It was pretty good, but then pretty much had to see it despite Tom Cruise starring in it.Oblivion was made by Joseph Kosinski, who directed TRON: Legacy, and I think he has a good eye for design and framing.
The story intrigued me, too; a mystery uncovered in a world wrecked by interstellar conflict.
If it involves the end of the world, I'll likely give it a shot. These recent years in pop culture have given us a lot of the end times, and I love every morbid bit of it.
The ruins of modern landmarks, the eyeball blood-spilling plagues, the cannibalism and radiation fallout zones. A boom in survivalist skills, a newfound interest in archery, and an overabundance of cargo pants. Seeing the unbounded joy of people when they finally get a hot shower, or happen upon a can of peaches in an abandoned farmhouse.
I'm not including stuff about people trying to save the world, or a world-ending threat tries to invade. Nope. It's over. The end of the world has happened already. The cataclysm is complete.
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