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Precious Bane (1989)
Worth owning
I'm so happy I recorded this on VHS tape when it was featured on Master Piece Theatre. This is a movie I can watch again and again. Like living in the early 1800's in England isn't hard enough, Prue is born with a "hare lip" and is outcast from birth. The people in her village accept her somewhat but always fear that she is "from the Devil's smithy" and are quick to turn on her. Especially when a lot of bad luck befalls her family. She is strong and courageous but shies away from Kester Woodseaves, a traveling weaver who catches her eye. Partly because she fears rejection and also because she thinks he is so virile that he should have a wife who is as lovely as a lily. Kester is a modern man who does not believe in the superstitions of the time and he speaks his mind and follows his heart. The movie stays true to the original story by Mary Webb and is riveting from beginning to end.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Rickman makes this movie
I checked this movie out because I had heard so many things about Alan Rickman's performance and how he "stole the movie" from Costner. I now know what they meant. Kevin Costner's performance was, another Kevin Costner performance. I thought Robin Hood's moves were very predictable and I grew pretty tired of that goofy smirk of his. The Sheriff of Nottingham was outrageous, cruel but amusing and witty. Were it not for Alan Rickman's performance, I would have rated the movie 1 star. On a scale from 1 to 5, I would say it was a 4, three of those stars coming from Rickman's performance. The other star isn't attributed to Costner though, I give Jack Wild one star for being one of Robin Hood's band of "merry men". He sure has changed since his days on Living Island with H. R. Puffnstuff!