the SF movie I wanted to see !

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2014)

I liked this movie !
There are few SF movies out, recently, that can match Oblivion. Of course Gravity is one and it's even better, but I'm in doubt if calling Gravity an SF movie is correct at all, actually.
Back to the point, Oblivion manages to assemble all the right components of a good SF movie, such as a credible futuristic plot and a nicely visualized technology, and enhance them with great photography and a cool soundtrack.
The story flows linearly, with a very good balance of action and dialog and it is only towards the middle of the movie that the viewer, as well as the main character, recognizes that what he believed until then is just a lie.
As simple as this narrative technique is, it is still very effective.
The acting skills of Morgan Freeman feel a bit wasted on character that is not given enough space.
The finale is a bit too much hero-stereotype. But this is somehow softened by the fact that the ultimate sacrifice by the main character is compensated by his knowledge that he will be replaced by his own clone. And that is a nice variation on the hero-will-die-to-save-everyone-else type of ending.
And then...I like Tom Cruise when he's smiling.