{"id":131573,"date":"2016-09-18T18:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/18\/movie-review-highlander-1986.html"},"modified":"2016-09-18T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:33:56","slug":"movie-review-highlander-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/18\/movie-review-highlander-1986.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: &quot;Highlander&quot; (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the final analysis this movie is fun largely as a cult classic &#8212; cheesy, dubious quality, some fun characters, some great lines, some awful plotting. Just as well they never made any sequels, or else they might have <i>really<\/i> messed things up.<\/p>\n<p>Full review: <a href=\"http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/highlander\/\">http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/highlander\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.5 stars out of 5.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6331835075056004241\/6331835077891201154'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-9dY0xJiV2j4\/V98ydLIQGII\/AAAAAAAEG1c\/fi0n6APNr4Um4FP-PriSq7Exc2tyZFVtQCJoC\/highlander-quad-poster%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/SXQj3zW8Jj8'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final analysis this movie is fun largely as a cult classic &#8212; cheesy, dubious quality, some fun characters, some great lines, some awful plotting. Just as well they never made any sequels, or else they might have really messed things up. Full review: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/highlander\/ 2.5 stars out of 5. \u00a0 View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/highlander-quad-poster5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8606,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/09\/28\/there_can_be_on.html","url_meta":{"origin":131573,"position":0},"title":"There can be only one, doc!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 28-Sep-05 12:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Highlander. 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It's Father\/Daughter Movie Week, and this was +Kay Hill's choice for our first night. 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