A prodigal effort toward "suspension of disbelief"

Rating: 5/10 (24 April 2013)

In a time where big-budget eye poppers are finding their contextual (or lack thereof) footing along comes Oblivion to light the path forward. It is a movie you can watch with your eyes and guts without even once coming within sight of a threat to derail the experience with some clumsily groping attempt to fill in or justify one of the unavoidable plot holes that are such common currency this side of $100,000,000.
In a truly water-shed moment, someone must have said, "Screw this, lets just not explain it" and repeatedly at that. Genius I say, which is why this gets a 5 instead of a 2. Apply this simple adjustment to a familiar formula means the deletion on such crowd-lamented features as 'lame comic-relief-guy, implausible chronologies and (my personal favorite) unaddressed conflicts. In oblivion you get to answer those questions yourself and because the action-y pace and visual appeal of both the movie and actors those questions are severely developmentally delayed. Unlike the creator of this thing, who managed to elevate suspension of disbelief to the level of sex; in that one enjoys the display, you move from one position to another before you know it and in the end you are limping, wanting more and ready for a nap before 'what just happened?' even enters the equation.
-------TLDNR----------- In summation, this movie actually managed to suppress my higher brain function for the duration while tickling me in all the right non-brain places. Its vapid, pretty and intriguing. I hate that art and science are starting to produce viable offspring. I hate that I enjoyed this movie. Recommended.