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Legend (1986)
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This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the...
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Legend Movie Review by Zara  (1/31/2007) |
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This movie was widely panned when it was released. Too dark to be considered a family movie, too fantastical to be enjoyed by too many adults, there wasn't a great space for it in the marketing scheme of things. Plus, Tom Cruise had long hair. For the star of the very popular TOP GUN, this was considered an ill conceived...
(complete Legend review by Zara)
| Legend Movie Review by Matt (2/23/2006) |
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This movie is a must see for any fantasy fan. Myself being a Ridley Scott fan am somewhat partial to the film but with that aside, this is no less than a masterpiece of modern fantasy-fiction. I remember getting stoned and stumbling across this when I was probably like 14 or 15. I proceeded to lock myself in my room and...
(complete Legend review by Matt)
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