"TRON: Legacy" by Joseph Kosinski - movie review

Jump to the question. "TRON: The Covenant" filled my soul. I have not seen a movie that has so much enjoyed me and awakened the absolute hole in me - none of them did the job. So far! I hurry to say that the film is not sinless, it has its own balls, but at least in my eyes they remain totally insignificant and will not find a place in my final assessment because for the first time I write for a long time with my heart and not with my mind . I've always been a Star Wars child, but Tron was the movie that opened my eyes to the vast world of computers. Even today, when the movie is undoubtedly outdated - computers are developing for hours and days, and what's left for 30 years - it brings a wonderful sense of the elapsed time encoded in both the unique, lightweight, three-dimensional visual style, and in the story itself, which is a collection of two extremely simple ideas. What would happen if one could physically transfer to the world of computers and what if programs and machines can think on their own and one day they decide to take control in their hands. These same simple ideas are also expressed in "TRON: The Covenant". The story, without giving you too much (I think the less you know about it, the better) is the following: Kevin Flynn visits his web every day, where with the help of the Tron programs and the self-made Clu (number 2) explores her limits, trying to create the "perfect system". One day, however, there is a "miracle" that changes absolutely everything. That's when Kevin Flynn disappears from the face of the ground. Twenty years later, his son Sam takes his tracks and falls into the fantastic world of the network, filled with live, thinking programs where he is forced to take part in gladiatorial battles with discs and light motors. In this world, Sam discovers Flynn who has been locked up by his own creation, and they both try to stop Clu's enormous power and popularity before he implements his diabolical plan.

But let's just leave this aside and talk about something else. I do not need to tell you that his vision is one of the most powerful trumps of the film. "TRON: The Covenant" is just a triumph of the visual presentation. From the modern "design" of suits, the atmosphere and the entire physical environment of the grid (if you do not know that the director has been involved in architecture, he will be quick to light up), motorcycle lights, cars and flying jets, dozens of Star Wars references hell, there's even a bright two-edged sword) the vision simply strikes. From this part, the most commented aspect, with no hesitation, will be the digital recreation of the young Jeff Bridges. At times Clu looks almost horrible, but his artificiality somehow resonates with the image and it does not irritate that much. Alas, for the young Flynn in retrospection there's nothing to say, it's bad, but believe me telling you that's nothing. The audio design is no less impressive than the visual one. The world of the net and the Thronis extremely rich in sounds and at times the experience is literally shattering. We can not look at this aspect, not to mention just the phenomenal soundtrack of Daft Punk, which created music that stands out from absolutely all the traditional compositions we have heard recently (and not only) that complements and develops every scene from the movie (that even saves the situation a few times when things are not really excellent) and which mixes with the sound landscape in a unique way.

At least I did not find any defect in the picture or anything else that made me record the fact that I was looking at glasses. This is probably the most irritating of the converted films and I'm glad it was missing here. You just sink and watch. As I mentioned at the beginning, typical of such films and "TRON: The Covenant" suffers from certain scenario problems. The main threat in the movie is slightly naive and implausible, the structure of the narrative is cumbersome, and most of the images are very roughly characterized and have little or no development, and even one or two are simply superfluous. Instead, there is a real wealth of themes and ideas in the background. I wrote a whole decree in an attempt to illustrate how, with a slight desire, one can find seeds of quantum computer ideas, artificial intelligence, the evolution of digital beings, etc., not to mention psychological Freudian problems, genocide, and the Frankenstein collision between man and his work. Even lovers of theology can find themes that excite them - the religious thread was still in the first film, and here it is further developed. Although I'm not one of those things, one of Flynn's godlike appearances, where the programs awe in front of him, is one of my favorites. As I said, much can be said about this aspect, but I really do not see the point. What is important to me is that "TRON: The Covenant" managed to bring me back to my childhood and to delight me just as it had not happened to me for a long time, and its defects in no way spoiled my pleasure . Therefore, because of those of you who are more difficult to forgive, I end with Flynn's words: "Perfection is unattainable." Enjoy the movie about what it is and do not spoil it for what it is not.

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