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'''''Oblivion''''' is a [[After the End | post‐apocalyptic]] [[Science Fiction]] film directed by Joseph Kosinski (''[[Tron: Legacy]]'') starring [[Tom Cruise]], Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo and [[Morgan Freeman]].
After an alien race called the Scavs [[Detonation Moon | destroyed the Moon]], mankind fought back and won, but Earth was laid waste in the process. The human race fled to the Tet, a space station orbiting the earth, in preparation for [[Earth-That-Was|an eventual colonization of Titan]]. Only two people remain—Jack and Victoria, two technicians (and lovers) who have been left behind to maintain the Tet’s earth‐based fusion generators until they’ve generated enough power to make the journey possible. Despite having had his memory wiped for security purposes, Jack is haunted by fragments of impossible dreams. When a pre‐war spacecraft containing
''Beware! Spoilers abound below.''
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* [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]: Complete with [[Dodge by Braking]], taken [[Up to Eleven]] by the ship’s
* [[After the End]]: Of the [[Alien Invasion]] variety.
* [[Arc Words]]:
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** “Another day in paradise.”
* [[Cat Scare]]: In one scene, we see scavs lurking and watching Jack. A frightened Vika warns Jack of impending enemy contact—but what ''she'' sees turns out to just be a stray dog.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The
* [[Companion Cube]]: Bob the bobblehead.
{{quote|'''Jack''': Buck up, Bob. Don’t go all shaky on me.}}
* [[Detonation Moon]]: Destroyed by the Scavs sixty years before the events of the movie, in order to lay waste to Earth through earthquakes and tidal waves. {{spoiler|Actually done by the Tet
* [[Diegetic Switch]]: Happens twice, both times with the record player in Jack’s cabin in the woods.
* [[Dress Hits Floor]]: Done without a cut, but [[Sexy Silhouette|from behind and silhouetted]].
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:
** For Jack, when he fixes a drone with bubble gum while talking about the Super Bowl and wearing a Yankees cap. Depicts in one scene both his ingenuity and his curiosity and nostalgia for Earth‐related memorabilia.
** For Vika, the moment when Jack offers her a patch of grass from the surface, and she wordlessly turns around, throws it off the balcony, and chides Jack for breaking the rules and putting them danger.
* [[Fan of the Past]]: Jack is shown to have a strong fondness for 20th–21st century artifacts left behind from before the [[Alien Invasion]]. {{spoiler|Not only does this reveal this version of Jack to be different from most others aside from Jack‐52, but it also implies that he’s beginning to regain his original self’s memories.}}
* [[First Contact]]: It's revealed that Julia was part of the astronaut mission {{spoiler|along with the original Jack and Vika}} sent to make first contact with an alien species {{spoiler|revealed to be the Tet.}}
* [[Gilligan Cut]]:
{{quote|'''Sally''': Are you an effective team?
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* [[Human All Along]]: {{spoiler|The Scavs were never aliens, and they didn’t blow up the moon.}}
* [[Humans Are Special]]: Why does {{spoiler|the Tet need humans}}? The answer is shown early on—the director commentary states that {{spoiler|the scene where Jack jerry‐rigs a drone repair with bubble gum exemplifies human ingenuity, and why Sally is so obsessed with the effectiveness of her techs.}}
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Jack spends several minutes in a dogfight taking down two of three
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: It’s made clear from the very beginning of the movie that Jack and Vika’s relationship is ''not'' this—in case there’s any doubt after they wake up in the same bed, they’re immediately shown [[Shower of Love|showering together]] and [[Date Crepe|taking bites of each other’s breakfast]].
* [[Machine Monotone]]: {{spoiler|Sally from Mission Control speaks in a delightful Southern twang, until she’s revealed to be [[Not Even Human]]—the next time she talks to Jack, her audio starts
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Although it’s never mentioned in the movie, the Tet is so named because it is shaped like a [[Sinister Geometry|tetrahedron]].
* [[Oh Crap]]: Jack has this moment when he realizes what he thought was a downed drone in need of repair was a trap set up by the Scavs to capture him.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: At a pivotal moment in the ending.
* [[Ruins of the Modern Age]]: The remains of modern civilization can still be found amidst the warped landscape. The ruins of New York in particular seems to be Jack's go to place for finding artifacts from before the [[Alien Invasion]].
* [[Rule of Pool]]: Vika pulls Jack into their pool for an impromptu [[Two-Person Pool Party]].
* [[Scenery Porn]]: This movie and [[Tron: Legacy]], both directed by Joseph Kosinski, exemplify his beautiful visual style.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Clearly takes inspiration from ''lots'' of other sci‐fi—[[Moon]], [[2001: A Space Odyssey|2001]], [[Planet of the Apes]], [[The Matrix]], [[WALL-E]]… Visually it also bears strong similarity to [[Tron: Legacy]] (by the same director) and [[Prometheus]].
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: The Tet, though it’s not sinister. {{spoiler|Except to the [[Genre Savvy]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Someone to Remember Him By]]}}: {{spoiler|In the closing scene, Julia is shown to have [[Babies Ever After|borne Jack’s child]].}}
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: The scene with Jack and Julia riding the bike under a bridge—a sweeping 12‐second shot—is, jarringly, [[Conspicuous CG|obviously entirely CGI]].
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: Beech, whose look is
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: {{spoiler|“There is no Titan. They lied to us!”}}
* [[The Only One]]: {{spoiler|Beech implies that the other Jack clones he’s encountered weren’t curious, which is why he is so interested in Jack 49’s aberrant behavior.}}
** {{spoiler|Although Jack‐52 is also curious, as evidenced by Vika‐52’s dialogue and the movie’s final scene.}}
* [[The Tower]]: Tower 49, where Jack and Vika live. {{spoiler|Jack encounters his clone from Tower 52, implying there are at least 50 other towers we haven’t seen.}}
* [[Two-Person Pool Party]]: In an [[Unnecessarily Large Interior|absurdly spacious pool]] [[The Tower|incredibly high above the ground]].
* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|That object was the Tet, Jack. The Tet was our mission!}}
** Followed by an even bigger one: {{spoiler|I’m your wife.}}
* [[Wistful Amnesia]]:
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