It was just out here that same day, it has been quite a long time since I went to see a movie day one!
And since I already reviewed the original Tron here, here's a little brief review. (I'll do a proper one at some later point when it will be available for retail)
Drawing by me :P
I personally really liked it. More so than what I feared I would at some point.
Of course, the score and music by Daft Punk is one of the highlights of this movie. But I'm no Daft Punk-fanboy like some 'round the web. The original Tron had a score done by a famous electronic composer of the late 70s, so I only expected as much from the new one.
It's a great and faithful successor despite what I thought from the earlier trailers..
The movie script is based on a plot for a sequel the original director (and creator) of Tron, Steven Lisberger, produced during all those last years.
Just like the videogame Tron 2.0 (which I'm currently playing through, and wanted to review on this blog). So it was quite a surprise to find many little aspects from Tron 2.0 in this movie.
Like Quorra's (Olivia Wilde) introduction and character. Pretty similar to the character Mercury in Tron 2.0. (both appeared during the lightcycle battle, helping out and saving the hero's butt in both occasions, even the camera work revealing them over race was pretty identical)
Or even the structure of the "Tron police", the guards, was closer to 2.0 than the original movie.
And I'd like to point out, visually this new Tron was stunning, right, but completely different from the original movie. As such, if you consider the game Tron 2.0 it makes a much more natural evolution graphic-wise and in the color schemes, the universe of the Grid, etc..
Anyway, I'm not here to just talk about the game Tron 2.0 (which is great btw), but some design ideas really seemed taken of the game (the new and improved super-lightcycles, the costumes, the world of the Grid..)
The story was pretty much basic, but what did you expect?
It worked great. And the most interesting part in this movie (as it was in the original) is the characters and this science-fiction universe.
The story doesn't take place in the classic Encom-Grid, but another one build from scratch by Flynn under his arcades. So story-wise it is natural to expect a whole new world with new rules and a new direction.
There's some nice plot twists for old fans, but the story was still pretty engaging and easy to follow for newcomers.
All in all, it was a great movie^^
Bonus points: And it was made like good ol' movies and not like your stereotypical Hollywood blockbusters. No useless and forced romance or drama. They didn't even exchange a kiss!
Also the story is like no any other these days. Like a good ol' fashioned heroic tale or fantasy. The hero gets zapped in a fantastic world, saves the day and get the world. If this was the 90s, he would have been played by a 12-years old! XD
Negative points: I'm still not into 3D. It's just a lousy gimmick to make us pay 20 goshdarn bucks for a ticker!! Sure it was nice, but some scenes like the lightcycle or when they were xploring the grid would have been nicer with a clean relief-less picture. 'nuff said! It's just a gimmick like IMAX for the 12-years old crowd to spend more! Also 2 hours is quite long, can't they make movies a bit shorter with a better rythm? (I was crying a bit from my eyes a little near the end...)
Overall: Good flick!
It's strange how the fake "young" Jeff Bridges looked equally good and bad depending on the parts of the movie. Where it shows different people actually took care of different scenes. The young 80s Jeff Bridge and some early Clu scenes looked realistic, fantastic. But near the end or the very last scene he looked so fake... darn :/
ReplyDeleteAnd Flynn wasn't in this sequel. The Dude was XD