Customer Reviews
They loved it! 
2008-01-15
My oldest son loves Tron. It's one of his very favorite movies. He never found it anywhere else, so I was thrilled to find it here, & I bought 2 copies for Christmas - one for him & one for my husband. Because it's an old movie, it's not "high-tech", but it's clean, fun, & interesting in its concepts. All the bonus material excited my son! He's 26, so he's not much older than this movie, but it holds great memories for him of seeing it on TV when he was little. Tron is unique.
Still a great movie 2008-01-09
This one really makes you wonder how they did some of the effects before CGI took over. Storyline is cheesy but still enjoyable. Very nostalgic for us early nerds.
Classic in the Development of Computer Animation 
2007-12-05
It's been 25 years since Steven Lisberger's TRON opened to mixed reviews in 1982. The question that remains is whether or not TRON was so far ahead of its time that it can legitimately be called a classic today.
Viewing TRON in an historical context one is left feeling that the film is conceptually amazing yet somewhat lacking in both acting and plotting. This is not necessarily a bad thing just a weakness.Many reviewers have disected the plot so no further analysis is really necessary. You can take your choice and view the film either as an adventure film set in the world of computers, a warning against an overly technical society or a Christ type parable.
What remains to be appreciated is the amazing technical skill that went into the film's production. This was a film that harkens back to Disney's Fantasia. It was and is a new type of entertainment never seen before and for that it deserves credit. The film effectively marries traditional animation styles with the newly developed computer animation of companies like MAGI and III into a new form of hybrid and it does this almost seamlessly. The film while slightly dated is still brillient in this aspect.
The disc that I viewed was the 20th Anniversary Edition. The film is presented in widescreen and the transfer while showing its age is well restored. The Wendy Carlos soundtrack sounds fresh and crisp. The sound on the film is a little low but clear. In fact many of the problems are not fromm sound loss but from the jargon filled dialogue.
The heart of this edition is the bonus features. We get just about all available materials from the creation of the film including animation test reels, extensive production drawings, publicity materials , storyboards, trailers and posssibly one of the best making of documentaries seen on a Disney film. The Making of TRON feature runs 88 minutes and features new interviews with most of the people involved and gives a generally good overview of the complex animation issues faced in the making of the film. A commentary track featuring Lisberger, producer Donald Kusner, co producer Harrison Ellenshaw and visual effects supervisor Richard Taylor is well worth the listen even if it does get overly technical at times.
All in all a worthwhile edition to the Disney canon. It is well worth the watch for anyone interested in the history of computer animation.
Great Cinema Classic 2007-11-29
I love this movie. My kids and wife don't appreciate it the way I do, so I suspect there is a considerable nostalgia effect on me. I like.
Disney's Big Risk pays off Big Time 2007-10-10
Disney's TRON is the first feature-length film to rely entirely on CGI for all of the special-effects needs, and they managed to pull it off spectacularly. The technologies involved were still in their infancy (and it SHOWS from time to time), but they were good enough to get by on; good enough to prove that it COULD BE DONE, and done WELL. I saw TRON in a theatre on opening day when i was a kid, and I remember being absolutely mind-blown by what I'd just seen: Movies will never be the same again; they'll only get bigger and better - at least in the area of visual-effects.
A 'B+' story, and 'A-' acting helped carry the whole project over the top into cult-classic-dom, laying the groundwork for future CGI-based films ranging from 'The Last Starfighter' to 2007's 'Transformers', as well as the early literary works of William Gibson. Gibson's digital-landscapes and digital-cities seem to me to be the same world that we were introduced to in TRON, but further down the timeline when the societies therein have become over-crowded, slovenly, and decadent - Cyber-Classic fallen to Cyber-Punk... but I digress.
TRON was (and IS) an excellent and highly-entertaining film. Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner both make for great heroes, and David Warner reminds us all why he was so highly sought-after to fill Hollywood's villainous roles. Wendy Carlos' musical score was so perfect that I can't even begin to comment on it; it helped create TRON's world TOO perfectly! The visual effects were amazing when it was first released, and they're still fairly amazing, though they look kind of amateurish by today's standards. But, Hey - This movie's 25 years old, cut it a little slack!
Just go ahead and BUY THIS MOVIE... You won't be disappointed. It might even make you feel young again!
TRON rules! 2008-03-10
Being from the Atari generation... it's clear to see that TRON was a revolutionary movie. This movie must not be judged by its inherent bad acting, and 'prehistoric' CGA sequences - but rather judgement based on the genious endevour depcting what might occur inside of a CPU assuming that programs, disk utilities, and general computer functions have conciousness.
A must for any techno-dorks like myself that revel in our computer age world.
This is where it all started. TRON. dont miss it.
Awesome Movie 2008-03-10
I can't say enough good about this movie. It was amazing then and still holds my attention and imagination. The effects aren't as good as today but watch the bonus features for this movie, those effects were cutting edge at the time. Amazing to think about what they were doing back then with computers.
The best film since black cauldron 2008-02-25
Back in its time this wasone the most comnfiscated and most expensive Disney Movie every made. Before the release of Narnina and the Newer stuff came out. When and ex computer executive tries to hack into the computer to prove that his boss stole credit for video games that he designed, he is thrown into and adventure that rivals that of the Digmom movie. Can Flyn and his program Tron stop the evil MCP, his minions Spark and his user partner Diligner. Find out in this thrilling 1980s features from disney filled with phonimal effects classic 1980s disney action and adventur. If you like this I also recommend Cloak and Dagger and the Digmon Movie for die hard anima slash scifi fans..
A movie for those who loves to daydreams! 2008-02-06
I know a lot of reviews have been done on this movie- as I am typing this there are 22 pages worth of reviews on this movie but it doesn't matter who get to see this review - this movie is a rare treasure for those who likes to be creative and stand out from the rest of the public. For one thing, it uses as its background a type of 80s computer graphic not seen in any movies since after - bold neon colors on a grayish to black background similar to computer and videogames played from that period. By compare, there are 50 or more cowboy movies that are made based on a actual period that last less than four years for the Wild West theme or on actual events like the apache wars which last at least 10 years (I'm not sure exact - I'm not familiar with that period - just bits of facts from that period). The numbers of movies based on 80s theme computers may numbers less than five. There are enemies that break up into polygons like triangles, rhombus instead of dust or other methods and that give it a unique experience. It will also show those who have been born after the 80s an experience of what that period was like.
Actually I was introducted to the movie after playing the game, Kingdom Hearts 2 for Playstation 2 - I didn't know it exists because I was a little kid back then and sci fi wasn't my thing.(I'm a late comer)
One of the best Sci Fi of all time 2008-01-18
The MCP is Dilligers AI chest program. Dilliger sudden rise to power in ENCOM allows him to establish the MCP as the handler of all security and interfaces.
The MCP has become 1,200 times smarter than its initial Artificial Intelligence programming. Dillinger has rose to Senior Vice President by plagerizing Flynn's video game programs. Flynn's is fired but continues to hack the system looking for a file that will reveal that he is the owner of the video games. The MCP plans on taking over military systems and claiming the ability to run the systems more efficiently. The MCP lets Dilliger, he is insignificant and if he doesn't cooperate he will be replaced.
Flynn is managing a video arcade business and hacking the ENCOM system. Flynn breaks all the arcade game scores and can play games better than anyone else. One of his programs called clue is caught by the MCP and dissolved. The programs are semi automomous agents capable independant decisions but receive directives from their users. The MCP then contacts Dilliger than tell his about the breach in the system.
The MCP tells Dilliger that "Flynn is becoming more clever" and to shut down all level 7 connections to prevent access to a secret file that the MCP has been hiding.
Lora decides to warn Flynn about Dilliger's attempt to trap him. The group break into ENCOM and Flynn hacks the system from a security level 6 terminal.
The MCP controls power to programs in the system. The MCP has a humanoid digital face. While Flynn is sitting at the level 6 terminal talking with the MCP, the MCP is activating a digitizing molecular laser; the MCP digitizes Flynn into the system.
Flynn meets TRON and RAM, but they are unaware that he is user. The user is the designer and has all the answers. TRON tells Flynn that his user has devised a way to free the system from the MCP.
Flynn fights Crom using his identity disk and defeats Crom but spares him, however, Sark terminates the game and Crom vaporizes. In the light cycle race Flynn, Tron, and Ram managed to escape the grid; the group is discovered, shots fired at a bridge, and Flynn and Tron separated by void; Flynn rescues RAM and escapes; Flynn meets bit, who can say either yes or no and they fly to I/O tower; as Ram dies, he asks Flynn if he is a user and Flynn confides that he is a user; TRON and RAM are surprised to learn that users are plagued with uncertainty; RAM dies vindicated in the faith of the user to direct the system.
Tron finds a program written by Lora called Yori; Tron communicates with Alan through an I/O Tower and receives instructions on how to destroy the MCP; Tron and Yori depart on a solar sailer to the MCP but are captured by Sark; Tron defeats Sarek telling him, "I'm strong then you are"; Tron then tries to defeat the MCP directly but his identity disk is blocked by the MCP shielding; Flynn jumps into the MCP stream and disrupts the shield and Tron destroys the MCP.
