Legend

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[IndustriousAngel]

I'm a bit unsure about that film. On the one hand we have nice characters (Tom Cruise in his first lead role, Tim Curry, David Tennent - even the otherwise unknown Mia Sara is excellent and Alice Playten as Blix is memorable too), beautiful (if artificial) settings and Ridley Scott at the helm including his trademark lighting. On the other hand: Does the story told actually deserve all this talent? It's a rather thin one even if you take it as a metaphor for Princess Lily discovering her sexuality.The director's cut is a far better and darker experience. Also, Jerry Goldsmith's score is better than the Tangerine Dream one. And one of my favourite film songs is from Legend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4phn1xHpBas.Definitely worth watching and even has great rewatch value, still, only a "B" from me because of the thin story.

[Warhorse]

. On the other hand: Does the story told actually deserve all this talent? It's a rather thin one even if you take it as a metaphor for Princess Lily discovering her sexuality.

What??????? I don't know about some of you people, but every movie is not a metaphore, but just simply telling a story and showing off special effects. This movie gets an A, loved the characters, Tangerine Dream's score is wonderful and a true classic, and the unicorns are still beautiful to watch. It's just a classic good vs evil, and the weak overcoming impossible odds to save the day.

[IndustriousAngel]

I think you misunderstood the thing about the metaphor; I'm not looking for such things in a film but the story itself didn't catch me and the metaphor gets forced on you by the director. And what's missing in the story is, maybe, scale: There was the Lord of Darkness eating up all the light and warmth - sounds like a truly epic theme to me but all we get are a beautiful wood, farm and meadow and about 10 actors. This would fit a smaller story like "An evil sorcerer tries to take over our beautiful valley" and there would be nothing wrong with that too (think of Dragonslayer).