Ridley Scott has an eye for beauty

Ridley Scott is the best director out there when it comes to creating stunning cinematic beauty. Watching "Legend" is literally like stepping into a fairytale. Seventeen year old Tom Cruise's future star power is already evident; Mia Sara is a charming heroine whose naivete destroys innocence and whose growth through suffering redeems her mistake. Unfortunately, "Legend" and the equally visually breathtaking Blade Runner were the last two times that Scott used his unique visual gift to convey an equally beautiful moral message. Since then he has diverted his exquisite talent to glamorizing the seamy side of life for Hollywood gold (e.g., in the Hannibal Lector films and in the recent American Gangster). "Legend" and "Blade Runner" remind us of what we lost when he went commercial.

LEGEND

This is a movie that you can't pass up. Especially if you like fantasy/myth type mlovies. This has one of the better good vs evil story lines. Tom cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry are all excellent. Great story line, great Special Effects and an excellent collectors edition DVD with bonus extras. I just watched this on a 50" plasma and it was superb! This is a great movie and one not to be passed up. I hope you enjoy it as much as I.

Not the Tangerine Dream score

I love this film and was so stoked to get "The Ultimate Edition". As soon as I began to watch I realized the film score is not the score done by Tangerine Dream but is instead the score by Jerry Goldsmith(most obvious in the scene of Mia Sara and her dark dance transformation). I had first seen this film with the Tangerine Dream score so the Goldsmith score was a terrible distraction to me. The T.D. music framed and complemented the film much more and really added a beautiful touch to the atmosphere of the movie.

This is still a great film and is one of the best performances by Tim Curry. There is a good deal of extra footage too.