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Legend

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty

A magical adventure which features elves, demons and other mythical creatures. Darkness, the personification of evil, plans to disperse eternal night in the land where this story takes place, by killi...( read more  read more... )ng every unicorn in the world. Although he looks unbeatable, Jack and his friends are disposed to do everything to save the world and princess Lili (who Darkness intends to make his wife) from the hands of this evil monster

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  • phubbs1
    May 22, 2009
    phubbs1
    This film is really beautiful, a truely dark fairytale. Tim Curry is awesome as Darkness and the Tangerine Dream score is great. Saw this when I was very young and liked it then, the cross with twisted Muppets and dark sword and sorcery is really spellbinding and visualised so we...( read more)ll despite 100% sets, Ridley Scott at his best before he started making more serious affairs. Cruise is abit wet though.
  • DrZeek
    April 24, 2009
    DrZeek
    Princess Lily: Are you afraid to kiss me, Jack?
    Jack: I'm afraid you'll break my heart.
    Princess Lily: Then still your heart, for you are dear to me.

    A pretty lame fantasy film that unfortunately wastes its very good production values. I'm a big fan of Ridley Scott, but his wor...( read more)k here places style over substance in a way that leads to a very non-entertaining feature.

    The story is pretty standard, set in a magical land, a force of evil works to take over. A young Tom Cruise and his band of friends that include some little people, an overdubbed little boy, and a fairy look to stop this evil force, as well as rescue a princess who is at least partly responsible for the problems to begin with. Magical adventures and hijinks ensue.

    I was very much tempted to turn this film off at several points, with only the promise of a villainous Tim Curry keeping me going. The whole film is such a bland watch. Only the activity happening on the dark side seemed interesting. Cruise and his band of merry men just bored me. Mia Sara as the princess was also bothersome, with her desire to sing only pushing me to want to turn it off sooner.

    The set design, makeup, and costumes certainly show that a lot of work was done to make the film look good, but having watched Blade Runner within the same week, one can certainly see how this film just doesn't do a good job of balancing out its production design with an intriguing story.

    There are better fantasy flicks than this one, more specifically there are better 80s fantasy flicks than this.

    Meg Mucklebones: What a fine fat boy you are, Jack!
    Jack: You don't really mean to eat me, do you, ma'am?
    Meg Mucklebones: Oh, indeed I do!
    [cackles]
    Jack: That would be a shame because someone as fair and lovely as yourself, Miss Meg, deserves far better than scrawny me. Don't you think?
    Meg Mucklebones: Think me fair, do you, Jack?
    Jack: All the heavenly angels must envy your beauty.
    Meg Mucklebones: [cackles] What a fine meal you'll make, be the rest of you as sweet as your tongue!
  • kenstachnik
    April 17, 2009
    kenstachnik
    Very pretty and fairly unremarkable.
  • pier007
    March 15, 2009
    pier007
    I'ts a shame that Ridley Scott's impressive visuals are overshadowed by a mediocre screenplay; nevertheless, I always yield to fairy tales surrounded by darkness.
  • Godless
    January 3, 2009
    Godless
    When I was younger and things didn't have to make sense it was amazing. Now its a semi entertaining movie with amazing make-up effects.
  • efrodeberg
    November 7, 2009
    efrodeberg
    It kick as even thou its so old.
  • penelopevenus14
    November 2, 2009
    penelopevenus14
    Very Good fantasy Movie Old but very pretty Story
  • mikaelblomqvist88
    October 21, 2009
    mikaelblomqvist88
    Can't believe I havent heard of this one until now, must see it!
  • riri3
    October 8, 2009
    riri3
    maybe..dont care 4 tom
  • jackthorn42
    September 28, 2009
    jackthorn42
    This is one of the old standby movies of my childhood, still dear to me, still magical and enchanting.

    I'll write more later, but for now I feel I should mention that the Director's Cut is very different from the original US theatrical version -- I liked the new scenes and all, ...( read more)but I REALLY missed the Tangerine Dream music, it's a big part of what I associate the film with. Goldsmith's soundtrack is fine, but there were so many scenes that I found myself waiting for the song that should accompany it, but it never came, and just felt empty, like there was a vital piece missing... especially at the end, when I was waiting for "Loved By The Sun", and it was just this unrelated and underwhelming instrumental piece....
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