Legend

This movie seemed really interesting but I found it super hard to follow. The continuity between scenes was petty sketchy at times, and by the end of the movie I had a pretty vague idea of what actually happened.

I enjoyed the fantasy world that Ridley Scott created - it was interesting to see the human, Tom Cruise, be in a position that felt subservient of his environment and the mythical creatures that inhabited it, such as the unicorns. I thought it was notable that the unicorn horn was the all powerful item in this film - usually it seems to be something more man-made - a ring, a sword, a wand or a tome. In this film, the ring was significant in a very different way; it was part of a chain of events that screwed up the whole fantasy world and sent it into winter.

The princess character is hopelessly naive, and doesn't appreciate the potential consequences of her actions or the ridiculousness of her requests - like throwing her ring into a river and saying that whoever found it, she would marry. This puts Tom Cruise, our intrepid hero, out of commission for a minute, and events transpire without Com Truise there to save the day - of course lady does nothing to help.

In all what made the most lasting impression on my were the effects and the world that was created. The story is very secondary in my mind.