Oblivion - Promising Beginning But Fizzles
POSTED BY: SHINYGOODGUY
UPDATED: Saturday, April 27, 2013 04:13
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Read your review, you make some interesting points. Can we say Plot Holes?
Yeah, there were plenty of those. Like why was she in stasis while he and Victoria pilot the ship? Why does Tech 52 take over where Jack Tech 49 let off with Julia in the final scene? I thought that his memories were unique to Tech 49. It made more sense if only one clone had Jack's memories and "soul" don't you think? Where did that kid come from? Hello!
It's interesting that you mention 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kosinski used a camera trick that Kubrick implemented for 2001. Instead of going on location for certain shots, he used large screens to create a backdrop for the actors and crew to feed off of and play against. Those scenes in the tower were all shot on a giant set.
Sorry EC, I'm getting extremely tired, had a long night. I'll continue this later.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Saw it. Didn't like it. Reviewed it - http://templetongate.net/oblivion.htm
It had the perfect title at least, because that's where I want the memory of it to go.
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Damn, some of these quotes are downright mean.
Sometimes you just have to be blunt and tell it like it is.
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I could have included quite a few spoilers if I had wanted to, since it would have made it much easier to explain why I didn't like it.
Spoilers ahead!
The first thing that tipped me off that things were not as they seemed was the tech that was turning sea water into energy for the Titan ships. The attack had come in 2017 and it supposedly devastated the world. That's less than five years away, and we certainly don't have that kind of tech now, so how could we have developed that and build ships to go to Titan if our resources had been so depleted by the war?
I will agree with you that Melissa Leo's part was one of the few good things in the movie, but her repeated catch phrases and unwillingness to give them information was also a big red flag.
In the final scene, were they implying that Julia was pregnant when she was in stasis? Otherwise, when and where did that happen? In my review I stated that her mere presence in the film was a major flaw, since "Mission" should have been able to destroy her ship's module, at the time or shortly after it was ejected, not allow it to hang around for sixty years and give Jack a clue as to what was going on.
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True, sometimes it's best to rip the band-aid off quickly.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Damn, some of these quotes are downright mean.
Sometimes you just have to be blunt and tell it like it is.
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Yeah, the tech in the movie was somewhat advanced for humans, good pick up. Why didn't I think of that?
I was not happy at all with the final scenes, too hoakie and melodramatic. Would have been better, or more effective, for her to be in his mind, a memory. Never fully reveal who she was and let the audience fill in the blanks - much more fun that way.
And I too was scratching my head when the child appeared out of nowhere - apparently 2 years later - and then Jackie boy appears with the look of love. Corn with a capital C. I thought the more interesting pairing was between Jack and Victoria.
Melissa Leo's part was the most interesting in the movie, her repeated "are we an effective team" was both a "pep" talk and, a warning of sorts, of what was to come. I kept thinking, why are they so afraid of Mission?
But that was one of the better parts of the script, the sense that there was more to it than meets the eye. Like I said, it reminded me of an episode of Twilight Zone. But there was little else that inspired me about this movie.
Oh, there was one other thing - I really liked that airship.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I could have included quite a few spoilers if I had wanted to, since it would have made it much easier to explain why I didn't like it.
Spoilers ahead!
The first thing that tipped me off that things were not as they seemed was the tech that was turning sea water into energy for the Titan ships. The attack had come in 2017 and it supposedly devastated the world. That's less than five years away, and we certainly don't have that kind of tech now, so how could we have developed that and build ships to go to Titan if our resources had been so depleted by the war?
I will agree with you that Melissa Leo's part was one of the few good things in the movie, but her repeated catch phrases and unwillingness to give them information was also a big red flag.
In the final scene, were they implying that Julia was pregnant when she was in stasis? Otherwise, when and where did that happen? In my review I stated that her mere presence in the film was a major flaw, since "Mission" should have been able to destroy her ship's module, at the time or shortly after it was ejected, not allow it to hang around for sixty years and give Jack a clue as to what was going on.
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