Tron Legacy Review

If there is one thing that is to be said about the Tron series it is that it has a ton of potential. This digital world is somewhat like Inception in a few ways: One second in the real world would be 5 months on "The Grid," people can be trapped in this little creation for years such as in limbo, and these two stories are possibly some of the greatest concepts that could be portrayed as a movie. Thankfully, Inception has capitalized on this and made their simple idea one of the most fantastic movies of the decade. Tron, however, I believe does not live up to its full potential. Disney took sponsorship of Tron Legacy, and turned it into the PG rated family-fun action movie of 2011. This is exactly what is wrong with this movie. Not to say that PG rated action films are not entertaining, but the presentation of Tron pushes the envelope as it tries to connect to entirely different audiences. The movie starts off with the young and digitally remastered Jeff Bridges disappearing and leaving his twelve year old son, Sam, to be the head of the families mega-company. It then skips a few years to the twenty something year old Sam base jumping from buildings and leading police on short chases, up to when he to disappears while investigating his fathers creation. This is where Tron Legacy can lose some of its flare. Sure the humongous futuristic mega city is breathtaking at first glance, but it becomes bland throughout the movie to the point where all of the scenes mesh together into one long hallway. The action sequences also become somewhat monotonous. As the entire movie is basically computer generated; the action scenes (like the setting) lose their shine. And if your anything like me you will sometimes find yourself looking around the theater waiting for it to end. The producers also failed to incorporate any interesting dialogue into which this story was pitched. Lines can be somewhat corny and the uncoordinated motion in to which they flow makes them hard to say, act, and receive. Some action scenes were also dialed down to meet the kid friendly status of a Disney movie and in turn boring anyone above the age of thirteen. This was not the case with most people though. Many of my friends really enjoyed Tron Legacy and found their spiffy visuals pleasing. The title was also a problem for me. Tron is not a city or weapon or a machine or anything that could remotely tie into the story. Tron is a digital character that Jeff Bridges created way back when to protect him but turned bad. You only see Tron about two times in the movie. And though he does succeed in momentarily saving the main characters, I do not think his name should represent the entire film. In conclusion, Tron Legacy, for me, was a very long movie. Scenes and settings blended into one bland road. And dialed down content of the film was not very impressing. I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys interesting special effects. And anyone with children wanting to go to the movies on a rainy day.

Second Thoughts:

Tron was a relatively entertaining movie. Though some of this movie may be a little boring for some, it can certainly entertain others. This was not a bad movie, it just didn't take advantage of its full potential. In conclusion, Tron was interesting and certainly, at one point or another, grabbed my attention.