Monday, January 17, 2011

Tron Legacy (2010)

Since i'd finally gotten watching the original out of the way, I felt it was time to go see the new one!! I just hoped the new one was better than the waste of hard drive space the original was.

I decided to go to the theater and see it in 3D instead of downloading a cam version because I heard that's the best way to see it. Then as the movie starts it tells us that "some" of the scenes are in 2D because "that's how they were "meant" to be". What the heck?? As I watched it, it turned out that only like 15% of the movie was in 3D. What a load of BS!!!!!! More like halfway though development they realized that 3D was catching on so they quickly did the remaining scenes in 3D!!

On top of that the movie starts with the characters showing off the action figures that they're selling. What a pointless blatant advertisement!!! Then when Flynn's son goes into "the grid" he hops in one of those big upside down U things and they strap him in much like a ride at Disney World!! So now if you brought your kids into this thing not only did you blow a few extra dollars per movie ticket to see the one minute of 3D footage but also your kids are going to leave wanting the action figures and a trip to Disney World! Great job, Walt!! You really know how to suck us dry!!




A screen cap from the 15 minute scene where Flynn tells his son all about the latest Tron action figures and how they're "in stores now"

The plot is a little bit better than the first. Flynn took the Orange Transportation Unit and hid it in his arcade and turned the world into some big city where you play weird sporting events. He also cloned himself and the clone is evil. He got stuck inside but his son accidentally came inside so now they fight together and get out! His dad didn't make it out because he was hugging his clone or something but his son snuck out some computer program that looked like a lady to presumably be his slave because apparently he's some sort of sick deviant!




This movie would have been a lot better if the whole cast was replaced with just a bunch of Quorra's and they had pillow and tickle fights instead of throwing frisbies 

Another thing that really bothered me was while they were in "The Grid" the movie was basically in black and white except for some red stripes here and there. Did they blow so much of their budget on that one minute of 3d footage that they had to grab some old cameras from the 30s to film those parts??? What the heck!

Because they tricked you into thinking the movie was actually in 3D, and for loading it with commercials, then filming it in black and white I have to give this my lowest possibly score, ** two stars!

1 comment:

  1. Yeah! Another one! You're obviously color blind. And once again, you must sleep during these things. I hope you don't plan on doing this for a living.

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