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Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Robert Picardo, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Annabelle Lanyon, Tina Mart
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Legend |
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A beautiful young free-spirited girl is shown a pair of magical unicorns by Jack, a puck-ish boy of the woods. She ignores a warning by Jack, accidentally plunging the world into winter, giving a demon, Darkness, the opportunity to take over the world. Darkness attempts to seduce and marry the girl as Jack and his various friends of the forest (dwarves, sprites, etc.) try to thwart his evil plan. Fantastic production values create a magical, fairy-tale world. This review is for the American version, which is shorter and has music by Tangerene Dream. The European version is longer and has music by Jerry Goldsmith.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Legend |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Explore plotlet:
- exploring a wondrous planet or phenomenon
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- destined love (predicted in dream/text)
Human/Magical couple?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlng, curly
Unclothed?
- Slightly see-through clothes
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- dictator
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- super strength
- can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- bulging muscles
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Ice world?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Techno/disco
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