FILM REVIEW:-
"TRON LEGACY"

THIS film has been long awaited and it is true that good things come to those who wait.  This film, shot in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with the Real 3D version and it is 127 minutes of well thought out action on this magical cellulite.  The special effects are not over complicated and keep to the ideas of the original film, but with a far more detail and with a smoother feel, in keeping with today’s video games.  Audiences are promised a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen, and in our view it achieves it.  Just as one of the films advertisement taglines  says:- “The Game Has Changed.” The new film recaptures that retro feel and puts it into a new perspective for the audiences of today’s computer gaming society.  If you have never seen the 1980's film Tron, don’t worry as this film still works as a standalone, but for Tron fans, to coin a catchphrase from the actors in the new film, it is "Trontastic!"   If you do not know what the film is about, well without spoiling the plot, it is based around the son of Kevin Flynn, a man trapped in a 1980’s video game.  His 27 year old son returns to his father’s arcade and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron, where his dad had been living for the last 25 years.  His son finds his dad living with a female called Quorra.  As another of the film's tag lines suggests:- “It is more than just a game.”  Sam Flynn is about to find this new would exceedingly dangerous as he embarks on a life and death journey of escape across this digital domain called:- “The Grid ”.  The music by Daft Punk fits in very well to this stunning 3D cyber universe. The background track is full of dramatic sounds, which are sometimes moving and sometimes just there.    Users of the Tron - Legacy computer game are also treated to even more story lines that run parallel to the original 1980s film and the sequel.  In fact, it not only fits in with the film, but adds to both of them.  Oddly, unlike most Block Buster film release computer games, it does not have spoilers in it or annoying sub storylines that are based around sections of the new or old film.  Sorry, this is a film review, not a computer game review, but in reality both are a symbiotic entirety that is Tron.  So what is our verdict?  The film is very well edited, with good acting and plot.  The end is a bit Bladerunner in style, but heck, why not..? Also, do keep an eye out for a bad continuity error with the police cars.  All in all, it is not enough to knock off a point.   We have to give this film 5 out of 5.  A good fun film that is just right for the Christmas season, with a storyline that is more relevant today than it was back in the 1980’s, with the ever increasing moves to virtual reality.

  
 

5 out of 5

Part 2 of our Tron Legacy - Video Report

PHOTOS OF TRON LEGACY 1ST MIDNIGHT SHOWING AT VUE - SOUTHPORT

THESE photos where taken on 17 December 2010 at midnight and are of the first members of the public in Southport's Vue to see the the film.

Tron Legacy Christmas Readers Competition - EXTENDED!

THIS years Christmas Competition will now be extended to 29 December 2010.  If you did not see it last week, the completion has the following prizes...