The Hollywood Reporter has their review of “Tron: Legacy.”
Here’s a sample:
Could “Tron: Legacy” be the first official sequel made nearly three decades after the original film? There are perhaps good reasons why Disney waited so long, beginning with the obvious matter that the 1982 “Tron” was an awfully lame movie. Sure, it deserves a footnote in film history for marking the beginning of the CGI era.
But, seen today, the film is so incoherent and groaningly scripted as to be tolerable only if watched in a rude Mystery Science Theater 3000 frame of mind. Kids who caught the original at 12 when it came out are 40 now and may recall it through a fog of uncritical nostalgia, which may help account for Disney’s wise decision to delay the release of a spruced-up Blu-Ray edition until early next year (at least in Los Angeles, DVDs of the first film have been essentially impossible to come by in video stores in recent weeks, even in the remaining specialist shops).
The mildly surprising news, then, is that there are aspects of Tron: Legacy that are actually rather cool.
You can read the full review here.
Sounds like pretty much what I’m expecting “Looks pretty cool, otherwise pretty meh.”
Sorta like the original.
The story of the original Tron was not incoherent; however, some of the dialog and scenes were cringe worthy. So that makes me doubt at least part of this review.
I’m just hoping Tron Legacy will be entertaining; I’m not expecting it to be a mind-blowingly fantastic or an important science fiction film.
I know this is late but I finally got around to seeing this being skeptical about it but I have to say it is a strong B in my opinion. The first was good and stands up fairly well even today. I watch it at least once a year. The visuals were great and it was some fun.