Tron: Legacy 3D - A Review From A Fangirl.

Tron: Legacy 3D - A review from a fangirl.

I was lucky enough to get into the previews for Tron: Legacy 3D last night. I LOVED IT!

Before I explain this further I should really point out a few things:

I'm a former girl gamer. And I don't mean I play Sims and I think it's awesome. I can't stand Sims and I think it's a stupid game. I play FPS (First person shooters), fighting games and any car-related game. Imagine how excited I was when Grand Theft Auto came out. I'm a straight console girl and my love of gaming stretches back to the '80's when my brother and I had an Atari (!!!).

I'm a Daft Punk fan girl. Oh my god. I can't even put it into words. If they ever come to NZ, I will empty my bank account and credit cards to see them. I will do unspeakable things if it means I can get backstage. I'm not kidding.

3D is one of the best things to ever happen to movies. This is not just my belief, it's a fact. Although they're pretty much interchangable (my ego is bigger than you think).

I love pretty lights. I love them in the same way I love my GHD's. To put this in perspective, I once thought my GHDs had broken. I sobbed my heart out for over three hours. True story (It turns out there was a power cut. My baby was okay. I cried happy tears after I found out).

Tron: Legacy 3D was a movie that combined all 4 of the above. Tron: Legacy (sequel to the original Tron) is a futuristic movie about a videogame set within a videogame, which means that it's got lots and lots of pretty lights. Most of the film was shot in 3D. The score for the movie was done by Daft Punk. Naturally, the hype surrounding this movie has been awesome. Pop culture bitches like myself have been waiting for this for months.

I couldn't figure out how to describe this film in one sentence. Luckily, a friend (who'd strong armed his way into getting my extra ticket to the preview) came up with the perfect line:

A son follows his father into computers

Sweet. Sounds like the Disney film that it is. There's a bit more happening than that though. Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), main character in the first movie, disappeared 20 years ago. His fun wayward son, Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) unknowingly dives into a computer game to rescue him. Coolness ensues.

Despite having Olivia Wilde as the token female, this as a very sexless movie. There is even a scene where the lead character has hsi clothes cut off by 4 gorgeous fembots in fierce heels - but the camera pans so far back that we can't see any of the good stuff. No nudity please, this is a big budget Disney film. Good thing they made up for it with coolness.

Getting Daft Punk to create this soundtrack was a genius move. They are known for their futuristic electro-pop as well as only ever performing in full spacesuits, not unlike the ones seen in this movie  To steal a line from a review by The Guardian:

 By any reckoning, the Tron sequel is the film Daft Punk were born to soundtrack, featuring, as it does, avatars wearing futuristic bike leathers and go-faster (harder-louder-stronger) helmets.

God, that summed it up so well. At times, Tron: Legacy feels like it's their best music video ever. They even make an awesome cameo. The Daft Punk score has a great retro feeling about it when we first enter the computer world. It's a great little nod to the score of the original film and I really enjoyed that nice touch.

There were references to previous Sci-Fi films and other aspects of pop culture. I know that nods to other facets of pop culture have been done to death since Shrek burst onto the scene, but I don't care - when done well, it works. There's nothing like a quick wink from a movie to media whores like myself. It all helps to inflate out false sense of superiority. I appreciated it!

I've seen a bunch of reviews from wannabe movie critics people who didn't like Tron: Legacy because the storyline was terrible. Well fuckin hell! It's a sequel based on a video game from the '80s - you ain't getting Citizen Kane. Lower your expectations. Intricate plot and awesomeness are not the same thing. This movie only promised to show us awesomeness, complete with pretty lights and scored by Daft Punk, That's all it delivered. Good times.

I'm seeing this again on Friday night, during a late-night showing in a bigger theatre, on a bigger screen with louder speakers.

I can't wait.

If you haven't seen it already, above is Kanye West's film Runaway. It features songs from his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I'm posting this because I was subjected to multiple showings of it. I ended up enjoying it and now I want to share the love. Three over-riding thoughts about the film:

Shit, this film is weird.

Man, these songs are good. Especially Runaway (the one with the ballet dancers). It's a song written from the point of view of the douchebag in the relationship. The one who knows they aren't good enough for the person that they're with. The kind of song usually covered in rock or rap, except that this time it's beautiful. Imma buy this album.

That girl that plays the phoenix? Her name's Selita Ebanks. Damn! Girlfriend is insane gorgeous. Her body makes me lose my mind (and I'm straight) and her costume is sick. Respect.

confessionsofacrabhole:

Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn

This song is the fucking jam!  It popped up unexpectedly on my ipod shuffle this morning and pretty much made my day. 

Today is Christina Applegate's birthday (NZT). Happy Birthday to her. Why do I mention this? Because she's namechecked in the song.

This is one of my favourite songs.  Perfect for relaxing on beaches during warm summer evenings, not unlike the weather I'm experiencing right now.

Daft Punk at the Premiere of Tron: Legacy, wearing Balenciaga, robot helmets and gloves. Surrounded by Tron fembots. You couldn't pull off that look and neither could I.

Badasses.

I'll stop with the Daft Punk fangirly behaviour when I'm damn well ready.

Okay, here's the thing. You're auditioning for a movie. They're looking for specific people with specific looks. If you don't fit those requirements, then you don't get hired. Simple.

This is what happened to Naz Humphreys when she auditioned for a part as an extra in the upcoming movie, The Hobbit. The difference between her and other extras who didn't get a part is that she ran to the press and set up a facebook group

I honestly don't understand what she's complaining about.

She went for a job, didn't have what they were looking for and got rejected. Tough shit, but that's life. If you're auditioning for a movie, then you will get judged in your looks, and that includes your skin colour. This isn't racism - this is what happens when you try to break into films, or any area where your looks are front and centre.

I really hate it when people pull the race card for stupid stuff.

And before anyone screams at me, I'd just like to point out that I'm not white. I'm a MAC NC40.

richardmills:

I kind of agree. Do you?

^_~XO