Jeff Bridges' character Flynn has stuck in the computer world for 20 years after a coup by his computer alter-ego resulting from him discovering "life" in this world. These are very interesting ideas, but they are presented in the dullest way possible. Beautiful rooms and imagery of people talking with no personality. The first Tron had such a joy and energy to it. This Tron has no joy and no energy. Everyone is so sad and defeated.
That's sort of the point of the story, but rather than the goofy fun of the first movie everything is put through this gothic-techno layer that looks cool for action sequences but after a while just becomes a bore for your story. On top of that, the writing is bad. It's not like the first Tron was a masterpiece, but watching these two back-to-back, you realize how much better the writing in that one is.
Every bit of writing in Tron Legacy is there to serve a function: this is the scene where they need to get something, this is the scene where they fail, this is the scene where they have a heart-to-heart. You feel the function of the scene and not the emotion of the scene every time, and it just makes these bits a chore to sit through.
I haven't even mentioned how this "grid" world feels so much smaller than the whole computer world of the first movie, how they sideline the title character in a manner akin to Hawkeye in the first Avengers, or how they totally drop surviving characters from the first movie who played an important role.
Point is it needed a rewrite. This is all really a shame, because I'd like more Tron movies, and clearly they do too. They sequel bait the fate of the title character, and I'd like to see that with a better team behind it.
The first Tron is and will always be, a classic. This Tron has some amazing visuals and a couple of cool ideas, but just doesn't execute them in the way the long-awaited sequel should.
This isn't even a sequel I was waiting for, but as a new fan, I'm still disappointed. Still, the visuals and music alone are enough to bump it up to a moderate ranking, along with a painfully underused but damn enjoyable Michael Sheen. There's a good movie here buried under a heap of problems. It's not a good movie, but it's got good ideas and one mind-blowing scene. I still can't forgive the missed potential and how pedestrian the second half became though.
Michael M Super Reviewer. Apr 18, Do you have to completely understand a film to completely enjoy it? It is a question I had to ask myself after watching Tron: Legacy. Despite being released twenty-eight years after the first film, the sequel only offers a brief recap of the original film, and doesn't really provide enough information for those of us who haven't seen the first movie.
That being said, what I gathered was that Kevin Flynn Jeff Bridges created the most popular video game of it's time, which launched a billion dollar company, but it was more than just a game. There was also a virtual world where life and death battles took place and control of the real world was at stake. Somehow Flynn was trapped by his alter-ego, Clu, and stuck there, until his son, Sam Garrett Hedlund , receives a message all these years later, and discovers his fathers secret world and also becomes trapped inside.
Granted I don't really understand why this world was created in the first place, how "the bad guys" were created, or even who Tron actually is.
Never the less, I still enjoyed the action the film has to offer, as well as the incredible special effects. The truth is that for a PG Disney movie, this was an incredibly complicated story, and the real appeal here was the special effects, which were revolutionary ten years ago.
As for the cast, I really liked Garrett Hedlund, I thought he had a big future ahead of him, after Four Brothers, but for some reason he doesn't do many films like this and I don't run into him too often. Jeff Bridges on the other hand seemed very disinterested in reprising his role, almost as if he was doing it for a big pay day.
Not to mention, the digitized younger alter-ego, Clu, was more than somewhat creepy. Overall, I really didn't get the point of the film, but it was entertaining enough and it killed a few hours, exactly what I was in the mood for at the time I watched it.
Todd S Super Reviewer. May 25, There are things to really like about Tron: Legacy. For starters, I appreciate the continuity of the franchise by bringing back Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner. Both also deserve extra credit for portraying two characters, especially Bridges since he's a main character. The music is very fitting for this universe; Daft Punk might not be the most conventional choice to write a film score, but they didn't disappoint with this one.
The most impressive part of this movie was its visual effects. The bike sequences and disk fights were fun to watch. Now, although this movie was fun to look at and listen to, it was a challenge to get through. The middle act is where things started to go downhill because the action slowed down and the "story" picked up. The plot was very dull, and the characters were duller.
I honestly didn't care about the fates of any of the characters because they weren't very fleshed out at all, so it was hard to take the climax of the movie very seriously. That being said, this is a harmless movie that you can justify watching with the family, but don't expect anything memorable. Ben B Super Reviewer. Oct 08, Marvelous visuals and a stirring score make it easy to forgive the film its deficiencies.
Like the original, Legacy transports you to another world. Unlike most films with heavy CG, the Tron setting looks very substantial, with a strong material feel that gives the action sequences a sense of fatality and excitement. Jeff Bridges' natural style helps the viewer to make believe the world and the events are real, especially the various bits of narration called for and reminiscent of Alec Guiness in Star Wars.
Recommended to fans of sci-fi epic and to those who never tire of the Hero's Journey. Robert B Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. Tron is left unconscious and sinking into the Sea of Simulation. As the trio head towards the portal, Kevin asks Quorra to do something for him. Clu awaits them as they reach their destination and confronts Kevin, insisting he was simply following the directive programmed into him, that it was Kevin who betrayed his promise to make a perfect world together.
Kevin accepts the accusation, apologizing for setting Clu on such an impossible task. The bridge to the portal breaks off, separating the group whilst Clu goes for Kevin's disc.
But he is shocked to find that it is Quorra's disc instead - the two had switched discs en route. Outraged, Clu jumps the gap after Sam and Quorra, just as they activate the portal. But just before Clu can reach the portal, Kevin telekinetically seizes and then reintegrates him, apparently destroying them both, along with Clu's approaching carrier and his entire army, in a brilliant and massive explosion. Back in the real world, Sam copies the Grid from Kevin's old servers onto a small microchip he wears around his neck bearing a small circle that looks exactly like the original identity disc.
Quorra waits for him outside the arcade and asks what's next. Sam replies, "I guess we're supposed to change the world. The real world was filmed conventionally, while footage of performers for inside the computer world was captured with 3-D in mind.
This resulted in a stark transition from the mundane representation of the real world, to a much more elaborate world within the system. A similar technique was used in The Wizard of Oz , in transitioning from black and white footage to colour footage, to draw viewers into the fictional world with an added sense of amazement. This provides digital data ready for rendering objects three dimensionally and ensures the highest possibilities of a good 3-D presentation.
The soundtrack was released on 7 December The soundtrack also comes in a limited 2-disc Special Edition, which features five bonus tracks. Online versions of the soundtrack purchased from specific vendors iTunes, Amazon and Nokia Ovi also each feature their own exclusive tracks.
Bonus features include the making of the film and the Disney Second Screen interactive experience. The album peaked at No. The hidden clips are accessible via a "Space Paranoids" arcade-style high scores menu following the short film, requiring the viewer to type in various high score initials to access the clips.
The hidden clips included are as follows:. In the late s, there were speculation that Disney would make a sequel film, due to the original film's big cult following. The footage began with an update of the light cycle duel from TRON , pitting a blue program against a yellow one with the two racing through a futuristic landscape.
While in pursuit, the blue program manages to evade the mysterious yellow program. However, the yellow program took a shortcut and drove in front of the blue racer, making him crash into the yellow driver's Light Ribbon. The blue program flew off his cycle and into the air before landing on the road and almost falling into an abyss, where the road ends. Meanwhile, the duel is being observed from a high, cliff-side structure by a human figure wearing regular clothing — an older, bearded Kevin Flynn played again by Jeff Bridges.
The yellow program pulls his light cycle over and climbs off, grabbing his identity disc, which now appears as a glowing ring. As the unknown yellow rider approaches the blue program, the defeated racer yells out to his opponent, "You won, okay? It's just a game! Clu's replies to the program, "Not anymore The footage ended with a '2' appearing in the traditional TRON font and the title, TR2N, emerging around it, then fading away to leave the number.
Joseph Kosinski directed the promo and is currently directing the film. Kosinski previously directed commercials for Gears of War, Halo 3, Apple Computers and others, and was noted for his skill at blending photo-realistic CGI with real actors and scenery.
Lost writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are slated to write the film. Originally, the test trailer did not prove that a TRON sequel was in production, but it showed that Disney was serious about a sequel. Some speculated that the trailer was not only to see how the public will react to the trailer, but to show the executives at Disney what a TRON sequel will look like. Producer Sean Bailey later said in an interview that if the trailer did not have a good reaction, the movie would have never been made.
On September 24, , Disney showcased its upcoming films in a day-long presentation for Disney partners and the media at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA. One of the many films showcased was TR2N , in which the same trailer from Comic-Con was shown to the crowd. According to AICN:. Original title: Tron. Play trailer Action Adventure Sci-Fi. Director Joseph Kosinski. Top credits Director Joseph Kosinski. See more at IMDbPro.
Music Video Trailer Tron: Trailer 2. Tron Legacy: Trailer 1. Tron Legacy: Comic-Con Footage. Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Olivia Wilde Quorra as Quorra. James Frain Jarvis as Jarvis. Beau Garrett Gem as Gem. Michael Sheen Castor as Castor …. Anis Cheurfa Rinzler as Rinzler. Serinda Swan Siren 2 as Siren 2. Yaya DaCosta Siren 3 as Siren 3.
Elizabeth Mathis Siren 4 as Siren 4. Conrad Coates Bartik as Bartik. Joseph Kosinski.
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