tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746012030778229201.post7641120602064282287..comments2023-06-30T06:12:47.257-07:00Comments on The Greenberry Hill Press: Tron: LegacyAndrew Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527395812901375530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746012030778229201.post-9959611526955552772011-02-06T09:06:30.954-08:002011-02-06T09:06:30.954-08:00I completely agree. Even in movies like this Jeff...I completely agree. Even in movies like this Jeff Bridges manages to shine, but I'd much rather spend my time watching him in something like True Grit, which is worthy of his talents. And yes, the CGI Jeff Bridges was off-putting. I felt like he was a character out of a well made video game. And I like your observation of sequels imitating other movies more than their original. I knew the Zuse scene reminded me of something, and you hit the nail on the head. Indiana Jones is a perfect example of this disappointing trend.Andrew Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527395812901375530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746012030778229201.post-85091957860299892232011-02-05T16:23:17.138-08:002011-02-05T16:23:17.138-08:00Yeah, I wasn't that impressed with Tron: Legac...Yeah, I wasn't that impressed with <i>Tron: Legacy</i> either. For me the best thing about it was Jeff Bridges. To echo a sentiment expressed by Roger Ebert in a review he wrote many years ago for a completely different film, he seemed to bring some weight and world-weariness to a film that didn't otherwise have the patience for such things. The special effects were certainly spectacular but that's not really very hard to do anymore. Plus, the whole "CGI-created younger-looking Jeff Bridges" thing never completely worked for me and ended up just being a little creepy and off-putting.<br /><br />Probably the most interesting reaction I took away from the film was a sense that in the almost thirty years that have elapsed since the first <i>Tron</i>, its sequel was more influenced by the "Cyberpunk" movies that were made in the interim than it was by the 1982 original. This was particularly apparent to me in the scene where Garrett Hedlund goes to see Zuse (Michael Sheen) at the club. At that point I felt more like I was watching a <i>Matrix</i> movie than a <i>Tron</i> movie (which is ironic since <i>Tron</i> in turn influenced <i>The Matrix</i>). This is something that I am starting to notice becomes more and more of a problem the further away a sequel gets from its predecessor. The fourth Indiana Jones film, for example, seemed more like a bad <i>National Treasure</i> or a <i>DaVinci Code</i> imitator than a true Indiana Jones adventure.<br /><br />That was, for me, the biggest problem with <i>Tron: Legacy.</i> Yes, the characters were dull and yes, the story/plot was non-existent but that's par for the course in Hollywood. Far more interesting and enjoyable movies have been made with less than that. What was most disappointing was that for a film whose massively over-hyped publicity purported to bring cinema into a "new age", <i>Tron: Legacy</i> didn't really bring anything new to the table. It just re-hashed ideas, themes and images we'd seen in other better movies... only bigger and louder. If they do make a sequel (and I think you're right in that they are planning for one; the eventual fate--and last shot--of the Tron character here seem to indicate that), I hope they can do something more original and less derivative.Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.com