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?
H
Howard The Duck
Hud
Hombre
The Hustler
(Newman’s “H” period)
High Noon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
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.
Harvey
High Times At Ridgemont High
The High And The Mighty
Helter Skelter
Hang ‘em High
Harold And Maude
High Anxiety
Happy Gilmore
Hondo
Hellfighters
I did like the first couple of Harry Potter movies.
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! :-)
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