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canofhumdingers
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The Scifi Films of 2013
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1-May-2013, 11:00 AM

I saw Oblivion over the weekend. I actually liked it quite a bit.

It is a bit derivative, using a number of common scifi tropes we've seen before. But in general it does them either in an interesting way or at least with great visuals that I didn't mind. It also has some rather clunky dialogue at times, but again, nothing so offensive as to ruin my enjoyment.

But the story is really cool and the overall execution is quite good, with several interesting plot twists. The visuals are spectacular and I feel very much worth seeing on the big screen.

Overall this movie has a feel that strongly harkens back to some of the great 60's/70's scifi like Planet of the Apes or Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and I really enjoyed it because of that. It also left me thinking about the story and plot for a couple of days as I realized more details about what actually happened the more I thought about it. I love movies that leave your imagination running after the movie is over and this one did that for me.

I'd give it a solid B, maybe a B+. The one thing I'm not sure about is how well it will hold up to repeat viewings, but my gut says it'll be fun to see again once it hits Netflix.