There can be only one.
There can be only one
TBF, they tried for 2 and that was shit!
My mate, who is partly Scottish, called his son Connor because of that movie! 😎
Ramirez…..
He’s Egyptian, it’s the accent it sounds Spanish.
All the other Scottish actors may disagree with you.
And the fact he's called 'the Spaniard' and his name is Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez. Although Egyptian.
Brilliant movie though, been trying to get my wife to watch it for years.
In my high-school there was a massive painting of Connor Macleod in one of the stairwells.
One of my all-time favourite films. As per Kimbers, I can probably recite most of the script.
I was in the village of Glenfinnan on the banks of Loch Shiel just a couple of weeks ago rather than in 1518. I was genuinely disappointed that the visitor's centre had capitalised on the Hogwart's Express viaduct and had absolutely no mention of the MacLeods. But I did the "I am immortal" speech which made precisely one person happy, bucket list ticked.
Also, my Loch Shiel photo came out OK.
Also one of my favourite all time movies. I had to watch it about 6 times before I figured out what was going on, but they have been because I had been in the pub all night.
Bit dated, needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act. I'll forgive it because it led to me having a great day climbing routes up onto the Cioch with a mate who wanted to stand on the bit they had the swordfight. Epic trip off afterwards, abseiling down gullies off dodgy chockstones in search of water because we were so dehydrated after a night on the lash in some Dunvegan bar with formica tables the previous evening....!
needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act.
Harsh. To my mind, Lambert being slightly off-beat just adds to it. "You talk funny, Nash, where are you from?"
"Bit dated, needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act."
https://screenrant.com/highlander-reboot-remake-cast-story-updates/
Bit dated, needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act
No, absolutely not this - it works very well as it is and doesn't need redone.
it works very well as it is and doesn’t need redone.
Wrong. Needs to be remade with Melissa McCarthy, Kirsten Wiig and Kate McKinnon.
Let's face it - in the current Film / TV Drama commissioning climate absolutely anything that can be remade will be remade. It being a terrible idea is no reason not to do it.
I mentioned the escaped gorillas that were cut from the Goonies on another thread - its only a matter of time before they get their own 5 season spin off.
There'll soon be a whole franchise universe based on the characters from the Test Card
“Bit dated, needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act.”
https://screenrant.com/highlander-reboot-remake-cast-story-updates//blockquote >
you know, I could get behind a Cavill remake. It'd need to be gritty and not too camp though. The original is a romp of 80's gold (IMO).started watching it on BBC and it just wasn't the same atmosphere as watching a poor 800mb rip of a well played VHS. 😉
Some things should be left alone... Highlander being one of them.
"will you love me forever, Connor?"
"aye lass, I will".
Bit dated, needs a remake with a lead who has charisma and can act
no no no. No matter who does it they will make it worse. There can only ever be one
Great film and soundtrack and poignant for me as it reminds me of a good friend who died when we were both 22.
was in the village of Glenfinnan on the banks of Loch Shiel just a couple of weeks ago rather than in 1518. I was genuinely disappointed that the visitor’s centre had capitalised on the Hogwart’s Express viaduct and had absolutely no mention of the MacLeods. But I did the “I am immortal” speech which made.
I always assumed Glenfinnan in question was a made up name for Eilan Donnan, which is on the shores of Loch Schiel.
Or at least it's on the shores of the loch at the bottom of Glen Shiel where the River Shiel joins the sea. Weirdly not called loch Shiell at all.
Now I'm confused
I always assumed Glenfinnan in question was a made up name for Eilan Donnan, which is on the shores of Loch Schiel.
Eilean Donan isn't on the shores of Loch Shiel...
I've never seen it though it's definitely of my era - it just looked like it would be total shite. I'm almost won over into giving it a try by the devotion shown to it on this thread then Montgomery turns up with
I stand by my opinion Christopher Lambert is a talent vacuum in a dated film that lacks pace and internal logic
and now I'm back to square one!
You should definitely watch it then give us a verdict untainted by nostalgia and rose tinted specs.
Eilean Donan isn’t on the shores of Loch Shiel
Mm indeed. I had gathered that. It is on the loch at the end of glen Shiel, near enough where the River sh.... Which for some weird reason isn't called Loch Shiel
Anyway.
Which for some weird reason isn’t called Loch Shiel
It is Loch Shiel on the OS map, is there some other local name?
Well 2 and a TV series.
2 films yes, unless you count highlander 3?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110027/
But in all seriousness, don't watch any of the sequels, just the original, it's gloriously 80's, the sequels and spin-offs are just pale effigys.
Was also my favourite film at the time, partly cos I was a massive Queen fan. It was of its time and I still love it. The second one was horrendous.
Nah. The Lost Boys is great 80s cheese with a rock soundtrack. Highlander is just…well, I think we should appoint Johnners as judge. I await the final verdict.
The lost boys is top notch 80's too...
I agree... @johnners go into it with no pre-conceptions and a clean pallete!
There's a cross over Highlander film too with Connor helping the chap from the TV series. From memory poor old Connor is finally killed off?
The original is absolutely ace! Not ageing as well as some but it's still a brilliant film. Forgive me father, I am a worm!
I think the Queen sound track definitely lifted it A LOT..
But Sean connerys character was superb as his mentor, also.
And the villain... Very creepy and disturbing.
Some how I forgot about III probably helped by avoiding it.
Nah. The Lost Boys is great 80s cheese with a rock soundtrack.
Yes, that too
One word is Utter, the other, Crap.
So you're here in this thread because...?
I always assumed Glenfinnan in question was a made up name
You might want to tell Glenfinnan that. 😁
Mm indeed. I had gathered that. It is on the loch at the end of glen Shiel, near enough where the River sh…. Which for some weird reason isn’t called Loch Shiel
Wait until you discover that Kinlochewe isn't at the head of Loch Ewe at all - it's at the head of Loch Maree! 😂
One word is Utter, the other, Crap.
So you’re here in this thread because…?
To wee on our parade 🙄
You should definitely watch it then give us a verdict untainted by nostalgia and rose tinted specs.
No, no, no, the report back will be that it's crap. The only reason that we all love it is because we were <i>young</i> when we first watched whatever it. I watched it a few months ago, for the first time ever on a big TV with decent quality speakers, and it was gloriously terrible. I loved it but I'd hate it if I saw it fresh, partly because it's a total mess but partly because I wouldn't have that massive dollop of nostalgia, the longing to be messing around with my mates, talking about it in the pub over a sneaky underaged pint, and moving the conversation on to the finer points of The Bangles. (Astonishing the conversations I occasionally remember, but we were young and unenlightened! 😀 )
Before I watched the movie or knew much about it, I used to listen to A Kind of Magic on the way up the Highlands and remember thinking "this music really suits the landscape here!".
I stayed away from the thread, cos Highlander is one of the 3 or 4 films I’ve walked out of the cinema before the end. Me and the wife thought it complete bollocks. Just so Dyna-ti knows he’s not alone 😁
I watched it pretty fresh recently.
It's entertaining Saturday night bollocks. Lots of good fights and silly magic, a bunch of stuff that barely makes sense, Christopher Lambert can't act for toffee, the accents are pretty uniformly hilarious, the Kurgan is a really good fun pantomime villain (he's probably the best thing in it tbh), IIRC the 'hero's girlfriend getting raped' plotline felt dated.
6/10
