TRON: The Original Classic

Just this past week or so, I re-watched Tron. Most people, when they hear Tron, they think of the sequel, Tron Legacy. After seeing it again, I still get taken in by the interesting visuals and the CGI, even as clunky as it looked in 1982.
It's about a young, ambitious video game programmer named Flynn, who had his work stolen by a senior executive. One night, he breaks into the company building to find the evidence that will prove his ownership of the games he designed. But all goes wrong when the Master Control Program catches him and transports him into the computer mainframe. Inside the system, the MCP is king. It's up to Flynn to destroy the MCP and find the evidence to clear his name.
Although this movie was made in 1982 and, the CGI isn't as advanced as it is today, you still get absorbed by the stylization of the animation. The effects help give you the feel that you really are looking at a virtual world.

Something you wouldn't expect from this film is a religious aspect. In the world of the computer, computer programs are living beings who think of humans (or Users as they call us) as gods since we created them from a series of 1s and 0s. Their whole lives are shaped by the information we send them and alter them with. It amuses to me to no end that all their struggles behind the screen is all to make our lives just a little easier. It almost makes you wonder what goes on in the minds of the powers that be.
Tron is a classic that, I feel, does not get enough credit. Being one of the first movies to ever incorporate CGI in film, I think it deserves many more viewings.