Tron: Legacy is the story of Sam Flynn (Garrett Hudlund), the orphaned son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a computer visionary and CEO that disappeared 20 years earlier after claiming to have witnessed a miracle that would change the world. If you can get past all that, you will be left with a decent blockbuster movie that is begging to be part of a new franchise. Perhaps it is the sacrifice of fun in the name of cool, or maybe it is the visually awesome setting, filled with a handful of interesting characters who are surrounded by a stagnant world. But even at its best, Tron: Legacy is not the film that Avatar was. Like Avatar, Tron: Legacy will split people between those that can accept the plot and buy into the total experience of the film, and those that can’t. Both films even opened on the same weekend. That will likely ring a few bells with people after last December’s big 3D experience, Avatar. To summarize it quickly, the visuals are stunning, but the plot is weak. It will entertain, but it is not what most people will expect. Tron: Legacy is a good movie, but not a great one. So needless to say I have been waiting for Tron: Legacy for quite awhile. I may or may not even have had Tron bed sheets at some point in my life. I remember the crap video games, and there might still be an old lightcycle buried in a box somewhere in an attic filled with other pieces of my childhood. I loved the original as a kid, and it is one of those movies that just stuck with me. I mention that to explain the fact that I went into Tron: Legacy with pre-conceived notions and high expectations. There's also a fair bit of social drinking by adults and some aggressive yelling and swearing, including "bitch," "sluts," and "s-tballs." Fans of Sandler, James, and gaming may find this Chris Columbus-directed movie somewhat entertaining, but it's not for little kids. Sexual innuendo includes talk of a three-way (though nothing is shown), and one character slaps others' butts. There's explosive, destructive action violence - Pac-Man eats his way through New York City, Centipede takes on Navy SEALs, a smurf gets shot with a laser and killed - as well as fighting, weapons, and some fairly raunchy (and sometimes offensive) humor. As per usual, Sandler plays an immature man/boy, this time one who never got over losing a video game championship as a kid in the '80s and now gets to redeem himself. Parents need to know that Pixels is a sci-fi comedy starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James about a group of misfit, sometimes frankly creepy video game lovers who end up fending off an alien attack (in the form of giant classic video game characters).
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