The Avatar of this year, Tron: Legacy, is set to hit theaters in just under a month. The first ever screening was held in LA last week for press and some industry for the junket that is happening this weekend. I’ve rounded up all the comments I could find below, as well as a neat behind-the-scenes video from Collider, laid over the Daft Punk score. If you want hear more from their score, every song is available to preview here. Check out the impressions below.
@PhillyD:
Omfg Tron was great. Everything new was a great addition. Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges are fantastic. But Michael Sheen shines brightest.
@beaujgarrett (star of the film):
Just saw tron. Holy shit. Get ready…holy shit in the best way possible.
@oliviawilde (star of the film):
WOW. Tron is a wild ride. So beautiful!!! So proud of the whole team! Incredible stuff. Daft Punk score is SICK.
Saw Tron: Legacy last night. Can’t say enough about it. I also can’t say a thing about it. Legally.
Sorry guys, I’m embargoed from saying how FUCKING AWESOME Tron: Legacy was, and I’m not one to break an embargo.
@MichaelSheen (star of the film):
Just saw TRON:LEGACY all way through for first time. It’s what eyes and ears were made for. A new word has entered the lexicon – Jisney!
Wow…get ready to have your mind blown on December 17th…I can’t say much more but I am just in utter awe right now…#Tron
Can’t stop thinking about “Tron:Legacy”…wish I had my computer so I could write my review while it’s still fresh in my head.
Tron left me speechless.
@AndresDisneyXD (translated):
Not to be missed TRON LEGACY was amazing effects, music, acting, is the best in 3-D movie I’ve seen.
watched TRON:Legacy @ El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. turned out to be a very cool film! Can’t wait to watch it again with friends.
@ChrisLTH:
The film was spectacular, in every sense of the word. #TronLegacy #Tron
Just saw new sci-flick “TRON”. WOW! You thought Avatar was visually amazing. Wait til you see this movie!
Seeing is believing. The film is visually staggering and the director is truly gifted. However, we’re once again saddled with AVATAR dialogue and plot. Although I will readily admit that whenever Olivia Wilde was on screen, I truly wasn’t thinking about the script one bit. The film will be wildly successful, especially in IMAX 3-D. The first appearance of “old” Jeff Bridges brought the house down. The CGI to make him look younger works in context. You’ll be surprised how good it looks, especially considering how harsh a proper IMAX screen is like at The Bridge.
I think Daft Punk deserve a nomination for their score as well.
The people who saw it were heavily embargoed, but they’re also mostly fanboys and, frankly, easy lays for this movie, so I expected to see lots of folks on Twitter just skirting the embargo. But there was silence. Utter silence. Never a good sign.
I did some asking around and while there are folks who are very positive on the film, most of what I heard back was ‘looks great, everything else is terrible.’ The script, I have heard, is especially atrocious. And this comes from some folks who I thought would for sure be huge fans of the film no matter what.
SOSHollywood (translated):
It was magical. It was great, I confess. [I] was one of the first journalists in the world to know the Grid, and unafraid to be happy, say : Flynn Lives! In IMAX 3D!
Lights out. Message source programming arises. A note on the 3D nature of the film. Put your glasses. Begins projection. The opening vignette Disney appears, but there is something different. The castle belongs to another world. His features are structural. Their colors are ethereal. They belong to the Grid. Belong to TRON. It was the first “WOW!” From the audience. Happy breath and plunged into a new world.
TRON did some things that Hollywood will still take a while (one year, perhaps) to understand and then move on to inspire.
Daft Punk is one of the best things about the film! And this coming from a guy who knows they exist but never heard the guys.
Tron: Legacy hits IMAX 3D on December 17th, 2010.
Will you be seeing it opening weekend?