So why do I like it so much.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Highlander
judsonkr — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 02:12 PM)
So why do I like it so much.
Watched it today for the first time as a non-20 Something sitting around with a bunch of friends drinking copious amount of the cheapest alcohol available.
I actually watched it with a critical, and sober, eye and realized there is not one redeeming trait of this move. Every aspect is as bad as it gets.
So how is it still awsome? -
quaddo — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 08:45 AM)
Your post doesn't make much sense. It's like you were drunk and sober at the same time or something.
What I like about Highlander is its charm, humour, epic story, music, score, cinematography, scene transitions, editing, and the strange amount of lucky mishaps during production (e.g. the shadow when the Kurgan is introduced, Lambert being taught English while learning his lines phonetically giving him an odd accent which fits perfectly with someone who's been alive for 450 years, etc.).
The weird combination of being very 80s, yet it is still ahead of its time style-wise.
RIP Ian Richardson (1934-2007)
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judsonkr — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 11:13 AM)
Might be a little too deep for you. But here goes.
The movie is AWFUL in ever objective sense with the exception of some of the cinematogrophy.
Yet is is somehow a good movie.
Like I said, I never noticed how terrible it actually is until I watched yesterday. It just struck me as odd that, no matter how terrible it was, I still liked it.
I guess it is the subjective vs the objective.