Shots
I am with you. I really like that movie for whatever reason.
One often forgets how divesre John Wayne roles were other than westerns.
Then that's my excuse....I didn't see it on the "F" thread!!!
};^)
IIRC, and earlier in this thread I did not, it was roller skating. Althought the movie was a bit drawn out, I did enjoy it.
HORSEFEATHERS!!!
(The ORIGINAL one!)
It even scares the beegeebees out of the color-spoiled, fright-saturated younger generations.
It's one of my two all-time favorite movies. (The other is Westward the Women, but you're not to "W" yet.)
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