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Don't care what anyone says, Highlander (1986) is legit incredible

Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:19 am
Posted by Jack Ruby
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:19 am
Easily one of the most unique and original film premises of the last 50 years, and has genuine artistic and visual merits and serves as a perfect time capsule for the 1980s and the chances film execs used to take and the production quality that even smaller films used to have.

The movie looks phenomenal with its use of wide lenses, lush colors, and high quality 80s music video lighting and techniques. The casting, as strange and bizarre as it is, is actually perfect. And the Kaman's original score (not the Queen stuff, which is still great) is seriously, mindblowingly great.

In no way should this film has such top quality music, but, like so many films from this era, but it does.

Highlander Suite

If this movie were made todsy (which, no way in he it would get a green light) it would be an absolute shite show, and everyone knows it.

The film is currently streaming free on Tubi. It's not a movie you should watch 10-15 times a year, but once every few years does nothing but bring a huge smile to your face and immerse you into the film.

And remember...

Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:25 am to
Going to agree with this.
Posted by AURaptor
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:30 am to
Who’s disagreeing?

Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22775 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:33 am to
Philistines, that's who.
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:37 am to
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:39 am to
quote:

f this movie were made todsy (which, no way in he it would get a green light) it would be an absolute shite show, and everyone knows it.


Lionsgate is rebooting it. Henry Cavill is set to star. LINK

Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 7:42 am to
i loved the highlander mythos as a kid but it really makes no sense after the first movie. that's why the 2nd movie has so many cuts and is incomprehensible. then they basically just ignore everything and kind of soft rebot the mythology in the 3rd with some mario van peebles thrown in

however, if you haven't heard Craig Ferguson's standup on Highlander, i suggest you search for it
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65100 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:02 am to
quote:

Highlander (1986) is legit incredible


Anyone who disagrees with this statement is a legit terrorist.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:16 am to
This has been the #1 franchise begging for a reboot for 25 years.

The original movie is great but has a ton of flaws

- The Prize sucks
- Not enough swordfighting
- Badly choreographed fights
- Dialogue is fricking awful

Lambert and Connery owned that weird shite and made it seem like the coolest thing ever, but in the right hands, it would be amazing.

Sadly, I doubt we get that. I'm expecting PG-13 Highlander with even fewer swordfights, even worse dialogue, and nothing new or interesting added to clarify and expand the mythology. It'll just be the same scenes in Scotland we've seen in the first movie, the same villain we've seen in the first movie, and a whole lot of bullshite we don't want to see. Queen rolls over the credits, we're supposed to applaud.
This post was edited on 5/25/21 at 8:17 am
Posted by Aubie Spr96
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:17 am to
Agreed.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:36 am to
Amazing that after the terrible sequel, we got a great TV series out of this thing.
Posted by Mr. Misanthrope
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:38 am to
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3010 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:39 am to
quote:

we got a great TV series out of this thing.


Yes, tv series was legit.
Posted by VoxDawg
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 8:44 am to
quote:

Who’s disagreeing?

Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56352 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 9:09 am to
quote:

In no way should this film has such top quality music, but, like so many films from this era, but it does.

huh?
Posted by composerdave
Los Angeles
Member since Dec 2019
110 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 9:17 am to
Love Highlander. Love the insanity of it all. Not just the story but a French guy playing the Scot, a Scot playing an Egyptian from Spain and an American playing a Russian. Add to that a great Michael Kamen score and Queen songs.... Who wants to live forever?!

At the Star Wars Rebels Season 2 finale screening, Clancy Brown was sitting right behind me. He said something to one of the presenters and I thought "Holy hell, the Kurgan is gonna take my head!"
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89542 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 9:24 am to
Mainly because of Clancy Brown's Kurgan (and the music), but I can't disagree.
This post was edited on 5/25/21 at 9:25 am
Posted by keks tadpole
Yellow Leaf Creek
Member since Feb 2017
7580 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:03 am to
There is no master of Freddy Mercury singing "New York, New York", the greatest tragedy in movie soundtrack history.
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
8577 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 11:06 am to
It won the Academy Award. Best movie ever made.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36056 posts
Posted on 5/25/21 at 11:18 am to
quote:

Yes, tv series was legit.


Sunday nights on WVLA:
10pm Star Trek Next Generaton
11pm Highlander
12am The Outer Limits

That was a solid block of sci-fi entertainment.
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