Movies TRON: ARES (Dragonlord's Review)

[Prefect]

Fuck that weird cultist Leto. How does this goof keep getting work? He brings down nearly every movie he's in.

Probably best to just skip the movie and go right to listening to the soundtrack on YouTube, spotify, Apple music, etc.

Dallas Buyers Club, Requiem for a Dream, Blade Runner 2049, Lord of War

 

[TrueBias]

This movie's story is mostly standalone and can be easily understood even if a person hasn't seen the previous two Tron movies.

See that's why I dont care much to see it.

You didnt mention anything about Tron being in it and it doesnt sit right with me, especially with what happens at the end of Legacy.

I want to love Legacy but that story is stupid. Still, everyone is there. Loved how they treated Flynn as a god, loved how Tron turned out, enjoyed CLU and his intentions (had to rewatch the first one to see clu is present,) and lastly, the music.


Which music was better to you?

 

[Prefect]

See that's why I dont care much to see it.

You didnt mention anything about Tron being in it and it doesnt sit right with me, especially with what happens at the end of Legacy.

I want to love Legacy but that story is stupid. Still, everyone is there. Loved how they treated Flynn as a god, loved how Tron turned out, enjoyed CLU and his intentions (had to rewatch the first one to see clu is present,) and lastly, the music.


Which music was better to you?

Ares. The music is better integrated into the movie. Tron is a movie with Daft Punk music. Ares is NIN with a movie.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

See that's why I dont care much to see it.

You didnt mention anything about Tron being in it and it doesnt sit right with me, especially with what happens at the end of Legacy.

I want to love Legacy but that story is stupid. Still, everyone is there. Loved how they treated Flynn as a god, loved how Tron turned out, enjoyed CLU and his intentions (had to rewatch the first one to see clu is present,) and lastly, the music.

The studio is trying to revive the Tron franchise after 2010's Tron: Legacy received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. Putting yourself in their shoes from a business standpoint, you can understand why it would have been risky to continue with a direct sequel to Tron: Legacy. And that's why they had to create a new story set in the same universe for a fresh start so to speak. If the film is successful, Tron: Ares left some breadcrumbs that links their future with the previous Tron movies.

Which music was better to you?

I have to rewatch Tron: Legacy again but for now my answer is Tron: Ares' music was much better.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Not saying everyone should watch this but for those people saying that they should just listen to the music and not see the movie, they would be missing out because the visuals go hand-in-hand with the score to create those cinematic moments. Plus you have no context for the music you are listening to. Think about all those great movie soundtracks or scores in the past, if you just listened to the music and did not watch the movie, the music would have still been good but it wouldn't have been that impactful or memorable. Every memory you have of your favorite movie score is accompanied by a scene in that movie.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Tron: Ares's RT audience score is now revealed and it's at 86% with 1,000+ verified ratings currently.

but the audience score is more important to me than the critic's score.

 

[fungi]

Tron: Ares's RT audience score is now revealed and it's at 86% with 1,000+ verified ratings currently.

Might be even worth checking it out.

 

[Streeter]

Not saying everyone should watch this but for those people saying that they should just listen to the music and not see the movie, they would be missing out because the visuals go hand-in-hand with the score to create those cinematic moments. Plus you have no context for the music you are listening to. Think about all those great movie soundtracks or scores in the past, if you just listened to the music and did not watch the movie, the music would have still been good but it wouldn't have been that impactful or memorable. Every memory you have of your favorite movie score is accompanied by a scene in that movie.

One of greatest movie soundtracks ever was from the terrible bomb Judgement Day ( not talking Terminator) . This isn't awful but know gou g in its all about visuals the plot is about as intriguing as a sit com episode. It is a fun m
Movie experience as long your not expecting great writing/acting

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: October 12, 2025

TRON: ARES Hits the Skids with $33.5 Million Opening Weekend, Likely Ending Hopes of Ever Rebooting the Franchise

Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares malfunctioned badly in its box office debut, coming in well behind expectations with a domestic opening of $33.5 million from 4,000 theaters. Unless it can solve its problem quickly, it will once and for all end hopes of rebooting a storied, yet troubled, sci-fi franchise that began more than four decades ago when the first film became a cult classic.

Overseas — where the sci-fi genre is an ever harder sell — Ares also disappointed with a debut of $27 million for a global start of $60.5 million. It unfurled everywhere save for China, where it opens next weekend.

Heading into the weekend, the big-budget event pic had been tracking to open to $40 million to $45 million domestically (at one point, $50 million was even a possibility) against a hefty net production budget of $180 million after tens of millions in tax breaks and production incentives.

The Tron film franchise has always been challenged, resulting in terms of long gaps between installments. It took 33 years for the sequel, Tron: Legacy, to make its way to the big screen. Debuting in 2015, Legacy opened to $44 million domestically on its way to earning $409.9 million globally, not adjusted for inflation. Ares was in development for a decade, but former Disney exec Sean Bailey refused to give up and shepherded the project when serving as head of Disney’s live-action studio.

Disney insiders were well aware that Tron: Ares might encounter trouble in its box office debut. The hope now is that solid audience scores can make up for decidedly mixed reviews. Its current critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is 57 percent, while the audience ranking is much better at 87 percent. And it got four out of five stars on PostTrak. Also, it has little competition coming up and will retain Imax, Dolby Cinema and other premium large-format screens, which combined accounted for an unheard of 67 percent of opening weekend earnings.

Norwegian Disney vet Joachim Rønning directs the third film, which stars Jared Leto as the eponymous program, Ares, Greta Lee as Eve Kim, CEO of ENCOM, the tech corporation at the center of the series since the start, and Evan Peters as baddie Julian Dillinger.

Box Office: ‘Tron’ Hits the Skids With $33.5M Opening, ‘Roofman’ No. 2 at $8M

The big-budget 'Tron: Ares' came in $10 million or so behind expectations domestically and likely ends hopes of ever rebooting the sci-fi franchise.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

Just saw it. It's meant to set up other movies and it kind of takes away from it. Still really good once you get past leto. They could have cast someone better, he's a good actor just not this type. 7.5-8 out of 10 immediate reaction. I was surprised it wasn't a train wreck.

 

[Sycho Sid]

I guess it is Morbin time again for Leto

 

[Prefect]

Update: October 12, 2025

TRON: ARES Hits the Skids with $33.5 Million Opening Weekend, Likely Ending Hopes of Ever Rebooting the Franchise

Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares malfunctioned badly in its box office debut, coming in well behind expectations with a domestic opening of $33.5 million from 4,000 theaters. Unless it can solve its problem quickly, it will once and for all end hopes of rebooting a storied, yet troubled, sci-fi franchise that began more than four decades ago when the first film became a cult classic.

Overseas — where the sci-fi genre is an ever harder sell — Ares also disappointed with a debut of $27 million for a global start of $60.5 million. It unfurled everywhere save for China, where it opens next weekend.

Heading into the weekend, the big-budget event pic had been tracking to open to $40 million to $45 million domestically (at one point, $50 million was even a possibility) against a hefty net production budget of $180 million after tens of millions in tax breaks and production incentives.

The Tron film franchise has always been challenged, resulting in terms of long gaps between installments. It took 33 years for the sequel, Tron: Legacy, to make its way to the big screen. Debuting in 2015, Legacy opened to $44 million domestically on its way to earning $409.9 million globally, not adjusted for inflation. Ares was in development for a decade, but former Disney exec Sean Bailey refused to give up and shepherded the project when serving as head of Disney’s live-action studio.

Disney insiders were well aware that Tron: Ares might encounter trouble in its box office debut. The hope now is that solid audience scores can make up for decidedly mixed reviews. Its current critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is 57 percent, while the audience ranking is much better at 87 percent. And it got four out of five stars on PostTrak. Also, it has little competition coming up and will retain Imax, Dolby Cinema and other premium large-format screens, which combined accounted for an unheard of 67 percent of opening weekend earnings.

Norwegian Disney vet Joachim Rønning directs the third film, which stars Jared Leto as the eponymous program, Ares, Greta Lee as Eve Kim, CEO of ENCOM, the tech corporation at the center of the series since the start, and Evan Peters as baddie Julian Dillinger.

Box Office: ‘Tron’ Hits the Skids With $33.5M Opening, ‘Roofman’ No. 2 at $8M

The big-budget 'Tron: Ares' came in $10 million or so behind expectations domestically and likely ends hopes of ever rebooting the sci-fi franchise.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I think that studios are in a bleak situation where there are fewer and fewer people going to the theaters and more and more people watching streaming services, which has amazing content for regular TV. Something has to change with either how much money is spent on special effects or AI needs to make making movies a lot cheaper. I think $40-45 million would have been $100 million 5 years ago. I saw this in a packed theater so there is a group of people still into movies but the theater I go to has 26 screens Most of the time there is only 3 movies minus any replayed classic worth watching. I don't know what to even say about that. I am afraid that things are in a death spiral where movie theaters want people to get subscriptions as they are raising single ticket price close to $20, and $25 is a monthly pass. In my opinion, in the past this would have been a movie that easily breaks even at worse

 

[clutchCAT420]

Will watch on stream due to dragon review...

 

[clutchCAT420]

Mayhaps, I'm not sophisticated or cultured or ghey enough, but the audience score is more important to me than the critic's score.

Does that make sense?

P.s. Can I still post in the Mayberry?

I dont care about audience or critics scores. I do value sherbros opinions over everything else...

 

[Prefect]

Will watch on stream due to dragon review...

My only argument against that is just that you likely don't have a sound system comparable to a better theater. This is a 2 hour NIN music video, which I loved but if someone doesn't like NIN's newer electronic stuff, I wouldn't blame them.

 

[clutchCAT420]

My only argument against that is just that you likely don't have a sound system comparable to a better theater. This is a 2 hour NIN music video, which I loved but if someone doesn't like NIN's newer electronic stuff, I wouldn't blame them.

i have a 7.1 polk audio sound system with a sony 4k reciever. I should be fine.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

My wife and I are planning to watch it again in theaters, maybe this week. We had a good time watching it the first time and want to experience the movie again.

 

[Prefect]

i have a 7.1 polk audio sound system with a sony 4k reciever. I should be fine.

Good for you. My eyes ain't shit but my ears work. Kind of jealous.

 

[clutchCAT420]

Good for you. My eyes ain't shit but my ears work. Kind of jealous.

i may still go to the theaters to watch it. I love 3d ...

 

[Prefect]

My wife and I are planning to watch it again in theaters, maybe this week. We had a good time watching it the first time and want to experience the movie again.

I think it is going to be more a stay on cable and streaming like the other Tron movies. It is going to be that movie/soundtrack that you play in the background to listen to and half watch while doing stuff. It has a lot of candy like Mad Max Fury Road where you can enjoy bites of it at a time, in my opinion.