Oh Jeff Bridges, why did you let them do that to your face?
I had never seen the original TRON film. I know that it has cult status among sci-fi fans, and the people who mention it often love it greatly.
TRON: Legacy was an enjoyable film, however I spend most of the film distracted by some of the visuals:
1. CLU's face - Jeff Bridges was digitally de-aged for the CLU character, and you can tell. The mouth just doesn't move correctly, and in a movie with all other characters portrayed by normal folks, it's a jarring difference.
2. Olivia Wilde's haircut - Every time they showed her in a close up, I wanted to snicker. The slanted line haircut in the front was just so comical I couldn't take her character seriously.
3. The Program's helmets - Most likely this was due to the lighting, but I had difficulty telling the helmet of the Main Bad Lieutenant character from the helmet of the regular soldiers. At one point I thought that the Main Bad Lieutenant had been randomly killed in a scene, just for him to show up later and I had to put two and two together to see it was just Random Soldier A who had gotten killed five minutes ago.
Overall, I enjoyed the film's story. Despite being a 2010 movie, the story felt dated, however. I'm sure that some of the details were held over from the 1980s film. The computer world represented just looked and felt like a 1980s computer world. I was expecting more references to new computing things, such as internet, viruses, etc.
Score - 8/10.
If you enjoy lighter mood sci-fi, go for it. It's entertaining, the CGI environments and equipment are well done and visually appealing. Just don't make eye contact with Jeff Bridges the younger.
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