Tron

The clue is in the poster. This is gonna be a weird film. To be honest I never liked the original much. It had only been created for hardcore nerds. This one (apparently a sequel) boasts stunning special effects, but the story has plot holes the size of Italy and the obvious story of Dude creates weird computer world, dude disappears, what could possibly have happened? son decides to find dad, quickly becomes boring.

The orchestra is crazy, there is this constant mad soundscape, which sounds like R. Wagner has come back from the dead, it is always present, even when the character is making a ham sandwich. Brooomm crazy amounts of sound, which are desperately trying to distract the audience from the poor and obvious dialogues are there from the beginning, trying to create tension and drama.

The acting is sort of random. The characters don't seem to have decided who they are. Jeff Bridges character veers between zen and crazy creator and isn't very convincing or moving. Garrett Hedlund as his son is equally strange, he's trying hard and at the beginning of the movie his acting is alright, but as soon as he descends into the computer world his acting abilities quickly dwindle. Olivia Wilde is interesting, but her part is split between savy fast driving, futuristic looking and submissive student to Bridges and that is at times cheesy and irritating. The wonderful Michael Sheen is trying his best and shows a range of possible acting methods to tackle the pointless script, but fails. His character might look like David Bowie in his best years, but doesn't come across as intimidating or scary.

It is very well designed, from the Tron like futuristic Disney logo at the beginning (the house of the mouse has finally arrived in the 21st century) to the perfect square computer city and the slick, dark streets. But Matrix it ain't. It's trying hard though, borrowing even small details from Star Wars and the Matrix, but you can quickly tell that it won't be as fantastic as either of them ( Star Wars had a strong story, a mad script but fab actors and Matrix excelled in every way possible) Tron won't even come close to any of them. Game over.