Warning: A minor spoiler in the fourth paragraph.
Okay, never really had high hopes for this "long-awaited" sequel (the quotation marks obviously indicate that a sequel was not needed!). And ever since I heard of it, I kind of suspected that it was going to be nothing more than a visual spectacle.
In that sense, it did not disappoint. However, in a sense that it had to represent a legacy to the original Tron... Well, it failed miserably.
Now, give me a chance to explain my boogieman claims. The story is, to put it simply, an undeveloped mess. It has no flash to it, it's totally striped of finesse and it doesn't quite keep you in your seat. In fact, if you haven't seen the original one, you won't even get the chance to realize who Tron actually is. The program entities are, straight from the start, way more human-like, while they should be the exact opposite: cold, precise, calculated... a bunch of programming code, really. Then, there's the surroundings... The memory space, the code plains... And what do the filmmakers do? They turn it into a huge fucking fireworks-filled rave party. They even threw Daft Punk in the whole mix.
The characters themselves are also undeveloped and awfully unconnected. Kevin Flynn, a protagonist played by Jeff Bridges, even succeeded in becoming a stoner hippy while being trapped inside The Grid for twenty years. How rad is that?!
Oh, what a shame.
It has always been my policy that CGI does not make for a good film! However, if you are one of those moviegoers who find this part of filmmaking awesome, you really should see it, since it truly represents a remarkable visual experience.
And only because of the last paragraph does this film get 6 out of 10.
