Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

TRON: Legacy is kind of a huge piece of shit. It is visually resplendent, no question. It looks beautiful from start to finish. And yet, it doesn't quite engage me as the vector graphic, low-res Grid of 1982. Perhaps the obvious artifice of the original film lends it an air of wonder that the more refined, "realistic" visuals of 2010 can't replicate. Anyway, Daft Punk's score holds up beautifully, easily as striking as Wendy Carlos's work from 1982.

And Olivia Wilde makes me all sorts of funny in the pants.

Too bad the story is such a lost opportunity. The movie starts out pretty well. In fact, the entire First Act is pretty good, as far as big budget action spectacles go. The male lead -- whose name eludes me and I'm too lazy to look it up -- has the dramatic range of a wet mop. Compared to Jeff Bridges's performance in 1982, he's lifeless and milquetoast. Generic Brooding Kid with Daddy Issues 101. Too bad that once the story moves into Act II, it doesn't even GRIND to a halt, it SLAMS into a granite wall and lies mangled and lifeless for a good hour or so. By the time we get to the final Act and the requisite slam-bang action finale, there's no interest. Character, conflict, pacing, flow, it's all a mess.

The ending doesn't even feel like an ending; nothing feels accomplished, there's no sense of growth or resolution, there's just a convenient finish line that follows 1.5 hours of little more than dramatic intertia. There's some fine action pieces, and it's all fine and good, but it means nothing overall. Like watching someone playing a video game. Looks great, sounds great, at times thrilling but often dull and overall completely unengaging.

5 / 10

Originally Posted by TallGuyMe

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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe

aaaaaaaand I just watched it this morning, and absolutely loved it. The original Tron helped define my childhood, granted, always considered a second tier player to Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Gremlins, etc, but still a movie that I look back with fond memories (and concede it doesn't hold up very well).

As for Tron: Legacy, it felt more like Star Wars than the prequel trilogy ever did (and that's a good thing). I was half expecting Flynn to say "Great kid! Don't get cocky!" when Sam was using the turret tail gun. LOL.

The CGI young Flynn was a little distracting, but I got used to it. Olivia Wilde is fucking redonkulously hot, and I didn't pick up on Tron being the Boba Fettesque right hand man.

I watched it early early this morning with headphones as to not wake up the whole house, and the soundtrack was constant, and amazing. Bring on part 3!

Originally Posted by TallGuyMe

aaaaaaaand I just watched it this morning, and absolutely loved it. The original Tron helped define my childhood, granted, always considered a second tier player to Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Gremlins, etc, but still a movie that I look back with fond memories (and concede it doesn't hold up very well).

As for Tron: Legacy, it felt more like Star Wars than the prequel trilogy ever did (and that's a good thing). I was half expecting Flynn to say "Great kid! Don't get cocky!" when Sam was using the turret tail gun. LOL.

The CGI young Flynn was a little distracting, but I got used to it. Olivia Wilde is fucking redonkulously hot, and I didn't pick up on Tron being the Boba Fettesque right hand man.

I watched it early early this morning with headphones as to not wake up the whole house, and the soundtrack was constant, and amazing. Bring on part 3!