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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tron Legacy.

Oh woa...
I didn't realised I'd left this place for so long. How time flies when you're busy...
Incidentally, since I haven't been in the cinema over that period of time and cinema micro reviews is pretty much the only thing I keep myself doing, I guess it just figures.

Anyway, I brought 2010 to a close with Tron Legacy.
Now I love the original Tron to bits. Some people might think that it has aged, but I find the design, the concepts are still groundbreaking today.
I therefore didn't expect Legacy to top that. And it didn't.

The biggest flaw that holds the movie back is its script. I think they got the right elements there, I love the themes and the key elements (son chasing lost father kept prisoner) but it's all put together in a preditible manner that doesn't really make you sympathise with the characters.
Also, a lot of it seems forced in the way that "you can't have a Tron movie without ". So they did it. So if you know the original, you know what the main set pieces will be before going in (even if you don't know how they will unfold).
However, it's structured enough to make sense and it's brought to life by actors playing it straight and believing in it, so it's in no way a show stopper.

Also "how it unfolds" is an important point here. Because we're here for the show, right?
And on that field, boy doesn't the movie deliver. A real feast for the senses.
All art departments are converging and merging together to create a consistent world. Special mention to Daft Punk's music here that even incorporates sound effects!
Also, 3D has never been so relevant for this movie. And the use they make of it (real world in 2D, digital in 3D) is very clever.
The small flaw in that field is Jeff Bridge's young face: I think it's expressive enough, however it's really young Jeff Bridges and that bugged me slightly.

So all in all, a hell of a show that's definitely worth seeing in the cinema. It could have achieved its potential by trying to break the mould a bit more, but still it stays satisfying as it is...

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