Which is what we are going to discuss in this write up. It’s the humanity.Īgreeably so, ‘Oblivion’ does seem to struggle between intimacy and spectacle, and while it is most certainly a completely watchable film, there is no denying that the film works more as a popcorn entertainer than a head scratcher, which is again a contradiction, because somewhere beneath all the blitz and fury, there is a good film dealing with complex ideas and I dare say, even philosophical themes.

However, this is also an unbecoming irony, since the unequivocal best part about a sci-fi film is not the tech part: the machines, the flying cars, the robots, the AI. This may also be stemming from the film actually being based on director Joseph Kosinski’s unpublished graphic novel, and that it clearly has a lot of classics, both literary and cinematic to draw from.

However, what the two factions also lamented over was the intrepid “lifelessness” of the film, and a clear assertion of style over substance.

Oblivion tears of the fiend