9 Worst Motion Captured Performances

9. Jeff Bridges - Tron: Legacy

Jeff Bridges is awesome; this is a universe truth. He’s a great actor, and by all accounts, a groovy human being too. Which isn’t to say he’s always great. He’s done crappy movies, and he’s being weak in a few of them. He looked thoroughly miserable in King Kong 1976, and he’s mumbling mess in R.I.P.D.

When the Tron sequel was announced there was nothing but excitement, especially after a teaser trailer fanned the flames by showing a digitally de-aged Bridges reprising his role from the original. The film has two versions of Bridges for the price of one; the older Kevin Flynn and CLU, his digital avatar. Sadly, he’s terrible in both roles.

For the older Flynn he’s basically a digital hippie, and an immensely annoying one. CLU isn’t much better. The technology still hadn’t reached the point where de-aging looks convincing, giving him a horrible uncanny valley vibe.

There’s not much depth to the performance either; he’s either icy calm or a raving lunatic. Bridge is capable of much better work, so if Tron 3 happens he might be best staying at home.