Mike Says TRON LEGACY Is The Most Indecisive Film Ever Made
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(Now that a sequel to Tron after 28 long years of waiting is finally in theatres - what did you make of the expensive production? Make sure you leave your thoughts about the film, and even the reasons why you may not be seeing it, in the comments section!!! Tron Legacy: Success or Failure? We want to know!)Tron Legacy must be the most indecisive film ever made. Not only has it taken nearly thirty years to follow the original Tron, but now it has finally surfaced it displays all the consistency of Frankenstein's monster as it groaned under the weight of pastiche, mimicry, aspiration, nostalgia and just plain old theft. The opening act is an exercise in looking as much like a Christopher Nolan film as possible. As an identikit Inception soundtrack booms deep bass into the faces of the audience, we are introduced to our protagonist: Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund). Anyone who has seen the South Park Inception parody 'Insheeption' will be unable to keep a straight face for the opening scenes, as the dramatic score accompanies unwieldy exposition announcing that the infamous Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) disappeared from the world inexplicably, but not before winning control on Encom and declaring a bunch of bombastic ideas about a digital world that changes everything about how we live. Luckily, Sam is soon sucked into 'The Grid' where he is bundled into the games. Intense, luminous graphics and the triumphant return of the light cycles and battle discs make for 15 minutes of high-octane fun that should have franchise fans and cynics alike on the edge of their seats with glee. Even acknowledging the debt to Nolan for the basic cinematography and the groundwork on the superb sound track, this segment is impressive. Sadly, it is not long before lovely lovely Olivia Wilde bursts the bubble of fun and comes roaring in to begin the Matrix segment of the plot. Uniting father and son for the first time in years, the story fails to drum up any emotional tension before launching into a quasi-philosophical trope taking in the nature of the digital age, some crazy stuff about Kevin Flynn as 'the maker' and a Blade Runner-esque commentary on programmes as sentient life forms.