One can't help but be reminded of Star Wars during the closing few minutes of Tron: Legacy, the 2010 sequel to the 1982 cult hit, Tron.
Kevin Flynn seems to be channeling Obi-Wan Kenobi, while going mano-a-mano with his evil doppleganger Clu, who admittedly ain't no Darth Vader (although he does have his right hand man in a black helmet earlier in the film). Watching helplessly as the two of them duke it out are Kevin's son Sam and Quorra, the sentient self-created program who holds the clue to the salvation of mankind - very much reminiscent of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia looking on as Kenobi and Vader fought it out on Death Star a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
During an earlier sequence, in a dogfight involving Light Jets and a shuttle, I once again got the feeling that I was watching a Neon version of the attack on Death Star.
When Kevin Flynn convinces a guard to let him board the shuttle earlier on, the scene was faintly reminiscent of Obi-Wan talking to the Stormtroopers to let his contingent pass through a road block on the way to Mos Eisley.
All the above may be just coincidence or perhaps even the subliminal influence of Star Wars on the script writers, producers and the director. But early on there is a scene, which has an obvious tongue-in-cheek nod to George Lucas' little cult movie from 1977. Soon after Sam Flynn is captured by Clu, he is forced to participate in a Light Cycle contest. He is given the handlebar trigger for his Light Cycle, but as he is a newcomer to this world, he has no idea what it is for and instinctively grips the bar upright as if it were the handle of a Lightsaber and 'takes the stance'...a rare moment of genuine in a movie which otherwise seems to have been made only to showcase the neon-lit action set pieces in 3D. Well, the first movie wasn't famous for its acting or script either, so there is no reason to have expected any better with the sequel.
All in all, Tron Legacy is a reasonably watchable movie...Olivia Wilde is a good find as Quorra, the vehicles and special effects are well designed, although the actual action sequences were not really edge-of-the-seat stuff (they needed a better editor to give the film greater pace and make the action more thrilling) and Jeff Bridges is always fun to watch (other than the Obi-Wan references, he occasionally seemed to be channeling the Dude from The Big Lebowski as well!).
We can now look forward to the animated spin-off Tron: Uprising and a sequel is apparently in the works.
Kevin Flynn seems to be channeling Obi-Wan Kenobi, while going mano-a-mano with his evil doppleganger Clu, who admittedly ain't no Darth Vader (although he does have his right hand man in a black helmet earlier in the film). Watching helplessly as the two of them duke it out are Kevin's son Sam and Quorra, the sentient self-created program who holds the clue to the salvation of mankind - very much reminiscent of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia looking on as Kenobi and Vader fought it out on Death Star a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
During an earlier sequence, in a dogfight involving Light Jets and a shuttle, I once again got the feeling that I was watching a Neon version of the attack on Death Star.
When Kevin Flynn convinces a guard to let him board the shuttle earlier on, the scene was faintly reminiscent of Obi-Wan talking to the Stormtroopers to let his contingent pass through a road block on the way to Mos Eisley.
All the above may be just coincidence or perhaps even the subliminal influence of Star Wars on the script writers, producers and the director. But early on there is a scene, which has an obvious tongue-in-cheek nod to George Lucas' little cult movie from 1977. Soon after Sam Flynn is captured by Clu, he is forced to participate in a Light Cycle contest. He is given the handlebar trigger for his Light Cycle, but as he is a newcomer to this world, he has no idea what it is for and instinctively grips the bar upright as if it were the handle of a Lightsaber and 'takes the stance'...a rare moment of genuine in a movie which otherwise seems to have been made only to showcase the neon-lit action set pieces in 3D. Well, the first movie wasn't famous for its acting or script either, so there is no reason to have expected any better with the sequel.
All in all, Tron Legacy is a reasonably watchable movie...Olivia Wilde is a good find as Quorra, the vehicles and special effects are well designed, although the actual action sequences were not really edge-of-the-seat stuff (they needed a better editor to give the film greater pace and make the action more thrilling) and Jeff Bridges is always fun to watch (other than the Obi-Wan references, he occasionally seemed to be channeling the Dude from The Big Lebowski as well!).
We can now look forward to the animated spin-off Tron: Uprising and a sequel is apparently in the works.
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