toddcross
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Highlander:The Source
It finally came, the forth installment to the Highlander films. This one is the continuation of the third film in whick Duncan Mcleod was the main character.
The movie started out pretty good. Giving us a glimpse into what the origin of the immortals was. At least that is what they told us. The movie was slow going, you never got a clear answer as to where the immortals came from, and the ending was thankfully the ending. For a movie franchise that boasted beheadings this movie had one maybe two head chopped off. The plot got lost in itself, not much in the way of special effects, and the dialouge was bad. Instead of any worthy speaches it was mostly one liners that had little to do with anything.
Any thoughts on this one folks?
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9/19/2007, 3:39 pm
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Re: Movie review
When it comes to Highlander, stick to the TV show. And I mean the FIRST TV show. And not the last season or the last episode of the season before that. (Registered member of Clan Denial, BTW).
I guess most people love the movies. Just not me. And why they decided to make The Raven a piece of crap too, I will never know.
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9/20/2007, 12:32 am
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I'm still pretty jaded after the second one (what a poc that was) but I may check it out.
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9/20/2007, 7:15 am
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Unless is a feature film with Christopher Lambert in it I will not watch it. The later Highlander's were cheezy to say the least.
As a side note: A friend of mine has a copy of Highlander II which is a bootleg he got at a comic convention when the movie was about 6 months from coming out and it is so different than the actual release. It has over 1 hour of an extended ending that was never ever show in theaters and makes the whole movie a far different film than was released. In fact there was about a 15 min part where Conner is above the shield looking at a blue sky.
that all folks...
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9/20/2007, 7:58 am
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You have to watch the three movies with Lambert in a certain order.
Highlander
Highlander 3
Highlander 2
That gives the time line a little help. But the 3rd one was just kind of a rehash of the first.
The second movie was ok and I have seen some royally bad movies so an 'ok' is high praise.
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9/20/2007, 9:55 am
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Ugh, I thought the second one was terrible. It turns out they were all aliens? Ptooey!
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9/20/2007, 10:04 am
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Actually there are 2 version to Highlander 2, one was they were aliens. That one actually sat better with me. The second version was that immortals were from the very distant past.
All in all, if not for Sean Conery being in it and a lot of his one liners this would have been a straight to video movie.
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9/20/2007, 11:33 am
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The first Highlander with Christopher Lambert was OK. I had a better idea for the ending. Everything after that was...
They keep trying to explain the scenario. It is rather like the way we are attempting to explain the event. To give a satisfying explanation for something like that requires a tremendous imagination and insight. Very few people are up to it.
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9/20/2007, 7:06 pm
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I prefer movies with mystery. Gives me something to think over.
What other movie was good and explained very little?
The Wraith. For a low budget movie this was the chit.
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9/20/2007, 7:20 pm
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A great movie that was explained very little was The Ninth Gate. That is one of my all-time favorites.
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9/21/2007, 1:05 am
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