Highlander (1986) film

Discussion of the Highlander film series quality; first film praised versus later sequels becoming silly with alien plot explanations.

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“but then in the later sequels they tried to explain where mortals come from and they decided um they're aliens and it just became this really silly thing”

Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed

“Those movies are awful. The first one's pretty good.”

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive

“The first one's good because it's just you know him learning that he is an immortal and what's his name Ramirez training him”

Discussion of the film's premise, casting choices, and acting quality

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“For some reason, they have the main guy. I think he's from, like, Belgium or somewhere. And they have him pretend like he's Scottish. and then they have fucking sean connery a true scotsman come in and play a spaniard it”

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“I always thought the Highlander premise is great, but the movie sucks so bad.”

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“and the entire time he's playing the spaniard he's talking like this that's exactly how he sounds right and he's talking to someone who's supposed to be scottish and he's got it in the scottish guy's not even close to it”

Discussion of Sean Connery playing a Spanish character Ramirez with Scottish accent in Highlander.

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“For some reason he plays a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. His name's Ramirez. I'm not changing my accent. It's not going to happen.”

Criticism of casting and acting in the 1986 film

Kyle · unverified▼ negative

“always thought the Highlander the Highlander premise is great but the movie sucks so bad like I wish they would remake that”

Kyle · unverified▼ negative

“the casting is AB absolutely absurd and the entire time he's playing the Spaniard he's talking like this”