Comments on: Highlander (movie review)

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:00:05 +0000

Agreed — when it comes to Highlander, there can be only one.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:24:03 +0000

Highlander was a great 80′s flick, it had all the elements. Sean Connery for one, the Egyptian with a Spanish name and a Scottish accent. Christopher Lambert, the Scotsman that didn’t have a Scottish accent. The Kurgan who stole the movie, Clancy is a great actor and he plays the “oh so evil one” very well. The movie had great special effects for the time, and how often do you see a sword fight on a huge sign? The movie launched a series of horrible sequels and a “not so bad” television series, so it was definitely worth seeing again. My wife and I are both big fans of the movie, so when we got set up on our Blockbuster Movie Pass this was the first movie we rented. She also wants to rent every season of the series, so I guess we will be getting our $10 a month out of the deal. I think when she starts getting the series; I will start working more overtime at DISH so I don’t have to sit through them again.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:40:21 +0000

I didn’t know that about the quote. The Queen soundtrack has grown on me — though their stuff on Flash Gordon has to be considered a more perfect matching of material and music.

By: Christopher Heath

Christopher Heath — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:28:34 +0000

My DnD friends and I all loved this one, as can be expected. I remember even seeing the additional footage in the early 90s and that was too cool. Yeah, this one holds up well and is still talked about by my friends when we get together. Really, quite a great film. We have to pretend the sequels don’t exist, though.

Oh, my friends and I were/are huge Neil Young fans, and in case anyone didn’t know, “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” is a lyric of My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)on the classic Rust Never Sleeps album. A masterpiece and probably Neil’s finest. I remember the first time I saw it, thinking how cool Kurgan was quoting Neil Young. And speaking of music, the Queen soundtrack is amazing.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:32:12 +0000

Thanks, Brian. I know the danger of ODing on a movie, and with Highlander and a lot of the films I’ll be reviewing I probably came close in my youth. When I look at my list of potential reviews, though, I notice that the vast majority are films I have not seen in a long, long time — which bodes well for having a somewhat fresh perspective.

By: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:41:59 +0000

Great first review, Bill. Highlander was one of those films I loved as a kid but eventually ODed on (HBO used to play it every few hours, it seemed). I haven’t seen it in many years, and I’m glad to hear it’s held up well.