Having watched TRON: Legacy more than 3 times in the last few months I have to admit to having quite the obsession with absolutely everything about it.
I grew up with the original 1982 movie (I was 4 when it came out) and remember it being one of those VHS films I watched again and again in the afternoons after school along with the Star Wars movies, The Goonies, Monster Squad and many others besides.
When the sequel was announced I was one of the geeks that literally shouted "YES" out loud, did a little victory dance and then counted every bloody minute until the trailer finally arrived online... When the trailer did eventually hit I had goosebumps for hours and my anticipation level was truly palpable. You could probably call it a true 'geekgasm'. I think the only other time I had that kind of excitement for a sequel movie was for "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace" and we all know what a let down that was for fans... I have the same excited feeling for the future Marvel movies like Thor, Captain America and The Avengers and I know without a doubt I'll love them too!
Surprisingly after seeing TL in the cinema, and seriously loving every moment, even the rocking Daft Punk soundtrack, I encountered a fairly large number of haters who literally said to me "it's s**t" and dissed every aspect of it. I'm still shocked now, but then you can't please everyone and people look for something different in a film. I look for special effects, action, explosions, heart-racing chases, hot ladies and accuracy to the original source material to keep those fan expectations at peak level. Others look for acting, solid storylines and something new that they haven't seen before. What can I say, I can be considered shallow when it comes to my movies. But who cares, I love'em!
Below are the shallow reasons I love TRON: Legacy and why I can't wait for another outing in the franchise. We have the beautiful Olivia Wilde (Quorra), the truly stunning on screen presence of Beau Garrett (who mesmerises me in the film but who I wouldn't look twice at out of make up, even though that sounds harsh), and then the bloody excellent video for the tune of "Derezzed" by Daft Punk. I can also state that I really like Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn (others thought he was wooden), you've obviously gotta love Jeff Bridges in everything he does, you've also got to love that they brought back Bruce Boxleitner as both Alan Brady and TRON (even though TRON is now masked bad guy Rinzler) and finally the updated neon lit suits, vehicles and backgrounds and epic feel of the battles and the entire movie in general.
I know that when it finally gets released on Blu-ray in April I will have worn it out completely by May!!!
