Jan 27
Against the Grid: How Tron: Ares Proves Sometimes Visual Spectacle Is Enough
Walking out of the theater after Tron: Ares, I found myself in an unusual position—defending a film the critics have largely written off. With a 54% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office performance Disney would rather forget, Joachim Rønning’s third entry in the franchise isn’t winning any awards. But here’s the thing: sometimes a movie doesn’t need to reinvent cinema. Sometimes it just needs to…
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