OBLIVION (2013)
Saw this with some amazing people tonight. First off, I feel the need to say that apparently, the reviewers who compared this to WALL-E with Tom Cruise watched something else. This movie is exactly what Hollywood needs right now. Instead of a rehashed version of something that has already been done, we get a fresh new wonderfully committed, and superbly executed effort. First to look at the story which is really strong despite what you may have read.
Basically, earth has been destroyed and Jack and Victoria are there to ensure that these crazed lunatic aliens who we defeated by nukes don’t ravage what is left, or so that is what everyone thinks. I am not going to spoil it, but there are a few jaw-dropping moments in this one that make the movie worth your visit to the theater. Oddly the chemistry between Jack (Tom Cruise who could have tried looking a little less like he was playing HALO during the flying sequences) and Julia (Olga Kurylenko famous for Hitman and Quantum Of Solace) is a bit less believable than his on-screen time with Victoria (Andrea Riseborough).
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We also get head-scratching issues with the timeline in the film (OKAY ONE SPOILER IN 5,4,3,2….)(like how the heck did his wife, not age after being on the Odyssey for 60 years) but none of them are big enough to worry about and none of them haven’t been introduced in space travel ideology prior to now.
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By way of comparison, certain aspects of JJ Abrams STAR TREK were more confusing than this. Having said that, there is a lot of treasure in the narrative that almost begs your head to do a re-take after watching this, because often what we hear in the film is just as important as what we see.
For being one of the few films this year that feels like a vacation to another world, I have to give OBLIVION a solid 5 out of 7. It probably won’t end up as fun as some of the movies that come out this year, but the effort and execution are something to behold. On a final note, watch out for “Bob” he tends to freak out when he gets stressed.
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