Tron: A film review

- Vancouver, British Columbia - It seems in cinema today there is a lot of emphasis on how much money films make at the box office, especially on the opening weekend. Often in the long run, all of the initial hype winds up being irrelevant and many #1 movies fade into obscurity. Similarly, there are cases where films are remembered for years despite lackluster openings. Tron is one such case, as it was considered a box office failure in it's initial run in 1982. It made some profit, but Disney hoped for more considering how ambitious the project was. But time has treated Tron very well as it has maintained a cult following and is known to be the first feature film to use computer animation. Very fitting considering most of the movie takes place in a computer. Actually, given the technological limitations of the time, that's the only way it would have worked.

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