I saw Tron: Legacy the other night, and it was amazingly cool! I'd also highly recommend checking out the original Tron before seeing it. There were quite a few subtle references to the first movie.
Every review I've read defends the movie on the grounds that in spite of the story, the visuals and special effects were amazing. And they were, but I'm going to defend the story. I'll admit that the plot wasn't particularly intricate or diverse, but there's a difference between a straightforward plot and a weak one. I don't like movies that are just a collection of explosions and action sequences with little pieces of plot stuffed into the cracks between, and this wasn't one of those. There were plenty of explosions and fights but they followed the plot, not the other way around.
I particularly liked the characters. They all had their own personalities that we caught glimpses of throughout, from the naively cute Quorra (Olivia Wilde), to the flinching and spineless Jarvis (James Frain), to the over-the-top to the point of unhinged Castor/Zuse (Michael Sheen). We were just given hints about their personalities and pasts, which only made me want to know more about them. How did Flynn fight Clu before the Purge? What kind of history do Quorra and Zuse have?
In the Grid, "minutes passed like hours" and, if I really wanted to be a geek, twenty years of minutes like hours figures to subjective centuries. The thing is, I really got a sense that all those years had passed and that things had been happening during that time. Fights and battles between Programs and Isos, between Flynn and Clu, culminating in the Purge. Attempted rebellions and revolutions by the Programs as Clu secured his control over the Grid when Flynn was forced to retreat to the Wastes. Forget more sequels, now I want to know what happened during all those years before Sam stumbled into the Grid.
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