Predicting the Tron critical reception

[Corran Horn]

Ebert gave it 3 stars, FWIW.

 

[Set Harth]

To a degree, I think there is sour grapes with at least some of them; a certain sort of geek / nerd person doesn't like it when the mainstream gives what they like attention, ironically enough.

You think?

 

[RAMA]

Tron Legacy boasts dazzling visuals, but its human characters and story get lost amidst its state-of-the-art production design.

lol Rotten Tomatoes summary...see basically what I said.

 

[barnaclelapse]

I thought the movie was awesome.

(Shrugs)

It certainly wasn't perfect, but it was everything I was hoping to get from a Tron sequel. And I could lust after Olivia Wilde all damn day.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Hi!
Did anyone here remember that the original movie wasn't good at all?

 

[Trekker4747]

Hi!
Did anyone here remember that the original movie wasn't good at all?

I think most realize that, but the original movie is remembered a lot for its special effects more than anything else.

 

[Lookingglassman]

I never saw the first one because I didn't get it.

 

[Trekker4747]

I never saw the first one because I didn't get it.

Well that sort of follows...

 

[Argus Skyhawk]

I never saw the first one because I didn't get it.

Maybe you didn't get it because you never saw it?