this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
963 points (98.6% liked)

Ask Lemmy

27218 readers
1454 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that's an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I'll go first: I think "Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows" was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ashtear@kbin.social 83 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I tend to like sci-fi in this category such as Stargate, Dune (1984), and the Riddick films.

TRON Legacy is my favorite of the bunch, however. Incredible soundtrack, gorgeous costume design, and plenty of character.

[–] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really liked Tron Legacy. I keep hearing the next one in the works so cautiously awaiting to see what they release next.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Daft Punk isn't doing the music, I won't even bother being interested

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn’t Daft Punk break up last year? I guess I would suggest not even bothering with considering hopes at this point.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

yup. Although with the amount of people wanting to see them in the movie, it's possible that they still might do it with enough cash, err I mean incentives

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved the film, but I can't think too hard about it. I treat it like a really long music video. It was such a fun watch.

[–] Ashtear@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A long music video is pretty much how I sell it, lol. Also a good movie to watch while in an altered state (it's my go-to movie when I get really sick/feverish).

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TRON Legacy is one of those movies where I watch it purely for its visuals and music. It's a let down in terms of story and action, but I stop everything to look at it when its on.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's an excellent long-form Daft Punk video.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Not as good as Interstella 5555, but that's in part because Discovery is a perfect album.

[–] h34d@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Stargate, Dune (1984), and the Riddick films

I like those too, in particular Dune and the Chronicles of Riddick, but they all have audience scores above 60% (and Stargate and Dune are from the last millennium if we're sticking to that requirement).

[–] inconceivabull@lemmy.film 3 points 1 year ago

Tron Legacy, at least to me, was an example of a film that was let down by poor editing, especially during the fight scenes.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wanted to like TRON: Legacy. I didn't.

There's one reason the original TRON wouldn't play today, and it's not the 1980s fake computer graphics. It's the pacing. TRON is slow. There's no jitter. It looks like a 1980s video game, not a 21st-century video game.

Or, really, just contrast the Wendy Carlos score with the Daft Punk one. The original is majestic swoops through a digital dreamscape, not jitterbug pop for robot dancers.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A thought that may help you enjoy Tron: Legacy - The pacing and style changes are meant to represent the changes in computer technology and specifically gaming, between the eras when the two films came out.

In TRON, there's a mechanistic pacing that reflects the early computer clock cycles.

In TRON: Legacy, there's a lot of imagery and plotting around characters trying to find peace, or achieve slowness, or even just rythm - trying to escape the attention starved modern algorithm.