I said it once, I’ll say it again: I know Kosinski has some spectacular filmmaking in him, and he sure as shit showed us none of it working for Disney. I hope things are different this time. Like the first poster, this trailer is… awesome, but it’s demonstrative of the depth of the bullshit that is Tron: Legacy (and to be fair a little latent Prometheus wound licking) that I simply can’t be bowled over by a great scifi trailer. This first trailer wasn’t supposed to come out today, btw, but smartly they pushed it out in light of the leak earlier today. Good call.
So admittedly, this shit looks spectacular. Every bit of it looks a blast, from the design to the roles/casting, to the seemingly straightforward story. Above concerns notwithstanding, I’ll have my fingers quietly crossed till April.
Oh, and watch it again and imagine it not as a contemporary blockbuster, but as a live-action Wall•E remake actually made in the year 2020 or whatever.
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Maybe what Kosinski needs is a non-straightforward story? Anyway, very cool design-wise, but I’m having more and more trouble with taking Cruise seriously (or caring for his character and not thinking of him as just Tom-fucking-Cruise) every time I see him in something new. Here’s to not being biased by this. Fingers crossed.
Yes, looks interesting, but fucking Tom Cruise. He’s such a media whore, and he does such ridiculous outrageous shit to draw attention to himself, that it’s completely overshadowed any possibility of me ever taking him seriously in any role. Plus all the obnoxious self-righeous scientology crap he tries to crap down our throats…..christ.
I really like the production design. Looks like 70s Syd Mead.
“Battlefield:Earth” meets “Wall-E” ?
I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about Jackson. Unless in your mind it’s still 2005 and you’re hung up on the couch jumping thing. Apart from that he’s far less in the media than other stars. Matt Damon and Denzel for example hit the late show circuit every time they have a film out whereas Cruise seems to only pop up on them twice a decade. I also can’t ever remember him crapping any scientology down anyone’s throats.
I think some people have allowed the constant barrage of (mostly false) tabloid rumors about Cruise over the past decade to cloud their judgment. Say what you will about his private life, but take a long hard look at the man’s body of work. Not only does he give 110% every time out, but he is almost always working with interesting filmmakers on worthwhile projects. They might not all end up being winners, but he still has one of the best track records in the industry when it comes to quality.
Sure, but even if the tabloids have kept him front and centre it’s really seemed to me that it’s been long distance sniping against Cruise’s wishes. That’s not being a “media whore”. To me Cruise doesn’t put himself out there as much as your Damons, Clooneys and Denzels do. Even Johnny Depp, famously a fairly private man, seems to appear on shows like Letterman more than Cruise does.
That weird fucking interview with Matt Lauer for one. Also the Scientology promo video where he starts cackling insanely and claims that the only people capable of helping car accident victims, aren’t paramedics, or doctors, but Scientologists. I’m sure you guys have conveniently forgotten this stuff, because it doesn’t fit into your “Tom Cruise is the greatest person ever philosophy”. Just because his handlers are doing a better job the last few years of keeping him under control doesn’t make me want to give him a pass. Scientology is fucking hostile and weird, and he’s the poster child whether you like it or not. you guys love him, good for you. To me he’s box office poison. That’s my opinion, you won’t change it. Go ahead, dismiss it and bitch about how wrong I am.
I enjoyed the ‘Super Bowl’ scene. So often these apocalypse films give you a quick vista of a broken New York City and that is supposed to be the human touchstone before the hero goes off and fights aliens/zombies/alien zombies. The shattered stadium and the way that Cruise remenices about the 80,000 that stood there, that at one time there was the luxury to do that, was moving. Sadly, I think the trailer fell to the action-adventure tropes afterward. Wall-E did as much – beginning as a quiet and poignant story that eventually filled the obligatory points on the story board.
To be fair, the Scientology video (and don’t get me wrong, it was weird as fuck) was leaked & was never meant to be thrown out there for people outside of the CoS to see. There’s nothing he can really do about that.
I have a phrase for these kinds of trailers – pretty uninspired. Lots of eye candy to gloss over a paper-thin premise. This is like a cut and paste of standard sci-fi tropes that have been around for decades. Hero is unwittingly working for a shady organization? Check. Hero stumbles upon beautiful woman who tells him all is not how it seems and everything he believes him is in fact – shocker – A LIE??!! OH NOEZ!!! Check. Hero is is tutored by an older mentor who has a penchant for pop philosophy bullshit. Check. I’m surprised Morgan Freeman didn’t offer Cruise the red and blue pills. Hero then utilizes his cool skillset to vanquish said shady organization. Check. The end.
Sigh……I was drinking the angry beer again last night, wasn’t I?
Agreed. After roles like Tropic Thunder to Rock of Ages (HORRID as the movie was) I’m more than willing to cut him some slack. Whatever he does, cruise ALWAYS brings 100% to his roles. More than I can say for a lot of other A-list (Ford, DeNiro) actors.
That’s sounds great! I’d go see that flick! You know what would make it even better? Tom Cruise!!!
I’ve never had a problem with Cruise. Always thought he has been one of the most dependable of the big name actors in Hollywood. The last ten years, he certainly has been doing some fine fine work; especially within the sci fi genre. I also just found out I know someone who worked on this film from pitch to post production. So, that guarantees me seeing this movie on opening weekend.
Tron Legacy bullshit? I thought Tron Legacy was awesome! The filming of all the sequences on the grid….the music atmosphere of the film. Im not talking oscar worthy acting..but it served its purpose as a Tron film. Thought it was a damn well made film.
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