I thought this article was pretty on-the-nose, though I quite liked Avatar too.

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I enjoyed AVATAR, but I think Tron Legacy has a better storyline, and a much more original world and it's mythological basis is well incoperated into the film.

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All I have to say is, I saw Avatar once in the theater, and did not go back to see it again.

I have seen TRON Legacy twice in the theaters, and may go back for a third helping.

Also, I have not rushed to get Avatar on DVD, nor do I feel the need to any time soon.

My wife has already promised to buy me the TRON Legacy DVD when it comes out.

Oh, and Avatar's plot was preachy, derivative, and annoying. I hoped we'd never had to go back to Pandora again.

TRON Legacy's plot was interesting, tantalizing, and left me hoping for a threequel.

I think the reason for the disparity between Tron: Legacy and Avatar is mainly due to the arcs of their leads. You might see the beats coming a mile off and you might cringe at the message behind them, but Sam Worthington played the development of and change and conflict in Jake Sully in Avatar strongly and honestly.

We saw him go from cynical ex-Marine on Pandora to get his legs back to warrior for something bigger than himself that he believed in, and we saw it through his actions. He makes a couple of clear-cut choices, one which he regrets - selling Home Tree out to the company - and one he doesn't - to bring the tribes of Na'vi together and stand with them against his own kind, no matter what.

Even if we didn't like the message, Cameron and Worthington communicated it to us well. Admittedly, they had an extra hour to do it in, but still.

In comparison, Sam Flynn's character arc in Tron Legacy is a little harder to pin down. He also starts off as a cynic, abandoned by his father as a boy and abandoning his father's legacy in return. He meets his dad, tries to get him out of the Grid and... well, while he gets more daring and loyal to his friends, he doesn't really develop. He's all about escaping the Grid, ideally with his father, and while you can argue that right at the end he chose to leave the Grid without Dad, we don't get to see him act on that choice in a way that makes us believe he's got what it takes to change Encom’s direction and use its resources to bring about a new era.

In fact, it's hard not to argue that the guy who's meant to be the supporting character, his father Kevin, has the stronger character arc. We meet him having abandoned any sort of goal, even having abandoned the people he created to Clu's tender mercies. His son shows up, he does nothing. Then when Sam forces his hand, he makes the choice to help his son escape and acts on it, saving Sam at the End of Line Club – then, at the end, he makes another choice, to sacrifice himself to save Sam and Quorra and let them change the world.

I guess my point is, Avatar knew what it was about and delivered on it. Heck, I've seen Avatar once, and while I loved it, I didn't feel the need to see it again; I felt like I'd come out with everything it had tried to communicate to me. Tron Legacy might be a visual equal to Avatar, but in terms of telling a story, it was a little weaker. In fact, the main reason why I enjoyed seeing it a second time so much was because I felt as though I'd got a better handle on what was going on than I had after watching it once.
And in a medium of telling stories, a medium of communication, a story that doesn’t communicate, that isn’t told as well as another isn’t going to rate as good. 49% to 83%? Maybe that’s a bit extreme. But I’d still expect some disparity.

Great article, and great arguement. I can see why more critics prefer Avatar though, I liked Avatar, I feel that even though a large portion of why I like it was because of the special effects, the story wasn't too original, but wasn't too boring. The movie dragged out a bit but it wasn't anything too amazing or too boring.

It's my girlfriends new favorite movie, and I'm glad she liked it, it isn't often she gets into Sci-Fi's... however she hated TRON: Legacy, same goes for a lot of my friends too, they prefer Avatar over TRON: Legacy. I think it goes without saying though, that Avatar was a bit more entertaining because it was balanced. Avatar wasn't all talk and no action, TRON: Legacy, my biggest complaint from most people that I hear (not read), is it's boring... not enough action.

So I think it's just that fact that people can't appreciate a good movie, and it's hard for people to appreciate one when it's semi-complicated. The original TRON didn't receive much praise or as much as I feel it should have, and it certainly isn't today...