Revisiting my old friend, the Highlander
No matter how corny Highlander is now, more than 20 years (yikes, I'm OLD) since its release, I still love the film so very, very much. Funny thing is, I find my sympathies in my dotage tending more toward the Kurgan, who coined such an immortal line as, "It's better to burn out than to fade away". Or maybe it's my continuing fetish for six-foot-tall weirdos with long black hair (shades of Type O Negative, anyone?).
Christopher Lambert was one of my most sincere crushes as a teen, and we incidentally share the same birthday (March 29), and I still have a soft spot for him in my heart, but only in his role as Connor McLeod. The rest of his movies just didn't send me into transports of delight. Maybe it was the lack of long hair.
Looking at Connor as a character, I see a man who has a great gift yet is too afraid to live, whereas the Kurgan is his visceral dark half.
And I like the Kurgan. He's brutally honest. (laughs)
Yes, he's Not a Very Nice Man, but he grabs life by the balls.
Christopher Lambert was one of my most sincere crushes as a teen, and we incidentally share the same birthday (March 29), and I still have a soft spot for him in my heart, but only in his role as Connor McLeod. The rest of his movies just didn't send me into transports of delight. Maybe it was the lack of long hair.
Looking at Connor as a character, I see a man who has a great gift yet is too afraid to live, whereas the Kurgan is his visceral dark half.
And I like the Kurgan. He's brutally honest. (laughs)
Yes, he's Not a Very Nice Man, but he grabs life by the balls.