Now, never have I professed to being the best writer in the world, a full testament to that fact being I just started this sentence with a wholly inappropriate 'now'.
I am also aware that there are a million and one other blogs on the subject of film which are far more deserving of your time and attention than this one. But then this was never meant to replace your monthly subscription to Total Film, or overhaul your Netflix rental list. It was just a place for me to store my concise but fleeting thoughts about the magical medium of cinema. But even so, I'm really glad you're here. So welcome...
Oblivion
Fabulous; another traditionally cocky Tom Cruise affair, but one where he doesn't really have to share screen time with anyone. We've been waiting so long for another one of these, and Oblivion plays pretty much precisely as you'd expect; a slightly cheesy sci-fi action romp with Mr. Cruise taking the unashamed role of 'saviour of humanity'. The visuals are actually pretty decent, but in truth, not a whole lot more than should be readily expected of a $120 million Tom Cruise sci-fi epic. Couple that with a slightly over-egged and astonishingly over-sentimental
ending (that comes about 20 minutes too late) and the films plays out its two hour running time and leaves little more than a feeling of slightly over-long cringey disappointment. Perfectly watchable cringey disappointment, but cringey disappointment all the same.
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| Any second now, someone's going to offer someone else a choice between a red pill and a blue pill. |
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| Director | Joseph Kosinski |
| Cast | Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo |
| Length | 124 mins |
| Post Credits Scene | No |
| TFC Mash-Up | Weird as it sounds, Wall-E meets I Am Legend. With a bit of Independence Day thrown in. And maybe some Matrix. Sort of. |
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