TRON: Legacy review
Saw me some TRON Legacy last night, thought it was great. I heard a guy walking out behind me saying that he thought it would follow the same fandom trajectory as The Phantom Menace: people would walk out liking it and slowly realize that it was actually crap whereupon it would sink into a general consensus as a disappointment. I don't think so. I walked out liking it, and thinking about it a bit makes me like it MORE rather than less.
I love Old Mr. Flynn's gorgeously tailored EL-paneled clothes.
I love the proactive, thoughtful, adventure-seeking heroine (and her Jules Verne fangirling delighted me especially).
I love how Young Mr. Flynn is basically a brash punk and stays that way, but learns how not to be a jerk about it in the course of his adventures.
I love the way Old Mr. Flynn is sometimes Wise Jedi Master and sometimes a goofy old hippie, sometimes simultaneously.
I love Daft Punk's cameo.
I love watching this guy jump around and fight in the Rinzler outfit. Delicious.
So basically I'm completely satisfied with it as a very human not-all-that-profound story that nevertheless goes some neat places with tropes I often see handled badly. And it looks GORGEOUS and sounds AWESOME. Huge booming waves of sound. Huge incipient soundtrack purchase.
I am still delighted to have a photo of the real Light Cycle as the background on my cellphone.
I love Old Mr. Flynn's gorgeously tailored EL-paneled clothes.
I love the proactive, thoughtful, adventure-seeking heroine (and her Jules Verne fangirling delighted me especially).
I love how Young Mr. Flynn is basically a brash punk and stays that way, but learns how not to be a jerk about it in the course of his adventures.
I love the way Old Mr. Flynn is sometimes Wise Jedi Master and sometimes a goofy old hippie, sometimes simultaneously.
I love Daft Punk's cameo.
I love watching this guy jump around and fight in the Rinzler outfit. Delicious.
So basically I'm completely satisfied with it as a very human not-all-that-profound story that nevertheless goes some neat places with tropes I often see handled badly. And it looks GORGEOUS and sounds AWESOME. Huge booming waves of sound. Huge incipient soundtrack purchase.
I am still delighted to have a photo of the real Light Cycle as the background on my cellphone.