Movie review: Oblivion

WARNING: THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SOME SPOILERS.


Earth is a planet and home where living things breathe, eat and sleep. However in this film, Oblivion, Earth is already 'dead' and there are only two humans, Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) and Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) who were working for Sally (Melissa Leo) (a robot-like 'person' who 'raised' them).

Oblivion is a film which pays a homage to 1970s science fiction (according to the director, Joseph Kosinski) and it was definitely a great one. Story plot was written in a way that requires you to pay attention throughout the whole cinema experience and would be hard to understand if you are interrupted or not paying attention. Not much jokes were created or used in this film and hardly any laughter, except maybe the wobbling mini figurine attached to the plane which Jack kept talking to it while on his mission and an excerpt of a poem (which I will not mentioned) was used in a dialogue. Throughout the cinema for nearly two hours, there were not much reaction from audience (probably because they may not understand the film or just for Tom Cruise).

What I like about the film is the vintage, "Instagram-like" effects of Sony's newly developed camera, CineAlta F65 because they represented and convey many emotions for different scenes. It allows audience to differentiate which scene is showing the present or past easily. Moving on to the cast, there are not many actors and actresses used in this film (although there are occasional appearance or cameos).

To summarized everything, I really did enjoyed Oblivion. There are so many words to describe or expressed how much I enjoyed and besides the interesting storyline, I like the CGI and the advanced technology used in this film. If you are someone who is looking for a science fiction film to watch during the April period, I suggest you take some time to watch this film.

Ratings: 7.5/10