I saw the first Tron film back in 1982. My brother loved it. I fell asleep. Visually, it was really cool and state-of-the-art, but I couldn't follow the story and just didn't care enough about the characters to stick with it. Nearly three decades later, "Tron: Legacy" is really cool and state-of-the-art, but I couldn't follow the story and just didn't care enough about the characters to stick with it.

Jeff Bridges reprises his role as Kevin Flynn, the phenom software programmer and CEO who mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago. Flynn's son, Sam, (Garrett Hedlund) desperately searches for his dad, and his hunt lands him inside the Grid, the bizarro-land in a computer where programs are represented as human beings. Hedlund fights for his life in gladiator-style contests, he and his dad are finally reunited, and father and son, along with "House" hottie Olivia Wilde fight to save themselves and the world. I think that's what happens. I'm really not sure.

The performances are all good. Jeff Bridges is always interesting. Garrett Hedlund is an appealing kid. Olivia Wilde doesn't get to do much except look gorgeous and kick butt, but she does both well. And I can't forget the Michael Sheen's brilliant turn as a David Bowie look-a-like who chews the scenery with so much pleasure that I didn't mind being clueless as to the reason for his existence.

The film warns you at the beginning that you should put on your 3-D glasses now, but that much of the film is intentionally NOT in 3-D. I wondered if this was always the plan for the film or if the 3-D craze hit during post-production, and the movie's creators just HAD to add one more level of visual overkill. The movie is chock-full of every cool technological breakthrough you can imagine in modern movie-making, but sometimes filmmakers forget that the most important thing is the story, and this story left me cold. And sleepy.