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The only quibble is that the visuals gave away that there would be twists Cannoli Send a noteboard - 19/04/2013 09:17:10 PM

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Earth is not doing so well. After a devastating war with space invaders that destroyed the moon it is in ruins, even though the war was won. Only tech teams remain above the surface to repair drones and prepare the mother ship in orbit for the great escape into space, while fighting back occasional attacks by the last alien marauders. Jack (Tom Cruise, proving once again that he can easily carry a film as leading man) and Victoria (excellent: Andrea Riseborough) are an efficient tech team.

The early scenes of decayed buildings and barren landscapes are beautifully contrasted by the cold, clean look of their apartment

The fact that the woman was swanning around in cocktail dresses and heels on a supposed patrol & maintenance operation was a glaring signal that something was wrong. I also noted at one scene when one of the enemies was on the ground at the base of their apartment, that this visually impressive aerial residence was apparently on stilts, rather than located on some inaccessible height or flying. Their ENTIRE BASE OF OPERATIONS AND RESIDENCE is precariously elevated far beyond necessity, with hostile lifeforms on the ground, and capable of walking right up to the bottom of the legs. If they could take down flying drone do-hickeys and oh, all of human civilization, I would guess that putting a bomb on one of those legs would not be very hard, would it?

Little things like that, sacrificing functionality for visuals, made me aware that there was something wrong going on, or else I was watching a stupid movie. It turned out not to be the latter, but they could have put a little more thought into the look. I don't see why Victoria needed to have bare legs or shoulders all the time to maintain the sterile mechanical look. I imagine it's also problematic trying to shoot her next to Cruise when she's wearing heels. You could tell they were jumping through hoops with Kurylenko, particularly in one long shot where they embraced and you could see that her navel was roughly parallel with his solar plexus.

Cannoli
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