Oh come on? You've got to be kidding me....
In 1982, TRON changed the face of the industry introducing us to ground breaking stuff that had just never been seen. The plot, while a bit esoteric, gave us some really cool water-cooler "what if" situations and the movie inspired art, music and of course future film...
Jump to nearly 30 years later, and all we have is music and vision. (but not in all of the film). Plot has been dragged off kicking and screaming, shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave somewhere out behind silicon valley.
Here's a brief run down:
Music: Daft Punk, so it's going to be intense and "funky-cool", and it is... They even make a pretty cool (if not clichéd) Cameo to
3D: Well it is AWESOME when it's used - but with the "Some scenes were deliberately left in 2D" message at the front of the film, it feels like they ran out out budget and made an excuse why they didn't cover the whole film...
Young Jeff Bridges: In X-Men 3 the anti-aging effect of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen is fabulous... in this movie, Young Jeff looks like a dodgy cut scene from a PS2 Game. Bad animation and syncing and just unrealistic... and before you say it was "supposed" to be that way because he's in a computer - DON'T - it still looks sh*t... considering all the "Perfect World" baloney.
Plot: NON-EXISTENT, it's like they didn't even try - Kid loses dad, rebels with some small redeeming characteristics, finds dad, loses dad again but with life lessons but still reforms... *sigh - yawn *
They spent so much trying to make the few decent 3D scenes look cool they forgot that todays audience still needs a plot. I was annoyed that AVATAR ripped off some many other plots, but AT LEAST IT HAD ONE.
If all you want is 20 mins of decent 3D - go see the first 30 mins of the film, but talk to your friends for the first 10...
If you want something with a plot... read the popcorn box.. it will be more engaging.
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