A Titan of a film! - with dark messages?

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2013)

It is the writing of Oblivion IMO that steals the show. It is a film at its core that is examining what it means to be a human being. What more could one want? It is basically saying that with memory we are our identities. On the surface that could be trivially true - but at the deeper level the film is encoding the human+robot - a new type of existence. Can a robot or machine be programmed with a memory? Is that human? Well, according to Beech (Jack's missus) the memory is enough- enough to make him be her husband. And at the end, she smiles, even though the last lips she kissed have been nuclearized up in the sky-zone.
Well...that's one interesting line within the film! There is also the idea that Jack's character is partly retarded. He drinks beer and played lots of sports - when the earth was alive and at war with the new-techs, but at the same time he is a "Commander" of an elite unit taking out the new-techs. This to me is contradiction with character - perhaps? But at the idea level, it is propaganda (of a sort) in that we (the audience) align with the beer drinking, the bassball, and - the fighting commander.
I don't mean to be downbeat. Jack is a lovable character, and he has a love for music, and also a love for his wife. So, I will be watching this film again! So this is how I roll. I highly recommend this film - one of the best of 2013 so far!