TRON (1982)*
What would the inside of a computer look like if you were trying to picture it in 1982? Would it have a lot of neon lights? Yeah, it totally would. Directed by Steven Lisberger.
TRON is a difficult movie to come to new. If you didn't grow up on it, you're going to be really bored and confused as to what exactly the fuss is about it. It's got some really good actors in it (Jeff Bridges and David Warner), but everything is just so... goofy. And really, really dated. But if you grew up with it, you can probably look past some of that inherent goofiness and transport yourself back to when this seemed really cool.
It hasn't aged well, and it shows that Hollywood hasn't really come all that far in how it envisions computers/computer programs/computer interactions. The idea is kind of fun, but there are definitely quite a few cringe-worthy moments. The print that we were shown was an original theatrical release print, and it has this really horribly added prologue - right in the middle of the opening credits. It was so shoddily thrown in, that in fact the music cuts out, this text appears on screen to try to "explain" computers, and then the credits resume with the music picking up right where it left off.
Additionally, the end credits reveal that Journey recorded a song for the movie - but as near as I can tell, it only appears during the end credits, well after their name even appears. Nice going, Disney.
TRON is a difficult movie to come to new. If you didn't grow up on it, you're going to be really bored and confused as to what exactly the fuss is about it. It's got some really good actors in it (Jeff Bridges and David Warner), but everything is just so... goofy. And really, really dated. But if you grew up with it, you can probably look past some of that inherent goofiness and transport yourself back to when this seemed really cool.
It hasn't aged well, and it shows that Hollywood hasn't really come all that far in how it envisions computers/computer programs/computer interactions. The idea is kind of fun, but there are definitely quite a few cringe-worthy moments. The print that we were shown was an original theatrical release print, and it has this really horribly added prologue - right in the middle of the opening credits. It was so shoddily thrown in, that in fact the music cuts out, this text appears on screen to try to "explain" computers, and then the credits resume with the music picking up right where it left off.
Additionally, the end credits reveal that Journey recorded a song for the movie - but as near as I can tell, it only appears during the end credits, well after their name even appears. Nice going, Disney.
posted by Mike at 2:57 PM
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