Movie: Tron Legacy

Rating: C

That's right. Let's give it a solid C. Without giving too much away; Tron Legacy is a visually brilliant, mind-numbingly vapid, aesthetically droolworthy, brainless exhiliration that combines the best of Daft Punk's genius with an unhealthy portion of Disney infused saccharine induced cliched script.



(SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading right now if you're worried I'm going to give too much away.)


28 years ago, Disney came out with a movie that pushed the boundaries of computer graphics and delved fairly deeply into the possibility of a digital civilisation. Mixing in bits and bytes into the script along with other geeky jargon, the movie was a disastrous flop at the box office. That being said, over the years, Tron has become a huge cult classic due to its growing relevance in the maturation of this digital age. Unfortunately, its sequel, will not likely experience the same longevity.

The production team did several things that made this movie aesthetically sensational.
1. They were able to get Jeff Bridges to reprise his role
2. They were able to get a great CGI / 3D team to get 1982 Jeff Bridges to reprise his role.
3. They hired Daft Punk to do the soundtrack.
4. They hired Olivia Wilde (Thirteen from the TV series "House")

The movie COULD have been and WOULD have been much better if they had just stuck with those 4 items of brilliance. But then they wanted to get cerebral. They start talking about socio-digital politics. They start talking about bio-technological breakthroughs that will change humanity. They start talking about destiny. They start talking about the undying love of family. When in actuality, all they needed to do to make this movie amazing, was to simply just STOP talking!

Highlights of the movie?
- Seeing Jeff Bridges young again was just spooky. It was awesome. But spooky. Especially in the beginning when you don't really realise it's all CG just yet.
- The visuals were simply stunning.
- I hope Daft Punk wins the Oscar for Best Original Score. Yes, it's THAT good.

Lowlights of the movie?
- Anytime anyone talks.

Just to give you a taste of HOW good the score is? Check it out:



~Cheers.