Re: Random movie talky stuff.
I got to see oblivion recently.
It gave me a strange impression because i'm going to start by saying that in some ways it has a similarity with
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.For those sorry few of you who dont know axe cop is a story about a cop who finds the perfect fireman axe and because of this, becomes axe cop. it is literally written by a 5 year old. It is however drawn by his 29 year old brother and it looks just great.
Oblivion is like that, the story line was probably written by someone in year 7 or 8 who thought they were being really intelligent and thought provoking. It is then made by people who for the most part know what they are doing. the setting and art are fitting, although i'm not really a fan of tom cruise he is acceptable as are most of the cast. The drones look and sound very fitting.
The story though, inept as it is, starts off with a decent setting and a few obvious things wrong that you are supposed to look back on and go "ohhhh" but instead have the subtlety of a rhinoceros trying to get into a strip club. the twists when they do come almost pass a cursory glance but are actually completely baseless (a good twist should have some hints and answer oddities of the plot) or as just very stupid.
I would have called this movie enjoyable but it spends too much time trying to be intelligent to allow for the explosions and action that would make it a decent action romp that you can have on in the background.
I also got forced to watch the newest ghost rider by my mother. it was just terrible. It seems to have been given to an amateur director out to make his mark on the world (as normal, this tends to fail, there is a reason why there is a normal, because normal is good).the acting reaches the heady heights of orlando bloom in the three musketeers and there is nothing that can be said after that so i'll stop.