Legend (2015) personal response

Legend (2015)

I enjoyed this film as it was cast well and Tom Hardy who played both twins looked the part and certainly played them as perfectly as we know and remember , I also enjoy learning about gangsters, murderers and criminals in general as its interesting to find out their story and see why they did what they did and what happened to them.

Though this film in a way glorifies the Kray twins too much and says they are legends which is a word we associate with people who have done good things, which the keys did not do as they killed people and people feared them and their gang it is power in the east end , i find it incredibly interesting as it's sort of history even though it's hard to determine what's fact and what's fiction today.

I also enjoy this film as a lot of technical work has been put into it to make it seamless and believable that Tom Hardy was two different people at the same time which amazes me as its so clever and takes modern films to a different level due to the number of technical possibilities we have today also the setting and costumes are perfect for the time era which I also enjoy as its history in a way and the 60s is one of my favourite time periods  because of the fashion was smart and men wore suits all the time and ladies fashion was becoming very modern and different and the film legend captures the fashion perfectly from head to toe.

This film is about gangs and murder but it isn't dark all the way through which I like and I like the way that they use the love story between Reggie and Frances to break up the darkness of the gang and what the twins did during their rise of power in the east end they also break up the darkness with humour but not making it too funny as they want to keep a bit of realism.

As much as I love this film because of what its about and how that interests me, I also love it as it gives us solid evidence of tom hardy talent and his ability to do just about anything which is amazing because some people will of just watched this film purely because tom hardy is in it and nothing to do with the story but because of how well he plays both brothers people seeing the film just because he is in it will enjoy the film a lot more than they expect and they will be educated and get a feel of who the Kray brothers were and how serious they were because he executes playing both the brothers so well its incredible.

Legend was rated 61% on rotten tomatoes which i completely disagree with as it was such a fantastic film and so much work was put in to it by Tom Hardy and the other actors also the technical side as it is so flawless it actually looks like there is two of the same person in one room especially in the fighting scene.