a semi-official thread for the film to discuss opinions, reviews, comments.

I plan to see this at the IMAX 3D on Dec24!


Official site:
http://disney.go.com/tron/?int_cmp=dcom_cat_Movies_New_CL_10_80910

Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Legacy

recent article at NYT on the film
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/movies/05tron.html?_r=1&ref=movies

Oh yeah, I'll be seeing this opening weekend. Probably not in IMAX 3D though.

Hoping to go on release day, can't wait! Just hope they don't screw it up after all of these years of waiting.

Yeah that's exactly what happened to me with the last X-Files film.

I am stoked for this. I want to see it @ IMAX in 3D, just trying to arrange a sitter so I can go w/ my wife.

Wife bought me tickets for the IMAX event in Bradford, showing at midnight with a pre-showing 'Tron Yourself' and original 80s arcade TRON machine event.

To say I'm stoked is an understatement. I went to see the original at the theatre well over a dozen times when prices were around 75p. And many more times on Betamax (to this day I know every sound effect sadly). Spoiled the movie actually.

YES, NO, YES, NO, YES, NO

You're a bit aren't you?

very cool!

Beta-what?

There seems to be a big disconnect between the critics and movie audiences on this film so far,

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10011582-TRON_legacy/

Well, it's no different from the original in that respect, except maybe less ground breaking as CGI is all pervasive today. TRON Legacy managed to overwhelm the senses in IMAX 3D down to the end credits. Just as brainless as it was in 1982 and just as fun. There were young people coming out of the screening taking about "that movie has many problems". But it's all about art. The Art of TRON back in 1982 was avant-garde, towering primitives of neon-clad architecture. The aesthetics of TRON Legacy sill please and the phrase "Tron-esque" will continue to be used as a result.

If you're looking for something to make you think, it's limited to the use of colour and space. The movie is a highly technical exercise probably only of interest to computer graphics engineers. Digital actors are convincing until they try to talk. Once they lick that problem I shudder at what might be possible, or the legal implications of resurrecting Humphrey Bogart to star in new films.

Perhaps too much pandering to the audience with repeat dialogue from the 1982 movie. And lots a tight ass shots. Well, that was kind of OK really. Characters we didn't really care too much about.

To sum it up in a phrase, TRON Legacy is "an architectural piece". I loved it. TRON 2.0 the video game had better story and dialogue though.