Up in the Air

[Elliotte Friedman]

Saw it last night. Watching the George Clooney character was like watching myself, with his attitude about life, women, marriage, everything -- until about four years ago.

Would really recommend it to anyone who travels for a living. Of course, that includes a lot of people on this board.

 

[Riddick]

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

 

[Ace]

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

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

 

[Dyno]

Saw it last night. Watching the George Clooney character was like watching myself, with his attitude about life, women, marriage, everything -- until about four years ago.

Would really recommend it to anyone who travels for a living. Of course, that includes a lot of people on this board.

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.)

 

[Suicide Squeezer]

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

How was Kenny Powers in the movie?

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Very small part. Not much of an impact, at all.

 

[Joe Williams]

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.

 

[Small Town Guy]

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

 

[imjustagirl]

That song's great. Thanks.

 

[Dyno]

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

Beautiful song.

 

[JackReacher]

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

How was Kenny Powers in the movie?

Kenny Powers is my life coach.

 

[HC]

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".

 

[OTD]

I've been wanting to see this. Last week, I flew American and stayed in a Hilton so I've seen plenty of promos for it.

 

[albert77]

A good friend of mine spent several days with George Clooney working on a feature for her paper when he was down here filming, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou." Said he could not have been nicer or more down-to-earth.

 

[JR]

HC and I saw it today.

Wonderful movie and Vera Farmiga is gorgeous in an un-Hollywood kinda way.

George Clooney as Ryan Bingham may be the coolest man in the universe. You really got a sense of his disconnect from the world at large in the scenes with his family. He was a complete stranger and the discomfort between him and his siblings was palatable.

The Anna Kendrick charcter as the recent grad with a bunch of textbook ideas but not many smarts played the role to perfection.

Great line:

Natalie Keener: That's racist.
Ryan Bingham: I'm like my mother, I stereotype. It's faster.

After that we went to see The Road. Two quite different films.

 

[friend of the friendless]

Sirs, Madames,

Last book I read b4 9/11. Great read and I hope the movie lives up to it.

o-<

 

[HC]

Mr. fotf

I'm adding the book to my Christmas list. I liked the movie very much and I liked that fact that there wasn't a 'hollywood' ending. I'll also add that I can't imagine any other actor in this movie. Clooney is one of a kind.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I saw it today, and I liked it but didn't love it. I also found the stuff related to the people being fired really depressing, probably because earier this year I was on the wrong end of one of those meetings.

The acting is top-notch. Clooney is just the coolest mofo on the planet. I'd never seen Anna Kendrick in anything, and she's terrific -- the interplay between her and Clooney was the best part of the movie. I think the problem with Farmiga was just a very unflattering haircut.

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm going to go see this next weekend, when I get home from visiting the fam. I'm very excited.

 

[sgreenwell]

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.

Huh? I actually think she's a pretty strong actress. While she doesn't have that sort of heavyweight resume of the male actors, who would you rather cast? Kate Winslet? Gwenyth Paltrow? Meryl Streep? I thought Vera was solid in The Departed, and she has a really strong performance in otherwise unremarkable Paul Walker movie Running Scared.