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Review: Tom Cruise tones it down in visually stunning 'Oblivion'
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Posted on 04/18/2013 12:21:34 PM PDT by Perdogg

“Oblivion” is a spectacular science fiction movie... until it isn’t.

Writer-director Joseph Kosinski (“Tron: Legacy”) has created a post-apocalyptic world so rich in detail and gorgeous design, that from the get-go it’s easy to assume this film will become a sci-fi classic. But as “Oblivion” crosses the threshold from the unknown to the all-too-obvious, the Tom Cruise alien adventure falls into familiar territory.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; moviereview; oblivion; scifi; tomcruise
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1 posted on 04/18/2013 12:21:34 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Who is Tom Cruise?


2 posted on 04/18/2013 12:22:28 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; Thorliveshere; skinkinthegrass; ...

ping


3 posted on 04/18/2013 12:23:36 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: listenhillary

enough already.


4 posted on 04/18/2013 12:24:04 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Perdogg

Oblivion,,,,is that a movie about Obama?


5 posted on 04/18/2013 12:26:10 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: listenhillary
Who is Tom Cruise?

Not sure. Could be the guy who used to be married to Nicole Kidman.

6 posted on 04/18/2013 12:26:20 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Perdogg

Are you a fan?


7 posted on 04/18/2013 12:26:27 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Perdogg

8 posted on 04/18/2013 12:27:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: listenhillary
Who is Tom Cruise?

A gay scientologist that hasn't come out of the closet yet.
9 posted on 04/18/2013 12:29:08 PM PDT by jrg
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To: Perdogg

I gotta agree that it does look good despite Cruise.

I watched the first episode of “Defiance” the other night. Its got possibilities but I’m really hoping it gets better. I was kinda bothered that they didn’t spend the first show on explaining the war and how it created the world it did.


10 posted on 04/18/2013 12:32:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Perdogg

I don’t care what you people say. I like sci fi, and I have rarely seen a Tom Cruise movie I didn’t like.

I intend to see this.... should be fun.


11 posted on 04/18/2013 12:38:23 PM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Perdogg

Is this another Glowbull Warming movie?

Regardless, I’m tired of Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman.

Maybe these idiots can convince others to see their movies, I just don’t care anymore.


12 posted on 04/18/2013 12:39:53 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: chris37

Then why did you comment if you don’t care?


13 posted on 04/18/2013 12:42:26 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Perdogg

The trailers look good, I don’t go to movies very often but will for this one. Tom Cruise is a pretty good actor IMO, don’t care about the scientology cult, just can’t stand Morgan Freeman.


14 posted on 04/18/2013 12:45:12 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: Nachum

Strange how things work...I’ve only seen one Tom Cruise film I DID like: Collateral. The rest were so much dreck to me. But I’m glad we don’t see eye-to-eye...it gives us things to talk about! LOL!


15 posted on 04/18/2013 12:51:47 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( The good outnumber the evil ones, and we always will.)
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To: Perdogg

That was always my complaint with Michael Crichton’s sci fi books, especially the ones converted to movies - too many times he just didn’t know how to end the story— Predictability is really hard to avoid these days, n’est ce pas? But, if 90% is good, then I will forgive a lame ending. 50%, not so much.


16 posted on 04/18/2013 12:55:38 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: cripplecreek

Night and network for Defiance?


17 posted on 04/18/2013 12:55:40 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

Mondays on SYFY at 9/8 central.

http://www.defiance.com/en/

Seven races living together on a terraformed earth.


18 posted on 04/18/2013 12:59:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Perdogg
Cruise surprisingly takes a back-seat to the spectacle, not letting his performance be the focal point

Yea, right.

19 posted on 04/18/2013 1:05:17 PM PDT by razorback-bert (I'm in shape. Round is a shape isn't it?)
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To: dainbramaged

We just wait for it on blue ray and rent from the library nowadays.


20 posted on 04/18/2013 1:05:29 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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