DVD Talk review of 'Highlander' (Blu-ray)
11-05-10 | 02:13 PM
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DVD Talk review of 'Highlander' (Blu-ray)
I read Stuart Galbraith IV's DVD review of Highlander at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=45331 and...
Cost $16 million and only grossed $12? Wow, that is a flop.
Your quote "many obvious questions go unanswered, such as Ramirez's motives for training Connor".
Actually I thought this was obvious. Early in the movie Ramirez tells Conner that they can't have children. I thought it was easily a father-son dynamic with Ramirez passing on his teachings, knowing he could not have a son of his own. He also tries to keep Connor from feeling the pain of losing a loved one - Heather - by implying that they should not marry.
Of course, there's always the fact that Ramirez also knows he stands no chance against the Kurgan, and does not want to see a creature of evil capture the ultimate prize. (that prize being never having to sit through Highlander II)
Cost $16 million and only grossed $12? Wow, that is a flop.
Your quote "many obvious questions go unanswered, such as Ramirez's motives for training Connor".
Actually I thought this was obvious. Early in the movie Ramirez tells Conner that they can't have children. I thought it was easily a father-son dynamic with Ramirez passing on his teachings, knowing he could not have a son of his own. He also tries to keep Connor from feeling the pain of losing a loved one - Heather - by implying that they should not marry.
Of course, there's always the fact that Ramirez also knows he stands no chance against the Kurgan, and does not want to see a creature of evil capture the ultimate prize. (that prize being never having to sit through Highlander II)
11-05-10 | 10:56 PM
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Re: DVD Talk review of 'Highlander' (Blu-ray)
Fair enough about the father-son dynamic and all that, but if "there can be only one" wouldn't Ramirez be better off chopping off Connor's head when he's young and green instead of teaching him all the tricks of the trade?
The movie seems to imply that Ramirez and the Kurgan are evenly matched; the movie doesn't do a good job showing how the latter gets the upper hand, or why Ramirez pretty much just sits there when he does.
The movie seems to imply that Ramirez and the Kurgan are evenly matched; the movie doesn't do a good job showing how the latter gets the upper hand, or why Ramirez pretty much just sits there when he does.
