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Legend has been remastered and is finally coming to Blu-Ray. What you're essentially getting is everything that was on the Ultimate Edition DVD released years back plus a new English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, BDLive, My Scenes and Pocket BLU. That means you will get two versions of the movie: the original theatrical release with the original score by Tangerine Dream and the Director's Cut with and additional 20 minutes of footage and film score by Jerry Goldsmith. Unfortunately it will not have the "International Version" that people overseas have been able to get on DVD, nor is the original 150 minute work print.
Legend is one of the few fairy tale movies not geared toward children. It is also one of the most visually striking, comparable in my opinion only to Del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth. Like most fairy tales the story itself is rather simple. Darkness wants to overcome light. The hero wants to save the day and rescue his maiden. There are little subplots like a bit of a love triangle and Darkness trying to seduce the hero's maiden. It's not deep storytelling, but it sets the stage for all the good stuff.
And what's so good about it? Well what is Ridley Scott good at (especially in his early career)? A setting that is so immersive and rich in detail that you can get lost in just experiencing this world he created. The forests are magical and have the look and feel of something old and enchanted. The swamps are eerie and desolate and paint the perfect picture of what evil places should look like. The dungeons are foreboding and full of an atmosphere that personifies what Hell could be like. This movie sells the fact it's a fantasy film in spades with just the sets alone.
If Legend stopped at sets it would still be a great movie, but Scott didn't stop there. The mystical creatures are just as impressive. Sure the unicorns are just horses with a horn pasted on them. Sure the pixie/elf/gnome like characters look good, but aren't all that incredible. But when you feast your eyes on the gallery of the dark creatures you start seeing some awesome creations. The troll in the swamp is a wickedly done up hag. The goblin Blix is just as creepy looking. Darkness is the absolute best looking devil character you will ever see; hands down. You will not recognize Tim Curry as this seminal character. Then again you won't recognize any of these actors in makeup. Top it all off with an eye for the type of cinematography that maximizes that dream-fantasy feel and you get some amazing results.
The acting is also impressive for a fairy tale film. Tom Cruise may look at bit wooden as the hero Jack, but I think it belies the innocence and naive nature of his character. Mia Sara nailed her performance as the very human and naively flawed Lili. Tim Curry absolutely steals the show as Darkness in spite of being hidden behind some impressive and massive prosthetics and makeup. The score for the theatrical release was by Tangerine Dream, which definitely dates that version of the film to the 80's with it's new age feeling synth tracks. Doesn't really fit the medieval setting too much, but it's not totally distracting either. Goldsmith's score on the Director's cut fits much better with the era, but musically is so very bland. As far as soundtracks are concerned it's a toss up, but I have to give a little nudge to Tangerine Dream in spite of it being synthy.
This is a single disk release, but it is a BD-50 disk, which should have plenty of room for both movies and all the extras without any compression issues. Visually the movie never looked better. Now the Blu-Ray mentions that the Director's Cut was from an inferior print and won't look as good as the theatrical cut, which had the advantage of a number of good source prints to choose from. If you ask me I don't really see a difference. Both movies stand out in color and details. It's not a night and day difference from the DVD, however it is enough of a stand up difference in clarity to do the double dip. I believe it's just the Director's Cut that is remastered on DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 while the theatrical edit is Dolby Digital 5.1 respectively. As stated before this Blu-Ray release will have all of the original featurettes from the previous DVD release. Here is a breakdown:
Commentary by Director Ridley Scott - This is one of his better commentaries and is full of interesting production tidbits. The commentary is on the Director's Cut.
Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend - This is an extensive documentary with interviews from major cast and crew members (with the notable exception of Tom Cruise). You hear about the massive sets created, then destroyed by a tragic fire as well as other tidbits on how the movie was made.
Lost Scenes - Two scenes are in here. One is an alternate opening scene and the rest are more stills and art composites putting together scenes that I think were never filmed.
Isolated music score by Tangerine Dream - Self explanatory. This is on the theatrical release.
Trailers, TV Spots and Photo Gallery - All of the promotional materials for the film.
In addition to the original features (likely still being presented in standard definition) there are some Blu-Ray exclusives as well. Not in the way of new commentaries or documentaries, but more or less the application type features. Here is the breakdown of those:
BDLive - There is potential that alternate or scenes previously deleted may show up in the future via BDLive. Same goes for additional interviews and features. In my experience, however, is that this feature is sorely underutilized.
My Scenes - This lets you bookmark scenes that you can share with other registered users with Universal Studios.
Pocket Blu - I think this is another feature used in some Blu-Rays from Universal. You can use your iPad or iPhone as a remote as well as other neat features like bonus contend, soundtrack lists and posting options.
All in all if you are a fan of fantasy films this should be on the top of your list. It is a little known classic of that genre. If you have the original DVD release it is still recommended to snatch this up as the remastering really does update the visuals in a big way, plus uncompressed HD audio is also welcome. If you never got this movie now is the time to do it. The likelihood of another edition coming out similar to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner that includes the work print and new features is unlikely as this film never really garnered nearly as much attention. In other words this is likely the best we will get.
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Very happy with the Blu-ray!
I got this on Blu-ray from Amazon today. They both look much better then dvd versions, but I think the theatrical wins hands down for video quality. The sharpness is so much better in the TC. The picture detail is better in both, but the TC cut seems about a 4.5 out of 5 and the DC is a 3.5, it just isn't as sharp as the TC.I compared 2 scenes, at the beginning, where Darkness points his finger in blix's face, the TC is much sharper then the DC. They are both huge upgrades from the DVD editions. There is detail in things in both I have never seen before. The back of Darkness's thrown has shimmering jewels in it that can now be seen in the Blu-ray version. Grain is intact on both. They both sound great in DTS.This is what is shown before the TC:The final theatrical version of LEGEND was transferred by Universal in 2006 directly from the inter-negatives. It displays a much more detailed and refined image than the Director's Cut. Considering the significantly different source elements and transfer processes involded, it is safe to say that each version of LEGEND has it's own strengths and I leave it to you to decide which one you think is best. - Ridley ScottThis is what is shown before the DC:For years before it's release on DVD release, the LEGEND Director's Cut was thought to be lost forever. However in 2000, it was miraculously located in the form of a pristine answer print, which was later transferred to DVD. Answer print by their nature offer limited latitude in the transfer process, commonly resulting in lees-then-optimal picture quality.Such is the case with LEGEND Director's Cut.Newly re-transferred in 2011 for this Blu-ray release, the limitations of the answer print are now even more apparent in high definition. However, given it's one-and-only source element, the Director's Cut looks as good as it possibly can and I am pleased to include it on this Blu-ray release as both an archival curiosity for fans and a digital preservation of my original vision for the film.- RidleyScottI've always preferred the Theatrical cut since it is the one I've seen 30+ times on VHS and DVD for 25 years. Just like I prefer the TC of Blade Runner, but now I can watch the DC after so many viewings of the TC that I hear the voice overs in my head when I watch it now.No new special features, the same as the DVD from 2002. Which is fine with me.It seems like this is the best either version of this film are going to look. If you're a fan, I recommend picking it up.
