So I saw Tron: Legacy 3D last night. It was awesome and you should go see it. There was a nice War Games shout out and a lot of “homages” to Star Wars.
Great effects, 3D used wisely, most of the time. Only in a couple scenes was it distracting. Does 3D add anything to two heads having a conversation? No. Clu entered the uncanny valley a couple times (his top lip didn’t work right), but for the most part Clu and Tron looked natural.
My beef: the original Tron had a simple, awesome concept. The good and bad programs in my computer are battling it out on lightcycles and in disc games. Easy to understand and relate to. Tron: Legacy started with the battle between open and closed source operating systems which I was fine with, but then it went on to be confusing. Apparently, programs will spontaneously create a new life form that could solve all our problems, but programs don’t like them and we have to be careful that programs don’t escape the devices they’re in and take over the world? Something like that, I think. Between that and Kevin Flynn’s nihilistic “dude, whatever” spirituality I was annoyed by the plot, such as it was. Luckily, the plot wasn’t very important.
To sum up: awesome effects, worth the time and money to see on the big screen.
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