An excellent old school SciFi movie in stunning visuals

Rating: 8/10 (28 April 2013)

Oblivion is a very entertaining and satisfying SciFi masterpiece. The visuals and the soundtrack are absolutely stunning together and turn the movie into an audiovisual feast. The plot is very ambitious with many thrilling details.
Go watch this movie! You seem to either love or hate it (judging from the reviews), but try to not read or view any spoilers! If you liked Tron: Legacy its safe to assume that you will love this one! If you haven't seen the movie, stop reading this review now!
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The score is excellent with Tom Cruise giving his best. Most notably for me though was Andrea Riseborough's Vica. You constantly think something's wrong with her but you just can't put your finger on it.
A lot of people have complained about the plot having too many plot holes and elements copied from other SciFi movies. Without doubt there are a few goofs - but which movie doesn't have any? None of them are really crucial and they did not ruin the movie for me.
In my eyes the plot is excellent and a lot of details pay homage to great classics of the genre. Just a few examples: If you know how and why HAL was named HAL, it might be worth looking up, how TET might have come to its name. TET's actions and reactions are very interesting from an AI's methodology. And did you notice, that Julia's daughter was played by twins? How awesome is that (if it wasn't just coincidence)! It's also interesting, that almost nobody discusses the re-appearance and treatment of Harper 52 at the end of the movie. At least for me this suggested some major ethical questions.
In short: SciFi at its best in the shape of a blockbuster.