I loved Disney's Tron as a kid. And I love it now too.
The script is a breeze with pape-rthin characters skipping from event to event, the dialogue minimal and the logic questionable (so an accountancy program has a conscience, does it!?) Writer/Director Lisberger is no Spielberg. But frankly, who cares.
You've got a small but memorable cast, from hero Bridges, to brillient baddie Warner to square-jaw Boxleitner. You've got a staggeringly original premise (one that no one has dared to copy...well perhaps the Matrix). The production and costume design is some of the best conceived... the light-cyles, the recognizers, the frisbee data discs, etc. The film is layered with religious and socialogical subtext and the visual execution (not computer animation, for the most part, but traditional cell animation) is unique.
We shoulda got a sequel 25 ears ago. Here's hoping the Bridges/Boxleiner one due for 2010 lives up to this lil' beauty.
Above is the teaser trailer for the hotly anticipated sequel, Tron Legacy.
1 comment:
"Who you calling program, program?"
I love Tron. It's total mintage. Any movie with The Boxleitner throwing neon frisbees has gotta be good.
Still not convinced? One word - Lightcycles.
Oooh I've come over all moist in the pants department.
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