Comments on: Highlander (movie review)

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.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:32:38 +0000

Thanks, Nik. I’m pretty confident I’ll get around to all the major fantasy and SF films of the decade — my current list of potential films is actually over 100 at this point.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:02:06 +0000

Excellent idea for a series, Bill (and I’m so glad you’ll be tracking Wilhelm screams). I look forward to more; there are several movies in my own collection from that era I hope you’ll tackle.

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:18:27 +0000

Why am I not surprised? That’s one reason all of these reviews will include a ‘When (If) It’s Remade’ section, since so many of them have that potential (for good or ill). Should be fun to see how right I am in my predictions, tongue-in-cheek as they may be.

I will definitely check out Carnivale — it’s been on my radar for a while but I never did watch it. Thanks for the recommendation, Mike.

Another good Brown performance was ‘The Bride,’ in which he played Frankenstein’s monster. Not much talk about that, but he really was the heart of that film (another one I’ll be reviewing).

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:23 +0000

If you enjoy Clancy Brown’s scene chewing here I recommend checking out the canceled-too-soon HBO series Carnivale where his sinister preacher character was a blast.

Word is that film will be remade. The rights were purchased in 2008 by Summit Entertainment. Word is that director Joe Lin, previously credited with not one but two films in the Fast & the Furious “series”, is attached to the picture.