Tron

Wegweisend, frisch, verwirrend, witzig und poetisch. Lisberger hat einen Film gedreht, der seiner Zeit voraus ist und einen Blick darauf wirft, wohin sich das zeitgenössische Kino in voller CGI-Ausrüstung entwickelt. Da kann sie sich als Macho geben. Aber bei Fantasie geht es nicht nur um groß, größer, am größten. (10.12.2010)

The Matrix wasn't the first. What do you get when you combine actors, simple 8-bit graphics and the philosophy of computer action games? Tron, a cult classic overseas that, although it’s for a rather specific audience, may also attract others with the originality of its visuals and story. After all, how many movies 23 years ago had computer terminology and virtual reality at their core? You could count the number of such on the fingers of one hand of a worker working 40 years in a sawmill. (30.07.2005)

Unbelievable. I wouldn't bother with the video game level plot for Sega because the most important thing is the "staged" graphics and Bridges' ironic smile. The most interesting part of all this is that the "special effects" don't actually have the ability to age in any way. I can see why a lot of people grew up on this, right Wachowski Brothers? 4 ½. (29.03.2010)

For older viewers, as well as for me as a viewer who was looking for an intriguing sci-fi or a pleasant hi-tech fairytale in Tron, it was instead a profound disappointment. The plot is simple, the effects have aged massively, and the atmosphere of the dark world of computers fails to get under your skin due to its light stereotype. Paradoxically, the film ends up working slightly better when one gets absorbed by the magnificent sequel Tron: Legacy. Nostalgia for old video games, battles with discs, or motorcycle races then quietly come into play. (18.04.2011)

When I was small and I saw Tron for the first time, I used to wake up from nightmares where a computer had just disintegrated me, which shows clearly that this movie definitely isn’t for kids. Now, years later, I can appreciate how clever, well-thought out and mainly original the idea was. By the way, yesterday I saw an excerpt from the next part and it looks really fascinating. I look forward to it. (26.07.2009)