While I am not a big fan of Tom Cruise, Oblivion was surprisingly good. In fact, I'd go so far as to give it an 8 out of 10. It's one of those films that left me thinking about it hours later.
As many reviews have stated, the visuals are absolutely stunning. In a lot of films, CGI often overpowers the storytelling, but in this case it it simply blended seamlessly into it. And while I hate to admit it, Mr. Cruise is a decent enough actor that I can ignore the Crazytown bubbling beneath the surface of his real life to accept the character he's playing as believable.
Damn, I want that house in the sky. (And of course the vehicle required to go to and from the place.)
I also have to applaud the storyline. Yes, it used a dozen well-worn tropes of science fiction, but combined them in a way that still seemed fresh, and while there were a few plot holes left unanswered (exactly how did that mountain paradise escape destruction?) they were minor in comparison to some other recent big-budget highly anticipated sci-fi I've seen (cough, Prometheus, cough).
I didn't see the plot twist coming, which is always a good thing as far as I'm concerned. Surprise me, Hollywood. Make me walk out of a theater not feeling like I'd just fed fifteen dollars into a shredder.
It was also a very pleasant surprise that when the true nature of the invaders was finally revealed, it wasn't a hoard of rubber-masked applied-prosthetic bipeds.
And the OST by M83 is pretty damn good too.
I thought it was "okay." I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the plot twist coming, but it was pretty much all I could think about fairly early in. I dunno. Maybe I read a similar plot point a while back that spoiled it for me.