Tron: Legacy
Really wanted this to work, but overall, fail.
I wonder what the real intent of remaking Tron? I can remember vividly when i was very young and visiting Disneyland for thd first time. Sure i enjoyed the rollercoasters and all that, but what struck me most was Tron, which was being promoted in the theme park, as it was produced by disney.
I accept i was blown away by the graphics, but it was also the story of the fight against capitalistic authoritarianism that resonated in me. So i made it a point to go watch the movie while in the usa (paying 3 times the ticket price) but also to play the tron arcade games and most importantly to sit in the semi-vr ride simulating the lightcycles. What a rush.
Many years later, i managed to get a dvd of the original movie (above), and both kids loved it.
Fast forward a few more years, and i heard about the tron sequel. Now, by rule of thumb, sequels of great movies will fail...the only question was fail by how much?
Unfortunately, tron legacy fails by quite a lot, not just as a sequel to tron, but also as a movie in general. the plot is somewhat similar, but executed badly. The characters are no more than pure cartoonish caricatures, and even the great jeff bridges cannot (a) reproduce his magic from the original tron, and (b) nowhere come close to his best in 'True Grit'.
Returning to the quedtion posed at the beginning, i think this movie was made to allow the sfx people to have a field day to go 3d and to blow our minds. Ok, the sfx sequences are pretty cool, but they don't mean a thing if they aren't part of a logical story!
In the end, the only thing i liked best about the movie is the totally awesome soundtrack done by Daft Punk. The score is intentionally or otherwise the best application of minimalism, and i have watched movies with philip glass scores. Although i have pretty much put the movie out of my mind, am still returning to the soundtrack. I don't care if someone else orchestrated the music, nor the dance floor remixes.they somehow work, much better than the movie. Beauty and genius. Anyone who wants the soundtrack, just drop me a line.
I wonder what the real intent of remaking Tron? I can remember vividly when i was very young and visiting Disneyland for thd first time. Sure i enjoyed the rollercoasters and all that, but what struck me most was Tron, which was being promoted in the theme park, as it was produced by disney.
I accept i was blown away by the graphics, but it was also the story of the fight against capitalistic authoritarianism that resonated in me. So i made it a point to go watch the movie while in the usa (paying 3 times the ticket price) but also to play the tron arcade games and most importantly to sit in the semi-vr ride simulating the lightcycles. What a rush.
Many years later, i managed to get a dvd of the original movie (above), and both kids loved it.
Fast forward a few more years, and i heard about the tron sequel. Now, by rule of thumb, sequels of great movies will fail...the only question was fail by how much?
Unfortunately, tron legacy fails by quite a lot, not just as a sequel to tron, but also as a movie in general. the plot is somewhat similar, but executed badly. The characters are no more than pure cartoonish caricatures, and even the great jeff bridges cannot (a) reproduce his magic from the original tron, and (b) nowhere come close to his best in 'True Grit'.
Returning to the quedtion posed at the beginning, i think this movie was made to allow the sfx people to have a field day to go 3d and to blow our minds. Ok, the sfx sequences are pretty cool, but they don't mean a thing if they aren't part of a logical story!
In the end, the only thing i liked best about the movie is the totally awesome soundtrack done by Daft Punk. The score is intentionally or otherwise the best application of minimalism, and i have watched movies with philip glass scores. Although i have pretty much put the movie out of my mind, am still returning to the soundtrack. I don't care if someone else orchestrated the music, nor the dance floor remixes.they somehow work, much better than the movie. Beauty and genius. Anyone who wants the soundtrack, just drop me a line.
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