I haven’t actually seen Tron: Legacy, but I assume the film cannot possibly be as good as the Daft Punk album it came with.
It’s not. It’s a subpar plot and some questionable acting carried by gorgeous visuals and a stellar soundtrack.
It’s still my favourite movie of all time, but the soundtrack is stil better.
Where else can you see Jeff bridges fighting Jeff bridges on a bridge?
Good point on the Bridges Bridges bridge fight, MajorMajormajormajor.
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carried by gorgeous visuals
She sure did.
Honestly, Tron: Legacy is not that bad compared to Tron: Ares, which I was going to write down before I saw your comment.
I haven’t seen that one either, but I’ll assume it’s worse purely on the basis of not having Daft Punk.
it does have Nine Inch Nails though and Trent has done some phenomenal soundtrack work (though obviously not comparable to daft punk)
Tron: Ares was not that bad either. The visuals were a clear upgrade from Tron: Legacy and a handful of clips I’ve seen from the original Tron movie. You can notice that that they put a lot of details in places like Ares’ HUD, consoles, the proprietary 3D printer and the virtual red-coloured world whose name I can’t remember right now.
The soundtrack does complement the movie, although I noticed that they repeated certain “melodies” across the movie more than I would’ve liked. It’s obviously not at par with Daft Punk but it resembles the spirit of the Tron franchise.
The plot is a real rollercoaster in terms of quality and believability. The backstory and plot of the main protagonists feel solid and so is the interaction between each other. Somehow Jared Leto decently fits the role of Ares and his dialogues don’t feel out of place or cringey. On the other hand, the story gives too much power to the antagonist to the point that it clearly feels unfair. Also some action scenes feel like they’re happening just because they have to, and probably give material for the trailers to give the viewers something to look forward to while watching the movie.
If you have no qualms with the involvement of Jared Leto, I would recommend that you give this movie a try. It’s certainly not a masterpiece, but it’s surprisingly well made for a movie that that considered a flop by the users at Lemmy.
Those “repeated certain melodies across the movie” have a name. It’s called a theme and is something that’s pretty common in movies, opera, musicals, symphonies, etc. An entire work can have a theme that is modified, built upon, expanded or changed as the narrative progresses. Individual characters or places can have their own unique themes. Daft Punk’s entire style is built on repetition, so it should be no surprise that their musical score work would highlight that.
Really thought you were going to say leitmotif.
That’s a great word!
Is that the current state of film sequels? The sequel from ten to twenty years ago that we all thought was bad is not nearly as bad as the latest sequel, what has happened to films?!
I just see it as a big ass music video
have you seen Interstella? Amazing and also a big ass music video 😎
Thanks for the notice :) Yeah thats also a nice music video!
Im kind of a big daft punk fan :)
I like the Reconfigured version better with Glitch Mob and others.
The Phantom Menace
Cannot echo this enough
Kor-ah, Mah-tah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Yood-hah, Kor-ah.
Kor-ah, Syahd-ho. Rah-tah-mah, Daan-yah. Kor-ah, Kee-lah, Daan-yah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Daan-yah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah!
Fragment of an old Welsh poem translated into Sanskrit–how could you miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_of_the_Fates
The phantom menace is still probably the second best main-line star war second to empire strikes back.
I had the Star war jibblies with first Rey StarWar cycle but phantom menace has all the good of any starwar
“MeyChupaDeyWhulbuh SeyBulbah(saur)” said with all the gusto of a child never once chanced the opportunity to swear. 👌👌
The Phatom Menace hits sooo much differently if you’ve read the books to fill in a lot of gaps that the movie itself doesn’t take time to explain. I would say AotC and RotS don’t suffer from this as much, but The Phantom Menace does stand out in this regard.
Spawn. The movie was laughably bad and I have banned it from my memory. However, the soundtrack is a collection of collaboration between metal bands and electronic artists and is really awesome.
hell yeah, seconded, Spawn soundtrack is full of bangers!
really a lot of 90’s movies had top-notch soundtracks, i will even go out on a heretical limb and say i liked the soundtrack for The Crow more than the movie.
Well the soundtrack is awesome. I love the movie very much as well though.
Another good 90s movie soundtrack is the one for Judgment Night. Same concept as the Spawn soundtrack, but with callaborations between hiphop and metal. I have not seen the movie though.
I haven’t even seen the movie, but the soundtrack is awesome (Judgement Night).
Ha I just listed that. The movie was OK. Might watch again looks like 34 on rotten tomato
Came here hoping to see this! That’s the only soundtrack I keep on my phone. Dee Snider’s Strangeland also had a banger soundtrack for such a bad movie.
Dee Snider’s Strangeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AA8eEULzcY&list=PLN3IXyARrKqPDmud2Cc2AXOwh_4DLT-nW
Note that this is not some sort of official soundtrack; rather, it’s apparently just a playlist of songs that appeared in the movie, uploaded by different users, which might mean that volume and encodings or maybe that versions are not consistent with those in the movie. I don’t see an official soundtrack on YouTube Music; one might never have been released.
Considering the other super hero movies we had at the time I thought it was ok. The HBO animated series is much better.
Tron: Legacy
The movie is basically just a ~90 minute Daft Punk video.
Despite the two seconds of screen time haha
That’s more screen time than what they got in Interstella 5555, an actual album music movie
I was debating putting this. I see it’s a popular comment. I don’t think it’s a bad movie, as I greatly enjoy it. The soundtrack is definitely what makes it excellent though and the album is worth a playthrough every once in a while
Queen of the Damned was an abysmal movie with a surpassing solid soundtrack with some of the biggest names in music at the time collaborating.
Jonathan Davis of Korn wrote half the songs and sang in the movie, but his record contract stated that he couldn’t appear on an album put out by another label, so the solution was to bring in guest artists to sing instead. Chester Bennington from Linkin Park, Wayne Static from Static-X, David Draiman from Disturbed, and Jay Gordon from Orgy. If you were a nuMetal fan back then, this was an all-star lineup.
Also, honorable mention to Batman & Robin for being absolute dogshit but having one of the Smashing Pumpkins’ best songs on it.
Forsaken is still doing rounds on my playlists
Queen of the Damned
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VgeM6xQM0Q4&list=OLAK5uy_lKRPzvU7b00mtQbuDKd8rbsnpx3QEjngI
Batman & Robin for being absolute dogshit but having one of the Smashing Pumpkins’ best songs on it.
(“The End Is the Beginning Is the End”)
Chester did some of his best vocals in System.
I enjoyed this movie at the time. Was I wrong?
No. I enjoyed it immensely. That’s just how good the soundtrack is; to be even better than that.
It’s not a terrible movie. I think the main complaint about it is the use of the manic pixie girl trope.
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Sometimes I am objectively wrong in things I’ve enjoyed. For example, the original Hitman video game adaptation movie from 2007. I enjoyed it when it came out despite it having an abysmal score on Rotten Tomatoes (currently sitting at 16%). I watched it several times and really enjoyed it. I recently rewatched it, maybe two years ago and… what was that guy (old me) thinking?
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Came here to say this as well. Movie is kinda meh but the soundtrack is so solid I even like the Coldplay song on there! (and imo Coldplay is WACK)
I am super proud to be late to the party and still have one useful submission: Flash Gordon, the 1980 hot mess that George Lucas passed on to make Star Wars.
The soundtrack is not the finest work by Queen, but is worth a tenth re-listen nonetheless.
Flash! Aah ahh!
King of the Impossible!
A Kind of Magic! I mean it’s not really the soundtrack to Highlander, but it kinda is and it rocks
hot mess
Oi! Take that back!
Scott Pilgrim vs the World each track is shear awesomeness (…and the movie is not bad either).
Have to disagree. The movie is awesome, lots of lines to quote, lots of visual gags. It (and the comic) were formative for me and it’s one of the few movies that I feel really understands the millennial gamer nerd culture. And of course the music is great, but I couldn’t agree with better.
It’s one of my favorite movies, but one thing I’ve noticed about it is that you can really gauge people’s interests by what they remember from the movie. I notice that a lot of people on the internet remember it for the video game references or the comic book editing and action, but to me it’s always been a music movie.
Yeah, indie music, gamers, goths, vegans, movies, martial arts, queer subcultures… There’s a lot of things to latch on to and think “this movie was made for me”
I’ll concede that labeling it as “not bad” was too harsh/critical.
When the movie was released, the movie, the plot, the soundtrack, the special effects - were fantastic.
You’re absolutely right, it did a fantastic job of capturing “nerd culture” for that time.
It’s not that I feel the movie aged badly, but it’s not as “unique” or relevant as it was in 2010. Other films have picked apart pieces of what made SPvW such a unique experience (for example: Free Guy).
Additionally, the current “nerd culture” has changed. You’ll be hard pressed to find younger gamers play pixel graphic games (although, they are missing out).
Certainly, not all topics are outdated (ie: LGBTQ), but enough of is.
The film is a perfect nerdy time capsule for 2010, but the soundtrack with that dirty grunge sound will be around for a lot longer.
We are sex bob-omb. 1…2…3…4…
If you look into the details of the special (not visual!) effects the movie is even more awesome!
Pirates of the Caribbean. The plot, characters, actors, and effects are fine enough. Specifically the plot is bland; it’s deliberately a hodgepodge of everything piratey tossed into a blender. Johnny Depp’s performance is excellent, but more because it feels the script was shaped around his eccentric dude persona rather than them stretching their skills. None of this makes the film bad just mediocre.
… but the score is a masterpiece. Instantly iconic, filled with layered motifs, carries the sense of adventure and perfectly shapes the mood of each scene. Both catchy enough to become an earworm, but orchestral and textured enough that it’s not unwelcome as one.
Yeah I have to agree, although I personally love the films as well.
Tron: Ares. The movie would be vastly improved if the dialogue track went missing.
You mean, as a feature-length music video for Nine Inch Nails? I concur.
Yes, precisely. If you asked me in the 90s what I would think about present day Trent Resnor I would have probably called him a sellout but now I’m honestly just loving all the sweet jams he and Atticus Ross are putting out both as NIN and in their various movie soundtracks and scores.
Hackers. The movie is great, the soundtrack is greater.
Batman forever soundtrack is way better than the movie
Disgusting lack of Space Jam in this thread. For a kids movie, the artists on the soundtrack were not fucking around
Yeah that really does seem like one of the most underrated movie soundtracks
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The Curtis Mayfield album for the movie ‘Super Fly’ made more money than the actual movie.
Thanks. Sill me, I should have added the link myself.
1492: Conquest of Paradise. Very few people remember the movie (I still do and rewatch it regularly), but the soundtrack by Vangelis is an absolute banger.
In general, his soundtracks tend to be better than the movies. Alexander is another great example. Chariots of Fire and Bounty are fine movies, but still greatly enhanced by his soundtracks. Perhaps the only movie that stood on its own against a soundtrack by Vangelis was Blade Runner.
Yeah, I definitely like Vangelis stuff myself.
1492: Conquest of Paradise
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UfHx0_z3bD8&list=OLAK5uy_kOfOjm87WdODYRYnphcPF3A3XI64jK5J4
Chariots of Fire
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo&list=OLAK5uy_lkHoq84JxhDV9-7EHWX48-f0zUxdyFizY
Bounty
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kKI3ZoWiYBk&list=PLy5kryT0xrJMuOJ-hun3UHGDls50vvei0
Blade Runner
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=smpTDkLCYb0&list=OLAK5uy_neLURwHRNsWnZouMq5K_vGitaXhlKEr4g
Perhaps the only movie that stood on its own against a soundtrack by Vangelis was Blade Runner.
Yeah. Though…man, I really like Blade Runner’s music, too.
Chariots isn’t that great of a movie but I still love it, primarily bc they respected Vangelis enough to let the soundtrack talk. Tremendous, sensitive, emotional work from a truly great one
