Movie Oblivion (starring Tom Cruise & Morgan Freeman)

[Turk]

I heard there may be a prequel made.

 

[Mook]

I'll have to watch it again to see if my opinions have changed. I have been watching SciFi since before most of you were born and have high standards and expectations since I have seen probably every great SciFi movie ever made.

Most of the Sci fi movies from the 50s were terrible

 

[TCG Member 5219]

Just watched this on hbo or something the other night. Great movie. One of very few Tom Cruise movies I like. The other was TOP GUN.

 

[Sprayin]

The "invading army" was actually the army of Tom Cruises, yes? This Sally thing basically replicated him to create an unstoppable army. And then obviously to repair the drones which were apparently in short supply....

I just wish there was some backstory to this pyramid thing....the movie kind of lacked in that department.

Overall tho, really really enjoyed it.

Yes the invading Army was Tom Cruise clones. The invader was simply some sort of AI (or whatever) that was a lone entity that used people to kill people. The idea of the movie is that its told from Tom Cruise POV, and you know as little as he does. Gives you a bit of freedom for your imagination to wander.

 

[Mook]

THAT I definitely liked. Cause I was for sure forming theories as the movie went.

 

[Turk]

I thought it was pretty well explained, or obvious. The ship was AI, and it was able to only clone Tom Cruise and the ginger because they were the only 2 that made it to the ship originally. The entire world is divided up into sectors in which Tom Cruise clones monitor. They are led to believe the other zones are radioactive and dangerous.

 

[Mook]

The entire world is divided up into sectors in which Tom Cruise clones monitor. They are led to believe the other zones are radioactive and dangerous.

I'm such an idiot

That never clicked for whatever reason. The world part, obviously not the Cruise clones in each sector.

 

[Mook]

Thinking more about it now, it was definitely ranks up there. I think it was definitely better than Prometheus.

 

[Turk]

lol. Yeah, Morgan told him to go there and he will find his answers. That is when he sees his clone.

 

[Mook]

Ya ya...just for whatever reason, I didnt extend that whole scene worldwide.

 

[Turk]

I loved the movie. After I watched it I looked at the ratings and I don't agree with them at all. Also, it's nothing like the movie "Moon" except for the use of clones and sci-fi. It was great.

 

[Mook]

I think people just like to hate on Tom Cruise.

 

[Turk]

He's a weirdo for sure, but I like almost every movie he's in.

 

[Mook]

Honestly, the settings and the scenery are part of what sold me on the movie. It was gorgeous. And when he first flew here:

I was immediately thinking "Halo".

 

[Sprayin]

I loved the movie. After I watched it I looked at the ratings and I don't agree with them at all. Also, it's nothing like the movie "Moon" except for the use of clones and sci-fi. It was great.

It was like Moon in the "zomg hes a clone!" Plot "twist" at the end.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

It was like Moon in the "zomg hes a clone!" Plot "twist" at the end.

Moon was great. And it also only cost about $5M to make, so its even better that a low budget film can make it in the theaters. The last one that came out of nowhere like that was District 9.

And I really did enjoy the score for Oblivion, the last song by Joeseph Trapanese and M83 was an excellent song to finish the film with. Really likely Joeseph Trapanese's mix of electronic and his collaborations.

Trapanese collaborated with Daft Punk for the Tron: Legacy score, as well as the Uprising series.

M83 also did the ending theme songs for Mass Effect 1 and 3. (EDIT: BooBoo, it was Faunts, not M83.) Still like it though.

 

[IDAFC21]

Now i really wanna watch moon again. Its been a long time. Loved that movie

 

[Sprayin]

Moon was fantastic.

 

[VenomousDSG]

I hate that i love pretty much all of Tom Cruises movies, because hes such a douchbag in real life...

I wish i knew how to quit him.

 

[Mook]

Really tho...what makes him a douchebag? Because he promotes scientology? He always seems like a chill dude, a bit whacky, but chill.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Personally, I don't like him because he makes absurd idiotic statements like "acting is harder than being in Iraq". And yes, because he's a Scientology asshole who pushes his 100% complete BS religion onto others. Cost him his marriage and relationship with his child apparently too. Katie doesn't seem to have very nice things to say about the dude.

The guy is batshit crazy and out of touch with the rest of the REAL world.

 

[Mook]

You realize his Iraq comment was taken completely out of context right? I think it was even explained in the thread on here.

 

[Mook]

The rest of that stuff... Lots of religious people are out of touch w/ the real world

 

[VenomousDSG]

You realize his Iraq comment was taken completely out of context right? I think it was even explained in the thread on here.

What was the context? How does a statement like that get taken out of context? Pretty insane to say in any context if you ask me.

The rest of that stuff... Lots of religious people are out of touch w/ the real world

This is true, ill give you that.

 

[Mook]

See below:

During a court deposition, when referring to custody for his daughter is all I can assume, he analogized his being gone from his daughter, Suri, while making movies in foreign countries, as being similar to that of a soldier being on deployment away from their child for months at a time.