Anyone else seen this?
I didn't really know what to think going into it, but left it thinking I had just seen some very very good acting.
I'm still not sure quite what I think of the story, although it is certainly interesting.
If there was an Oscar for "Best scene" then the one with J. K. Simmons would certainly be in the running.
Up In The Air
Up In The Air
For the TROUBLED may you find PEACE
For the DESPAIRING may you find HOPE
For the LONELY may you find LOVE
For the SKEPTICAL may you find FAITH
-Frances C. Arrillaga 1941-1995
For the DESPAIRING may you find HOPE
For the LONELY may you find LOVE
For the SKEPTICAL may you find FAITH
-Frances C. Arrillaga 1941-1995
I've wanted to see it but, no one I know has went yet, so I have no RL reviews. I have heard it was really good, via the critics
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Primula Baggins
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Clooney has that combination of Hollywood leading-man good looks, fine acting chops, and brains that not more than one man in three can boast. I'm certainly planning to see this one.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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This was a pretty good movie. It is certainly not ordinary Hollywood fare, which is enough to make it noteworthy all by itself. It is about a man (Clooney) whose job is to travel the nation firing people for companies who don't want to do it themselves. He spends 300 days a year traveling, and makes personal isolation into a deliberate way of life. As the story progresses, we see how that philosophy holds up under a variety of circumstances.
***Vaguely spoilerish statements follow.
Like Burn After Reading, another recent movie with Clooney in it, the film leaves you feeling vaguely unfulfilled once the credits start rolling. I think this is because it doesn't conform to the standard movie story structure and because it lacks resolution. By the end, thanks to their connections, many of the characters have managed to get on with their lives despite being laid off or dumped. It is Clooney and his now-unwilling isolation who are literally left up in the air.
Point of interest: although some of the people who get fired onscreen were trained actors, many of them were ordinary people off the street who responded to an advertisement for laid-off workers wanting to take part in a documentary. They wrote their own lines based on what they'd said (or wished they'd said) when they were fired. Same goes for the statements at the end when they describe how they got on with their lives.
***Vaguely spoilerish statements follow.
Like Burn After Reading, another recent movie with Clooney in it, the film leaves you feeling vaguely unfulfilled once the credits start rolling. I think this is because it doesn't conform to the standard movie story structure and because it lacks resolution. By the end, thanks to their connections, many of the characters have managed to get on with their lives despite being laid off or dumped. It is Clooney and his now-unwilling isolation who are literally left up in the air.
Point of interest: although some of the people who get fired onscreen were trained actors, many of them were ordinary people off the street who responded to an advertisement for laid-off workers wanting to take part in a documentary. They wrote their own lines based on what they'd said (or wished they'd said) when they were fired. Same goes for the statements at the end when they describe how they got on with their lives.
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Up is well worth seeing. I've seen it twice and very much enjoyed it.
However, I've been told by my son (who loved Up) that I have to see Up in the Air.
Now, he fully understands my entirely natural reluctance to subject myself to a film with George Clooney
sighhhhh
in it, and yet he insists. So, because I am his mother, I fully intend to make the sacrifice.
It's the least I can do.
Really.
However, I've been told by my son (who loved Up) that I have to see Up in the Air.
Now, he fully understands my entirely natural reluctance to subject myself to a film with George Clooney
sighhhhh
in it, and yet he insists. So, because I am his mother, I fully intend to make the sacrifice.
It's the least I can do.
Really.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Saw it last night...
Don't wait for the DVD if you can see it sooner.
Really powerful film, and one that, like Dave said, doesn't conform to what you expect, certainly in terms of storyline. It was funny and touching and thought-provoking, and you may well come away with a little lump in the throat.
It also made me feel like I'd been on a whistle-stop tour of the States after following Mr Clooney to around 20 US airports. and seeing the aerial shots of many US cities.
Don't wait for the DVD if you can see it sooner.
Really powerful film, and one that, like Dave said, doesn't conform to what you expect, certainly in terms of storyline. It was funny and touching and thought-provoking, and you may well come away with a little lump in the throat.
It also made me feel like I'd been on a whistle-stop tour of the States after following Mr Clooney to around 20 US airports. and seeing the aerial shots of many US cities.
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Saw Up in the Air tonight together with truehobbit. We both enjoyed the film and we can both live with the missing resolution.
One incidence can put your whole life philosophy into question. The backback metaphor was definitely something to think about.
I haven't seen a lot of movies with George Clooney so far and I thought that he was very convincing.
One incidence can put your whole life philosophy into question. The backback metaphor was definitely something to think about.
I haven't seen a lot of movies with George Clooney so far and I thought that he was very convincing.
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