{"id":27240,"date":"2021-10-12T13:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=27240"},"modified":"2021-10-12T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:46:46","slug":"review-legend-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/10\/review-legend-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend: Limited Edition Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Legend<\/em><\/strong> is an odd film compared with others directed by Ridley Scott and while the characters are thin and underdeveloped, this is almost compensated with great production design and the make-up and prosthetics are all well done.<\/p>\n

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Legend
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\n(1985)
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Fantasy, Adventure<\/span>
\nArrow Films| PG\/Unrated \u2013 90 min. \/ 113 min. \u2013 $49.95 | September 28, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/12\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Ridley Scott
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>William Hjortsberg (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennet, Alice Playten, Billy Barty<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentaries, Featurettes, Galleries, Promotional Materials
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>47.97 GB (Disc 1), 47.06 GB (Disc 2)
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>44.54 Mbps (Disc 1), 43.22 Mbps (Disc 2)
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Arrow Films provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis:\u00a0 <\/strong>Darkness (TIM CURRY) seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. Jack (TOM CRUISE) and his friends do everything possible to save the world and Princess Lili (MIA SARA) from the hands of Darkness. Enter a world of unicorns, magic swamps, dwarfs and rainbows.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>The fantasy-adventure genre was apparently pretty big in the 1980s with the likes of Willow<\/em>, The Never Ending Story<\/em> and others. Personally, I wasn\u2019t all that into the genre growing up during that time period outside maybe He-Man and the Masters of the Universe<\/em>, gravitating more towards The Real Ghostbusters<\/em> animated series and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em> and didn\u2019t see some of the fantasy flicks in theaters or on home video. So a movie like Legend<\/em><\/strong> really wasn\u2019t on my radar and seeing it for the first time (and to note, my first viewing was the Director\u2019s Cut), it was alright with plenty of excellent production and make-up designs but pretty thin on story and more specifically, characters.<\/p>\n

Legend<\/em><\/strong> appears to be oddball within Ridley Scott\u2019s repertoire and if I hadn\u2019t known any better, would\u2019ve thought this was something from Steven Spielberg (Hook<\/em>) or Ron Howard (Willow<\/em>). It\u2019s a \u201cone of these is not like the other\u201d meme. As it is, this not a wholly bad film as there is plenty of wonderment to look at. The aforementioned production design and make-up effects were well done and the performance from Tim Curry, under a ton of make-up, as Darkness was great.<\/p>\n

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The two leads with Tom Cruise and Mia Sara were okay, though seems Cruise wasn\u2019t exactly the right person as a, I guess, jungle man, was just off from his very first scene. Mia Sara for her part was fine as an ambiguous princess however neither she nor Cruise get very much to work with as their characters are vastly underwritten and could\u2019ve been fleshed out a bit more.<\/p>\n

All that said, I still found myself entertained by Legend<\/em><\/strong>. It\u2019s certainly one of Ridley Scott\u2019s lesser films on my list yet still enough going on to keep me engaged.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This two-disc set comes housed in a clear HD keep case which side-slides into a thick slip case. Also included are a perfect-bound book, large fold-out double-sided poster, glossy full-color portraits of the cast and six double-sided postcard sized lobby card reproductions. The interior sleeve is reversible with the original theatrical artwork on one side and newly commissioned artwork by Neil Davies matching the art on the slip case.<\/p>\n

Disc One (U.S. Theatrical Cut):<\/strong><\/p>\n