So it isn't really a secret, I don't like Tom Cruise at all. That being said, I forced myself out of the house tonight to see some long lost friends that I've been meaning to reconnect with for a few months now. I planned a movie meet-up since it is neutral and I have no idea what everyone is feeling like. The only okay candidate for movie choices was Oblivion. I have been having trouble with movies lately, even though I love to watch them and I want to continue to keep up with them (I've even began putting movies that look interesting on my Google Calendar). So here is what I think about the movie (as spoiler free as possible):
The tagline of the movie is actually the following: "Earth is a memory worth fighting for." -IMdb
Their synopses: "A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself."
That seems like a reasonable, objective space-like movie that probably has something to do with aliens and some hero human or band of humans rebelling and saving the planet or something. They actually do a good job of incorporating the 'memory' component from the tag line. I usually know what is going on in movies, but there are actually a few mind blowing (okay maybe only one) scenes that caught me off guard (or maybe I'm rusty). I was very pleased when I saw none other than THE Morgan Freeman in the movie. I didn't even remember his name coming up in the trailer when I first heard about it. Also, Game of Thrones fans? Jamie Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is the bad guy who turns good? What? Or something so they throw you another bone there.
My personal view? It was too much a love story, and not enough about humanity. Well now you're saying to yourself, but love is a big part of humanity blah blah blah. Sure, maybe my current situation in life is swaying my opinion a bit, but I found it to be a love story more than a cool spacey, save-the-human-race story. The CG and such was actually pretty good. I don't remember a time where I was like, 'wait....that looks weird. ew cg...' so it gets good grades for that. But I really still hate Tom Cruise. There is an unnecessary naked shower scene TWO times with him in it, so unnecessary. Yes, unnecessary said twice there. Also I noticed the music was waaaaaaaaaaay more dramatic than it needed to be in more than on scene (but it didn't get to my feels). I got some Independence Day vibes at the end, which might be a spoiler but oh well.
Best Quote: "Fuck you Sally."
Overall review: I still hate Tom Cruise. Visually appealing. Gets at all you true love go-getters. Has some cool people in it.
"A WATCH" for certain but not at full price in the theater. Student discount on a Saturday night? Good enough.
PS I will find a better rating system when I'm better at this shit.
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