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Highlander - fpw - 06-03-2004
Any Highlander mavens out there? I saw the first a century or two ago; I was thinking of working through the series but I've heard it's uneven. Which titles are the highs and which are the lows?
Highlander - Scott Hajek - 06-03-2004
fpw Wrote:Any Highlander mavens out there? I saw the first a century or two ago; I was thinking of working through the series but I've heard it's uneven. Which titles are the highs and which are the lows?
Start and end with the director's cut of Highlander. Stay away from everything else unless you like the idea of self-inflicted pain.
When Highlander 2 came out, there were long lines at the local theater off campus. Fortunate or not (the jury's still out) I was among the first group to see it. Never before (or since) have I been to a movie where everyone tried to warn the next group from seeing the movie. Everyone I was with hated the second movie and what it did to the first.
Highlander - The Mad American - 06-03-2004
fpw Wrote:Any Highlander mavens out there? I saw the first a century or two ago; I was thinking of working through the series but I've heard it's uneven. Which titles are the highs and which are the lows?
Scott nailed this one. The first Highlander is well worth the watch but by all means avoid any of the others.
The television series is actually much better then all the sequels.
Highlander - jimbow8 - 06-03-2004
Highlander is excellent......make sure you see the Director's Cut as I believe the added scene(s) add SO much more to the movie.
I heard #2 was BEYOND BAD and actually detracts from the mythos of the 1st movie. I know nothing about #3. I saw #4 (the final one) and didn't think it was horrible, but it was nothing spectacular, either.
Highlander - Scott Hajek - 06-03-2004
jimbow8 Wrote:Highlander is excellent......make sure you see the Director's Cut as I believe the added scene(s) add SO much more to the movie.
I heard #2 was BEYOND BAD and actually detracts from the mythos of the 1st movie. I know nothing about #3. I saw #4 (the final one) and didn't think it was horrible, but it was nothing spectacular, either.
Let me summarize for you:
Highlander - Fantastic, great, highly recommended, cult classic, Sean Connery.
Highlander 2: The Quickening - Should've been subtitled "The Sickening" <SPOILER> THe Immortals are actually aliens... says it all
Highlander 3:Something about a Sorceror - Guest starring Mario Van Peeples... says it all
Highlander 4: Endgame - tries to bridge the movies and the TV series, if you take this one as canon, then Highlanders 1, 2 and 3 don't count.
I haven't seen many episodes of the TV series, but it can co-exist with Highlander 1. The episode "The Gathering" introduces Conner movie McCleod and Duncan TV show McCleod (do I have the spelling right, I forget).
Highlander - Noelie - 06-04-2004
The first Highlander is one of my favorite movies. Ever. The second was...bleh. I still watch it from time to time cause, well..Amazing Grace on bagpipes is just one of those things for me. I thought the others were awful.
Highlander - AStar - 06-04-2004
Noelie Wrote:The first Highlander is one of my favorite movies. Ever. The second was...bleh. I still watch it from time to time cause, well..Amazing Grace on bagpipes is just one of those things for me. I thought the others were awful.
Well, like they said, there can be only one...
Highlander - jimbow8 - 06-04-2004
Noelie Wrote:The first Highlander is one of my favorite movies. Ever. The second was...bleh. I still watch it from time to time cause, well..Amazing Grace on bagpipes is just one of those things for me. I thought the others were awful.Is there anything better than Amazing Grace on bagpipes? Ok...but not much.
Highlander - Lisa - 06-04-2004
The original Highlander is one of my favorite movies. It is miles above its sequels. Honestly, I'd skip them unless you have a masochistic streak.
Highlander II: The Sickening is my most hated movie ever. Hate it hate it hate it. Did I mention I hate it? I had much the same experience as Scott seeing it in the theater in college. Ugggh. It actually managed to ruin the first film for me for a few years. It's THAT bad.
Highlander III is a pointless, sad copy of the first movie, but at least it's not as bad as Highlander II. Highlander: Endgame is more for fans of the TV series, as it plays fast and loose with canon established in the original film and contains unfortunate plot elements. Still, it's probably better than either II or III.
All the sequels break canon with the first film. The only one that even attempts to explain the breakage is III.
Lisa
Highlander - Scott Hajek - 06-04-2004
Lisa Wrote:Highlander II: The Sickening is my most hated movie ever. Hate it hate it hate it. Did I mention I hate it? I had much the same experience as Scott seeing it in the theater in college. Ugggh. It actually managed to ruin the first film for me for a few years. It's THAT bad.Lisa
Highlander 2 is my second most hated movie... it at least had Sean Connery in it with head still attached.
My most hated movie of all time is "Guarding Tess" with Shirley McClaine and Nicholas Cage. Can't truly explain why I hate it so much, other than I think it is one of the worst movies ever made. I would've left the B***H in the grave and walked away.