BobtheInquisitor wrote:
They thought it deserved a sequel.
Okay, to give a real answer, the first one isn’t bad really, but not great. As a child I remembered watching parts of it whenever I came across them, but couldn’t remember the whole movie. When I rewatched it as an adult, I was surprised how fondly it’s remembered for the 20 minutes of good movie that was crammed into an hour and 20 minutes of tedious movie.
You're not alone. My only memory of the original was that it was boring and it never grabbed me in the years since, where other classics have.
Only watched Tron: Legacy because Olivia Wilde is hot.