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Title: Not a bad movie
Review: Even with a semi-disappointing performance by Tom Cruise, it wasn't a bad movie. Tim Curry gives a strong performance as the Satan-esque character.Now the thing that really bugs me: everyone comparing every single fantasy film to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Don't get me wrong, I love those movies and the books for that matter, but you can't compare everything to those movies. For one thing, this movie came out in the mid 80's, and as we all know special effects weren't nearly as developed then as they are now. Not only that, but fantasy was a new type of movie back then, Legend being one of the first fantasy movies that wasn't animated, such as the Lord of the Rings which came out in the 70's. All I'm saying is evaluate each movie as something independant from a different movie, most notably Lord of the Rings. Again, Lord of the Rings is one of my favorite movies, but give it a rest.
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