06-06-2018, 03:03 PM
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Will Smith's Hancock is officially 10 years old.
So yesterday I finally got around and watched the original Tron movie. I also watched the second Tron movie for the first time in many years.
Tron: Needless to say, the movie was a landmark when it came to the visual department. It pushed the CGI of the era to it's limits and beyond, being the first film to use transparency in 3D CGI (the solar-sailor simulation). Some may critize the lack of texture mapping, but keep in mind this wasn't available in 1982 (correct me if I'm wrong), and besides, the lack of texture mapping works well with the stylized look of the film's "world inside the machine".
Moving on from the visual department. The plot is lacking in some areas. You can tell this by the sheer amount of ideas they wanted to introduce but were quickly dropped because they couldn't be expanded properly on an hour and half of film (the Grid bugs come to mind). Lastly, I must say Jeff Bridges did a great job as Kevin Flynn. He nailed it as the computer industry hotshot.
Tron: Legacy (aka Tron 2): The acting was good, but definetly not award worthy. The visual effects worked pretty well. I liked the updated designs of the light cycles and other artifacts. The musical score was spot on. A solid sequel overall.
Also, I recently found out that a third Tron called Tron: Ascenion was on the works before it got cancelled due to low box office sales of Tomorrowland. The only thing I can say is “that sucks”. Tron could have worked as a trilogy.
So yesterday I finally got around and watched the original Tron movie. I also watched the second Tron movie for the first time in many years.
Tron: Needless to say, the movie was a landmark when it came to the visual department. It pushed the CGI of the era to it's limits and beyond, being the first film to use transparency in 3D CGI (the solar-sailor simulation). Some may critize the lack of texture mapping, but keep in mind this wasn't available in 1982 (correct me if I'm wrong), and besides, the lack of texture mapping works well with the stylized look of the film's "world inside the machine".
Moving on from the visual department. The plot is lacking in some areas. You can tell this by the sheer amount of ideas they wanted to introduce but were quickly dropped because they couldn't be expanded properly on an hour and half of film (the Grid bugs come to mind). Lastly, I must say Jeff Bridges did a great job as Kevin Flynn. He nailed it as the computer industry hotshot.
Tron: Legacy (aka Tron 2): The acting was good, but definetly not award worthy. The visual effects worked pretty well. I liked the updated designs of the light cycles and other artifacts. The musical score was spot on. A solid sequel overall.
Also, I recently found out that a third Tron called Tron: Ascenion was on the works before it got cancelled due to low box office sales of Tomorrowland. The only thing I can say is “that sucks”. Tron could have worked as a trilogy.