There have not been many films this year that captured a stronger reaction than that of Oblivion. Universal’s latest sci-fi film starring Tom Cruise may have been a box office hit with $150 million in global ticket sales to date, but the pic is getting some terrible word of mouth from upset theater attendees who found the movie to be more derivative than most and lacking in the Morgan Freeman scenes responsible for capturing a third of the blockbuster’s audience.

CinemaScore, who I might sarcastically add has been deemed the universal barometer for whether or not audiences like a film, has given this one a B-. This is in contrast to last week’s release of 42 which found a rare A+. There does appear to be something to it though because the baseball movie only shed 34% in its second weekend despite a soft Friday night although that is a different story.

I am not exactly sure on whether this will change fan’s opinions of Tom Cruise as much as it might the feature’s director. Joseph Kosinski who helmed the equally polarizing Tron: Legacy less than three years ago  is still yet to hit his forties and seems to be on track to make even more blockbuster-sized event releases in the coming decades.

It is unlikely he becomes a household name at this rate, but it is worth noting that he only co-wrote the script. He might still turn into a J.J. Abrams or something to that effect (Abrams was older and more experienced when he first took the reins of a full-on feature,) but the reality is the man’s prowess for making a $120 million movie look like a $240 million movie may not be enough to earn such notoriety particularly when the audience walks out of his latest effort citing at least five films that were stolen from.