[CLOSED] Win tickets to the Irish premiere of TRON: LEGACY

Darragh

Hey folks

A brilliant competition for you - 50 pairs of tickets to the Irish premiere of TRON: LEGACY in Dublin next Wednesday, December 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_E9sC5f1ng

'TRON: Legacy' is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen.

Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®- and Golden Globe®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video-game developer.



When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn's Arcade—a signal that could only come from his father—he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years.



With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe—a universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape.



Presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and scored by Grammy Award®-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk,'TRON: Legacy' hits U.S. theaters on Dec. 17, 2010 in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

We've got 50 pairs of tickets to the Irish premiere of Disney's Tron: Legacy in Dublin’s Savoy Cinema on Wednesday December 8th.

That’s nine days before it opens nationwide so you could be the first of your friends to see it.

To be in with a chance to win, just post below telling us your favourite movie and why, and you could be off to the movies…

Please get your posts in by midnight on Sunday, December 5. Winners will be notified on Monday.

fayer

The money pit..... Kinda fitting for the Irish situation....

Chardee MacDennis

The Sting, the little guy comes out on top. Maybe FF could get some tips from it!!

overcaesar

Lost Highway - It was the first film I saw in the cinema that made me realise there was more to movies than spaceships, laser beams and 'splosions

krudd

Honestly not sure. A film I can find myself watching over and over would be (500) Days of Summer. I get happy, I get sad, I get over it. It's like a nice wee relationship in under 2hours. Now THAT's speed dating.

dazzling_jem

The Usual Suspect, as it is simply the finest piece of cinema of all time. Damn that film was good!

PhotoIreland

BARAKA, a total classic shot in 70 mm, with no dialogue and the most amazing music.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/

Nevyn

BladeRunner as it's a wonderful scifi noir movie which like all good scifi reflects on the nature of being human and the relationships we form.

MiCr0

silence of the lambs is amazing, hopkins is just so creepy

bobbyv12

Once Upon A Time in the West - Sergio Leone

I may be a film nerd but this is one of the most amazing films ever. It is the ultimate western, taking all the characteristics of the genre to new levels. The music of Ennio Morricone is gorgeous and serves to make each and every shot an operatic masterpiece (particularly the famous scene of the camera rising over the train station just as the music reaches its crescendo). Blue-eyed boy Henry Fonda playing a villain is genius. I could go on and on about this movie but I won't. *goes for a lie down

Miguel_Sanchez

The Big Lebowski.

Well, I'm in it, aren't I?

phasers

My favourite film is Zoolander, because it's hilarious.


And if you don't agree, you can just derelick my balls

TheIrishGrover

Wonderful, simple animation and funny, poingnant writing. From the book by Ted Hughes and directed by Brad Bird (Of The Simpsons, The Incredibles and Ratatouille fame).

An underrated film that gets better with repeated viewing.


Plus, the Iron Giant himself was animated by Oscar winning (Avatar) Irish animator Richard Baneham.

See it!

krudler

Raiders of the Lost Ark, because to me, its the perfect movie. Iconic character, one of the most memorable theme tunes ever (its in your head right now isnt it?) brilliant dialogue "Asps, very dangerous....you go first!", great villains (Nazi's always are) and some of the best action scenes ever (the fantastic opening, the Nepalese bar shootout, the flying wing scrap, the horse/truck chase). Sure nearly everything in it was inspired by the serials George Lucas grew up watching, but it was perfected here and a cinema classic was born.

bohoe

It has to be North by Northwest. Everything is perfect, the music, the script, the jokes, the thrill... just awesome. They don't make movies like that anymore!
Except TRON, of course!

ButtersSuki

dazzling_jem wrote: »

The Usual Suspect, as it is simply the finest piece of cinema of all time. Damn that film was good!

I preferred the sequel, The Usual Suspects myself.....:D

All time fave. though is The Director's Cut of Betty Blue - such passion, such craziness, effortlessly cool, stylish, sexy, fun and dark.....just like my wife, though God help me if she reads this.

And for any man who was a teenager in the '80's, the poster:


I also owe the director a thank you for helping me get an honour in French in the Leaving cert., without Betty I'd have failed.:D

eliza64

It's a wonderful life - Sure all our money is invested in our neighbour's homes.
I love the never give up theme.

dr87

Fight Club would be mine- poignant social commentary, incredible acting, awesome action, and one hell of an ending. Every time I watch it I get something different out of it.

chrisjones

Cheesy slapstick comedy from the 96 with Pauly Shore. The true reason i love this film so much is that after a long day, you can switch it on and not use your brain for the duration of it- while still loving every minute.:D

Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J6qOSUJXy0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio-Dome

TouchingVirus

Probably Citatde de Deus, or City of God.

I knew little to nothing of the Rio gangs, the kids with guns in the slums and police corruption when I watched it first but I've never had another film affect me as much. I know there was Schindler's list but I knew about the holocaust by the time I watched it so I knew what to expect. The movie floored me, the nature of the film left me speechless and one of the overall themes of "It's what we make of life" hit home big time.

Pip1979

Lost In Translation...

It's simple but that's the way life is, we don't realise what really matters until we've become completely lost and need to find our way again.

I guess Tron kinda relates to that...
we've lost ourselves so much in the digital world that we don't even realise it until we disconnect and look around at the real world around us...

*Hugs & Love* x

P0lygon Wind0w

My favourite has to be Interview With The Vampire - not because it's a masterpiece - just because I thought it was great as a teenager and watched it countless times. Can't resist watching it when It's on TV (you'll always watch stuff on TV with ads despite owning it on DVD!) and was great to see some of where it was filmed in New Orleans recently.

StevieD55

Jean de Florette - wonderful film, cracking story, great performances and atmosphere

heroesforsale

Blade Runner

It's a film I could watch over and over again and not get tired of it. It's a perfect combination of a visionary director and incredible source material. Pop culture wouldn't be the same without it. There are countless books, films, games and musicians that have lifted something from it and why not? It's perfect. Well, the director's cut at least. :]

christianhughes

I absolutely love Dune - great cast, great special effects, great director and a brilliant adaptation of a phenominal novel. Without doubt my favourite movie of all time, hands down.

Darren_Walsh

Its gotta be Zoolander or Airplane. They are both just joke after joke all the way through.

AndyGaff

‘Empire Strikes Back’

Without any shadow of a doubt, for me, the greatest film of all time is Empire Strikes back. While it would be very easy to say the reason why I love it is because its a damm fine film, its also a lot more than that. In explaining the deep level of my love for the film, I feel its best done, the way all great love songs and poetry are told, yes in the the style of a ‘Top of the Pops’ top three countdown. If it helps you can begin to hum ‘Whole Lot of Love’ right about now.

3. The lovely warm blanket effect

Yes like a charming cat rubbing her face into your leg in front of a roaring fire and or , god forbid for someone whose dream is to own a ‘Han Solo in carbonate coffee table’, a girl cuddling up to you asking do you want to play another game of ‘Goldeneye’. Empire Strikes Back is a huge comfort. If for example rather sick, or recently enough because of far too many ‘Red Room’ cocktails, really really hung over nothing is better than sitting on the sofa with a bowl of oxtail soup and putting on Empire. Rather like a greasy fry it offers everything a person needs when hung over from fantastic action scenes such as the At-At in the snow scene to shut your mind off to, some comedy scenes like when Han promises to arrange a wookie kiss to make you laugh after you can sort of remember telling a girl you liked the night before that you very much enjoy her facebook holiday pics and of course some down right romantic scenes making you think I should probably send her a message to say sorry. By the end of the 124 mins, even with the horribly dark ending, the feeling of hope and that things can be put right once again, really does make you feel better after you look through your ‘Outbox’ during the hours of 4 - 5 am on your phone.

2. The passing the torch effect

Much like the film was passed on to me from my big brother, I genuinely look forward to a time when I can show the movie to a wee one that may call me ‘Daddy’ ‘Uncle’ or most likely ‘Weekend Dad who takes me to Eddie Rockets while Mom and Uncle Teddy are having special time’. While of the course the wee lad will see in the entire saga, in an order that Im not sure of yet, this will be movie that I will study their little face to. In many ways the film grows up with you, from the point where your favorite moment may have been the asteroid chase scene that made you go ‘I wanna be a space dude’ to the point where you actually someone in an non ‘icky’ way and the ‘I love you / I know’ scene gives you a wee tear for the first time. It will be a very happy moment if either the little one says to me ‘Empire Stikes Back is my favvv filmm’ or lets be honest, if they do hate it, I can spend the ten grand or so it will probably cost to send the wee bugger through college at this point in time.

1. Simples..

With the current weather, its a damm fine film to remake

unklerosco

Well, I'm guessing Tron Legacy very well could be.. Loved the original movie, and with Daft Punk doing the sound track I can't fupping wait to see it!!! So much so that I've booked tickets to see it in NYC while I'm over there on my honeymoon!!!

Other than that, my fav film would probably be Jurrasic Park. I'll never forget going to see it when I was younger with my dad. We where on holidays in Wexford at the time... I could watch it over and over n over....

OwaynOTT

Impossible to answer this as it always changes.

If I had to pick now it would be Naked Gun. So stupidly funny it's genius. Every time I watch it I find it funny and sometimes notice a new joke. The cheese moving on the fridge, must of watched the film at least ten times before I noticed it. Leslie Nelson is also a comic god.

KizzyMonster

My favotire movie is The Shining
And now I'll tell you why
All work and no play
Makes Jack a dull guy

It's got everything you'd ask for
To keep quite you amused
Drama, gore, surprises
And lots of blood that oozed

Red Rum, Red Rum or Murder?
Can't forget the creepy twins
It's my favorite film of all time
To the end from when it begins!

bnt

My favourite film, overall, has to be Heat (1995), starring Robert de Niro & Al Pacino, directed by Michael Mann. On the one hand, it's a "cops and robbers" thriller; on the other hand, it raises relevant questions about why we do the things we do, and who we have to be to do those things.

What kind of person becomes a police officer, or a bank robber? Were they ordinary people who became extraordinary through their jobs? Did they have a choice? Either way, they end up on the fringes of society, less able to cope with the "barbecues and ballgames" of "normal" life. Mann's thesis is that cops and robbers may have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of us; like love and marriage, or a horse and carriage: you can't have one without the other. :cool:

It doesn't hurt that the film is beautifully shot by Dante Spinotti, with a cracking soundtrack masterminded by Elliot Goldenthal, and features strong supporting performances from Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Diane Venora, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, William Fichtner, and a young Natalie Portman. If I ever get a Blu-Ray player and HD TV, Heat will be first on my list of purchases.

homer simpson

Favorite movie..... Anchorman

I just love it, its one of them its so stupid its funny films and im a sucker for them.
"Brick loves lamp"
"sky rockets at night"
and sex panther aftershave,

Need i say more

Kinetic^

Good Will Hunting - awesome performances from Matt Damon and Robin Williams about the discovery of a genius who was working in a college as a janitor.


One of the many good scenes in it. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4PiVMasO6s

fransdev

The choice is difficult but if I have to choose it would be Avatar, just amazing movie and great effects. I first didn't want to go but I didn't regret it...:D

carcarcar

shawshank redemption - because the good guys win!!

Zombienosh

Labyrinth!

David bowie, and my favourite character..

LUDO!


Dance magic dance, Was the first thing my and me wife kinda bonded on...:o

God. My favourite movie? That's an unbelievably hard question to answer. There are oh so many that appeal to me depending on my current situation/what I'm feeling at that present moment.

If I were to pick one solely though it would have to be Up!

Here's why:
Carl is a character that we can all relate to; he is lost in an ever-changing World. The only semblance of reality that he ever had is gone - his closest companion and the one he shares his life with. It reminds me of how much I wonder what my parents would be like when one were to leave the other behind. So it's about Love and what you will do once it's gone and it's about acceptance ultimately.

It's also about promises - how your promise should be your bond, regardless of where it takes you or who you meet along the way.

The score is also possibly one of the most beautiful you will ever hear and I find it extremely impossible to listen to it and not well up. That's how strong this movie is; even the simplest score can give you such emotions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93jxkqG0gWc

I remember when I saw this movie it was in New York. It has just gotten to the part where Carl opens the

adventure book

and the whole cinema is quiet, bar a few sniffles and manly coughs to hide the sniffles. A father was bringing his son to go to the toilet and the son was talking quite loudly, much to the annoyance of some of the audience who shushes them. Cue the father stopping still and saying, in a real gruff New York accent, "Who said that? Telling my son to shush. Shut yo' punk ass up". With the son replying in a slightly squeaky New York accent, "Shut yo' punk ass up". It provided much needed comic relief.

OK, long post, but it's kinda hard to explain why I love Up as much as I do in any short manner.

Dempsey

Saving Private Ryan

A film that set the benchmark for all films war and action films that followed. The Ohama Landings sequence was like watching a color newsreel of the actual event. A proper peek into the horror of war.

TheDenominator

Given it quite a bit of thought.... I was hesitating on my first choice because it's so recent, but what the hell...

DISTRICT 9



I'm sorry but that movie is amazing. Wikus and Christopher Johnson...the 'prawns', the Johannesburg setting. Just brilliant. And what a story!! Never thought I'd get so emotionally taken in by the plight of these alien refugees and Wikus' transformation from complete idiot to selfless hero.


And lets not forget the amazing special-effects work which, considering the budget they had, is even more astounding:P

Of course the South African swearing is also great....Fooking prawns!!:pac:

dak

Trains Planes and Automobiles (1987) ...because Steve Martin and John Candy are so funny !

readyletsgo

Daft Punks Electroma, so out there and that soundtrack!!!! EPIC!!!!!!!





p.s. i cant wait to see Tron! Been waiting 2 years now! lol

Rie0107

At the moment I'm going to say A Single Man because that film is beautiful and just so fantastic, it makes me sigh to think of it but I'd be lying if I didn't mention the fact that I've probably watched Serenity more times than is decent to admit, or that I'll watch huge sections of Legally Blonde whenever it's on tv or that at the merest suggestion of Carlito's Way I'll stop what I'm doing and wait until someone turns them on.

LouLou65

Probably Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton).




I would love to live in such a world, where you can eat everything around you whenever you want and as much as you want!

But poor Charlie, who is the poorest of the children in the factory, does not even dare to touch and taste what's around him. This child who does not think of his happiness for his birthday and shares small pieces of chocolate with his family, living all together in a small house with holes in the roof!
Charlie is the only child who is not spoilt and he is the most mature of them, he seems to be a little adult among the other kids. Poor life but rich boy inside him, it is very touching.

Mr Rivers

Toy Story, has everything really, story, characters, new and fresh visuals when it came out and pushed what we saw in films! It all started with Tron

Seldon

Don't know why but its a film I have to watch every once in a while

christo82

Twelve Monkeys. A Gilliam classic. A rare chance to see Bruce Willis act.

NunianVonFuch

Hard Boiled. Heard it was something special so rented it out for a birthday during my teens. It blew our fragile little minds! I've never seen an action film as intense, flamboyant and well orchestrated from the off. Every set-piece is jaw-dropping filled with amazing stunts, humour and Chow Yun Fat in his prime. I've been watching it on an almost yearly basis ever since and it still holds up against all other action films made since. A classic.

Inzilbeth

Only one!!! That is a hard ... but it would have to be a toss up between the Matrix and the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy (2001 - 2003) ... but given that my kids are not too impressed with the former ( much to my bitter disappointment) and were as excited waiting for each new 'Lord of the Rings' film to come out as they are now waiting for Santa... That is the one I will opt for.

So Mr Jacksons innovative adaptation of J.R Tolkiens triology is my choice thanks

saintsaltynuts

My favorite movie is the original Tron have watched it over a hundred times since i was a kid i cant wait to see the new one.

Dublinstiofán

Gotta be 'The Score' with Robert Deniro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando. Brilliant movie

Electric plot and twist towards the end. Watch it if you never have!



I've never seen the old version of Tron but my mate is in love with it (expecting him here any minute). So if i won the tickets it would be for him. I supposte i'd struggle though it myself though should the opportunity arise. See what all the fuss is about.

Got the iPhone App of Tron yesterday and i don't have a clue whats going on

PLEASE GIVE ME TWO TICKETS I'M GOING MAD IN THE HOUSE FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS. NEED TO GET OUT!

MoodeRator

LIFE OF BRIAN

Always manages to make me laugh, no matter how bad the day has been!!
The only comedy for me that never gets past is "use by" date.