Tron Legacy

I was given two tickets to the special screening of Tron Legacy held last night at the Imax 3D cinema of SM Mall of Asia courtesy of, once again, my friend P.So (thanks so much!)

Since the event was sponsored by SM and Walt Disney Studios, you'd expect not just your plain movie showing. There was a photo booth courtesy of iFlick, complimentary eat-all-you-can pizze courtesy of Lots'A Pizza, a bucket of popcorn and a can of Coke courtesy of SM Cinema and Coca-Cola. Plus there were two Ducati bikes on display. Guys dressed as Tron characters moving around the crowd and posing for photographers.

For the first time in my movie watching experiences, we were asked to deposit our handphones, cameras, and computers at the makeshift counter for safekeeping our 'possibly' movie recording devices. I think they were taking security measures too far but, honestly, it was liberating not to have any phone calls or sms for two hours.

Tron Legacy is a follow up of the original Tron movie that came out in 1992. Tron is, of course, adapted from a video arcade game of the same name. The movie stars Jeff Bridges (both as himself in his current age and as a digitally enhanced version that is 30 years younger), Olivia Wilde , Garett Hedlund, and Bruce Boxleitner. Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner were both in the original Tron movie.

Go and catch the Imax 3D version of Tron Legacy at either SM MOA, SM North Edsa or SM Cebu. Just don't sit too close to the screen like I did, otherwise, a headache is bound to ensue with all the fast movements on the screen.