Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

	Heavenly Creature
A FEW OTHER PEOPLE YOU MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED THAT WE'VE LOOKED OVER	by pat I get to write this one because I saw her first! Ha! Eight years back I saw her film debut in a small New Zealand art film by an until-then horror diector. No, I wasn't the only one in the theater. The film was "Heavenly Creatures," which is in the all time top 5 for all three DangerSeekers. I saw it because I was a big fan of Peter Jackson, who now every knows as the Lord of the Rings" guy. Loving it so much, I followed it around to each art theater it played at in Maryland, since that's where I live. I couldn't, for example, afford to follow it around Colorado. One of the things that struck me was how great this unknown cast was. Here were some of the best performances I'd ever seen, and the buzz just didn't seem to be there. When Oscar time rolled around, Ms. Winslet and Ms. Lynskey were completely snubbed, making me finally accept once and for all that the Oscars are largely bullshit. I followed Kate's career for through the next few years, including films that don't usually pop up on her resume, like "A Kid in King Arthur's Court." She was always astounding. Like Judi Dench, only hot. Suddenly she got cast in the most expensive movie ever made. I was elated. Then the movie was huge. She was getting the recognition she deserved. Then the backlash started. I was pissed. People complained she had put on too much weight, made fat jokes, whatever. I didn't know where to begin. Do we start with how shallow a complaint like that is? Do we explain that Cindy Crawford is scrawny, and that didn't help "Fair Game" as a film? Do we point out that Marilyn Monroe was not exactly a waif, and yet is considered one of the most beautiful women in the history of film? No, we just let them go thinking that. Then I'll have less competition to win the heart of my fair princess.
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