One of the best soundtracks ever created. You can tell Daft Punk was like “this is our moment we’ve been preparing our whole lives for” haha. They really nailed it.
Story wise I think it still lived up to the original and had some interesting themes… people kinda have rose tinted glasses with the first movie, it wasn’t that well written either tbh.
I can only speak for myself really, but personally it felt like such an unnecessary movie. I enjoyed the visuals and music, but the actual plot was grating. The original was great for it’s unique approach, but it was only unique at the time. Now it’s just Disney printing money from a recognizable brand, just like star wars.
Yeah, Se7en was the first one I remembered. It’s a silly marketing thing that often makes no sense.
The first teaser trailer for Tron: Legacy was revealed at the San Diego Comic Con in 2008. At the end, the title was revealed (excuse the quality, this version of the trailer was never officially released) to be TR2N.
It later transpired that this teaser was a proof of concept test, as Disney had not yet given the project a green light. The trailer was released a year later at the Con and online, but the title had been changed to Tron: Legacy.
I’m in the opposite camp, I loved Tron Legacy. Visually it’s superb, and when considered as a glorified Daft Punk music video like Insterstella 5555, it’s awesome.
I did read that one of the reasons they gave Tron: Legacy the green light was because they had no big sci-fi franchise of their own. Once they bought Lucasfilm, their problems were solved and that’s why the plans for a third Tron film fell apart years ago.
I have high hopes for this film because I love the franchise.
It’s always something to look out for which projects interests Leo, even if you don’t particularly like him. His projects at least try to do something different and interesting from the usual types of movies.
It’s an extremely similar movie to the Swedish version, which only came out two years prior, down to using some of the same locations to shoot. I preferred the Swedish cast and found Craig a particularly poor fit in the American version. No question that Fincher’s is more impressive stylistically, but it also made it feel a lot more artificial in a way that I don’t think was a benefit to the plot.
Bear in mind I saw both when they came out so my memory is fuzzy. Also the screen was fuzzy, because I was watching the Swedish version on a laptop with one of the janky, standard definition rips we used to trade in school due to the fact all of our internet connections were slow and heavily metered.
I rewatched it last night and made it a point to judge it on its own merits rather than compare it to the Swedish films (which I did the first time) and found a new appreciation for it. It is a bit of a puzzle why the studio decided to remake a series of excellent movies so soon after their original run, but I don’t think that should take away from the job Fincher and the cast did.
I do agree that Craig was miscast, but he wasn’t bad. Unfortunately for Craig, everyone else outshines him.
I could see the AI claim. Look between the middle guy’s legs. Is that the bottom of the car, the metallic rail thing (I’m not a car person)? Is it a reflection really bright on the ground? It doesn’t line up with the rest of the car.
Look at the the left guy’s right hand. Is he holding something? Or are his fingers fucked up like AI tends to do?
And the left side of the cover, behind the guy, is that another car? Or a truck? It wouldn’t fit into that space. It doesn’t make any sense. I could very much see this being AI.
It to mention, maybe the most telling, is the “picture taker’s” pointing hand. Is that the thumb? Where are the rest of the fingers? You would see the second knuckle in that position, or you’d see the fingertips curled into the palm. It’s just a blur of he vague idea of fingers. I’m pretty damn sure this is AI.
I’m biased since I grew up with the movie and always loved computers, but I watched it with my gf a few years back (okay like 7 years ago, at my age a few years isn’t a big difference) and thought it held up for what it was. It’s almost like an early cyberpunk jacked in experience but even without that thinking, being sucked into a computer sounded awesome and I definitely dug the fx in the 80s which I’ve seen a few shows about how it was revolutionary for the time.
Also think the cast was solid, Jeff Bridges needs no other comment, but I keep forgetting the rest of the names, Tron was the second commander in Babylon 5 show, the old scientist character was the grandpa in Lost Boys. Okay I cheated and checked imdb but too lazy to copy names, the dude who played Londo from B5 is there plus David Warner who is the bad guy in many things from the 80s.
It’s a slower paced movie but well worth the watch, and one line I always remember from it 'now that is a big door’s.
Also if you program the general premise is about code being stolen and him hitting them back, kinda cyberpunkish too.
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