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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Box Office Hits: Oblivion
The number
one box office hit for the weekend of April 21, 2013 is Oblivion starring Tom
Cruise. Oblivion is a sci-fi flick that brought in a whopping $38 million its
opening weekend and duplicated its success here in the states to that of the
international market. The estimated budget for this film was $120,000,000 and
grossed $75,814,250 in the United States as of May 3, 2013 according to IMDb.com. This motion picture is a 2013 release depicting an American
post-apocalyptic world co-written, produced, and directed by Joseph Kosinski
and based on his unpublished graphic novel.
Planet Earth
is reduced to a radiation-poisoned wasteland due to the destruction of Earth’s
moon and an ongoing war with the alien Scavs. Mankind
is evacuated to the largest moon on Saturn called Titan. Jack Harper and
Victoria Olsen who is played by Andrea Riseborough are drone maintenance
officers who are in charge of protecting the drones who extract resources from
planet earth to Titan. An alien invasion threaten the transference of the
resources and that is where the conflict arises. They both had their memory
swiped five years prior for security purposes, but the reoccurring dreams of a
mysterious woman at the Empire State Building before the war who turns out to
be Jacks wife, plagues Jack.
This movie
was wonderfully created it is perfectly designed for the big screen the overall
quality is astonishing. The film was shot with 4k cameras which added the
clarity that I really enjoy. The script; however, could use some work. As
quoted by rottentomatoes.com the motion picture was “Visually striking but
thinly scripted”. It is not a picture that catches your attention right off the
bat. The story starts off slowly and is really hard to follow. The IMAX movie
experience makes it a little easier to swallow. I interviewed several people
who had watch this movie and asked them, what exactly brought them out to watch
this motion picture. The responses varied but the overall consensus was that
they liked the previews and that they thought it would be an action packed
film.
Rovonne Odums a 31 year old mother of two had
taken her sons to watch this movie, and when asked of her opinion of the film
she replied that she had feel asleep during the showing. On the topics of the
cast, story, and production values she replied that the picture and sound was
pleasing but she really didn’t understand the movie and felt that she was lost
leading to her to fall asleep. Her son: however, said that he liked the
spaceships and some of the special effects in the film.
Regardless
of the negative feedback given about Oblivion, the fact still remains that it
took the number one spot at the Box Office for the weekend of April 21, 2013.
Whether it was great promotion or a lack of other entertainment options that
led to the success of this motion picture remains to be seen, but Oblivion’s
first week’s profits were impressive.
Works Cited
"Oblivion
| Teaser Trailer." Oblivion | Teaser Trailer. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2013.
"Oblivion
(2013)." Oblivion. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2013.
"Oblivion."
IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 07 May 2013.
Odums,
Rovonne. "Oblivion:What Did You Think?" Interview by Clark J.
Stephens, Jr. N.d. Television.
"Website."
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 July 2013. Web. 07 May 2013.
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