What a Pleasant Surprise!

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2013)

There are a lot of sci-fi offerings lately, and Oblivion came out early, and a lot of people, including myself, ignored it. That was a mistake. It is one of my favorite movies this year, along with Man of Steel. There is much to like about the movie. Cruise is great, as usual. The story is excellent. I really do not understand how movies like this are considered to be "unoriginal". What isn't derivative these days? I really liked the fact that the main twist in the story took me by surprise, and was very satisfying. The visuals are fantastic. The movie had a very "planet of the apes" feel, with what seemed like homages paid to that movie. Sure there were a couple of things in the movie which seemed a bit silly, like the motorcycle. And it seems unlikely that the TET can't figure out what Jack is doing. It seems like a bit of a stretch that the scavengers are able to bring down the earth ship with a signal? -But, what do I know about that kind of technology. lol I can really strongly recommend this movie. I am looking forward to watching it again.