I always loved this film, it accomplished its Sci-Fi goals, special effects, MUSIC (magnificent soundtrack), easy to follow story. Did it try revolutionize cinema? No, but people try to judge it as such.
*Tron Legacy is disgustingly underrated, it’s one of the best Disney films and surprisingly dark and complex all things considered. I loved it as a kid and I love it now.* Tron deserved better and deserved to be a bigger franchise.
Tron Legacy is really ahead of its time for an early 2010s standards. The special effects where one died as a result of turning into pixels. It's very uniquely underrated for a CGI.
I checked out the review of Redlettermedia, and one of the people who worked on the film commented on it. The reason the movie looked so good is that Disney spent 2 years in post production to make sure everything was polished, something they don't really do as much these days.
Featherman R Disney could really improve their films if they just let them cook a little longer until the were ready. But even a half baked cake is edible.
I can't say I like it better than the original (or the story in Tron 2.0 Killer App, BTW) but it (along with Tron: Uprising) is a worthy and very good sequel. I wish we'd gotten more...
@@seanmcgrath3826 Well i can say that i like it over the orginal, don't get me wrong, the OG will always be the OG, but in today's visuals, it is dated, where as Tron legacy CGI holds up fantastic even in 2020 for something that came out in 2010, it was ahead of its time
Agree yet I like how he still hold his "no kill" from previous movie , he may help boost the rebel power to fight those black op program but the only person he directly kill is himself with CLU
@@Redrung Well, he did kill a couple of programs in the original, but I don't think it was intentional.... the light cycle scene and when Flynn caught a straggler red by surprise, and absorbed that program's color after he was knocked out. Those two actions may have prompted his less lethal stance in Legacy. However, he does not mind that others do kill, even if it is on his behalf. 😎
There is one very big flaw this movie has. It's middle. It was written to be a half hour longer, and Disney definitely made them cut out that half hour. I've a feeling the middle is what suffered, and as a result, a lot of the payoff in the third act happens for things that were barely even given time to breathe in their set up. One of the greatest third acts in film history was killed by a studio.
Tron Legacy is amazing, the soundtrack by Daft Punk was amazing and the special effects back then were even better than some movies done in recent years.
Extraordinary movie. The only negatives are some weak digital de-ageing, the poor treatment of the title character, and Disney being too dumb to realise a proper follow-up/extended franchise. Give the Uprising TV show a go too, it's not bad.
You thought Tron had poor treatment? I thought his arc as Rinzler was pretty cool and would have paid off further had they made a sequel where he dealt with his sins
As far as sequels of classics go I always thought this one of the better ones. Still watched it last week and special effects are holding up very well due to the art style of the movie.
@@seanmcgrath3826 Honestly even that I found to not be a real issue given the movie is pretty dark or lit in cool blues and almost always has some motion to take your attention away from it. In rogue one though the appearance of Tarkin (after the first one) and Leia did cause some problem because the scenes didn't have much motion and fairly well lit on the faces.
@@NinjaEnShort My only issue is a few spots of CLU 2 that were really "uncanny valley" to me. I haven't seen Rogue One yet, but I have seen a few clips from it, so I know what you're talking about there
@@NinjaEnShort I agree the are a couple places in Rogue One where Tarkin's and Leia's faces did seem oh so slightly out of sorts with the rest of the film environment. Otherwise, Rogue One (speaking as one who has loved Star Wars since I was 8 in '77) is my all time favorite Star Wars film. Sometimes when I see the computer face overlays in both Legacy and Rogue One, it makes me think ever so slightly of the film "adaptation" The Lawnmower Man.
yeah my biggest issue with the movie is clu sometimes looks like he’s straight out of a video game cutscene and not actually with the rest of the characters on screen which ruins the immersion a little bit for me but not enough to ruin the movie. where the film lacks it makes up for it with everything else
It's still one of my favorite movies. I don't think it's possible to make a cooler looking film. I was crushed when they canceled making a third entry for the franchise.
"Better than you remember". I remember this movie fondly. I saw it multiple times in theaters. It was the first movie I saw in IMAX. And I watched the movie on PSVR in 3D and it made me feel like I was in the Grid. It's one of my favorite sci-fi movies and I just love being in that world. It's one sci-fi world I would love to live in.
This isnt my comment, someone else posted it on one of Cinemasins/Cinemawins but basically: "Tron Legacy is a good movie" *Some people would argue with you* "Tron Legacy was a bad movie" *Some people would argue with you* "Tron Legacy has a great soundtrack" *No one would argue with you*
@sutterkane100 Ummmm, "Hadn't hit yet"??? You do know the ORIGINAL Tron film started the glowy neon look back in 1982, right? I also remember seeing a Marching Band at DisneyWorld back in '78, and they marched at night, with outfits fitted with glowing neon glowsticks, as well as an '80s TV Show, "Automan" about a guy made of glowing blue circuits and he drove a glowing Lamborghini Countach that could make 90° turns, just like the light cycles in the original movie. Then the LAWNMOWER MAN movie came out in '92 and it, too, has a slight Tron-inspired look. Eleven years later, TRON 2.0 (a video game sequel to '82 TRON) came out. After Legacy came out 7 years later, I kept seeing commercials using the Tron glow effect, or incorporating a Tron look, even a Toyota commercial pretty much copying the '82 LightCycle scene, as well as even some of the recent Transformers cartoons giving their robot characters glow lines.
"The thing about perfection is that it's unknowable. It's impossible but it's also right in front of us, all the time!" - Flynn For perfectionists, this means errors are not only inevitable, but necessary for growth and development. For nihilists it means no matter when or where we are, there will always be something to rise to.
I always loved this movie, and I recently got into Tron: Uprising as well, and after watching Uprising made me realise how much quality in Disney’s animated shows have dropped in the last 10 years.
I loved Tron Uprising as well. Whereas Legacy is more the showcase for Flynn and Clu, Uprising is the showcase for the titular character. I also loved how the composer for that series emulated the style of Daft Punk's soundtrack without completely aping it. Very well done all around I thought.
@@Anonymous_Pi in my own, personal view, their appearance kinda made me think Justice League, The Animated Series in terms of body shape. Loved Mara! Also, the artists/ animators (IMVHO) nailed Olivia Wilde as Quorra, and I was glad they got Wilde to reprise her role in voice. Take care. Flynn Lives!!!
Another thing I thought was great about Uprising was Fred Tatasciore's voice work as Flynn/Clu. Tatasciore voiced Flynn/Clu in the video game that was released in line with Legacy. He does a badass Jeff Bridges impression. (Not bad for someone who had been the official voice of the Hulk for so many years. )
I loved Tron as a kid, enjoyable movie, I really looked forward to when this movie came out. Sure it had flaws but it was an enjoyable story, I was really hoping that they would continue with the story/movies but no luck there. Tron Legacy was far better than the Disney Star Wars movies by a long shot.
I'd say movie is slightly above average but it's soundtrack is legendary and deserves an Oscar. I am heavily biased towards it and in my mind it's awesome but trying to not be biased I give it. Story 7/10 Soundtrack 11/10 Cinematography 10/10 Visuals/effects 9/10 Acting 8.5/10 Originality/style 10/10 Overall 8.5/10 Good damn fun, love the movie
its incredibe to see people still talking about this movie, and the franchise itself. disney has forgotten one of its best franchises, and they still havent done anything with it in ages
Until Alita: Battle Angel, Tron: Legacy was my favorite movie. I even own a pink Nokia N8 and it still works where Sam Flynn used a grey & black Nokia N8 to hack the security door at Encom. I wish we got to see the sequel (Quorra in our world) and then the prequel (Kevin, Tron and Clu creating the new grid) to Tron: Legacy. Sadly Disney dropped a sequel to Tron: Legacy when Tomorrowland failed. I even have a little Quorra figure up on a set of drawers next to me as I type this. Tron: Legacy was the first Blu-Ray I ever saw and when I got to see the 3D version I was just in awe hey!! I miss the days where Disney made movies like Tron: Legacy that was free of the woke narrative that is corrupting almost every form of our media today.
Viola Sobieski if you want more of the stuff on the grid, then check out Tron: Uprising, if you haven’t already. It’s one of my all time favorite animated shows.
Viola Sobieski Tron Uprising! I actually watched this show first, and it’s still my favorite show of all time. Maybe some of that is nostalgia (I was like 10) but I rewatch it like once a year and it’s great
They never dropped the sequel to Legacy, not entirely. It seems right now to moreso be in development hell after being put on the back-burners but every once in a while news still comes out, we got some not too long ago even. Ultimately… Tron Lives.
@@lazydroidproductions1087 The sequel we were going to get was never made and it is such a shame!! Now there is a new project on the horizon and it might be a prequel rather than a sequel to Tron: Legacy!! Either way it has been such a shame they did not follow with the intended sequel to Tron: Legacy!! The failure of one movie (Tomorrowland) resulted in the cancellation of the sequel to Tron: Legacy because they intended to use the profits of Tomorrowland to fund the sequel!!
I thought this movie was great. I really liked Tron legacy. I did feel it was a bit of a wasted opportunity to have off himself. Even if it was the right thing to do. You would have thought that being so all-powerful he could have found another way. But I thought the film itself was fantastic. The soundtrack was epic. And the acting was good. I think it's a real tragedy the way this movie is seen. I don't think it deserves the hate. And to me it is a cult classic. Even if I would have changed the narrative just a bit. Excellent review. Great video.! 👍
There is a lot of lore behind the movie. Flynn wasn't all powerful, at least not inside the grid. He was a user and that allowed him to manipulate grid's energy in ways programs could not or found too difficult. Grid is a really complex environment. One of the reasons for Flynn's downfall was his inability to sort out the energy and bug problems in the grid.
I've lost count how many times I've watched this movie somewhere after 100 and still love it. And I mean over 100 literally I was working retail not long after it came out. Management wanted a family friendly movie on display. So, already loving Legacy put it on. That thing played on a loop for months. 😁
That was a very cool movie - a good tribute to it's predecessor - it had some flaws but the overall movie was quite good. And the Daft Punk made the soundtrack - which enchanced the flavor of this movie immensly.
I've adored it since release, and have never understood why it didn't appeal to a larger audience... Despite it's obvious flaws, it's a pretty beautiful film; through its visuals, score and even the father & son dynamic that so many felt didn't work. I still revisit it on Blu-Ray every now and then!
It’s amazing. As a father, it takes on a whole new meaning for me now. The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission. One of my fave home 3D titles.
My brother has the first TRON on the special edition DVD when it was first released on DVD. I saw that over a decade ago when I was like 12. I saw Legacy back into 2010 on DVD when I was in high school. Great movie, horribly underrated.
To this day, I still listen to the soundtrack when I work. It gives, somehow, a massive boost in my creativity (visual design). An excellent movie, a well-deserved praise with this video. Ty for this.
Disney needs to make a series showing what happened to Cora and Sam after they got out. Similar to the Mandalorian. Or even another person who is able to make it onto the grid and knows about Cora being in the real world
YES!! FINALLY, CHANNEL DOES A VIDEO ON THIS!! TRON: LEGACY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES AND ITS ALMOST 10 YEARS OLD. Definitely underrated. The soundtrack to this movie is the best and made this move what it is!
I absolutely love this movie, wonderful soundtrack and visuals, Clu is a very interesting villain too, brutal, but not really his fault, he did exactly as he was programmed to do by Kevin Flynn and created what he thought was the perfect system, Jeff Bridges did an excellent job playing both characters. I also love how energetic and entertaining Castor is, the redemption of Tron (Rinzler), the father/son reunion of Sam and Kevin Flynn and I love that scene with Quorra on the couch, the light suits in general look amazing.
This is one of the best films of the early 2010s in my opinion. Critically overlooked and it was almost flawless in it's presentation of the film story, the characters, and continuing where the original TRON movie left off. I loved TRON Uprising also. Another show that was cut off WAAAAAAAY to early duh to foolish decisions. Both the movie and the show should have been continued for a sequel and more seasons respectively.
The cinematography in this film was incredible. Some of my favourite scenes include older Sam's entrance on his ducati and his triple axel dive off Encom Tower.
I remember watching this when it came out in theaters when I was younger I always liked it and never understood the backlash it got when it was released
Yes!!!!! Finally someone made a video saying how good this movie was!!! If I could I'd subscribe again just because you made this. The philosophical underpinnings of the movie, specifically Clu vs Flynn, is top notch stuff.
Tron Legacy is everything that the Star Wars sequel trilogy should have been, they did everything that Star Wars did 10 times better, it's disgusting how this movie was universally panned and the Force Awakens and to some extent the Last Jedi are praised when they couldn't do anything that Legacy did right: Soft rebooting the franchise. Introducing competently written new characters that the old ones can pass the torch down to. Having a likable strong female character. Using the main character from the original movie to serve as a disgruntled mentor without destroying his entire character- in fact Flynn's character grew MORE from his failures while still leaving a spark of hope that one day he would make things right. Flynn was more like how Luke Skywalker would have been than Luke was in the Last Jedi. All of the new characters have believable life changing character development by the end of the movie. Had a compelling enough villain that wasn't just a recycled version of the previous villain. My biggest complaint with the movie is that the world doesn't feel lived in, we aren't given any time to know how life is in the Gird- although technically you do get that chance if you played Tron: Evolution, you shouldn't have to play a game or read a book to compensate for a lack of world building in a movie. It just feels like we're dropped into an empty city, Tomorrow Land suffered from the same thing the concept (build up in the movie) was so much more interesting than the execution. I want to know what the programs do, what's their government's like- did clue dissolve the previous one and create a dictatorship? if so, how? (yes I know that it's explained in Tron: Evolution). what was life like for the ISOs and how did they interact with the programs? We get a small amount of explanation during the movie- and to be fair there's just too much that needs to be explained and not enough to do it within an acceptable run-time. Still, I hate how empty and somewhat boring the Grid is.
UbinTimor if you want more of how the grid lives and exists without the Flynn’s then I would suggest watching Tron:Uprising if you haven’t. It’s really good and picks up some of the worldbuilding slack Legacy didn’t have time for. It’s one of my all time favorite animated shows.
This remains as one of my favourite movies and it is even more amazing in 3D. I loved Tron Uprising also, although took me a little while to get used to the character designs. It's such a shame Disney just have no idea on how to use or market the property. The seem to blow a load of money on 1 or 2 things hoping it'll be popular then immediately give up when they feel it isn't popular enough. I recall this being the case with uprising actually I watched the first half on weekly basis on Disney XD then it went on hiatus then they quietly released second half with no advertisement for it until I happened upon a rerun of the second half one day. Needless to say missing a few episodes. I hope after they build this new coaster in magic Kingdom that they decide to give the franchise another go, or if they are truly that skint after the lockdowns rent the IP out to someone that will do something with it.
THANK YOU!!!! This is honestly one of my favorite films, and has an interesting universe that needs expanding, I mean we got Tron Uprising, but Disney being Disney cancelled it, and completely abandoning the series
Sorry but, by coincidence just watched it last week: The film does achieve a tremendous height with its visuals and EVERYONE in the world loves the Daft Punk soundtrack. But one of the main central elements of the original 1980s movie is the entrance of Flynn into the digital world. This concept is barely touched upon in this sequel (certainly a lackluster visually crafted scene, followed by, what I feel, is barely a response to a human's entrance into a computer, or international digital network, as it were, by its occupants), and bastardized at the end by actually bringing an isomorphic algorithm (Quorra) into the real world - giving her flesh and blood from what I gather is spontaneously generated software - Idiotic! Furthermore, the moronic producers actually did NOT credit (the great, in my book) Cillian Murphy for the film
It is no more 'idiotic' than transporter technology in Star Trek. You are using an established device from the first movie that took a physical object (first an orange, then Kevin Flynn) and convert it from matter to energy, store it (in the 'grid' or the system if you like) then later reform that energy pattern back into it's original form. Now, whether or not the recombined real-world form is actually the same as what was 'digitized' is up for debate, but at the very least, it is a perfect replica, if not the original. In the case of Quorra, she is a fully established energy pattern, recreating it in the real world with the same device is possible within the confines of the movie's established lore. It is a bit like a 3-D printer of today creating a real-world object out of a virtual creation. Only in this case it is a highly complex living being (presumably, since ISO origins are simply 'unknown', being as Kevin suspects they simply emerged into being) but this device CAN handle that as both Kevin and Sam have been digitized and returned. Kevin did it on a regular basis for a while before becoming trapped. Another "X" factor is Kevin's Identity Disc, in that it seems to be the key to making this happen, at least for beings that didn't originate from the real world. But we aren't given much in the way of how it is possible, only that it is probably the only way it can happen. Oh, and I agree, the great Cillian Murphy was underused, but I believe they intended to use him more in a sequel to Legacy, and this was an introduction. A sequel that alas, we probably will never get.
It was an amazing film. Stunning special effects, great character development, nice pacing to the film. I think it's criminal they didn't give us a third film but again, this is another example of Hollywood pumping millions into a film and expecting billions back.
Even with the Box Office Bomb that was "Tomorrowland", I understand from an industry point of view that it would be difficult to approve another film in a similar genre that didn't do so well either. So in regards to "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy", it was such a shame to see it never completed. Tron: Legacy was a greatly underrated film that still holds up to this day. It is one of my favorite films of all time and one of the main films that influenced me to attend film school. the 2009 sequel was beautifully shot by the amazing cinematographer Claudio Miranda and the amazing director Joseph Kosinski. This was actually Kosinski's first major film and he absolutely nailed it. Here we are in 2020 where films are looking better than ever and there is so much creative potential with the technology we have now. And will say this with all my heart, Tron: Legacy holds up incredibly well to today's standards, in my opinion. the only this that could use improvement would be the CGI of young Flynn (Jeff Bridges). Flynn was a flawed character but he was made so much better because he grows as a character from the last time we saw him, as the cocky young guy who is essentially a God, the creator of the Grid. He grows and you see how much he cares for his son Sam and even the last Iso Quorra. He saves them from Clu and realizes it's what he must do. The story was great and all the characters were fantastic. It was a very well written story with great ideas that had from what had been set up, to lead into a very interesting sequel. Especially with the short epilogue "Tron: The Next Day" with Bruce Boxleitner truly reprising the mantle of TRON and even Dan Shor reprising his role as the one and only RAM! This would have lead to quite a bit of anticipation for what the Third Tron film could have been, with Tron and Ram reuniting, Sam and Quorra in the real world, and Clu/Flynn wanting to bring his army into the real world to place his "System" on the imperfect race that is Humanity. If Tron 3 or "Tron: Ascension" (as it was rumored to be called), is ever to be put into production, with would make so many people happy, and it would give Disney a lot of respect if done will with the actors and Kosinski back on board. Trust me that there is so much following for these two movies and the Tron Uprising series. When I went to the El Capitan Double showing two years ago, it was such a blast to experience. But on top of that, one cannot forget the OTS that Daft Punk created for the film. Still by far one of the best sound tracks out there. It fits the the world and story so well. I do hope it will be taken off the book shelf and brought back to life. And if Jared Leto is to actually be brought it, don't let it be a remake/soft reboot. Let it continue where Legacy left off in some manner. There is so much world, story, and character development left to be explored. Thank You #FlynnLives #TronLives #Tron #TronLegacy
This movie and its soundtrack is so nostalgic. This is hands down my favorite Disney movie of all time. It's awesome that they piggy-backed off the original movie's ideas. The effects hold up to today's standards, too. That opening sequence about "The Grid" reminds me of the opening shot in Transformers 2007 (also underrated) about "The Cube". I usually hate narration but when it's this legendary, it's that good.
This is one the last movies that I ever went to the cinema to watch and having watched it on DVD since, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the visuals worked on the small screen too. I think the soundtrack was perfect, but I am a huge Daft Punk fan, so maybe I am biased. However, I do feel that the tone and feel of the music went brilliantly with the action on screen. Criminally underrated movie imho. I would have loved to see more stories from this universe.
Ironic how such a masterpiece that tells a story about an entity that went rogue because of the power they were given and the need of a heart and soul to run a world is, itself, abandoned my their own creators because money spoke louder. Making such a groundbreaking movie, announce a sequel and cancel it, making millions of people feel disregarded and craving, was very disrespectful. Now, we no longer have good sequels, only shitty remakes. Even the sequels we have are poorly planed and badly executed.
It kills me that we probably won’t see more from this world unless they decide to reboot it, I really liked this movie and think it had a lot of potential for sequels, at least there is uprising I suppose.
I was introduced to Tron Legacy about a week before it premiered while on vacation with my family at Disneyland/California Adventure parks in Anaheim CA. They had a night time “dance party” event called “elecTRONica” where they decorated the “Hollywood Backlot” section of California Adventure into a real life “Grid” with a giant Recognizer that scanned you, a End of Line Club with glowing drinks, a 30 minute extended preview of TRON:Legacy playing in the Muppet theatre, and Flynn’s Arcade full of restored arcade cabinets as well as a few “Easter Egg” arcade cabinets with playable versions of the games Kevin Flynn invented, but were stolen by Dillinger in the first film like Space Paranoids and Vice Squad. The area was so well done and mesmerizing, it got me interested in TRON and it eventually became my favorite Sci Fi universe, supplanting Star Wars...
I have LOVED this film ever since it came out ten years ago! The score alone makes the entire film like the best music video ever! But that is just half of the fun. The rest is exactly what H is saying here, the film has very much a story worth telling. It is a modern hero's journey with all the classic elements with the young hero that is reluctantly but with curiosity thrust into an adventure & ends up saving a world basically. Even is Sam himself is not the great savor in this hero's journey, his father, Kevin, that is also not just serving as the god entity but very much so the mentor character, takes on the purpose of slaying the "dragon", which is, ironically an evil & messed-up version of himself. Lots of symbolism & most of all, character focus & emotions. My fav moments are the father & son moments, as when Sam arrives at Kevin's hidden place & Kevin embraces his son with so much love. And later when they are on their way to the portal & Sam tells his father of what life is now out in the real world. Kevin tells his son that he had given up the Grid easily if he had been given just one more day with him. There is a lot of love in this film! I guess, if you must say something negative, even if it isn't, is that the title character, Tron himself, is very much a secondary, yet important character. But that is given a proper explanation as to why that is, but it is a strange angle to put such an important character in the backseat. Absolutely agree with H regarding Cora! Unlike the Mary Sue's of today, this girl is charming & has flaws. She has personality & Olivia's acting is very much allowed to be part of the character. And although she is the last Izo & super important, she isn't the solution to THIS problem with Clu. She helps out in the struggle, makes some daring moves that risks her life, but she isn't the ultimate savor just because she is the last Izo, or for that matter the strong woman of the story. She is both damsel in distress as well as kick-ass action hero, she is vital yet not the actual solution. A real character, not a Mary Sue. For being a software deity of sorts she is perhaps one of the most human characters of this story! Very realistic. Besides for Clu's CGI face the effects have otherwise aged very well in the last decade, in fact they haven't aged & that's the point. If this had been made today, besides for the digital faces, everything had looked the same today. The led suits are some of the coolest sci-fi outfits in perhaps decades! And that was real clothing with lights in it! And I wanna thank H for telling me something I was actually never aware of even if I should have been considering so many times I've seen Tron legacy. The film indeed does not have that many locations taking place inside of the Grid. But the film & the effects & how it's filmed gives the impression that the Grid is so much larger, we just don't have time to see it. And I even think that was the intent, it IS more than what we never see & even if we don't see it it's still there. I highly recommend Tron Legacy, especially to Tron fans but to all sci-fi & fantasy fans alike. Very sad that a sequel will likely never happen. But the damage with that is not so severe regardless because the Tron saga can end with this open, happy & positive ending that Legacy provides. Just as Sam & Cora faces the new rays of the new dawn, what happens next can be whatever you want it to be from there on. If only Disney could remember how they USED to make films, & not so very long ago either!
One of the best movies 10 years ago. Most of the complaints are from the nostalgia fans who couldn't / wouldn't accept anything new. But if you're a new fan and Legacy was the first Tron film you've watched you'll definitely enjoy it. It's like wine testing. To enjoy the taste of a new wine you can't have the taste of an old wine still lingering in your mouth. You gotta throw all that away. Then you'll have fresh taste buds to appreciate the new wine.
I can't agree with you, one of the reasons why Tron Legacy is one of my favorite movies is because it makes the first movie an even better one, bringing a lot of depth during the events that happened during Tron 1982
I watched this movie 5 times at the movies when it dropped...a visual and auditory orgasm...one of the things on my bucket list is to watch this movie on a 75” OLED 4K TV with a surround sound while Blazed out of my mind!!!
When I saw this video recommended, I remembered that I had planned to go back and watch Tron legacy again. I instantly stopped the review to look for it and I have to say, no regrets! I may give the whole franchise a go from the beginning, if I make it out of lockdown! Stay safe out there and thanks for the recommendation!
One of my favourite aspects of Tron Legacy is just how immersive it is. The contrasting world of dark metal and neon lights, the beautiful score that lands both during action sequences and emotional scenes, and the complex yet somehow simple and familiar characters manage to pull me in every time and never let go until the credits start rolling. ...and I even sat through the credits several times thanks to the soundtrack.
I'll still never be able to get over how they didnt even try to really hide the batter packs on the suits. Just slapped a sony camera battery on there and left it. I love it.
Tron deserved better and yes, it is underrated as hell.
Excatly! my words.
I’m so glad another film wasn’t rushed the year after and Disney decided to hold back until a better story and tech can be shown.
I always loved this film, it accomplished its Sci-Fi goals, special effects, MUSIC (magnificent soundtrack), easy to follow story. Did it try revolutionize cinema? No, but people try to judge it as such.
all i know is if they do make a sequel to legacy they gotta bring daft punk back for the soundtrack
It's one of my top movies.
The OST by Daft Punk is just magnificent.
God Tier
You can always count on Guy and Thomas.
@Go Time Now Not quite perfect IMO, but extremely close
I loved the original tron, but the soundtrack was still the main reason I saw the new one
Indeed. As perfect as Vangelis' OST for 'Blade Runner'.
*Tron Legacy is disgustingly underrated, it’s one of the best Disney films and surprisingly dark and complex all things considered. I loved it as a kid and I love it now.*
Tron deserved better and deserved to be a bigger franchise.
Love this film
Tron Uprising was pretty awesome as well.
@@Silverbolt00 Thumbs up, much agreed man! Hell once watching Uprising, by default Tron Legacy automatically made a ton more sense as well.
@@Silverbolt00 the animated one?
@@MGSBigBoss77 It did, i would have loved to see it continue. They had some many places to go with the story!
Tron Legacy is really ahead of its time for an early 2010s standards. The special effects where one died as a result of turning into pixels. It's very uniquely underrated for a CGI.
I checked out the review of Redlettermedia, and one of the people who worked on the film commented on it. The reason the movie looked so good is that Disney spent 2 years in post production to make sure everything was polished, something they don't really do as much these days.
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Why are you in the comment section of like every video I watch
Featherman R Disney could really improve their films if they just let them cook a little longer until the were ready. But even a half baked cake is edible.
Just a shame they dropped the ball on cg-Jeff Bridges....
Apart from that, I really do love this film an awful lot
I can't believe already ten years...
Love this movie and everything about it and prefer it over original. What a shame that disney killed sequel.
I can't say I like it better than the original (or the story in Tron 2.0 Killer App, BTW) but it (along with Tron: Uprising) is a worthy and very good sequel. I wish we'd gotten more...
Agreed
@@seanmcgrath3826 Well i can say that i like it over the orginal, don't get me wrong, the OG will always be the OG, but in today's visuals, it is dated, where as Tron legacy CGI holds up fantastic even in 2020 for something that came out in 2010, it was ahead of its time
Franky Stein yeah because of toy stocks, that was kinda of stupid to do
Its almost like disney thought it was bad.. because it was
I've love this film since its release. I've never understood the hate. My only complaint was that jeff bridges was more lebowski than Flynn at times.
Agree yet I like how he still hold his "no kill" from previous movie , he may help boost the rebel power to fight those black op program but the only person he directly kill is himself with CLU
You would be too if you just say and meditated for 25 years
@@Redrung Well, he did kill a couple of programs in the original, but I don't think it was intentional.... the light cycle scene and when Flynn caught a straggler red by surprise, and absorbed that program's color after he was knocked out. Those two actions may have prompted his less lethal stance in Legacy. However, he does not mind that others do kill, even if it is on his behalf. 😎
There is one very big flaw this movie has. It's middle. It was written to be a half hour longer, and Disney definitely made them cut out that half hour. I've a feeling the middle is what suffered, and as a result, a lot of the payoff in the third act happens for things that were barely even given time to breathe in their set up. One of the greatest third acts in film history was killed by a studio.
Yeah well... that's just like your opinion dude...
This movie is dope, has a lot of style. Incredible soundtrack
hcaz even when it’s in boring parts of the story, it’s music spits flames!
Yes.
Clu: "Flynn, am I still to create the perfect system?"
Flynn: "... YeAh."
My friend and I quote that line all the time.
Sounds like a kitten when he answers...
There are dozens of us!
We saw it literally three different times. Evolution, legacy, and uprising lol
Thank you for giving me a smile today :')
Tron Legacy is amazing, the soundtrack by Daft Punk was amazing and the special effects back then were even better than some movies done in recent years.
Extraordinary movie. The only negatives are some weak digital de-ageing, the poor treatment of the title character, and Disney being too dumb to realise a proper follow-up/extended franchise. Give the Uprising TV show a go too, it's not bad.
The animation style in Uprising was a little weird, but I still loved it.
You thought Tron had poor treatment? I thought his arc as Rinzler was pretty cool and would have paid off further had they made a sequel where he dealt with his sins
As someone who loves both tron legacy and tron uprising, I really wish they could make a season 2 for tron uprising, that show was amazing
It's not about being dumb, it's about money. This movie flopped
Well ofc there was Weak Digital De-Ageing, it was around that time it just got popular
Tron Legacy is Brilliant. It's a forgotten gem. Olivia Wild is so Beautiful in her role.
As far as sequels of classics go I always thought this one of the better ones. Still watched it last week and special effects are holding up very well due to the art style of the movie.
Only effect that wasn't too good at times was the de-aged Jeff Bridges, & I can forgive that, since that effect was very new at the time
@@seanmcgrath3826 Honestly even that I found to not be a real issue given the movie is pretty dark or lit in cool blues and almost always has some motion to take your attention away from it.
In rogue one though the appearance of Tarkin (after the first one) and Leia did cause some problem because the scenes didn't have much motion and fairly well lit on the faces.
@@NinjaEnShort My only issue is a few spots of CLU 2 that were really "uncanny valley" to me. I haven't seen Rogue One yet, but I have seen a few clips from it, so I know what you're talking about there
@@NinjaEnShort I agree the are a couple places in Rogue One where Tarkin's and Leia's faces did seem oh so slightly out of sorts with the rest of the film environment. Otherwise, Rogue One (speaking as one who has loved Star Wars since I was 8 in '77) is my all time favorite Star Wars film.
Sometimes when I see the computer face overlays in both Legacy and Rogue One, it makes me think ever so slightly of the film "adaptation" The Lawnmower Man.
yeah my biggest issue with the movie is clu sometimes looks like he’s straight out of a video game cutscene and not actually with the rest of the characters on screen which ruins the immersion a little bit for me but not enough to ruin the movie. where the film lacks it makes up for it with everything else
"Am I still to create the perfect system"
"YeAh"
The best line in the movie
The way he says yeah kills me every time 😭😂😭😭😭😭 funny AF
It's still one of my favorite movies. I don't think it's possible to make a cooler looking film. I was crushed when they canceled making a third entry for the franchise.
I created this sequel of Tron legacy as a 8 year old kid
I also made Facebook and social media
I actually think it's still on the table and Jared Leto is in the cast
One of my favorite movies. I love the soundtrack.
"Better than you remember". I remember this movie fondly. I saw it multiple times in theaters. It was the first movie I saw in IMAX. And I watched the movie on PSVR in 3D and it made me feel like I was in the Grid. It's one of my favorite sci-fi movies and I just love being in that world. It's one sci-fi world I would love to live in.
TrueBlueMajikDewd who is that in your thumbnail? For “User” research purposes
TrueBlueMajikDewd agreed on all points 9000%
This isnt my comment, someone else posted it on one of Cinemasins/Cinemawins but basically:
"Tron Legacy is a good movie"
*Some people would argue with you*
"Tron Legacy was a bad movie"
*Some people would argue with you*
"Tron Legacy has a great soundtrack"
*No one would argue with you*
This guy makes a video appreciating the genious of Tron Legacy:
* everyone liked that *
can you say something original instead of repeating jokes from two years ago
NullJaegar can you not be an ass.
@@raiderknight8194 can you not be big chungus
That rinzler soundtrack is boss music. This deserves a sequel.
Jase D literally
It got cancled in 2015 cuz of how bad Tomorrowland did
The whole 80's retro,neon trend hadn't hit yet when this movie came out.
Ahead of it's time,certainly.
I'd like to bring that back if at all possible. Maybe even some weird clothes to boot.
Yeah & it hasn't thankfully here nor will it. "Neon trend" smh so gay. Sounds like globalism to me. anyway, good movie
It was actually 30 years behind its time lol
This movie actually introduced me to that sort of 80’s retro/neon idea. It’s very interesting visually.
@sutterkane100 Ummmm, "Hadn't hit yet"??? You do know the ORIGINAL Tron film started the glowy neon look back in 1982, right? I also remember seeing a Marching Band at DisneyWorld back in '78, and they marched at night, with outfits fitted with glowing neon glowsticks, as well as an '80s TV Show, "Automan" about a guy made of glowing blue circuits and he drove a glowing Lamborghini Countach that could make 90° turns, just like the light cycles in the original movie. Then the LAWNMOWER MAN movie came out in '92 and it, too, has a slight Tron-inspired look. Eleven years later, TRON 2.0 (a video game sequel to '82 TRON) came out. After Legacy came out 7 years later, I kept seeing commercials using the Tron glow effect, or incorporating a Tron look, even a Toyota commercial pretty much copying the '82 LightCycle scene, as well as even some of the recent Transformers cartoons giving their robot characters glow lines.
"The thing about perfection is that it's unknowable. It's impossible but it's also right in front of us, all the time!" - Flynn
For perfectionists, this means errors are not only inevitable, but necessary for growth and development. For nihilists it means no matter when or where we are, there will always be something to rise to.
this one of my favourite movie quotes of all time
the characters, visuals, music, costumes.. everything is damn good in this movie.
reads the title, nods and says 'yes..yes it is'
It’s a shame that movies nowadays never stands a chance to be like this masterpiece. Including Disney.
I agree that this is the last good live-action Disney movie, but...movies in general don't stand a chance?
It was a pretty good movie but people and critics were too focused on the bad CGI used for younger looking Jeff Bridges.
I always loved this movie, and I recently got into Tron: Uprising as well, and after watching Uprising made me realise how much quality in Disney’s animated shows have dropped in the last 10 years.
i feel TRON: Legacy has been massively influencial in film and video gam industry. The music the designs the special effects etc..
It's true and it doesn't compute with the relatively low success of the movie itself
Me and my Grandma LOVED this film when it came out.
Love this movie, LOVE the score and don't go sleeping on the "Tron: Uprising" series either!
I loved Tron Uprising as well. Whereas Legacy is more the showcase for Flynn and Clu, Uprising is the showcase for the titular character.
I also loved how the composer for that series emulated the style of Daft Punk's soundtrack without completely aping it. Very well done all around I thought.
Lisa O'Reilly Oh yes...Uprising had me hooked like a crack head!
The only thing I wished TRON Uprising had was better animation. The body proportions and shapes look wack.
@@Anonymous_Pi in my own, personal view, their appearance kinda made me think Justice League, The Animated Series in terms of body shape. Loved Mara! Also, the artists/ animators (IMVHO) nailed Olivia Wilde as Quorra, and I was glad they got Wilde to reprise her role in voice. Take care. Flynn Lives!!!
Another thing I thought was great about Uprising was Fred Tatasciore's voice work as Flynn/Clu. Tatasciore voiced Flynn/Clu in the video game that was released in line with Legacy. He does a badass Jeff Bridges impression. (Not bad for someone who had been the official voice of the Hulk for so many years. )
I loved Tron as a kid, enjoyable movie, I really looked forward to when this movie came out. Sure it had flaws but it was an enjoyable story, I was really hoping that they would continue with the story/movies but no luck there. Tron Legacy was far better than the Disney Star Wars movies by a long shot.
The Star Ward sequels have been a massive disappointment. Would a sequel for this have been equally disappointing?
I'd say movie is slightly above average but it's soundtrack is legendary and deserves an Oscar. I am heavily biased towards it and in my mind it's awesome but trying to not be biased I give it.
Story 7/10
Soundtrack 11/10
Cinematography 10/10
Visuals/effects 9/10
Acting 8.5/10
Originality/style 10/10
Overall 8.5/10
Good damn fun, love the movie
its incredibe to see people still talking about this movie, and the franchise itself. disney has forgotten one of its best franchises, and they still havent done anything with it in ages
Until Alita: Battle Angel, Tron: Legacy was my favorite movie. I even own a pink Nokia N8 and it still works where Sam Flynn used a grey & black Nokia N8 to hack the security door at Encom. I wish we got to see the sequel (Quorra in our world) and then the prequel (Kevin, Tron and Clu creating the new grid) to Tron: Legacy. Sadly Disney dropped a sequel to Tron: Legacy when Tomorrowland failed. I even have a little Quorra figure up on a set of drawers next to me as I type this. Tron: Legacy was the first Blu-Ray I ever saw and when I got to see the 3D version I was just in awe hey!! I miss the days where Disney made movies like Tron: Legacy that was free of the woke narrative that is corrupting almost every form of our media today.
Viola Sobieski if you want more of the stuff on the grid, then check out Tron: Uprising, if you haven’t already. It’s one of my all time favorite animated shows.
Viola Sobieski Tron Uprising! I actually watched this show first, and it’s still my favorite show of all time. Maybe some of that is nostalgia (I was like 10) but I rewatch it like once a year and it’s great
They never dropped the sequel to Legacy, not entirely. It seems right now to moreso be in development hell after being put on the back-burners but every once in a while news still comes out, we got some not too long ago even. Ultimately… Tron Lives.
@@lazydroidproductions1087 The sequel we were going to get was never made and it is such a shame!! Now there is a new project on the horizon and it might be a prequel rather than a sequel to Tron: Legacy!! Either way it has been such a shame they did not follow with the intended sequel to Tron: Legacy!! The failure of one movie (Tomorrowland) resulted in the cancellation of the sequel to Tron: Legacy because they intended to use the profits of Tomorrowland to fund the sequel!!
From a technical perspective, this is how you do a Green Lantern movie. It is how you meld Green Screen and Practical Effects.
As a dad, the part with Flynn at the end gets me right in the feels every time.
Just watched it last night on Disney+ and enjoyed it still. It was an amazing 3d experience in the theater. Highly underrated.
I thought this movie was great. I really liked Tron legacy.
I did feel it was a bit of a wasted opportunity to have off himself. Even if it was the right thing to do.
You would have thought that being so all-powerful he could have found another way.
But I thought the film itself was fantastic.
The soundtrack was epic.
And the acting was good.
I think it's a real tragedy the way this movie is seen.
I don't think it deserves the hate. And to me it is a cult classic.
Even if I would have changed the narrative just a bit.
Excellent review. Great video.! 👍
I guess it ties into the perfection thing, he may be powerful but not without limits.
There is a lot of lore behind the movie. Flynn wasn't all powerful, at least not inside the grid. He was a user and that allowed him to manipulate grid's energy in ways programs could not or found too difficult. Grid is a really complex environment. One of the reasons for Flynn's downfall was his inability to sort out the energy and bug problems in the grid.
I honestly think that this movie doesn’t need a sequel. It’s a godlike cinematic experience
I've lost count how many times I've watched this movie somewhere after 100 and still love it. And I mean over 100 literally I was working retail not long after it came out. Management wanted a family friendly movie on display. So, already loving Legacy put it on. That thing played on a loop for months. 😁
to this day i still listen to daft punk's soundtrack for this movie.
derezzed is an absolute *bop.*
As great as it is I hope it doesn’t come back, knowing Disney’s track record of not amazingly remaking stuff
That was a very cool movie - a good tribute to it's predecessor - it had some flaws but the overall movie was quite good. And the Daft Punk made the soundtrack - which enchanced the flavor of this movie immensly.
I've adored it since release, and have never understood why it didn't appeal to a larger audience... Despite it's obvious flaws, it's a pretty beautiful film; through its visuals, score and even the father & son dynamic that so many felt didn't work. I still revisit it on Blu-Ray every now and then!
the club scene is just so good, that one scene where flyn puts his hand down and the music changes yes just yes
Tron Legacy is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen
Tron is one of my absolute favourites together with Interstellar and Alita: Battle Angel
It’s amazing. As a father, it takes on a whole new meaning for me now. The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission. One of my fave home 3D titles.
I thought it was pretty okay, even on a recent rewatch.
I still feel it's story was its biggest weakness.
My brother has the first TRON on the special edition DVD when it was first released on DVD. I saw that over a decade ago when I was like 12. I saw Legacy back into 2010 on DVD when I was in high school. Great movie, horribly underrated.
Better than I remember? This movie's always been a masterpiece of science fiction! I'm glad people are finally waking up to that!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who unabashedly loves this film. Thank you for the vindication! :)
ignoring the CGI Bridges, it was a steady film (-:
More like Jeff Bridges with a Bradley Cooper mask
Even still, he's an imperfect copy, so I can accept it.
Their attire is very akin to affiliation. Like a uniform you could say , not so abstract after all
I was always a fan of this movie. The opening scene still gives me chills.
To this day, I still listen to the soundtrack when I work. It gives, somehow, a massive boost in my creativity (visual design). An excellent movie, a well-deserved praise with this video. Ty for this.
One of my favorite movies. And you are right. Soundtrack is amazing
Disney needs to make a series showing what happened to Cora and Sam after they got out. Similar to the Mandalorian. Or even another person who is able to make it onto the grid and knows about Cora being in the real world
YES!! FINALLY, CHANNEL DOES A VIDEO ON THIS!! TRON: LEGACY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES AND ITS ALMOST 10 YEARS OLD. Definitely underrated. The soundtrack to this movie is the best and made this move what it is!
I absolutely love this movie, wonderful soundtrack and visuals, Clu is a very interesting villain too, brutal, but not really his fault, he did exactly as he was programmed to do by Kevin Flynn and created what he thought was the perfect system, Jeff Bridges did an excellent job playing both characters.
I also love how energetic and entertaining Castor is, the redemption of Tron (Rinzler), the father/son reunion of Sam and Kevin Flynn and I love that scene with Quorra on the couch, the light suits in general look amazing.
This is one of the best films of the early 2010s in my opinion. Critically overlooked and it was almost flawless in it's presentation of the film story, the characters, and continuing where the original TRON movie left off. I loved TRON Uprising also. Another show that was cut off WAAAAAAAY to early duh to foolish decisions. Both the movie and the show should have been continued for a sequel and more seasons respectively.
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I'm really happy when people talk about it fondly. Great review.
I loved seeing this film in theaters. I really enjoyed this film, and need to rewatch this.
The cinematography in this film was incredible. Some of my favourite scenes include older Sam's entrance on his ducati and his triple axel dive off Encom Tower.
The tron franchise in general is underrated. It’s a shame Disney isn’t doing anything with it...
I remember watching this when it came out in theaters when I was younger I always liked it and never understood the backlash it got when it was released
Man the soundtrack on this movie was crazy
Yes!!!!! Finally someone made a video saying how good this movie was!!! If I could I'd subscribe again just because you made this. The philosophical underpinnings of the movie, specifically Clu vs Flynn, is top notch stuff.
Tron Legacy is everything that the Star Wars sequel trilogy should have been, they did everything that Star Wars did 10 times better, it's disgusting how this movie was universally panned and the Force Awakens and to some extent the Last Jedi are praised when they couldn't do anything that Legacy did right:
Soft rebooting the franchise.
Introducing competently written new characters that the old ones can pass the torch down to.
Having a likable strong female character.
Using the main character from the original movie to serve as a disgruntled mentor without destroying his entire character- in fact Flynn's character grew MORE from his failures while still leaving a spark of hope that one day he would make things right. Flynn was more like how Luke Skywalker would have been than Luke was in the Last Jedi.
All of the new characters have believable life changing character development by the end of the movie.
Had a compelling enough villain that wasn't just a recycled version of the previous villain.
My biggest complaint with the movie is that the world doesn't feel lived in, we aren't given any time to know how life is in the Gird- although technically you do get that chance if you played Tron: Evolution, you shouldn't have to play a game or read a book to compensate for a lack of world building in a movie. It just feels like we're dropped into an empty city, Tomorrow Land suffered from the same thing the concept (build up in the movie) was so much more interesting than the execution. I want to know what the programs do, what's their government's like- did clue dissolve the previous one and create a dictatorship? if so, how? (yes I know that it's explained in Tron: Evolution). what was life like for the ISOs and how did they interact with the programs? We get a small amount of explanation during the movie- and to be fair there's just too much that needs to be explained and not enough to do it within an acceptable run-time. Still, I hate how empty and somewhat boring the Grid is.
UbinTimor if you want more of how the grid lives and exists without the Flynn’s then I would suggest watching Tron:Uprising if you haven’t. It’s really good and picks up some of the worldbuilding slack Legacy didn’t have time for. It’s one of my all time favorite animated shows.
Joe's vision of the 3rd in the trilogy, was to have Tron constructs in teh real world. Recognizers, and light cycles on the freeways, :)
That part where those smoking hot ladies in white suit up the main character was badass.
This remains as one of my favourite movies and it is even more amazing in 3D.
I loved Tron Uprising also, although took me a little while to get used to the character designs.
It's such a shame Disney just have no idea on how to use or market the property. The seem to blow a load of money on 1 or 2 things hoping it'll be popular then immediately give up when they feel it isn't popular enough.
I recall this being the case with uprising actually I watched the first half on weekly basis on Disney XD then it went on hiatus then they quietly released second half with no advertisement for it until I happened upon a rerun of the second half one day. Needless to say missing a few episodes.
I hope after they build this new coaster in magic Kingdom that they decide to give the franchise another go, or if they are truly that skint after the lockdowns rent the IP out to someone that will do something with it.
The fans loved this franchise, and Disney killed it because it 'wasn't Disney enough'. More like not original enough.
The Idiot Child They are just gay enough
THANK YOU!!!!
This is honestly one of my favorite films, and has an interesting universe that needs expanding, I mean we got Tron Uprising, but Disney being Disney cancelled it, and completely abandoning the series
Sorry but, by coincidence just watched it last week:
The film does achieve a tremendous height with its visuals and EVERYONE in the world loves the Daft Punk soundtrack.
But one of the main central elements of the original 1980s movie is the entrance of Flynn into the digital world. This concept is barely touched upon in this sequel (certainly a lackluster visually crafted scene, followed by, what I feel, is barely a response to a human's entrance into a computer, or international digital network, as it were, by its occupants), and bastardized at the end by actually bringing an isomorphic algorithm (Quorra) into the real world - giving her flesh and blood from what I gather is spontaneously generated software - Idiotic!
Furthermore, the moronic producers actually did NOT credit (the great, in my book) Cillian Murphy for the film
It is no more 'idiotic' than transporter technology in Star Trek. You are using an established device from the first movie that took a physical object (first an orange, then Kevin Flynn) and convert it from matter to energy, store it (in the 'grid' or the system if you like) then later reform that energy pattern back into it's original form. Now, whether or not the recombined real-world form is actually the same as what was 'digitized' is up for debate, but at the very least, it is a perfect replica, if not the original.
In the case of Quorra, she is a fully established energy pattern, recreating it in the real world with the same device is possible within the confines of the movie's established lore. It is a bit like a 3-D printer of today creating a real-world object out of a virtual creation. Only in this case it is a highly complex living being (presumably, since ISO origins are simply 'unknown', being as Kevin suspects they simply emerged into being) but this device CAN handle that as both Kevin and Sam have been digitized and returned. Kevin did it on a regular basis for a while before becoming trapped.
Another "X" factor is Kevin's Identity Disc, in that it seems to be the key to making this happen, at least for beings that didn't originate from the real world. But we aren't given much in the way of how it is possible, only that it is probably the only way it can happen.
Oh, and I agree, the great Cillian Murphy was underused, but I believe they intended to use him more in a sequel to Legacy, and this was an introduction. A sequel that alas, we probably will never get.
I believe he asked not to be credited for the film. I remember reading that somewhere.
Carson Springer who?
@@divisionagentbailey6727 Cillian Murphy asked not to be credited for the film
Carson Springer interesting
Tron Legacy was and continues to be one of my all time favorite films, it really is a shame we never got any more of them.
It was an amazing film. Stunning special effects, great character development, nice pacing to the film. I think it's criminal they didn't give us a third film but again, this is another example of Hollywood pumping millions into a film and expecting billions back.
Even with the Box Office Bomb that was "Tomorrowland", I understand from an industry point of view that it would be difficult to approve another film in a similar genre that didn't do so well either. So in regards to "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy", it was such a shame to see it never completed. Tron: Legacy was a greatly underrated film that still holds up to this day. It is one of my favorite films of all time and one of the main films that influenced me to attend film school. the 2009 sequel was beautifully shot by the amazing cinematographer Claudio Miranda and the amazing director Joseph Kosinski. This was actually Kosinski's first major film and he absolutely nailed it.
Here we are in 2020 where films are looking better than ever and there is so much creative potential with the technology we have now. And will say this with all my heart, Tron: Legacy holds up incredibly well to today's standards, in my opinion. the only this that could use improvement would be the CGI of young Flynn (Jeff Bridges). Flynn was a flawed character but he was made so much better because he grows as a character from the last time we saw him, as the cocky young guy who is essentially a God, the creator of the Grid. He grows and you see how much he cares for his son Sam and even the last Iso Quorra. He saves them from Clu and realizes it's what he must do.
The story was great and all the characters were fantastic. It was a very well written story with great ideas that had from what had been set up, to lead into a very interesting sequel. Especially with the short epilogue "Tron: The Next Day" with Bruce Boxleitner truly reprising the mantle of TRON and even Dan Shor reprising his role as the one and only RAM! This would have lead to quite a bit of anticipation for what the Third Tron film could have been, with Tron and Ram reuniting, Sam and Quorra in the real world, and Clu/Flynn wanting to bring his army into the real world to place his "System" on the imperfect race that is Humanity.
If Tron 3 or "Tron: Ascension" (as it was rumored to be called), is ever to be put into production, with would make so many people happy, and it would give Disney a lot of respect if done will with the actors and Kosinski back on board. Trust me that there is so much following for these two movies and the Tron Uprising series. When I went to the El Capitan Double showing two years ago, it was such a blast to experience. But on top of that, one cannot forget the OTS that Daft Punk created for the film. Still by far one of the best sound tracks out there. It fits the the world and story so well.
I do hope it will be taken off the book shelf and brought back to life. And if Jared Leto is to actually be brought it, don't let it be a remake/soft reboot. Let it continue where Legacy left off in some manner. There is so much world, story, and character development left to be explored.
Thank You
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Hopefully when the pandemic is over, the TRON Lightcycle coaster at Disney World will reinvigorate the series and we can get TRON 3 on Disney+
This movie and its soundtrack is so nostalgic. This is hands down my favorite Disney movie of all time. It's awesome that they piggy-backed off the original movie's ideas. The effects hold up to today's standards, too. That opening sequence about "The Grid" reminds me of the opening shot in Transformers 2007 (also underrated) about "The Cube". I usually hate narration but when it's this legendary, it's that good.
This is one the last movies that I ever went to the cinema to watch and having watched it on DVD since, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the visuals worked on the small screen too.
I think the soundtrack was perfect, but I am a huge Daft Punk fan, so maybe I am biased. However, I do feel that the tone and feel of the music went brilliantly with the action on screen.
Criminally underrated movie imho. I would have loved to see more stories from this universe.
Ironic how such a masterpiece that tells a story about an entity that went rogue because of the power they were given and the need of a heart and soul to run a world is, itself, abandoned my their own creators because money spoke louder.
Making such a groundbreaking movie, announce a sequel and cancel it, making millions of people feel disregarded and craving, was very disrespectful.
Now, we no longer have good sequels, only shitty remakes. Even the sequels we have are poorly planed and badly executed.
Very underrated, bought it on bluray, visually stunning, great characters and storyline. Oh and the soundtrack is outstanding
Finally someone adresses it! One of my top 5! Everything from music to writing!
It kills me that we probably won’t see more from this world unless they decide to reboot it, I really liked this movie and think it had a lot of potential for sequels, at least there is uprising I suppose.
I was introduced to Tron Legacy about a week before it premiered while on vacation with my family at Disneyland/California Adventure parks in Anaheim CA. They had a night time “dance party” event called “elecTRONica” where they decorated the “Hollywood Backlot” section of California Adventure into a real life “Grid” with a giant Recognizer that scanned you, a End of Line Club with glowing drinks, a 30 minute extended preview of TRON:Legacy playing in the Muppet theatre, and Flynn’s Arcade full of restored arcade cabinets as well as a few “Easter Egg” arcade cabinets with playable versions of the games Kevin Flynn invented, but were stolen by Dillinger in the first film like Space Paranoids and Vice Squad. The area was so well done and mesmerizing, it got me interested in TRON and it eventually became my favorite Sci Fi universe, supplanting Star Wars...
I have LOVED this film ever since it came out ten years ago! The score alone makes the entire film like the best music video ever! But that is just half of the fun. The rest is exactly what H is saying here, the film has very much a story worth telling. It is a modern hero's journey with all the classic elements with the young hero that is reluctantly but with curiosity thrust into an adventure & ends up saving a world basically. Even is Sam himself is not the great savor in this hero's journey, his father, Kevin, that is also not just serving as the god entity but very much so the mentor character, takes on the purpose of slaying the "dragon", which is, ironically an evil & messed-up version of himself. Lots of symbolism & most of all, character focus & emotions. My fav moments are the father & son moments, as when Sam arrives at Kevin's hidden place & Kevin embraces his son with so much love. And later when they are on their way to the portal & Sam tells his father of what life is now out in the real world. Kevin tells his son that he had given up the Grid easily if he had been given just one more day with him. There is a lot of love in this film! I guess, if you must say something negative, even if it isn't, is that the title character, Tron himself, is very much a secondary, yet important character. But that is given a proper explanation as to why that is, but it is a strange angle to put such an important character in the backseat. Absolutely agree with H regarding Cora! Unlike the Mary Sue's of today, this girl is charming & has flaws. She has personality & Olivia's acting is very much allowed to be part of the character. And although she is the last Izo & super important, she isn't the solution to THIS problem with Clu. She helps out in the struggle, makes some daring moves that risks her life, but she isn't the ultimate savor just because she is the last Izo, or for that matter the strong woman of the story. She is both damsel in distress as well as kick-ass action hero, she is vital yet not the actual solution. A real character, not a Mary Sue. For being a software deity of sorts she is perhaps one of the most human characters of this story! Very realistic. Besides for Clu's CGI face the effects have otherwise aged very well in the last decade, in fact they haven't aged & that's the point. If this had been made today, besides for the digital faces, everything had looked the same today. The led suits are some of the coolest sci-fi outfits in perhaps decades! And that was real clothing with lights in it! And I wanna thank H for telling me something I was actually never aware of even if I should have been considering so many times I've seen Tron legacy. The film indeed does not have that many locations taking place inside of the Grid. But the film & the effects & how it's filmed gives the impression that the Grid is so much larger, we just don't have time to see it. And I even think that was the intent, it IS more than what we never see & even if we don't see it it's still there. I highly recommend Tron Legacy, especially to Tron fans but to all sci-fi & fantasy fans alike. Very sad that a sequel will likely never happen. But the damage with that is not so severe regardless because the Tron saga can end with this open, happy & positive ending that Legacy provides. Just as Sam & Cora faces the new rays of the new dawn, what happens next can be whatever you want it to be from there on. If only Disney could remember how they USED to make films, & not so very long ago either!
One of the best movies 10 years ago. Most of the complaints are from the nostalgia fans who couldn't / wouldn't accept anything new. But if you're a new fan and Legacy was the first Tron film you've watched you'll definitely enjoy it. It's like wine testing. To enjoy the taste of a new wine you can't have the taste of an old wine still lingering in your mouth. You gotta throw all that away. Then you'll have fresh taste buds to appreciate the new wine.
Uh...I am a "nostalgia fan" who grew up on Tron back in the 80s, and I loved Tron Legacy. Stop throwing old fans under the bus.
I can't agree with you, one of the reasons why Tron Legacy is one of my favorite movies is because it makes the first movie an even better one, bringing a lot of depth during the events that happened during Tron 1982
I watched this movie 5 times at the movies when it dropped...a visual and auditory orgasm...one of the things on my bucket list is to watch this movie on a 75” OLED 4K TV with a surround sound while Blazed out of my mind!!!
When I saw this video recommended, I remembered that I had planned to go back and watch Tron legacy again. I instantly stopped the review to look for it and I have to say, no regrets! I may give the whole franchise a go from the beginning, if I make it out of lockdown! Stay safe out there and thanks for the recommendation!
This movie gives me hope for Top Gun: Maverick because I thought it perfectly captured the feel of a decade long-gone.
Daft punk has always been brilliant. They make the movie along with the story
Thank you. Tron Legacy is such an underrated movie and it deserves so much better
I love the movie more now than I did as a kid, seeing as I can actually understand the plot and character arcs now.
Oh trust me, It is one of my most favourite movies just by the memories.
One of my favourite aspects of Tron Legacy is just how immersive it is. The contrasting world of dark metal and neon lights, the beautiful score that lands both during action sequences and emotional scenes, and the complex yet somehow simple and familiar characters manage to pull me in every time and never let go until the credits start rolling.
...and I even sat through the credits several times thanks to the soundtrack.
The music from this movie will take you to another universe...
huh, I recently re-watched tron, and suddenly I see this video in my feed
strange
3:56 i can hear this so vividly
I'll still never be able to get over how they didnt even try to really hide the batter packs on the suits. Just slapped a sony camera battery on there and left it. I love it.