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Oblivion (2013) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
2945 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.70/4 |
# of Ratings: |
35 |
Genres: |
Sci-Fi, Action |
Rating: |
PG-13 |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 04/19/2013 |
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Director: |
Joseph Kosinski |
Actors: |
Tom Cruise
Morgan Freeman
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Olga Kurylenko
Andrea Riseborough
Melissa Leo |
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Plot Outline:
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After devastating war that brought Earth on the brink of extinction, the remaining people are assigned to protect the last useful sources of energy. That is until a technician on the ground discovers something that changes everything he has been told. -- Chris Kavan
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LeeAnn M. 04/25/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
I liked the movie Oblivion and would love to have it as part of my DVD collection when it is released, meaning I would like to watch this one quite a few times. Tom Cruise was believable in his role, but also likeable. I wanted his character to succeed in his goal of providing safety to the remains of Earth for a scant two weeks before he can head back to the new home base. But for an action film, Oblivion was awfully slow. It was not dull. It did have a lot of intensity, but the flow of the movie seemed to be delayed. I could see why this movie's release date was rescheduled ahead of the summer's comic book action films. |
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Daniel 04/21/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
1.5/4 |
I didn't have high expectations, but even still they were not met. It appears execution derailed some nice enough ideas, and while I can look at individual aspects of the movie and say it was 'alright', none of it really clicked and thus made the final product a very flat experience. Even the twist failed to wow the story and just left me going "Oh". I'd say the best thing about the film was their tour of post-apocalyptic New York, but even this left me imagining how much better it could have been. Credit where it is due, they all clearly worked hard on this, I just think things didn't gel. For that reason I have a hard time this is a "bad" film, but it certainly isn't a good one. |
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04/25/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Blatantly Derivative |
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Oblivion is basically just a random hodgepodge of ideas, scenes and twists from the some of the most important Sci-Fi films of the past fifty years. Unless the most recent science fiction film you’ve seen is A Trip to The Moon, this probably won’t do much for you.
Oblivion was directed by Joseph Kosinski, the guy who directed Tron: Legacy and he brings the same level of visual grandeur and visual originality to this movie. Unfortunately Oblivion doesn’t have the inventiveness or energetic pacing of Tron, and even after a solid first act quickly gets bogged down by an exhaustingly disappointing series of twists and action sequences.
I imagine they created some sort of famous science fiction flick wheel of fortune to determine each plot point and visual after they ran out of ideas. ... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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04/21/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Review: Oblivion |
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You want some more mediocre sci-fi? Say hello to Oblivion, the latest film starring Ethan Hunt himself. As the film begins, I was mostly underwhelmed by it and only particularly interested in a sub-plot involving this woman Tom Cruise's character sees in his dreams - which showcases some of the better acting talents Cruise possesses. But in the second half of the film, that interest really died down for me as the film got more and more complex and ridiculous. Director Joseph Kosinski (director of Tron: Legacy - a film that I feel is very underappreciated) and the writers have a tendency of throwing a lot of surprise twists at you, but instead of providing shocks, it makes you a bit frustrated because of how much more complex it gets without really exploring those ideas enough to make you ... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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04/20/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Oblivioon |
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My View: Oblivion (2013) After decades of war with an Alien race, most of Earth has been destroyed. Jack (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few humans stationed on the planet. His job is to repair drones on the surface, kill any aliens still remaining and extract Earth’s few remaining resources. But Jack finds a crashed spaceship, a spaceship that will change his life. This is a big mess of a film that seems to steal ideas from other movies, even other Tom Cruise movies, and the film has plot holes the size of Tom Cruise’s ego. While I did think the film looked amazing, he special effects were outstanding and created a future Earth that was almost unrecognizable, but they don't make up for the lousy script that had an ending that I absolutely hated. My Rating: Cable |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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It'll be the first blockbuster of the year for sure. I'm looking forward to it. |
04/18/2013
11:37 am CT
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Anyone else thinking this is going to be the first major film of the year? I know Oz the Great and Powerful opened pretty strong but c'mon, Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman - big budget action/sci-fi - even if this gets savaged by critics, I see this easily topping the $79.1 million that Oz opened with.
Agree? Disagree? What say the people? |
04/18/2013
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I think this looks pretty damn awesome |
12/09/2012
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