Good visual effects, but lacking common sense and a clear plot.

Rating: 3/10 (10 April 2013)

I went to see this movie this afternoon, holding high hopes. I had seen the trailer, and was keen to switch my mind off for a few hours and just enjoy the movie.
Unfortunately, I couldn't switch my mind off during this movie, as it was so filled with inaccuracies and flaws that I found it impossible to actually enjoy it. It got to a point where I could think of nothing but everything wrong that was happening.
This movie, set in the much too near future for any of the technology presented to be plausible, is about Jack Harper, a man left on Earth with his assigned partner after Earth's moon has been destroyed by extra terrestrials, and although the human race has won the war, they have been forced to leave Earth and live on Saturn's moon, Titan. He travels about his futuristic helicopter, in search of damaged drones.
Throughout the movie, so many painfully obvious flaws in the story line and general scientific inaccuracies are seen that I lost count. Although many sci-fi movies are lacking in scientific accuracy, Oblivion really sets a new low. It was clearly directed toward those lacking enough intelligence and common sense to realize how flawed the movie is, and yet the story line and plot was very difficult to follow and understand.
Without giving any spoilers, I feel as though the writer had a very clear idea when he began writing, and then he slowly lost direction of where the movie was going, and suddenly ended it with a convenient, yet horribly disappointing ending. I believe the writer attempted to make a movie full of life-changing revelations, much like The Matrix, although lacking the intelligence that The Matrix held.
However,
The visual effects displayed in this film really are pleasing to the eye, and only the just make the movie bearable. This being said, stunning visual effects don't make up for stupidity.
In short: My movie ticket was free, and I still regret going.