Kevin Flynn and Clu
So this weekend I had the time, between seeing the girlfriend and relentless game grinding, to watch the film Tron Legacy and was somewhat excited about this after hearing from friends that it was a movie worth the watch.
Now before I start off saying what I think about this movie I have to admit that I have not seen the original Tron film so I am not sure if any elements from the first carry onto this film but anyway.
The opening to this movie actually gives people who have not seen the first Tron a little bit of a catch up of sorts when Sam Flynn’s (Who was palyed by Garret Hedlund) father, Kevin Flynn (Who is played by Jeff Bridges) is talking to him about his adventures within “The Grid” which is a place that Kevin Flynn created where data comes to life and apparently contains a lot of neon lights anyway this perfect night for Sam Flynn ends with his father riding off after making promises to return and finish his story and never returning…Cliche I know but I did like the little snippit of information that Kevin Flynn gives out when he tells the story so you have some vague idea of what’s going on.
It picks up when Sam Flynn is now a young man and is looking for his father which leads him into the digital world “The Grid” and my first thoughts of the graphics used to create this dark neon world was that it was stunning, the varying colours of the neon filled streets mixed with the dark background and futuristic buildings left me slightly in awe. Another thing that for one pounded my ears and two swept me away was the soundtrack to this virtual world, which was composed by the artists Daft Punk who make a cameo appearance later in the film, the bass pounding with the techno sounds do add to the futuristic feel to this film but also a dark ominous atmosphere.
Now for the storyline ALERT SPOILERS ALERT!
For starters there are plot holes you can see coming from a mile away in this film, like you knew that Kevin Flynn was going to die when he re-intergrates with Clu his android clone who goes insane with power and wants to take over the real world to make the “Perfect System”.
This distracted me for fully enjoying this film like I wanted too, I knew what was going to happen later in this film just from a few words spoken from an actors mouth, it was like saying surprise me to a friend and know they will bring you the same thing…Big surprise. So at some points instead of seeing a person die and going “Well that’s one of the list of who is doing to die in this film” I instead was looking around for something more interesting on the walls of my room.
In conclusion Tron Legacy is a great film in terms of visuals and sound but in terms of storytelling it’s so obvious you could tell half the film before it happens, so it’s worth a watch just try not to get so excited about it.
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