Tron Legacy: Review
Tron Legacy did not just win the weekend box office for December 17-19, it blew away the competition. Tron Legacy earned $44M while the number two film, Yogi Bear, earned $16.4M.
I expected Tron Legacy to be all flash and no substance, with the plot taking a backseat to the special effects and 3-D technology. The storyline certainly had its issues, but I was pleased that the plot was stronger than I expected it to be, although a bit complex at times.
Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is the controlling interest shareholder of ENCOM, the company his father, videogame programmer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), helped bring success. Unaware that his father has been zapped inside the game the elder Flynn created, Sam feels abandoned by his father and has no real interest in participating in the day-to-day operations of ENCOM. Then, a mysterious page is received by Sam’s godfather, Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) – yes, Tron himself. Sam decides to go down to his father’s old video arcade and investigate and, well, you know what happens then. Yep, the younger Tron is laser sucked into the videogame world (a little too easily, if you ask me) where his father has been for the past 20 years. That’s when the real fun begins…
I saw the movie in 3-D and I recommend that you do the same. Be aware that the scenes outside of the digital world are not in 3-D, but the scenes where it really matters take place within that world. The fight scenes are spectacular and the light cycle competitions are visually stunning – I mean, they are really, really well done. Really.
As I mentioned in previous posts, Jeff Bridges plays the aged Kevin Flynn, the young Kevin Flynn, and Clu, who, of course, has not aged since Flynn first entered the cyber world. Digital Domain created the younger looking Jeff Bridges characters and it was both intriguing and freaky at the same time watching those scenes. It was “off” just enough that your eye could tell something was not quite right looking at the younger versions; still, it was very cool how they did it. Olivia Wilde does a great job playing Quorra and Michael Sheen does well as the flamboyant club owner, Castor.
I give Tron Legacy three and a half Slurpees out of five and I highly recommend it if you are a fan of special effects and lots of action.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: Online Game
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You can play the Tron 3D game online at the Disney site. You will need to install the unity web player in order to play the Tron Legacy Light Cycle game.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: Space Paranoids
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You can play Space Paranoids online at interestingly enough, www.spaceparanoidsonline.com. Remember, that is the game that Kevin Flynn invented in Tron.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: Visual Effects
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Digital Domain created the younger looking Jeff Bridges avatar. Digital Domain is a digital production studio that is behind the visual effects on such movies as Titanic, iRobot, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 2012. Trust me, they were involved with a wide variety of movies that you have heard of – go to their site and click Feature Film -> The Work. Also, click Behind the Scenes to see a number of really cool “The Making of…” shorts.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: The Soundtrack
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Music duo Daft Punk wrote and performed the soundtrack. They also have cameos in the movies, playing the masked DJs. Click to view the Tron Soundtrack site where you can listen to the movie soundtrack, download tracks, buy posters, and more.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: Jeff Bridges
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Jeff Bridges is playing both Kevin Flynn and Clu, who is the avatar version of himself from the original Tron.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy facts: 3-D
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Almost all of the 3-D in the movie will take place within the game, not in the real-life portions. Those scenes will be shot with a special camera that was made by the team who made the cameras for Avatar.
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Tron Legacy fact: Bruce Boxleitner
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Bruce Boxleitner is back, reprising the role of the Tron avatar he played in the original Tron
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* Tron * Director: Joseph Kosinski * Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner * Writers: Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (screenplay) * Time: 127 minutes * Rated PG * Action/Sci Fi/Thriller * Trailers *
Weekend Box Office: October 22-24, 2010
Here is the top 10 Box Office for October 22-24, 2010:
- Paranormal Activity 2, $41.5M, Week 1, (3216 screens)
- Jackass 3-D, $21.6M, Week 2, (3111 screens)
- Red, $15M, Week 2, (3273 screens)
- Hereafter, $12.0M, Week 2, (2181 screens)
- The Social Network, $7.3M, Week 4, (2921 screens)
- Secretariat, $6.9M, Week 3, (3108 screens)
- Life as We Know It, $6.2M, Week 3, (3019 screens)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, $3.2M, Week 5, (2236 screens)
- The Town, $2.7M, Week 6, (1918 screens)
- Easy A, $1.8M, Week 6, (1632 screens)
Upcoming Release: Skyline
This weekend, I saw a trailer for a movie that looks like my kind of movie. It’s called Skyline and it’s yet another alien invasion movie, but it looks like it has some great special effects. Here’s the synopsis:
“Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.”
The movie was directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause. It stars Donald Faison Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, and Brittany Daniel and it is set for a November 12 release date. Here’s the trailer:
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