In my first viewing I really liked the visuals, but was overall extremely disappointed. I kinda could maybe tell what was going on because I've seen the film already but half the things they just don't explain, which did get confusing in places.īut generally this films more a delightful time capsule for an era on the dawn of computer special effects, and for that I really liked it.This is sort of a re-review, since I did see this when it first came out, but at the time I had not seen the original Tron.

I need to see how they did all this stuff in the early 80s, must have blown people's minds.Īlthough, they never really explain things though. I can't tell if it's matte paintings or early digital imaging but either way it looks like it was intedned to it's so dated to the point where it's come back around and looks impressive.

They are straight out of a tame impala album cover. The main thing I love about this film is the visuals. He and the bad guy carry this film by fully embracing this idea and doing the best job they can, although it's clear they have no idea what's going on and that's just brilliant to me. Major credit to Jeff bridges who just seems like he's having a whale of a time. I cannot tell whether it takes its self seriously or not at all because there are places where it tries to pull at your heart strings or create a serious moment but there are other moments where you just zone out from some of the imagery on screen. It's quite surreal, having a plot take place inside a computer and it's clear there are places where it's being pulled out of nowhere, using computer buzz words like 'ram' and 'programs' to be cool and fit into the universe, which kinda adds to the weird charm of the film.

I rented it from a library and watched it at a friends house, and being honest, it's somehow exactly how I remembered it.

The first time I watched this film, I was around 9 years old.

Tron legacy movie online watch