Unintelligent and forgettable (minor spoilers ahead)

Rating: 3/10 (17 April 2013)

This movie started out OK. It managed to establish an interesting and mysterious post war-with-aliens Earth, however after 30-40 minutes it started doing laughable things and unfortunately got only worse as it progressed, to a point that I was no longer laughing - I was almost angry.
Like I said the first 1/3 of this film is OK, the rest feels like random scenes glued together that perhaps the director saw as necessary ingredients. Most of the time I couldn't tell what was going on, who the characters were and what were their goals and motivations. Not to mention the numerous plot holes, such as: where does the electricity at the lake house come from since the entire planet is in ruins, why did it take 60 years for the capsule to land, who summoned it, how and why, why did it carry the black box from the ship and how was the device able to record after being detached from the main ship? It may sound like I'm nitpicking, but when the film does nothing to keep you engaged, you can't help but notice these little details.
Actingwise the film is OK. The cast consists of mostly decent actors (with my only complaint going to Kurylenko's accent going back and forth between English and American). Having said that the characters are not very believable, mostly because they are never fully developed and their lines are in most cases below average. I never really found myself caring about any of the characters in this film. I should also add that even with all the bad dialog being there the film could use a bit more verbal development, because quite on many occasions you expect characters to talk, start asking questions, engage in intense conversations, but they never do, instead they throw blank stares at each other.
The plot is underdeveloped. The already flawed story seems to go nowhere and the 5 minute resolution they've put in seemed rushed and unsatisfying. Most of the action scenes are ridiculous and implausible, bringing the quality of the overall film even lower. Also I think the villain could have used more screen time and more complexity to their character and background.
The director of this film is Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Tron Legacy, a film I'm not a big fan of. I went to see Oblivion with average to high expectations, but it turned out pretty much exactly like Tron Legacy - uneven, inconsistent, poorly written and overall not well thought out. If you are considering seeing this - don't. Watch something like Moon instead. I give this 3/10 for the not horrible beginning, the interesting gadgetry, the nice sci-fi atmosphere and the overall concept behind the film, which instead could have been made into an awesome first person shooter.