TRON: Ares

mixed feelings! i really enjoyed it and brought a lot of cool stuff to the table, but felt really disconnected from the worldbuilding in the tron legacy affiliated media.

this last month or so i've been going through all the canon tron media and obsessing over it. i really do have a love for the franchise. most of the people i went to see it with, who didn't put in the same amount of preparation, really enjoyed it, one said they liked it more than tron legacy.

anyway! the scenes and ideas in it were really cool, the action scenes were well done from a technical standpoint. although i don't feel like the action had too much emotional weight like they did in legacy.

i feel like it's not really a tron movie without the flynns, alan an...

If a movie franchise has nothing especially new to say about itself or its mythology, perhaps its best if it refrains from trying to say anything at all. Such is the case with this latest installment in the Tron series of would-be sci-fi screen epics, a nondescript, underwhelming effort that, regrettably, disappoints in myriad ways. What starts out as a generally unengaging tale about AI corporate espionage that straddles life in the real world and cyberspace improves somewhat as it moves along, particularly in the back half when the connection to the original 1982 release becomes more apparent (and more compelling). But what precedes that development is uninspiring, even if it is visually dazzling to look at. Its attempt at conveying a cau...

SLOP

I can't believe people are actually saying it's good. Tron 2025 is completely boring, derivative, and predictable. The casting choices are absurd and it looks like a Netflix or Disney show aimed at pre-teens. Also, I guess crappy acting performed by crappy actors is standard for post 2020 Hollywood.

I just don't understand why people love eating this slop, and then they clap like seals for the slop, it's baffling.

##A Visually Stunning Sequel That Plays It a Bit Too Safe

The Grid awaits once more, and its return is a welcome one. TRON: Ares, the long-gestating next chapter in the cult-favourite franchise, delivers exactly what the trailer promises: a breathtaking dive back into a digital world of light-cycle duels and identity-disc battles. Its a spectacle for the senses that faithfully honors the legacy, even if its human heart sometimes gets lost in the neon glow.

The Visuals and Sound Are the Real Stars

Let's be clear: this film is worth the price of admission for the aesthetic alone. Building on the foundation laid by TRON: Legacy, Ares pushes the visual envelope even further. The Grid feels more vast, more detailed, and more d...

Oh dear! After Morbius (2022), I had hoped that Jared Leto might pick better, but after about ten minutes into this overlong and repetitive adventure I am afraid that proved not to be the case. Named after the Greek war god, he is a sophisticated computer programme that makes the Terminator look like Barbie. Virtually indestructible, he can penetrate any security system and therefore could prove to be invaluable to the military. Meantime, at a rival technology company they are working on the one thing that has thus far evaded all of the developers. Permanence. No matter how clever their inventions become, corporate nasty Dillinger (Evan Peters) knows that after half an hour their creations turn into Lego. He knows that rival Eve (Greta Lee)...