Directed by Joseph Kosinski and Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner and Micheal Sheen
In 1982, Disney broke all boundaries in filmmaking technologies and created the first movie to incorporate computer generated images. Ever. They started a revolution in the possibility of what could now be done in film and story telling. The entertainment world changed forever.
That movie was Tron, the story of a parallel man-created world alive in the computer system. In this computer system, a Master Program thirst for ultimate power and all the knowledge it can steal from every major corporation in the world. This program, known as the MCP (Master Control Program), is taking everything it needs to control the world and in the process, places all the programs it doesn't want or need into the game grid to fight like gladiators to the death. In the real world, a user (one who writes the programs) named flynn starts to get close to finding evidence of what the MCP is doing. The MCP, in order to protect itself, retaliates by bringing Flynn into the computer world and placing him in the game grid. A revolution rises against the MCP and Flynn (with the help of Tron), saves the fallen world created in the computer.
Tron: Legacy picks up not too long after the original. A couple years have passed and Flynn has secretly been going into the computer world to help rebuild it with the help of Tron and another program that Flynn wrote, CLU (CLU was actually in the original as well so it's a really good idea to watch it first/ again before you see Legacy).
Not to give too much away, but right from the beginning, the film drew me right in to a whole new world. The mystery of a missing father (Flynn) and a son bent on finding him (Sam). From there, we enter a world of the grid again. The father saves the son and the son saves the world. I like that.
The story, the action and the effects are all very carefully respective of the original and becomes a broad and open world for us to look upon with wonder and awe. Filmed in 3D (which I can't urge you enough to see this way), you are taken for an amazing ride.
The musical score is perfectly introduced by Daft Punk, creating another visceral level of connection between the world of the tech and the non-tech, making Legacy even more cool.
It is one of the few movies that, as soon as the credits were over, I wanted to turn around and walk back in for a second showing. I want to watch it again and again and pick apart all the little pieces I missed. There is still so much for me to enjoy, so much for me to learn in a spiritual sense. So many thoughts, it might take me awhile to formulate them.
Keep an eye out for an addendum to this blog. I'm sure there is more to come. I absolutely enjoyed every bit, byte, and gig of this movie. I hope you do too.
Enjoy, Program. Enjoy
Brice
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