bbarsh wrote:I actually had some down time the other night (after 9 p.m. and kids were sleeping and wife gone for girls night out). Nothing was on the tube. Figures. Not even some stupid scifi channel movie.

So I start flipping through my paltry DVD collection...sure would have been nice to watch some mindless D&D-type movie. Of course I don't own either of the last two pieces of crap that come out - you know the ones.

I started thinking about what movies out there are D&D-like and are better than anything we have seen that is actually supposed to be D&D.

Off the top of my head I thought of the 13th Warrior. Party of heroes. Adventure, danger and death.

Your turn to recommend. (no LoTR or Conan - they are their own setting).

Kingofpain89 wrote:I also liked Legend.  Before you throw stones and laugh I just want to say that overall the movie was boring and pretty ridiculous.  But after watching it a couple of times, I saw it from quite a different perspective.  Swords, sorcery, good vs. evil, fairies, goblins, etc.  It's all pretty much there.  And the Tangerine Dream soundtrack wasnt half bad either.  

johnhuck wrote:

red_bus wrote:

Kingofpain89 wrote:I also liked Legend.  Before you throw stones and laugh I just want to say that overall the movie was boring and pretty ridiculous.  But after watching it a couple of times, I saw it from quite a different perspective.  Swords, sorcery, good vs. evil, fairies, goblins, etc.  It's all pretty much there.  And the Tangerine Dream soundtrack wasnt half bad either.  

Legend is a really interesting (if flawed   ) film - but I seem to recall we got a different version in the UK  - no Tangerine Dream, but an orchestral score instead... ?  Don't know if the film was cut differently either way.

Slightly longer and better IMO.  Although a Directors cut is now available which is longer still.  Works with both soundtracks in its own way.  But the original orchestral score is much better.  Not sure why it got cut for the USA.

I find it extremely odd that when i bought a normal version of Legend on DVD (Not special edition) it didn't have Tangerine Dream, it completely ruined the film for me, because Tangerine Dream mangaged to create such a good atmosphere. I mean seriously, Jack and Lilly running into the sunset without "Loved by the sun"? Total madness i tell you! But why can't i buy Legend on DVD without Jerry Goldsmith's original score?! (Maybe because i'm in the U.K?)But other than that..Legend is the best film ever

Jerry Goldsmith´s score is a timeless masterpiece compared to Tangerine Dream´s dated, in three weeks done 80´s pop score. The sound has much more emotional texture and complexity.

It´s really a shame that Ridley Scott became uncertain about his film due to some pot smoking people making jokes during the test screening.

What Tangerine Dream provided was electronically and thematically inferior compared to Goldsmith's symphonic/synthetic hybrid effort, and the members of Tangerine Dream themselves would become frustrated when Sheinberg would mutilate their score in the film as well. Ironically, when the film was beefed up in length for American television, scenes with Goldsmith's score from the European version ended up alongside scenes with Tangerine Dream music, making for the ultimate experience in film score failure and embarrassment. After Sheinberg's foolish actions, Legend was a total failure in America, seizing neither teenagers nor families. Part of this failure was no doubt due to the removal of Goldsmith's score.