Flynn Senior: 'You're here, you're here'
Flynn Junior: 'I'm here'
Flynn Senior: 'You're big'
Flynn Junior: 'You're old'.
Yes siree, that's dialogue! They didn't write em like that in the golden age of Hollywood. Willy Shakespeare could have been writing just those lines had he lived in the 3D generation.
At least those lines from 'Tron: Legacy' are comprehensible. Much of the dialogue is pompously pretentious as the grossly outnumbered goodies brace themselves to outwit the battalions of baddies. For two thirds of the film I was in a haze as the two Flynns, evidently trapped in something called 'The Grid', battle someone named Clu (who?). Filmed in permanent darkness this film, of course, is not really meant to make sense rather it is meant to impress visually and, for the most part, it does that very effectively.
Mr Hedlund is of the lean, smooth, blue eyed ilk so loved by impressionable people (just like me) but appears devoid of any personality whatsoever. He wears an almost permanent scowl across his face and displays not a ounce of charm. Mr Bridges has more fun, no doubt gleeful at the salary he now commands as an Oscar winner.
The scene stealer is Michael Sheen who casts aside his career impersonating ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair in a campy cameo. A case of the PM turning Queen?
I quite enjoyed the look of this film, when I wasn't nodding off. Just don't ask me to explain what it is about.
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