I want to believe.. I want to give it higher!

Rating: 6/10 (10 September 2013)

Recall when you watched Jurassic Park - the enchanted beauty and jaw dropping serenity. Oblivion outdoes Prometheus - it is like a candle lit dinner in Paris for the visual senses bedazzling with majestic 4K surreal landscapes. The soundtrack from M83 is haunting. The acting average.. with Olga stealing the show. Without this it would be a 3/10.
The plot, like that of Wall-e, centers on somebody repairing robots in a desolated broken world unaware of what's out there. Unfortunately, Oblivion borrows too much from Moon and 2001 a Space Odyssey. Here is where the proverbial wheels come off the wagon.
Not only are Cruise's pretentious soliloquies vague with so little story to support them, but the plot has gaping holes and the most unremarkable obvious plot twist I've seen in decades. A far superior example of Sci-Fi is Book of Eli.
Oblivion feels like $10 mil art-house movie despite $120 mil budget. I really wish at least a day was spent thinking about making the story more convincing and logical. I really wish Hollywood made more thought provoking sci-fi which deals with the human condition, morals, etc.. instead of yet another saving damsel in distress story.