The expectations for Tron: Legacy were so high, it needed to be a great, and while it has a few moments that reach terrific heights-like a Daft Punk party scene featuring Michael Sheen-as a movie, it’s merely pretty good. However, the technology implemented can only be called equivalent to 2009’s Avatar, not really exceeding it, so it isn’t a technological pioneer like the 1982 film. Sure, it is beautiful, well put together, finessed. What we get instead is a stiff lead in Garret Hedlund, a disinterested Jeff Bridges pulling some random Buddhist/ hippie act that ruins the original charm of the 1982 Flynn, and, above all, a very dark landscape. Most people interested enough in Tron to read this review don’t need a history lesson from me, although I think it’s safe to add that since Disney waited so long to produce a second film, it needed to be epic. Still, it was enough of a cult phenomenon that Disney was bound to bring it back for a sequel, eventually. Tron never broke through with critics, though it did make a little money. The plot of Tron itself was fine, and so it spawned a generation of young men who, like NBC’s title character on Chuck, still have a poster on a wall somewhere, or would, if their wives would let them. Back in 1982, when Tron reached audiences, it developed a reputation as being a graphically dynamic film. Still, they work well when presented together, and that might be enough of a reason to purchase this set. Sure, you’ve got three strong females singing their hearts out, one is heavier, and both need to fight for or against their men, right? Same-sies.
It would be like comparing Dreamgirls with the second Chipmunks movie. But Tron: Legacy, with its dystopian soundtrack and un-warming perspective is several light years away from the warm, risk-leads-to-reward melodrama of the original. Sure, they have some similarities: they present interesting computer graphics for their respective times, they feature daredevil heroes, and they both contain a plot revolving around fighting a bad guy. Though one is supposed to be a sequel to the other, Tron and Tron: Legacy aren’t all that alike.
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