Here is the last movie
that was released for the geek cycle but not the last to be reviewed. The last two are my favorites and those I will
save for last. But I do like Tron. I really do and after watching it again on
Blu Ray I just marveled at how awesome it looked. It looked amazing with the bright colors and
visuals of the computer world. It looked
really great.
Yet again this was a movie
I had to catch up with while I was an adult.
I grew up in a home without cable TV and my parents did not like to go
to the movie theater. Then when VCR’s
came out well I was stuck watching what my parents rented and Tron and many of
the 1982 movies were not picked. But in
fairness to my parents they did rent some cool geek movies and we did go the
movies occasionally to see the blockbusters.
The plot is a pretty
clever one. Flynn is a computer genius
and video game legend. He has created a
game that was stolen from him which is making millions. He is trying to get proof to find the
evidence but to no avail. The Master
Control Program eventually uses the laser to transport him into the computer
world to get rid of him once and for all.
But Flynn befriends Tron and together they head out to stop the Master
Control Program and free all the programs.
Like I said in the intro I
enjoyed this movie. It was
different. It was not the first to use
animation and live action but it sure was the most ambitious of its time. With the popularity of computers and the dawn
of the age of the home PC Tron takes us into the world of computers. Some of the characters have computer programming
names like Ram. Just having an action
movie taking place in a computer world is pretty cool. Imagine back in 1982 when video games were at
their height and arcades were all over the place and you get a movie that is
just like a video game. In fact the
video game is inside the computer. What
a concept that I still marvel at when I watch it.
I loved watching it on Blu
Ray. The image was so crisp and the
colors really stood out. It was amazing
to see. Mainly the scene where Tron and
Flynn were driving around on the bikes and the color trail was coming out behind
them. That was a great visual and looked
even better in HD.
I just enjoy this
movie. True it’s not the greatest story
ever told but it is a fun movie to watch.
I love how Jeff Bridges plays Flynn.
A cocky knows it all that is suddenly thrown into a battle for his
life. Plus David Warner plays a
wonderful bad guy. Sark is just a pawn really and gets run around
by Tron and Flynn but David Warner just plays it really well. Bruce Boxleitner as Tron is wonderful
also. It is funny seeing him so young
as Tron when I’m used to seeing him as Captain Sheridan from Babylon 5.
While TRON is a fun movie
to watch and my 3 favorite of that summer it does drag at times. But
that is minor as you do get caught up in the visuals. Too bad it didn’t do as great as expected and
too bad the sequel came so many years later.
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