So, I went to see this movie this past weekend as a date activity with my wife.

I honestly had low expectations. I wanted to like it, but was prepared to be disappointed. I've seen some less than glowing reviews, and some people at the ballpark tried to talk my wife out of it.

Thing is, there wasn't another movie currently out that really grabbed us, and whacko though he may be, Tom Cruise is a quality actor. So we stuck with Oblivion.

We left the theatre with mixed opinions. There is a twist within the twist that is already basically spelled out in the various commercials for the movie. This second twist broke my wife's supension of disbelief and lowered her opinion of the movie. It had the opposite effect on me; I found it to be positively brilliant. Then again, I love serious science fiction, and this is one of the best treatments of pure science fiction that I have ever seen in mainstream film.

If you are looking for a summer popcorn action flick, you won't care for Oblivion. It does have action sequences, and they are really well done, but they are not the focus of the movie.

Personally, I found Oblivion to be one of the best movies I have ever paid to see in the theatre. It was truly refreshing to not know what was going to happen before it happened. There was a sufficient amount of world building done to really make the story believable, and the acting was absolutely top shelf. Effects were superb.

This is the kind of movie that had you talking about it afterward, discussing the plot points, the second twist, the after effects, etc. Very like Inception in that regard.

If you like sci-fi even a little, go see this movie.

Now I don't know if I should see this or not! I was all prepared to let it go as Tom Cruise bad. I have heard friends say they wanted their money back when they saw it.

Ergh!

I was going to go then decided to save my money for the midnight showing of Iron Man 3 next Thursday but now I'm not sure I should wait
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The movie is probably not going to do well with the masses. There is some serious thought provoking stuff going on, and in some respects, it's as hard core sci-fi as it gets.

But I stand by my opinion. This is a superb film.

I saw this film this afternoon and found it to be a refreshing departure from the usual Sci Fi film genre!

BRILLIANT
As a side note, if you are a Harrison Ford fan, be sure to see '42', as in my humble opinion it was one of the best acting roles of his illustrious career!

Saw this a while ago, and was happily surprised to see that for once I was not disappointed by my own imagination after a proper trailer. What that means is that usually studios go, what some call, the commercial way. Instead, Oblivion finally showed us that Sci-fi is more than monsters and strange planets and those humanoid aliens who *gasp* might just be our forefathers. Tom Cruise's protagonist's hardest battles are with himself, it seems.

What Oblivion suffers most from is that it does not go the full way. It does have its corny moments, and the characters could be fleshed out better. Clearly, management didn't have full belief in the alternative, non-hollywood route. And let's be honest, few movies can pull that off with a profit (which is what it's all about really).

But Oblivion is worth your time, and your money. Go see it, before it's replaced by lesser Bombast.