I lost all interest in this movie when they announced he was in it. He fucking sucks.
Everything I’ve read says the soundtrack is good so we get that I guess?
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
298 points (96.6% liked)
Movies
11016 readers
96 users here now
Welcome to Movies, a community for discussing movies, film news, box office, and more! We want this to be a place for members to feel safe to discuss and share everything they love about movies and movie related things. Please feel free to take part and help our community grow!
Related Communities:
!books@lemmy.world - Discussing books and book-related things.
!comicbooks@lemmy.world - A place to discuss comic books of all types.
!marvelstudios@lemmy.world - LW's home for all things MCU.
While posting and commenting in this community, you must abide by the Lemmy.World Terms of Service: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
-
Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, or advocating violence will be removed.
-
Be civil: disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally insult others.
-
Spam, self promotion, trolling, and bots are not allowed
-
Shitposts and memes are allowed until they prove to be a problem.
Regarding spoilers; Please put "(Spoilers)" in the title of your post if you anticipate spoilers, as we do not currently have a spoiler tag available. If your post contains an image that could be considered a spoiler, please mark the thread as NSFW so the image gets blurred. As far as how long to wait until the post is no longer a spoiler, please just use your best judgement. Everyone has a different idea on this, so we don't want to make any hard limits.
Please use spoiler tags whenever commenting a spoiler in a non-spoiler thread. Most of the Lemmy clients don't support this but we want to get into the habit as clients will be supporting in the future.
Failure to follow these guidelines will result in your post/comment being removed and/or more severe actions. All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. We ask that the users report any comment or post that violates the rules, and to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Is Jared Leto to Blame?
Yes.
I mean, if a headline asks a yes or no question, the answer is always no.
But at the same time, I mean Jared Leto is a bit of a weirdo, and he seems to only put out movies that tank.
I've never actually seen a movie that he led that didn't tank.
load more comments
(5 replies)
there was a post on reddit how the frontcover the tron movies always had a woman with the lead male actor, but for jared leto no woman wants to be next to him, so hes alone on the front cover.
All I want to know is if the soundtrack is a good as the last one
I don't think so, and that is as a huge NIN fan. It's ok, it has a Tron feel to it, but nowhere near as good as Daft Punk.
I'd dare say better. I fucking love Daft Punk though. The original soundtrack by Wendy Carlos is amazing too of course. All TRON soundtracks slap.
load more comments
(2 replies)
load more comments
(11 replies)
I caved and saw Ares last weekend. Tron legacy is one of my all time favorite movies so I’ve always been wanting another and would occasionally look up rumors about sequels. When the Ares trailer dropped I was super excited…until the end when it showed Leto. I had forgotten the rumors had mentioned he was involved.
Still, I went and saw the movie. It’s by no means as good as legacy, I scored it a 6/10. Something that I’d rather not watch again, but also something that I felt wasn’t a complete waste of time. But I’m easy to entertain.
What stood out to me while watching Ares was how well legacy holds up today compared to current special effects and CGI. Doesn’t really seem like much difference in that regard between the two movies. Of course, Daft Punk’s soundtrack is second to none, but I think NIN still did a good job.
Guess I’ll just need to continue rewatching legacy whenever I feel the Tron itch, which I’m not complaining about.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Yes Jared Leto is to blame. BUT not only him. The writing and directing are still going to determine the bulk of how it plays out. A good director will be able to direct Leto into something usable if imperfect.
the first TRON film in 15 years
Holy shit, I truly did not realize Uprising came out in 2012. That is SO MUCH longer ago than I would have guessed... I think COVID really did fuck my perception of time, but maybe everyone in their 40s says something like that
Star Wars gets a fuck ton of shitty sequels because they make bank at the box office. Same for Jurassic World and any other crappy big budget franchise you can think of.
Tron doesn't have enough broad appeal to sell tickets on the name alone like Star Wars and Jurassic Park, and if they aimed for that it would lose the charm of being Tron. They could certainly improve attendance with better stories and marketing, but chose to focus on spectacle.
Also, Leto being a prominent character is why I didn't bother to go see it. He is also the main reason it was even made, so him being cast was inevitable. I'll watch it when it hits streaming.
My favorite snarky critic review:
"Forty-three years later, “Tron: Ares” is groundbreaking for being the first “Tron” film with a discernible plot."
load more comments
(2 replies)
Yes.
I saw the movie. I enjoyed it. The effects and soundtrack were the best part of the film. Jared Leto was NOT the worst part. The script had little story and character development. That was the main problem. Jared made use of what he was given.
That said, they did set it up for a sequel so it does suck that they may not pursue that. Maybe they need to work more on story/characters and less on effects. It costs less.
Set up a sequel and apparently used characters that everyone wanted to see in this movie, right?
I've learned that the most important part of a story is the character and what happens to them. This may be a good example not only of ignoring that, but also not using characters already established as interesting and with potential growth. Maybe there's a back story there and they couldn't get the actors, so they ran with something different?
load more comments
(1 replies)
I'm not so sure the effects cost more than paying a room of skilled writers to come up with story ideas. Not anymore.
load more comments
(3 replies)
I'll watch it eventually for the soundtrack, but Jared gives me the creeps.
Yes.