Line #1 YMMV/Oblivion2013


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme-song, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mkUp1V3ys0 "Oblivion"]]'', by Music/{{M83}} and Susanne Sundfør. The whole soundtrack definitely fits here.
2	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi3FaoaWCYE "Star Waves"]]''
3	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpiuqMkuWL4 "I'm Sending You Away"]]''
4	** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb9Asuh2g8E "Fearful Odds"]]''
5	* BrokenBase: The ''happy ending'' has divided a lot of viewers due to accusations that hitching up with [[spoiler:Jack 52]] was an insult to the memory of [[spoiler:Jack 49.]] As one critic put it: Mentally substitute Jack's long lost twin brother into that situation and see if it doesn't end up seeming really creepy. [[spoiler:Of course, both Jack and Victoria ''died'' - '''years ago''' - when the ''Odyssey'' encountered the Tet, and ''all'' of the Numbers are just "long lost twins" of Julia's crewmates. Even the Jack who sired her daughter. "Really creepy" was always a key element of the plot]].
6	* ClicheStorm: A common remark--for good or ill--seems to be that this movie's plot is made up out of other SF movies in general, without carving out enough of it's own identity.
7	** A notorious sci-fi cliche was [[spoiler:aliens coming to Earth to steal our water. Though at least the alien is turning it into energy instead.]]
8	** An AmbiguouslyEvil overseer [[spoiler: whom sci-fi loving audiences quickly deduced was malevolent and probably an evil AI.]]
9	** A free-spirited, all-American ActionGenreHeroGuy contrasted with uptight female partner who constantly nags him to stop fooling around while being infatuated with him. That he would prove to be in the right was inevitable.
10	* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:The [[AIIsACrapshoot malevolent A.I.]], "[[BigBad Sally]]", controls the Tet, a machine it uses to destroy planets after plundering them of their resources. Targeting Earth, Sally [[DetonationMoon destroys the moon]], resulting in catastrophic events that wipe out much of humanity. Capturing Jack Harper and Victoria "Vicca" Olsen, Sally clones Jack and uses his copies as mindless soldiers to fight the surviving humans. Spending the next 60 years hunting down survivors with her drones, Sally leaves clones of Jack and Vicca to maintain her machines on Earth, routinely wiping their memories while falsely promising them voyage to an inhabitable world.]]
11	* FriendlyFandoms: Because of the ProductionPosse, ''Film/TronLegacy'' fans tend to like this film...or point out how much it explains about ''Legacy's'' anti-technology themes.
12	* InferredHolocaust: Possibly. Even with [[spoiler:the Tet]] gone, humanity may be in trouble. We don't know if there is a large enough population to maintain genetic diversity, and it is unclear how toxic and irradiated the Earth has become. The moon being in pieces might also be a problem, though the pieces at least don't seem to be going anywhere.
13	* {{Narm}}:
14	** The look on Jack's face as he's falling after the Scavs cut his line is... rather hilarious.
15	** The sound that the drones make as they fly sounds like a [[MachineMonotone monotonous]] OverlyLongScream.
16	* RetroactiveRecognition: Sykes is [[Series/GameOfThrones the Kingslayer]]!
17	* SoOkayItsAverage: Critically, a consistent high point has been the art direction and the soundtrack, with some minor discussion about the acting quality. The plot is routinely criticized.
18	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Pretty much every critic, whether they loved or hated the film, praised its visuals.
19	** Those scenes on the Sky Tower? Yeah, those are ''real'' clouds and ''real'' sunsets and ''real'' night skies. They were filmed on top of a volcano in Maui and projected on a silver screen around the set. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCkIuv82Q4 Take a look.]] Why does the lightning in the tower look so beautiful and ridiculously accurate? It's being provided by the real thing.
20	* TheWoobie:
21	** Victoria comes over as this, especially when [[spoiler: Jack realises Julia is actually his wife. It is implied that she also retained some of her original self's memories and knew who Julia was, but lied to Jack because she had a crush on him. She also seems to have genuinely believed the Tet's lie about their mission, right up until she realises the Drone was aiming it's weapons at her.]]
22	*** Even more so considering [[spoiler: that this potentially means there are ''dozens'' of versions of her in a relationship with Jack, who all while, knowingly or otherwise, was pining for another woman.]]
23	** Julia [[ColdSleepColdFuture awakens from her Delta capsule]] to discover the Earth [[AfterTheEnd gone to hell]], [[EverybodysDeadDave the rest of the crew (to not mention most of the human race) dead]], and these facts given to her by [[spoiler: alien-created clones of her husband and another crewmember]]. It's no wonder she can only afford to cry a SingleTear before going LaughingMad and then fainting from the shock.
24	*** Look at Julia's face when Jack is telling her what's going to happen while they're standing at the tower window. [[spoiler: He says they'll get in contact with Mission and they'll send someone to take her up to the Tet. She hesitantly replies "The Tet?" and her eyes widen. It's right then and there she realizes just how screwed up the situation is, even if the audience doesn't yet. Before then she knew something was wrong with her husband and the co-pilot of her mission, but not the whole truth. She immediately wants to get the flight recorder, knowing Jack needs to hear it.]] It's a subtle ReWatchBonus in a film full of them.

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