Tron: Legacy impressions
Another year, another movie outing with my (mostly) teenage cousins on New Year’s Eve. This time we saw Tron: Legacy in IMAX 3D, even though none of my cousins had seen the original Tron or were even aware that the new film was a sequel. My impressions:
- It was visually awesome.
- Daft Punk’s soundtrack was great. It was a bit overpowering, but…
- … I wonder if the film wouldn’t have been better as a feature-length music video with no dialogue, letting the audience piece together their own plot (a la Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555). The actual plot was ridiculous.
- I think it would have been better as a reboot instead of as a sequel. You can’t build a solid story on top of an awful foundation. The first Tron film is almost 30 years old, so most people probably don’t remember it very well anyway, especially since its plot is best left forgotten. A reboot also would have provided an opportunity to give the “Tron” name to the world instead of to a character. (It’s a little telling when the film’s titular character isn’t even significant to the story. I don’t remember if Tron: Legacy even explained who Tron was.)
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yeah, i have few memories of it except it was quite pretty, but otherwise, very forgettable. i also have few memories of the 1st one except that the visuals were mind blowing at the time. it is amsuing that it was disqualified for the oscars for best visual effects because it used a computer which was considered cheating.
— Ben @ January 18, 2011, 2:18 pm (PT)