Tron: Legacy: Review By Huntsman

Dec 14th, 2010 by Huntsman
Jeff Bridges never lets you down
  • OVERALL
    5.0
    SUPERB
  • Story
  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Visuals
Let me first send a shot out to Movieweb for letting me know about the free screenings on Monday night. I didn't see the link until almost 345pm. And luck had there was a screening in Portland OR. It took me a nearly a hour by bus to get to the theater from where I live but the movie was well worth the time. So again thank you Movieweb for letting me know. Now onto the review.

Story: Was the worst part of the movie for me. The theme had been down many times before. Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell are the first two that come to mind. Sure the first Tron was headed that way but that was over 25 years ago. The idea is machines coming to life creating a new life form and existing in our world. It's nothing new but still the writers did a good job telling the story of a father and son finding each other again after many years apart. The other problem was the character Castor(Michael Sheen). His character was pointless except to movie the story forward. I will be contradicting myself on this point in the next paragraph.

Acting/Characters: The acting was really good in this film and it seemed everyone was enjoying their work. Now it's time to contradict my self. Sure Michael Sheen's character was really pointless you could still see he was halving fun playing the character and it won't bother you so much. Olivia Wild(Quorra) show she's so much more than her good looks. Garrett Hedlund(Sam Flynn) I've never heard of before and was the first time I've seen him. He did a really good job and his chemistry with Jeff Bridges was excellent you could just see the emotion when the two characters meet after so many years. Of course I saved the best for last. That being Jeff Bridges(Kevin Flynn/Clu) a truly great actor. I can't remember a bad film I've seen he's been in. From White Squall, Tron, Iron Man to Blown Away, The Big Lebowski and Arlington Road. I'm sure he's been in a bad films I just haven't seen them. He is perhaps the best thing in this movie essentially playing two characters. Even Clu a CGI character is brought to life by him. He is really is just one of my favorite actors.

Special Effects/Visuals: The effects and the world brought to life I believe it was done by Lucas's company ILM. If I read the credit correctly. Anyway the world looked vibrant and alive and will blow you away.

Music: I feel like commenting on the music done by Daft Punk. I might have heard the music before but I've never heard of the band until I saw the trailer for Tron. They are really good and their music brought live to the CGI world.

Overall: A great film whose only problem is a decent to good story. Well worth spending your money on. And I hope you do. I will be seeing this again. I have read that they plan on making one more after this if it makes money and I hope it does because I want another film.

On a side not. I'm not a fan of 3D movies but the only opinion for my showing was in 3D so I had to. And to be honest it works for this film really well. So I might give it a chance in the future.

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Comments (23)

  1. Worth5Bucks

    look at my post on your wall

    1 year agoby @mattbierwagenFlag

  2. IlikePie202

    pretty good review. I can see why you gave it 5 stars (I gave it 4) THE VISUALS, but pretty good review

    1 year agoby @Ilikepie202Flag

  3. Diaigma

    This review is glowing, though I tend to save 5 stars for films that I have zero problems with. Nice work, and I don't think this review is short at all. Good length :)

    1 year agoby @diaigmaFlag

  4. moviegeek

    I usually agree with Roeper's opinion, but he can be reallyyyy dumb sometimes :P Maltin reviews movies I never watch lol.

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  5. Daveactor7

    @moviegeek1 I wanna punch Armond white in the face lol
    For me-Ebert, Leonard Maltin (who is excellent) and Richard Roeper

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  6. Dan

    Armond White is a dumbass. Nobody really takes him seriously.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  7. moviegeek

    Ebert for sure (though he is overly generous; he's the best-written reviewer). I usually agree with Michael Phillips.

    Armond White's another good one. NOT. lol.

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  8. Daveactor7

    @moviegeek1 same here. Who do you listen to?

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  9. moviegeek

    @Hunts I tend to go with top critics just because they get to see the movies first lol.

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  10. Huntsman

    @Wichitagalzl and @moviegeek thanks for the support. Wichitagalzl I hope you enjoy the movie. Moviegeek I just hope not all the other site reviewers on this site are like him. I tend not to pay attention to the major critics i.e paper/tv. Though I tend not to read their reviews. I pay more attention to the average movie goer and what they say and my personal impression of a movie from the trailers and word of mouth. Though I think virtually everyone can agree Jonah Hex sucked.

    1 year agoby @huntsmanFlag

  11. Dan

    I think it's agreed that Phil guy has an unrealistic view of what constitutes a good or bad movie, especially with giving Jonah Hex 4.5...

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  12. moviegeek

    The lowest he's rated a film was 3.0 for the Box. THE BOX!! ugh.

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  13. Daveactor7

    @moviegeek1 lol agreed. I still can't believe he gave Jonah Hex a 4.5......

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  14. moviegeek

    Swell review, and an even better anlysis of Mr. Pill-brick. ugh :P

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  15. Huntsman

    @Daveactor7: Your right about those companies. I don't know what I saw to make me think that. I was getting up to leave at the time. All well when I watch it again I'll check it out.

    1 year agoby @huntsmanFlag

  16. Wichy

    Good review :)

    I'm glad to see you really enjoyed this. I am excited about seeing this one and I hope I like it as much as you did.

    1 year agoby @wichitagalzlFlag

  17. Daveactor7

    @Huntsman I agree with you on Jami though. I like your first two sections of your review. Great job nonetheless.

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  18. Daveactor7

    @Huntsman the visual effects were not done by ILM but were done by digital domain, quantum, and Mr. X inc.

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  19. Dan

    No disagreement there, bro.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  20. Huntsman

    I would say @JamiPhilbrick. He's a official critic for this site and he never gives anything less than 3 stars. Heck he hardly gives anything less than 4. Hell he gave Jonah Hex 4.5/5 stars. I mean really 4.5 stars for that piece of crap. Now I know we all have our own opinions here but this guy has never hated a movie he's watched. No one is that lucky. Everyone see's a movie the dislike or hate.

    1 year agoby @huntsmanFlag

  21. Dan

    Actually, the one supposed "professional" critic, who posts on here, harveycritic, his reviews are pretty short, too.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  22. Huntsman

    Thanks. This is the average length of my reviews. You don't need to write a 5 page report on a movie to tell people whether you like a movie or not and what was good and bad about it. I'll save the full length reviews for the professionals.

    1 year agoby @huntsmanFlag

  23. Dan

    Good, short review.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag