I just watched it again, but realized the score was different to the one i remember seeing in USA as a kid.

I found out, to dumb the film down to US audiences, they changed the composer from jerry goldsmiths great score, to some new age synth band tangerine dream?

Also, the girl sings some weird songs at the beginning of the movie, but i read that was cut out of the US version?



Anyway, very flawed film, and the original version has no cheesy song at the end, which was a good thing. Shame the actual narrative to this film was very poor, but those designs and look of the film is incredible in places


And the princess looked alot better as some sort of vampire/goth then in her normal outfit


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i have the u.s. version. and it is one of my favorite movies. and i love tom cruise in this movie because of his rawness and pre-hollywood non-make over look. he was actually very very wonderful in this movie. (check out tom's teeth in this movie)
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I haven't thought of this movie in years. I liked it but only saw the US version.

shellyevon said:

Yeah, other than the score, theres nothing in it really, apart from some little changes like the song the girl sings as i mentioned above.


Still, i cant remember the US score, but from the clips i heard online, i'll take the professional goldsmith score anyday.

shame Tim Currey wasn't in it more.

thesexofit said:

I love Tim Curry!!

I know tim was in it....that's why i watched it....

shellyevon said:

Yeah, hes great in everything i see him in. Even if he does tend to be in films which are, lets say, to put it politely "beneath him".


In Stallone screwball comedy "oscar", he was great, and even in "home alone 2" he was funny. But he seems to be typecast as a brit eccentric somewhat?

thesexofit said:

Yeah, I think he is typecast somewhat in movies. You probably see more of him on tv than we do. He's done a lot of voice overs for cartoons.

shellyevon said:

Yeah, shame, but hes very good at what he does.


More geek talk, obviously the nintendo god shigeru miyamoto was a fan of the movie, as u can see some similarities (small ones mind) between this and the mind blowing "legend of zelda: ocrina of time" game for the n64. (best game ever)


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mia sara was the girl wasn't she? wasn't she in ferris bueller? or am I thinking of someone else entirely

ZombieKitten said:

Ur right, i think she was in ferris bueller? I never liked that film. If corey haim was the lead, then the flm mighta been less annoying

Zach morris was more rebellious then ferris



http://www.nothingtoxic.c...5bcd89.wmv


See, that proved it.

ZombieKitten said:

that's her! Legend was another visually incredible film from the man who brought you Alien and Blade Runner, too bad the script sucked!

ufoclub said:

That and the stupid muppets. They ruined willow and labriynth aswell. Also, the camera angles had too many extreme close ups for some odd reason? At times it was hard to see what was going on.


Still, when mia dances with that thing, thats a wonderful scene. U know the one i mean? CGI has ruined some of the warmth old fashioned makeup has

ufoclub said:

'xackly!

all i remember is that tom's legs looked spectacular in this film

oh and the long hair was cool too

IstenSzek said:

He was cute back then, who woulda thought he would go

IstenSzek said:

despite the backlash, the man is a great actor.

ufoclub said:

he is. so ok, he behaves like madman in public these days

but that doesn't mean he's not handsome anymore and also,

you know, quite a good actor

ufoclub said:

I saw 'Cocktail' again last night.....you're right!

Is that the one about a pegasus? Like something about the last one and it's horn used for something, and he's supposed to save it?

Tim Curry is absolutely awesome in Legend.

"Whats this?A little boy?"
(best line)

The make up Tim Curry wears must have taken him hours to get put on.
Is this out on DVD yet? Does it have directors commentary on it?

I fucking LOVED this movie Fantastic art direction, Tom seemed so innocent. I'd watch it to this day, Tim Curry was great. The way he said, "Does it... pleeeeease you?" (or whatever the line was when he asked if everything was up to par for Lilly once he had her captive) was classic

thesexofit said:

shigeru miyamoto. I have that same pic, only from the new game that's coming out, as my background these days Zelda is the best. Yeah, I see the similarities too.

Tim curry's character scared the shit out of me.


He was much more personable in women's stockings and high heels.

abierman said:

That film is sooooo 80's, and i think its poor.


color of money is much better