Tron

Pros: Great special effects, sets are amazing, film was a revolution for the time.
Cons: Weak acting and direction, special effects may seem dated.

Let’s go back to the 1980s, where Ronald Reagan is President, the Cold War is still going on, and computers have now become popular. Which leads Hollywood into thinking: can the computer produce fully computer-generated images on the screen? Well ...

Pros: A groundbreaking film and one heck of a fun ride.
Cons: The Story is hackneyed and the dialogue is clunky.

Ah, the eighties - it was a different time back then. Video games had taken off like nobodies business and The Computer was this strange, mysterious device that nobody understood except for a tiny group of select wizards performing their bizarre alchemy ...

Pros: Campy, somewhat funny but for unintended purposes.
Cons: Cheesy special effects and a dull storyline.

I typically write reviews off the cuff, then edit. As of right this moment I have no idea how to rate Tron. I was thirteen the first time I saw it and at the tail end of a video game addiction (it is hard for me to stay addicted to something ...

Pros: Nostalgia, still great fun after all these years...
Cons: Without the nostalgia it loses a lot...

As blasts from the past go, they don't get any blastier than TRON. Disney's 1982 film that featured effects never before seen may be old, it may be a kid's movie, and it may be rather cheesy (it is from the 80's after all...), but I still loved ...

Pros: Brilliant music, imaginative if dated CGI set pieces, philosophy, escapism
Cons: Very far fetched, one or two slapstick moments

The Story..... "This is the story of two worlds..." declares the announcer before the film starts. There is our world, and the computer world where the computer programs we have written are living, breathing conscious humanoids. ...

Pros: Early CG remains impressive and Jeff Bridges is a blast.
Cons: Doesn't really get going until we're inside the computer.

History can be very quirky business sometimes. As time goes by, nostalgia can create thoughts and memories that were never there in the first place. Such is the case with Tron. Over the last 22 years, the film's influence has spread far and wide, ...

Pros: visuals, original ideas
Cons: doesn't take advantage of its potential

The greatest science fiction stories are those that create whole new worlds in attempt to actually have a moral for the real one. Throw in some fantastic visuals and you've got an instant classic, right? That's the idea behind TRON, a film that's ...

Pros: Everything in the movie.
Cons: No scene with main characters getting it on, only a hint.

include "programming language concepts"; review TRON(){ variable me = young; boolean love_it = (me.Maturity()>=APPRECIATE_ TRON); if(love_it) then write "Greatest movie of all time!"; prompt "Do you consider yourself computer savvy?" ...

Pros: All those fancy computer scenes, light bikes
Cons: Dated technology. Plot? What's a plot?

Somebody tell me: What is it about all those cult movies that were once considered horrible that they get "special" DVD releases for their landmark anniversaries? It's 2002 and Tron hits the big 2-0 this year, so it gets its own big DVD...

Pros: some good classic special fx
Cons: movie takes to long

Now one time at the arcade I played an old game called tron, you had to pick between 3 games. I only got to play a game where your option is to try to wreck cars into each other, I lost and decided not to waste another quarter on it. Any way's when I saw...

Pros: Light cycles, data discs, and that water scene.
Cons: Plot's a little thin, a bit dated in the 2K2, but still rules.

Back when this came out (Look no further than the first shot of Jeff Bridges to know how far back in the wayback machine you have to go.) this was pretty damn cool. The first time I saw this was back in the days of my C-64 trying to keep my damn SR-1571...

Pros: Happy childhood memories
Cons: Everything else

I first saw "Tron" in first run at the age of ten, and immediately came to the conclusion that it was the best thing since "E. T.", which I had seen a few months earlier (I think. Or did "E. T." come out later? Can't remember that far back, really.) I...

Pros: Groundbreaking for 1982.
Cons: Thin story. Unappreciated when released (too much jargon). Unappreciated now (effects not sophisticated enough)

When this movie first came out in the theaters I absolutely HAD to see this movie. I had bought my first computer, a TRS-80 model I, in 1979 while in junior high. It started as a hobby and became a career eventually. I learned as much as I could about...

Pros: nice special effects, moves quickly
Cons: a bit dated, but that's not why you're watching it!

that it took me so long to find this!!! I LOVED Tron when I was younger, and now that I finally have it in my hands, I can't wait to get home so I can watch it again! I've got friends here at work lining up to borrow it!

Tron tells the story...

Pros: Great story, refreshing perspective
Cons: starting to show its age

Its unfortunate that the little mouse in the logo lands this otherwise blemish free 80's movie in the childrens section. I'd probably rent it a lot more if I saw it in the Sci-fi section where it belongs.

For those of us who remember the...