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A link to the past. Very strong chance that this may be the most visually appealing movie as far as my tastes go—beautiful on all fronts with lush scenery, hypnotic visual atmos soundwaved with euphoric tones courtesy of Tangerine Dream, the best goblins and melty faced creatures I’ve ever seen, and the single scariest image from my youth that I would eventually become obsessed with—Darkness. A friend recently said that this will probably be the best Legend of Zelda movie that we’ll ever get and I’m inclined to agree. Hits all the beats I look for in a movie like this without being 4 hours long which almost gives the the vapors as much as that TD score. I was…
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Anyone who has more than a passing familiarity with my reviews, should be aware of the fact that I don’t believe in objective film analysis. My reviews and ratings are an expression of my subjective feelings on a film at that particular moment in time. But, even if I did review films objectively, this is one of those films where I would find such a task impossible. This was one of those defining films for me. As with Alien and Blade Runner, there’s just something about the aesthetic of Ridley Scott’s early output that resonated with me in my formative years. It’s one of those films I can watch endlessly and, every time I do, for 89 minutes, I feel…
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There are whale noises playing over slow-mo shots of unicorns in a forest…how could this be any less than a four star movie?
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a rare ornate gem of a film, easily among the best of ridley scott’s work, back when his visuals were lush & overwhelming in detail instead of stringent and aseptic. legend coasts along on intuitive ethereal vibes, a tactile set-bound fantasia of slime-slick goblins, capricious fairy glamour and deliriously fervid colors, all sweetly wrapped within the buttery-smooth synths of tangerine dream’s perfect score. the kind of movie where no one wears pants and tom cruise’s face is constantly smothered in a thick sheen of glitter. a pure sensory experience.
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This movie just makes so much sense to me. Everyone say thank you Rob Bottin
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don’t show me a movie unless it looks like this and is scored by tangerine dream with a credits song by BRYAN FERRY !?! this is what we call a GLITTER MOVIE!!!!
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A truly bizarre amalgamation of picturesque surroundings plucked straight from an antique fairy tale and an open-and-shut good vs evil parable – a gloriously wacky experience. Ridley has done it all, really.
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I was meant to rate this a bit ago!! I love this movie so much, realistically the rating is probably lower but I rarely find movies with this vibe anymore and it’s genuinely so perfect I loved it!! I am glazing a bit but I just rlly like this genre of movie I for some reason always enjoy movies with tom cruise in
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totally wicked, oh sorry i meant legendary
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Le Bûcher Maudit de l’Esthétique Publicitaire des 80’s. Sous ses airs de conte merveilleux bercé par une poussière d’étoiles permanente, Legend s’impose avec le recul comme l’une des œuvres les plus étranges, fascinantes et fondamentalement schizophrènes du cinéma fantastique. Un film si plastique, si somptueux et pourtant si troublant qu’il semble s’être consumé de l’intérieur, au sens propre comme au figuré. Fidèle à ses origines de génie de la réclame télévisuelle, Ridley Scott ne filme pas une forêt : il…
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Great sets, great production design, so much glitter and some really magnificent horse acting! The real legend is Tim Curry, who is the best part of the movie. It’s a cheesefest but I watched it dozens of times as a kid so the nostalgia is high. Did anyone not have a crush on Mia Sara?
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all I want in life is to frolic in a magical forest and sing to birds
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Fairy princess unicorn devil goblin sexy tom cruise glitter pop garden Tim Curry dream land.
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– Posh gyrh thes sth tainia s kyrie ridley scott? – Nai.
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Silly me, I should have known going in that this is a Ridley Scott movie, of course it’s going to have five million different versions… so now I need to go back and watch all the scenes from the director’s cut… Since this is also on the 1986 panel I will jot down some notes: – As with Highlander, I think the cheese would have put me off had I been alive and an adult when this came out; now,…
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Je sais pas qui dans la production a décidé que Tom Cruise allait combattre dans une armure qui a la taille d’une mini-robe, mais ma foi c’était pas une si mauvaise idée
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This is actually awesome if you just pretend Tom cruise isn’t the lead…TIM CURRY AS SATAN ROCKED
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A theatrical fever dream featuring Tom Cruise, the devil and unicorns… an experience to say the least
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As is the natural order of all things, Tim Curry is the shining star of what is an otherwise really drab movie.
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Must just take this as a fun film and not seriously. Tom is not good here. Really good makeup. Crazy movie.
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glitter maxxing
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I’d consider this a flawed masterpiece So many things done right here. Every single shot and image is so densely filled with fantasy detail and thought and care. They went so hard in the paint building this whimsical fantasy environment and I truly can’t imagine how they could’ve done it any better for its time. They nailed the core of what fantasy imagery is and should be. Obviously the makeup is insane. Credit to Tim Curry for not only killing…
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Movie made me into a horse girl Love the visuals. Wish there was a little more to the story and Tom’s Tarzan performance.
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An 80’s fantasy fever dream. Bizarre and ridiculous with spectacular practical effects (and more glitter than I’ve ever seen). There are – not so hidden – messages about women corrupting purity and having to atone. Tim Curry is in peak form as the Lord of Darkness. I’ll watch him do anything honestly.
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Disney gothique destiné aux adultes dont près d’une heure du montage initial a été retirée et ça se sent. Tom Cruise en tarzan de 22 ans, ça ne marche pas du tout. C’est trop ringard, avec ses chicots là et son petit short. La fin j’en parle même pas, le coup des miroirs c’est cata. L’histoire est classique avec sa bonne dose de misogynie à la blanche neige et la belle au bois dormant. Néanmoins, les décors sont complètement dingues,…
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in this house we support women’s rights AND wrongs. so if a girl goes through a goth phase, hooks up with a looksmaxxxxxed gigachad Satan and threatens to kill the last unicorn protecting the world from eternal darkness — we trust her judgment, we don’t shoot arrows at her — Tom Cruise, when the forest twink tells him to kill evil Mia Sara on a more serious note: the first half kinda drags, a lot of the elves and gnomes…
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lacking a lot in its story and characters, but hot damn if this isn’t incredible to look at. the sets, the costumes, the makeup, it’s all so well done and incredible to see. tim curry and mia sara are so amazing in this as well. this is the kinda fantasy i wanna see more of, whimsical and weird
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Needs more sparkles
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a perfect film actually
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80s nostalgia at its finest. Scott films go crazy, production scenes WOW!! my kids say dad you found another Halloween movie 🎬 🍿 🖥
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Absolutamente camp
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Tom Cruise looks like a baby in this, it’s crazy to me that Top Gun came out the following year. Tim Curry’s character is an all-timer. Beautifully produced film, the effort that has gone into the physical sets and costumes is admirable.
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Absolutely bonkers. At least a third of the runtime is some epic 80s synths playing while the characters are just staring at something that looks cool… and I’m not mad about it! Just the right level kinda cooked but also genuinely good stuff in here. Tim Curry was sooooo in his bag, major highlight for me for sure. Costumes and set pieces went crazy, can’t wait to read up on the production of this thing. Brown Tom and Screwball were…
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Also the devil loves glitters
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Aşırı iyiydi.
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One of those films where the behind the scenes drama is more interesting than anything presented in either cut you watch.
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“Director’s cut” For a film that’s about 40 years old now, a few generations have experienced it differently depending on the cuts they’ve seen of Ridley Scott’s fantasy cult favorite. Since it’s been less than 20 years since I first watched it, both cuts were available then on the copy I rented and I’ve only owned the director’s cut for less than fifteen years, which is to say it’s the cut I’ve preferred the most now that I have a…
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They traded exposition and lore for 90 minutes of practical sets and an insane amount of glitter and I AM HERE FOR IT.
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Would’ve only been enhanced via an edible of seismic proportions
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incredibly beautiful dreamlike visuals but a nonsense script. Hard not to think of Blade runner seeing the unicorns here.
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I LOVE UNICORNS!!! 🦄
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PLEASE RELEASE THE TANGERINE DREAM SOUNDTRACK ON SPOTIFY I BEG OF YOU!!! I can’t live without ‘prologue’ – that soundtrack is part of my soul. This movie quite literally has the most whimsical and romantic soundtrack I have ever heard. It is so damn ethereal. Pure magic. Not to mention, Mia Sara is the most beautiful woman I have EVER laid eyes upon. Wow.
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I just couldn’t believe it when Tom Cruise grabbed the armor shirt but ran into the next scene with no pants
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“Do you think you can upset the order of the universe and not pay the price?” If “Legend” from Sir Ridley Scott could get the title for one thing, it would be for being maybe the most visually stunning fantasy film ever made. A 80 dark fantasy film that oozes glitter, snow, and unicorns in every frame, it’s a sprawling tale of good versus evil and light versus darkness as a fight to avoid the world turning into an ice…
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TTiti_J 8 月 18, 2026
Et donc là Tim Curry il joue Guillaume Pley, c’est ca?
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perfect amount of glitter, questionable lack of pants. writing also questionable
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Mi sono innamorata di questo film
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Theatrical Cut First time watch, and I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would after hearing all the … ahem… legends. Love the set design, makeup, costumes, and other artistry involved. Tim Curry is great. It’s nice to see something so original from a story perspective, but the writing seems to be the weak point even though it’s obviously cut up to hell. I think if you give William Hjortsberg either less narcotics or more narcotics, the script improves in both scenarios.
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Legend was such a hilarious and fun watch. None of the jokes landed, the story was hard to follow and has plot hole after plot hole. However it’s hand down some of the best set design and practical make up I’ve ever seen, each scene is like a feast for your eyes. Tim Curry as ‘Darkness’ was hands down my favorite character. Really fun watch.
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Totally serviceable fantasy when it comes to the story. The world could feel more fleshed out and coherent, but I do also see how the dreamlike mashing of random creatures and areas could be intentional to a degree. Overall, the set production and music carry this movie. I’d watch an hour of just fantasy vibes if done well. Also, Tim Curry continues to be the standout in everything he is in.
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It had potential, and it looked fantastic but fell short at almost every corner
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Bunch of Mesopotamian “Ishtar” eggs. Nothing beats 80’s ethereal fantasy.
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Pretty fun adventure movie. I do prefer the theatricals soundtrack to the directors cut. Makes it sound more “dreamy” to go along with how glittering and shiny ts is.
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🗣️LLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYY
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I still really love this. But I think my ultimate version would be the directors cut with the tangerine dream score. We haven’t had enough films in this genre for years.
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Those AI dark fantasy aesthetic posts dont have even 10 percent of the swagger and sauce this movie has
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This is the exact kind of totally bonkers insane filmmaking that we just don’t get anymore, and I really miss it. Ridley’s amazing direction and Alex Thompson’s truly stunning cinematography elevate what could’ve been a pretty standard fantasy picture into something truly special.
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i first watched this stoned out of my mind and didn’t understand a thing. now i’ve watched this sober, and i still don’t understand a thing
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Vraiment très agréable visuellement fairy core glitter unicorn et gnomes.
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Una experiencia visual muy por encima de su guion. Es una historia simple, personajes con nulo desarrollo (se supone que la versión del director agrega 30 minutos más y tal vez algo de esto cambie pero no es la que vi) pero que si la estética de fantasía oscura te gusta como a mí, es increíble. ¿Es suficiente una estética increíble para ser una buena película?, no se pero es una manera distinta de contar una historia. La narrativa es gráfica y muy atrapante, muchos escenas podes pausarlas y tenes un cuadro del Rococó
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Directors cut with Goldsmith’s score. Just feels like a different film. However there is something about that Tangerine Dream score that eeks it out on top.
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I really love an 80s fantasy movie that clearly had a lot of effort put into making it look gorgeous. The sprawling sets and the practical effects make this truly visually stunning. That really goes a long way for me. Sadly the rest just isn’t very good. Idk if its the dialogue, the pacing, or the world building, but the magic just ain’t there. Perfect movie to put on in the background of a party
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After Frank’n’Furter this is Tim Curry’s greatest role.
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Tim Curry steals the show obviously Tom Cruise really miscast Gorgeous looking sets
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most of my love for this movie comes from how everything is filled with glitter: their skin, their clothes even the dust inside the great tree. I also love how they give lili an unibrow when she becomes evil and her most beautiful self from darkness’ perspective. However, I kept wondering why the goblins didn’t kill the female unicorn when they found her like they did with the male one instead of capturing her, which bothered me. I know it was done this way because it’s a movie and it can’t end after fifty minutes but I wish they had found a reason within the story,
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[Director’s cut] Cool as hell! How did they replace this score with electro pop?
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Pourquoi Blix disparait au milieu du film?
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Ridley Scott – 12ème. Après avoir commencé une carrière sur le haut du standing avec Alien et Blade Runner, Ridley Scott s’est dit que finalement, il fallait aider les licornes en chantant des chansons. Legend (1985), avec Tom Cruise avant qu’il soit connu, le mélange des décors avec la photographie fait bien ressortir le côté onirique. Les décors fourmillent de détails et tout le fantastique est exagéré jusqu’aux clichés. Après, c’est le bien contre le mal, une princesse qui sauve des licornes. Mine de rien, il y a plein de moments où juste, c’est trop simple. Le film entier est un peu too much. x)
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In a perfect world this became a beloved dark family movie like the never ending story
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Le film a littéralement quasiment tout les éléments nécessaire pour être considéré comme un “The legend of Zelda” bien qu’il soit sorti avant le premier opus.
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me senti como se estivesse assistindo uma peça de teatro, é um filme infantil e de ritmo lento. É ok para o que se propõe.
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Magical & atmospheric. So many particles in the air at all times.
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*Watched the Director’s Cut* This movie is a bit of a mixed bag for me, but an entertaining mixed bag. There are four things that make this movie worth watching. First, the unicorns have some of the best horse acting that I have ever seen, weird as that is to say. Second, the visuals, makeup and production design are incredible. Almost every character looks amazing with great practical makeup with every shot looking amazing and tons and tons of sparkles.…
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Legend may be one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. It’s a style showcase with often stunning tableaus (like the unicorns in the cherry blossoms) and gorgeous, windy visuals from director Ridley Scott, only a few years out from his groundbreaking aesthetic for Blade Runner. Every shot in Legend looks like the cover of a fantasy novel (or heavy metal album) come to life. All aesthetic elements are pitch perfect, from cinematography to the ornate production design, makeup,…
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interesting study of genre in the sense that it feels like if a third grade class was asked “what goes into a fantasy story” and all the ideas put on the big easel of giant lined paper got made into a movie except they didn’t have the budget for a dragon. fascinatingly “okay now this happens” feeling to the plot given that none of it felt consequential or like any one thing affected another thing happening. tim curry always delivers. cannot believe that elf boy isn’t frankie muniz
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If this movie was good it would be awesome
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glitter
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Film compliqué à la production compliquée, « Legend » est un des films de Ridley Scott que je préfère. On était encore à l’époque où Scott voulait être un « Auteur », il croyait qu’il en était un et il prenait du temps pour tourner ses films notamment en fignolant chaque plan comme un maniaque psychorigide. La réputation flatteuse de Scott qui était le cinéaste de « Alien » lui permettait d’avoir des budgets conséquents pour tourner des « œuvres…
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really impressive that they got Frankie Muniz in this considering it came out four months before he was born
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So basically Legend is Ridley Scott’s Labyrinth meets The NeverEnding Story. It’s very whimsical, Mia Sara really does look like a princess, and Tom Cruise is something of a Peter Pan/Tarzan. One of the best things about it is that the story is short and goes straight to the point. Visually, it’s not so bad either, it still holds up pretty decently. It’s also kind of cute how obsessed Ridley is with unicorns. It’s definitely unique, and I can see…
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I can’t believe this movie inspired both Legend of Zelda and GWAR
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mmmm tim curry 💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 oh fuuuckkk it got onto the screen 💦💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊
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My top hear me out iykyk
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EVEN NOW THE EVIL SEED OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE GERMINATES WITHIN YOU
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Two stars solely for the Black Swan-esque ballet sequence featuring the Lord of Darkness and the girl from Ferris Bueller
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Sometimes a movie is a series of images and sounds that I enjoy Tim Curry’s natural magnetism could reverse the poles
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AAidan 8 月 16, 2026
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FILMMAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i’m not joking when i say this may be the prettiest movies ive ever seen in my entire life
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Great costumes. Tangerine Dream. Mia Sara. Ridley Scott. Tom fucking Cruise. Crazy movie. The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity.
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Mujer caprichosa pone a prueba a su novio (sale mal)
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Very visually beautiful film with the spirit of the Last Unicorn and the Legend of Zelda combined
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What an absolute fever dream. Tom Cruise for some reason. No pants for some reason. No where near enough Tim Curry for some reason. Looks incredible but don’t ask me what this shit was about.
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《黑魔王》-1985威尼斯競賽n。魔鬼之王喜歡的女孩長得不像同類魔鬼有點可惜。
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Un cuento de hadas marcada por la visión de Ridley Scott: artística, barroca, detallista en toda su extensión. Si a eso le sumás un jovencísimo Tom Cruise, una angelical Mia Sara y un magnético Tim Curry en una lucha de bien contra el mal repleto de tropos tolkienianos, puf. Larga vida al cine de fantasía ochentosa.
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Ranked: Ridley Scott 1985 Ranked Legend is absolutely gorgeous. Special effects, Ridley Scott’s direction, and Alex Thomson’s cinematography, are exemplary. The first act of Legend had me wondering why this film has a lesser-than-stellar reputation, a magical encapsulation of whimsy and wonder juxtaposed by the dark fantasy elements that Legend deploys. The forest looks alive and is full of magic, then the darkness occurs and everything is awash in snow and ice. The vitality and green of the world is…
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i think this would serve best as a museum installation or in a bar
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Is it good no do I love Tim curry as the embodiment of evil absolutely Also unicorns
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The glitter. The unicorns. Tim Curry. The glitter. Tom Cruise in that scale-mail-mini-dress. The fucking atmosphere of the whole madness. The costumes. The music. The practical effects. The GLITTER. Why do they not make movies like this anymore this needs to be studied and then solved where have fun and whimsy and horrifying torture dungeons all in one gone?? I need answers and then a signed apology by the whole movie industry with the promise to do better going forward.
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boring asf but kinda cool i guess
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This movie is stunning visuals and Tim Curry dropping hard lines one after the other (“Stunning visuals” includes Mia Sara, by the way)
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Blu-Ray / 2.0 Stereo in Dolby Surround / Arrow Universal Pictures / Director’s Cut Come for Tim Curry, stay for Tim Curry. (and Jerry Goldsmith’s score)
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- Synopsis
- Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- William Hjortsberg
- Studio
- Embassy International Pictures, Legend Production Company
- Country
- UK, USA
- Language
- English, Italian
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 94 mins
- Italy26 Aug 1985
- France28 Aug 1985
- Sweden04 Oct 1985
- Spain04 Nov 1985
- Netherlands07 Nov 1985
- Germany21 Nov 1985
- UK13 Dec 1985
- Australia02 Jan 1986
- Brazil20 Feb 1986
- USA18 Apr 1986
- Poland12 Oct 1986
- Japan22 Aug 1987
- Turkey18 Nov 1987
- USA01 Jan 2013
- USA01 Jun 1991
- USA21 May 2002
- Netherlands25 Jan 2006
- USA31 May 2011
- Netherlands01 Feb 2012
- USA11 Oct 2016
- Netherlands14 Sep 2008
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