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Finally saw Tron: Legacy. It was a lot of fun; I was pleasantly surprised by it all in all. There were bits that I thought wouldn't work and did, and I was only mildly disappointed with things I thought would work that didn't.
A couple spoiler free pros/cons, though I'm not gonna type all day so I'll only say a few. This isn't a goddamned movie blog.
Pro:
De-aged Jeff Bridges (Surprised me, I thought this would be too distracting to be effective. Was ecstatic to be wrong.)
Atmosphere. This film knew what it wanted to be, and accomplished it in spades, visually and aurally. And speaking of aurally...
Daft Punk's score. A lot of people hated on it and said it was mostly generic Zimmer-esque scoring but I disagree. They showed themselves to be masters of their craft with this work, even if it's more subtle than, say, Discovery. And let's face it, the people hating on the score had unrealistic expectations. This is Tron, not Interstella 5555. You're not going to get Discovery as a score, but I digress. This score is essential to the film.
Cons:
Lack of 3D. I hoped there'd be more, I'm not sure if it justified the premium price, but I did enjoy what there was.
Rinzler. Can't say more without spoiling.
Ending. Again, can't say more without spoiling but I'd hoped it wouldn't go that route even though I expected it to before ever sitting down at the theatre.
A couple spoiler free pros/cons, though I'm not gonna type all day so I'll only say a few. This isn't a goddamned movie blog.
Pro:
De-aged Jeff Bridges (Surprised me, I thought this would be too distracting to be effective. Was ecstatic to be wrong.)
Atmosphere. This film knew what it wanted to be, and accomplished it in spades, visually and aurally. And speaking of aurally...
Daft Punk's score. A lot of people hated on it and said it was mostly generic Zimmer-esque scoring but I disagree. They showed themselves to be masters of their craft with this work, even if it's more subtle than, say, Discovery. And let's face it, the people hating on the score had unrealistic expectations. This is Tron, not Interstella 5555. You're not going to get Discovery as a score, but I digress. This score is essential to the film.
Cons:
Lack of 3D. I hoped there'd be more, I'm not sure if it justified the premium price, but I did enjoy what there was.
Rinzler. Can't say more without spoiling.
Ending. Again, can't say more without spoiling but I'd hoped it wouldn't go that route even though I expected it to before ever sitting down at the theatre.