Everything GREAT About Oblivion!

Oblivion! It's been on my list since day 1 and since all the movies have in theatres have been delayed, it felt like a good time to do it! It gets picked apart a lot, so here's everything right with Oblivion!

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[warpspeed]

Probably one of the most sentimental sci fi movies ever made. It's actually a "eternal love" story wrapped in a sci-fi costume. Classic.

[nikitab]

One of the things I noticed while watching this film was that in the beginning Jack's suit is pure white, but as he starts to doubt/question everything his suit starts to get dirtier until the end of the film, where his suit is so dirty that it's dark grey, almost black. It could be completely coincidental but I like to think that it's a metaphor for Jack regaining his *true* humanity. Notice how the humans that are still alive are wearing mostly black too.

[chrisridenhour]

I saw this movie in a huge theater at night - all alone. Not a single person there. Kind of made the experience more powerful since the Tom's character is almost alone on Earth during parts of the movie.

[andregordon]

This movie and Edge of Tomorrow got me back into Tom Cruise as an actor. His personal life aside, the man is a committed professional and legit elevates everything he touches. There exists a far shittier version of this movie with an actor who would undersell this performance, but not Tom

[ALBERTOERSA]

"I saw it, I enjoyed it; never understood why people didn't like it" Yup, thats me

[firstjayjay]

I remember when i saw it, i was blown away how the music really lifted it to insane heights..

[found]

I always understood Jack repeating his exposition as another sign that he was mind wiped and programmed with that.

[conradarmstrong]

Thanks for pointing out Vika's own "unrequited love" side story and the idea that she was probably wrestling with her own phantom memories. I hadn't thought of it but it makes sense.

[thenitvision]

Not many people have mentioned it but as a cosplayer, I really love the props and costumes in the movie. They don't look overly futuristic. I love how I can see stitches and textures of the fabric so up close. some of parts scavs wear do actually exist in real life as well.

[simphiwe]

Automatic like: you enjoyed M83. "Oblivion" is a beautiful song.

[amp]

Along with 'Edge of Tomorrow', this is one of my favourite recent-ish sci-fi movies. I'm not a big fan of Cruise, but he played these parts pretty well.

[bruw]

When Jack says to Sally “I want Julia to live, I want my species to survive, this is the only way” ... he isn’t lying, he is 100% truthful. Him going into the Tet, with the Bomb and blowing it up accomplishes all those things.

Watch Tom’s face when he says it, it’s utter conviction and hence Sally reads him as being truthful

[georgegooge]

"...there is only Tet"
That NY cap looks suspiciously non-Tet

[jgreg]

I think this is a very underrated sci-fi movie, even if the story that eventually transpires is never as interesting as the look of the movie.

[LiangHuBBB]

The critic reviews for this movie are bullshit, calling it boring and
"thinly scripted". People are honestly spoiled. I thought this movie was
fantastic, I love the post-apocolypic meets futuristic visual style,
and the soundtrack is amazing. Also Tom Cruise.

[TarekAliFazle]

Excellent summary of one of my favorite SciFi movies, spoiler warnings. Oblivion does indeed get better with each rewatch, vastly underrated.

[hjt]

I like how Jack’s dreams (memory) of him and Julia are faded, worn, and not fully together, then once Julia tells him who she is we see the entire memory in color like he can finally see clearly.

[lagaman]

I'm right there with you, I freaking love this movie and how this wasn't a super popular world wide phenomenon baffles my mind.

[PaxIesus]

This is one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies. I've seen it 10 or 15 times, and I love it each time.

[caseyevans]

I always thought the reason Jack seems to repeat the opening text about his mission verbatum is because that is how he is programmed to answer. The Tet does not want the clone to forget its prime directive. Much like in (the much worse movie) Men In Black International, when Chris Hemsworth is asked what happened on top of the Eiffel tower he always repeats the same statement word for word because it was what his brain was reprogrammed to think happened. So i don't think it's lazy script writing, more the film trying to tip off the audience that somethings wrong subtly.