Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Oldie but Goodie
Summary: 4 Stars
Have not seen this movie Tron in years and the special effects still are great. Disney knew how to catch your imagination. I would love to see what new computer inmaging would do in a updated remake. Still worth the money.Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)Movie Review: Smeared
Summary: 2 Stars
I held off on watching this icon product until my wife would watch it with me since it was before her time. I just placed the disk in (carefully) out of the box into my player and took off. Short story, it skipped repeatedly until I just stopped it and walked off. Turned out the back side was soiled and difficult to clean. I've not tried to watch again.Movie Review: From elecTRON comes forth TRON!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Last Starfighter" was the first film to really introduce the new CGI computer graphics in 1984; but before that movie, came Tron.
The charm of this film goes without saying. The music score was done by the rock group "Journey" adding a lifting spiritual ambiance to the great costuming and early computer graphics. The premise of this story follows revelations found in Hindu, Buddhist and Christian teachings. The concept deals with the Universe existing inside the God of the Creation who is both Creator and creation.
This Universe within a Universe is made only all to clear as you enter the world of Kevin Flynn, played by Jeff Bridges. Kevin, who should be key executive of the company he works for, had his greatest electronic games stolen by one of the company's partners, played by David Warner. Kevin must find the evidence inside the computer, if he is to redeem his true status in life. However, he takes a bad turn one night with the MCP who transports him into the world Kevin Flynn helped create, as the MCP turns Kevin, a human, into a computer program.
In the end, Kevin plays a Messiah type figure, who takes on the MCP by sacrificing himself to the MCP to free the system from its evil and make the system a free system in the end. How he reaches his destiny, which also returns him to the real world with the evidence he needs to regain his throne in the corporation, makes for great fun and entertainment as the story unfolds.
Since he has "Christ like" powers as a "user" or "creator" of the system, while in the system; he is even able to "raise the dead" when it comes to one program in particular he falls in love with. He's also able to do things, we only dream about in the real world, in his new environment. It's a cute film to watch and very uplifting once you see the premise it was written from. Great for the whole family.
Movie Review: Excellent "old school" FX film
Summary: 4 Stars
I was 11 years old when I first saw Tron at the theater. Wow! The big screen was definitely the way to go.
Back in 1982, this movie was THE cutting edge in special effects. Nothing else like it had ever been done before. I beleive that most of the naysayers of this film are of a younger generation that grew up watching movies where CGI effects were the norm rather than revolutionary.
Also, the "computer age" was just beginning to emerge from the hands of scientists and big corporations and into the hands of the common man. If you were around back then and old enough to understand what was going on, it was an exciting and scary time. No one really knew what was going to happen in our new "computerized" society, so there was a bit of apprehension and even a bit of paranoia when it came to these big, bulky machines that people were shelling out thousands of dollars for and setting them up in their living rooms and dens.
Tron addresses that apprehension and fear of the future. Of course, computers today are not scary at all and most people give no more thought to using their PC than one would give any extra thought to using a telephone or television. In that respect, Tron may seem dated and silly, but if you remember the computer revolution of the early '80s, Tron was a timely allegory of man's fear of losing control of his life to technology.
Ok. Enough of that.
This is a great DVD packed with LOADS of special features. I especially appreciated the "roots" of Tron and how the characters and ideas developed (as well as the special effects).
Give this movie a try if you're into early '80s nostalgia or if you're curious as to what the common man's outlook was like 25 years ago in regards to the future and technology.
Movie Review: Disney/BuenaVista - TRON
Summary: 5 Stars
Starring Bruce Boxlightner, this movie is now considered a sci-fi classic. It's great entertainment and has a breakthru story for the time period. I think everyone should see it at least once. Features stunning backdrops and sound. I was the first time, I saw it 25 years ago. It's destined to become a legend. Enjoy!