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Not a theater walkout, but... We just tried to watch "Legend" with Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, and directed by Ridley Scott. It was so jarring, shockingly bad we couldn't last past the 15 minute mark. The writing, the acting, the direction, the music (with bombastic synth stabs), and really terrible editorial/audio fx choices. Also, there is so many feathers just floating around. Honestly, I love b-movie fantasies (Krulletc) but this thing takes itself so seriously and is so cringingly bad we just couldn't get through it.
Seeing Tim Curry as the devil is so worth it though
I feel you on the start. It felt way too serious at cliche fantasy to seem good. I was just looking to pass the time, though, and kept watching. I ended up loving the movie by the end.
Mostly because Tim Curry as the devil, but it definitely has that 80's live movie magic going on. If the movie itself gets boring, there's enough in the costumes and sets and the whole craft of it all to keep someone busy.
There are a silly amount of very different cuts of this film. I watched the UK tv cut (I think at least) years ago on film4, I finished it and I liked it. I didn't understand where the online ridicule came from. Sure it was campy, but not anymore than other 80's fantasy movies like Time Bandits. The probable answer: I watched a good cut.
If you read how the USA theatrical release got butchered by the studio ... It was a recipe for disaster. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089469/alternateversions/
My friends and I walked out on that like 30 minutes in ... then it came through in the cheap seats 2nd run theater and we tried it again. Walked out after 35 minutes. Fool me twice? Lol
I love this movie. It’s of a genre from this period like The Keep and The Hunger. I might even throw in John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness into that list. There’s just something about the pace and visuals of these movies that I really like.