June 16, 2013

Oblivion



Oblivion, 2013. A small team maintains power facilities on a ruined, emptied Earth.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Written by Karl Gajdusek & Michael Arndt, based on a book by Kosinski. Starring Tom Cruise.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 0/4 (Terrible)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great). Amazing enough to single-handedly make a boring movie entertaining to watch.
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent). Sometimes it's a retro pop score, which is novel and effective. Sometimes it's a typical 2010s Action/Adventure Movie score, which is mindless and awful.
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). It's real science fiction, and that is a rare and precious thing. Despite everything that's wrong with it (and there is a LOT wrong with it), I have say it's good. It fails in most regards when it comes to being a movie. But when it comes to being science fiction, the most important thing is to be worth talking about - to raise questions and interesting ideas that are worth analyzing and discussing. And as far as that goes, it absolutely succeeds. Just don't make me watch it a second time.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.3/4 (Okay)

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