Up in the Air

I'm excited to see it. Mrs. Riddick is not.

 

You'd think George Clooney would make that an easy sell.

 

I loved it up until the last 30 minutes or so and then it kind of lost me. As a happily unattached person, I hate when movies make it seem like the single person's life is sad and lonely (even if the single person doesn't feel that way).

I also think Vera Farmiga looks like she got hit in the face with a frying pan (I said that on a thread about "The Departed," too. I liked her more in this movie, but I still find her hard to look at.)

 

Yeah, I haven't seen it yet, but she looks awful.

How was Kenny Powers in the movie?

 

Vera Farmiga getting a role in The Departed was like Penelope Ann Miller starring in Carlito's Way or Elizabeth McGovern, for cryin' out loud, in Once Upon A Time In America. You look back years later at those lightweights, matched up with heavyweight male actors, and wonder what they were thinking.

 

Sofia Coppola, ahem.

Saw Up in the Air tonight and loved it. Clooney is so good these days. Read a review that said he's the only actor today who can pull off this kind of role and I'd agree. Wonder what others thought of the ending.

Found the song that plays during the wedding sequence. It's by a Chicago-based guy who was discovered by Reitman and he asked the guy to write something original for the movie. Love the song.

Can listen to it here.

http://incontention.com/?p=16395

 

That song's great. Thanks.

 

Thanks for posting that link. That song made me cry during the movie.

Beautiful song.

 

Kenny Powers is my life coach.

 

JR and I are planning to see this on Monday. I've been looking forward to it for months.

And to quote Carrie Bradshaw (the TV character, not the former SJ'er), "Clooney is a classic, like Chanel. He never goes out of style".