A Pleasant Sci-Fi Film but falls short of Legendary Greatness

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2013)

To the person that wrote "Entertaining but no way a Masterpiece.." - I couldn't agree more.
Just like Prometheus, The vast landscape scenery at beginning and throughout is marvelously breathtaking, and can easily distract us from its major flaws. While the majority of the story made sense, I found the plot rather flat and disjointed with many parts hardly explained. Much about the command center remains unclear with the cloning scene not fully explained. Even though the cloning scene and others are an influenced by other Sci-Fi works that doesn't mean they don't need to be fully explained (What about those who do want many other Sci-Fi epics?). Most disappointingly though, Oblivion does not bring any unique element to the table, it does not carry its own legend - and thus is not a Masterpiece.
As for the acting, quality varied throughout the cast. Cruise carried Jack Harper well to the end, and the same goes for Morgan Freeman (in fact, I understand when someone says that Oblivion was a waste Freeman given his flat plot in such a shallow plot line). Kurleyenko however, was only disappointing; even with a flat character lead she hardly her face was emotionless most of the time.
Even with the beautiful scenery and well-filmed shots, Oblivion and other Sci-Fi films should not be excused from adequate plot and character development. Its not like critics and viewers will never fathom