From Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996357.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564): Vera Farmiga is taking to the skies.
The "Departed" thesp will star opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" for Paramount Pictures and Montecito.
Story centers on a human resources exec whose only joy in life comes from the prospect of notching his millionth frequent-flyer mile, a goal he pursues with zeal as the rest of his life falls apart because he is constantly on the road.
Farmiga will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Clooney's character through meetings in airports and hotels around the country.
Based on the novel by Walter Kirn. Here is the book's cover blurb:
“Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate. With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life.”
riotinmyskull
11-24-08, 03:37 AM
vera farmiga? i'm in.
NoirFan
04-01-09, 11:25 PM
Jason Bateman has joined the cast. (http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp?aid=11124&tcid=1)
invisiblegt
04-01-09, 11:53 PM
Jason Bateman has joined the cast. (http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp?aid=11124&tcid=1)
And with it... All interest in this project.
NoirFan
05-19-09, 03:18 PM
According to Variety, this will have a Christmas release from Paramount.
RichC2
05-19-09, 03:22 PM
The title of this thread made me think of Punch-Drunk Love
GoldenJCJ
05-19-09, 04:13 PM
Sounds like the Coen Bros. should be directing/producing. I have images of Intolerable Cruelty when in read the plot synopsis.
redrum
05-19-09, 05:55 PM
watched clooney film some of this, my cousin is an extra in the movie too
PopcornTreeCt
05-19-09, 07:01 PM
The title of this thread made me think of Punch-Drunk Love
Me too.
And the description is similar too.
madcougar
05-20-09, 02:15 PM
vera farmiga? i'm in.
Meh... too off-beat for me...
NoirFan
06-10-09, 04:46 PM
Reitman's Twitter page (http://twitter.com/JasonReitman), with updates on the film's editing.
golden_rod
06-10-09, 07:00 PM
Reitman's Twitter page (http://twitter.com/JasonReitman), with updates on the film's editing.
The idea of a "Sneakers" reboot with Brad Pitt in the Redford role nearly has me in tears.
I really really like that poster for some very strange reason.
Take out the Text and it could be a good Criterion cover.
Kicker_of_Elves
08-17-09, 12:44 PM
Would you like it even more if you saw little "Rated R" symbol on it somewhere?
thematahara
08-17-09, 01:17 PM
Awww...the title made me think they were making a sequel to this
http://www.impawards.com/1994/posters/air_up_there.jpg
XavierMike
08-18-09, 09:28 AM
My girlfriend and I stayed in the hotel in St. Louis while they filmed this. I met George briefly in the restroom. I bet we will go see this since we have a connection to it.
I'm in, though I agree that this sounds like a character Clooney would play for the Coen Bros.
mcfly
08-18-09, 06:21 PM
Would you like it even more if you saw little "Rated R" symbol on it somewhere?:lol:
NoirFan
09-05-09, 09:31 AM
Confirmed for December 4th. (http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/04/up-in-the-air-confirmed-for-december-4th/)
chris_sc77
09-06-09, 09:16 PM
Very cool cast:
Ryan Bingham - George Clooney
Alex Goran - Vera Farmiga
Natalie Keener - Anna Kendrick
Craig Gregory - Jason Bateman
Jim Miller - Danny McBride
Julie Bingham - Melanie Lynskey
Kara Bingham - Amy Morton
Maynard Finch - Sam Elliott
Bob - J.K. Simmons
Steve - Zach Galifianakis
And very good Variety Review:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940965.html?categoryid=3222&cs=1
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Looks like a pretty good December movie.
sauce07
09-09-09, 10:53 AM
I don't know how long Cooney can keep up this streak of putting out interesting movies. It seems like doing Batman and Robin early on really shook him up because he constantly chooses interesting projects. Count me in for this.
Zen Peckinpah
09-09-09, 02:56 PM
Doesn't look anything short of great. Very well-made trailer, and Clooney looks to be in top form. Great supporting cast too.
golden_rod
09-09-09, 10:07 PM
Saw the trailer earlier today; if it's any indication of the movie, it will no doubt be intolerable. With all the shit Clooney was spewing, I half expected him to tell us how beautiful plastic bags are when they're a-blowin' in the wind.
95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of this morning. A local morning radio show host here in DC was practically creaming himself talking about how much he loved this film after attending a screening.
Here is a link to Owen Gleiberman's very positive review:
I wasn't crazy about Juno, but I liked Thank You for Smoking. This looks like it's more along the lines of the latter.
Rypro 525
12-03-09, 05:38 PM
Looks like this is kind of playing by me starting tomorrow (at the amc georgetown), but after the debacle of trying to find that theater, and getting lost getting home, i'll prob wait till it plays closer to me.
Decker
12-04-09, 11:15 AM
I'm seeing it tomorrow in Santa Monica. I'll post impressions. Really looking forward to it. Loved the trailers.
toddly6666
12-04-09, 01:46 PM
I would see this just for the short scenes with Zach Galafinikas and Danny McBride
Dr Mabuse
12-04-09, 03:58 PM
Roeper raves about it being the best film of the year and worthy of multiple Oscar nods.
Opens in more theaters on Dec 11. if time permits, i might actually do a double feature of this movie and "Me and Orson Welles"
SPiRAL
12-04-09, 11:03 PM
I'm seeing it tomorrow in Santa Monica. I'll post impressions. Really looking forward to it. Loved the trailers.
At The Landmark ? I wonder if it's playing in the couch rooms ?
Decker
12-06-09, 01:57 AM
At The Landmark ? I wonder if it's playing in the couch rooms ?
Yup, at the Landmark. I don't live in L.A., so I can't comment on the couch room, but the theater is VERY nice.
I really liked the picture. It's not nearly as light and funny as the trailers would have you think, but it's a comfortable, lived-in performance and it feels like a very timely film. I liked it a lot more than Juno and it does have a "Thank You For Smoking" vibe, albeit with a much more likable protagonist. I'm told it's the front-runner for Best Picture and I'm okay with that, but it's Clooney's show from beginning to end, so he's the one I'm really pulling for on Oscar night. He was just effortlessly great and I think it's BY FAR the best thing he's done. If you go in expecting more of a mature drama than a light comedy like Juno, you won't be disappointed.
SkipKassidy
12-06-09, 06:05 PM
From my review:
Making the transition from TV to film is risky, and few have seen their status rise because of it. Almost a decade ago the Coen brothers cast George Clooney as their star for O’ Brother Where Art Thou. His performance drew comparisons to Clark Gable. Since that role, Clooney has slowly increased his acting repertoire. In many ways Ryan Bingham is a culmination of many of his roles (Danny Ocean, Jack Foley, Michael Clayton) into one suit-and-tie package. Clooney feels totally at home in a role that seems written just for him.
Found this movie to be a bit strange. Honestly I thought it was way too light, safe even, to be considered a great film. My biggest gripe is the way in which the main character is shown as being an "expert" in his field. Apparently Reitman jr. changed the character because of the current economic climate in America. Suffice it to say, Clooney's character comes across as more sympathetic to his clients, rather than his original spontaneous, foggeddaboutit, attitude. Because times are tough, everyone is ok!
Really wished it had ventured into unsafe territories, and made some sort of jump out of the expected, instead of just holding its flight-pattern. OH.
jfoobar
12-13-09, 08:20 PM
I caught Up in the Air this afternoon at a local Landmark. To get right to the point, it was very, very good. There were a few moments that got a tad too cute and one important scene that was pretty badly underwritten, but the writing overall was excellent and brought to life beautifully by the cast.
Clooney is in solid form and Anna Kendrick nicely creates a over-educated hyperthyroid ladder climber whose carefully crafted world view becomes predictably tarnished as the film goes on. Jason Bateman plays a fairly familiar Bateman character to good effect. The only other major role in the film belongs to Vera Farmiga and she simply dazzles.
The scene featuring Zach Galifianakis is very brief (to the point where I wondered why they bothered) and Sam Elliott and J.K. Simmons also make brief appearances. Simmons, in particular, manages to squeeze quite a bit into his short time in front of the camera.
SkipKassidy
12-13-09, 08:45 PM
I think Jason Reitman thinks of J.K. Simmons the same way John Lasseter thinks of John Ratzenberger. He's a good luck charm.
FantasticVSDoom
12-20-09, 02:49 PM
Really enjoyed this one... Good, not great and was a nice way to get in out of the elements on a Sunday afternoon. Funny, because Kristin Stewart and Pattinson obviously get all the attention and press from Twilight, but I think Kendrick is a better actor then both of them combined as witnessed by her performance in this one. She may be a star in waiting.
RichC2
12-20-09, 02:52 PM
With Twilight it doesn't matter, Kristin Stewart is the girl in distress that other girls want to be and Pattinson is their goth hero. Talent has nothing to do with it, though Stewart actually isn't a bad actress and Pattinson is trying his best to branch out as well.
PopcornTreeCt
12-20-09, 03:36 PM
With everyone gaga over Avatar, I saw this movie instead and absolutely loved it. It restored my faith in movies.
Loved everything about it.
mdc3000
12-20-09, 04:43 PM
Saw this a few days ago and it is easily my second favourite of 2009 behind Inglourious Basterds. The tone was perfect, Clooney was fantastic and despite being fairly depressing, it's a movie I can't wait to see again. Lived up to the hype and then some.
Throwing Copper
12-23-09, 09:21 PM
I really enjoyed this film. It has more than a few really funny moments that mainly because of the great writing.
It's not a comedy, but a very timely movie (as many have said).
Clooney, Farmiga and Kendrick all did a nice job in this one.
I'd like to see it again.
Patman
12-23-09, 09:35 PM
"Up in the Air" - as a film about Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), an air miles whore of a traveling hatchet man for corporations too chicken-shit to fire their employees themselves, it's timely and depressing. Enter Natalie (Anna Kendrick) the young wunderkind with ideas to cut costs, and basically cut out the middleman in such firings, the irony is not lost on Ryan, but he's not about to let a whippersnapper obsolete him out of a job, and takes her under his wing to show her it's not just about saving money when people are cut adrift to fend for themselves, but there's a human element to the process that shouldn't be summarily dismissed in service of the bottom line.
Ryan's job becomes a lifestyle of unattachment when it comes to friends and family and lovers. That changes one day for him when he meets Alex (Vera Farmiga) at a chance meeting at a hotel bar. Flirting and airport rendezvous ensues for this new pairing of hectic travelers.
Overall, I can't say I was wowed by this film, perhaps I didn't appreciate Ryan's character arc, nor the plight of Ryan through the film's running time, and it's just hard to work up much sympathy for professional hatchet men, and invest much into Ryan, even with his experience to deliver crushing news to strangers on a daily basis while impressing upon them a glass-half-full demeanor.
That being said, the main trio of actors (Clooney, Kendrick, and Farmiga) are all very good in their roles, I just never got a foothold with the script.
I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.
Moleman1138
12-23-09, 10:10 PM
I was hyped for it and wasn't disappointed. Definitely in my top 10 of the year and if this or Avatar doesn't win Best Picture, then to hell with the Academy for the 3rd year in a row.
Solid Snake PAC
12-23-09, 10:19 PM
What about Basterds or Crazy Heart? It's a pretty good year for movies, man.
Moleman1138
12-23-09, 11:35 PM
Basterds is top 10 material, but I wouldn't be disappointed with a win. Crazy Heart I haven't heard of before two weeks ago.
But some of the films in the race right now: Hurt Locker, An Education - I thought were both boring despite the praise they're getting. And I like indie movies. If UitA doesn't win Best Picture, I'll take Anna Kendrick for Best Supporting Actress or Best Adapted Screenplay as a consolation
Throwing Copper
12-24-09, 03:26 AM
Basterds is great. The only film I saw twice in theatres this year.
I'd love for it to win Best Picture.
clappj
12-24-09, 07:48 AM
I'd love for it to win Best Picture.
You mean at the MTV Movie Awards?
Yeah, I think it might win this year.
RichC2
12-24-09, 08:01 AM
You mean at the MTV Movie Awards?
Yeah, I think it might win this year.
Right now Inglourious is about 3rd down on the favored list from what I can tell.
#1 is Up in the Air
#2 is The Hurt Locker
#3 is Inglourious Basterds
...it isn't such a long shot.
Patman
12-24-09, 08:23 AM
If UitA (or IB) wins the Oscar for best picture, 2009 will truly go down as a bad year in cinema.
RichC2
12-24-09, 08:27 AM
If UitA (or IB) wins the Oscar for best picture, 2009 will truly go down as a bad year in cinema.
UitA is critically acclaimed, it stars George Clooney, it's very topical, and generally well liked... It's almost a lock.
IB is critically acclaimed, has one of the best performances of the year, and is entertaining as hell... It won't win, it just isn't as far fetched as some suggest.
Considering some of the "wins" for the last decade, there have been a lot of "bad years in cinema" this decade.
Best Pic Winners: Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Chicago (2002), Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005), The Departed (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
...that said, considering this year gave us The White Ribbon, The Hurt Locker, Antichrist, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, Crazy Heart, An Education, A Serious Man, Julia, Sin Nombre, Goodbye Solo, You The Living, Up, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, In the Loop, Star Trek, Sugar, Moon, 35 Shots of Rum and World's Greatest Dad, it really wasn't all that bad... just not very mainstream.
PopcornTreeCt
12-24-09, 11:01 AM
If UitA (or IB) wins the Oscar for best picture, 2009 will truly go down as a bad year in cinema.
Nothing will be worse than Slumdog Millionaire winning. 2009 was a bad year as it was, at least Up in the Air was one of the few bright spots in cinema.
Drexl
12-24-09, 11:38 AM
IB is critically acclaimed, has one of the best performances of the year, and is entertaining as hell... It won't win, it just isn't as far fetched as some suggest.
You could have said all of that about The Dark Knight last year. :)
Throwing Copper
12-24-09, 02:25 PM
You mean at the MTV Movie Awards?
Yeah, I think it might win this year.
No, Richard. Don't forget how much influence Jews have in Hollywood and in the Academy.
Boba Fett
12-24-09, 11:51 PM
Saw it today, definitely my #1 film of the year. I do think it's a bit inappropriate as a Christmas season release; it's a very heavy film and at least one trailer I saw completely sells it wrong.
Daytripper
12-25-09, 12:11 AM
UitA is critically acclaimed, it stars George Clooney, it's very topical, and generally well liked... It's almost a lock.
IB is critically acclaimed, has one of the best performances of the year, and is entertaining as hell... It won't win, it just isn't as far fetched as some suggest.
Considering some of the "wins" for the last decade, there have been a lot of "bad years in cinema" this decade.
Best Pic Winners: Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Chicago (2002), Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005), The Departed (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
...that said, considering this year gave us The White Ribbon, The Hurt Locker, Antichrist, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, Crazy Heart, An Education, A Serious Man, Julia, Sin Nombre, Goodbye Solo, You The Living, Up, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, In the Loop, Star Trek, Sugar, Moon, 35 Shots of Rum and World's Greatest Dad, it really wasn't all that bad... just not very mainstream.
This is going to be a tough and strange year at the Oscars. While I enjoyed "UITA" a great deal, chocked full of award worthy performances, I don't think it's going to nab Best Picture. And while I loved "IB" much more, think maybe the violence and tone might turn several voters off. Which would be too bad. Which leaves "The Hurt Locker". I don't know....think this one might win it.
Suprmallet
12-25-09, 01:36 AM
I saw this tonight, and thought it was very good. Clooney's performance was his most natural yet, and while it had Clooney-isms, it didn't feel like he was playing himself. Farmiga is also excellent, and hot as hell.
The only issue I had was the montage of people who were fired, talking about how they got through because of their friends/family. For one thing, it was stylistically out of place, and for another, it was way too on the nose. Other than that, I'd say this is a solid 4-star film. I wouldn't put it in my top 10 of the year, but I imagine it will get a best picture nod.
jfoobar
12-25-09, 08:43 AM
The only issue I had was the montage of people who were fired, talking about how they got through because of their friends/family. For one thing, it was stylistically out of place, and for another, it was way too on the nose.
I have to agree. It was jarring coming where it did. While I would have preferred to see it snipped altogether (the film sends enough of a message without it), he could have placed it within the closing credits and it would have flowed much better.
BadlyDrawnBoy
12-25-09, 02:57 PM
The only issue I had was the montage of people who were fired, talking about how they got through because of their friends/family. For one thing, it was stylistically out of place, and for another, it was way too on the nose. .
I had heard that each of the people in those sequences were people who had been laid off. So real life folks
Suprmallet
12-25-09, 03:12 PM
I had heard that as well, but that doesn't make it work any better within the context of the movie up to that point.
jfoobar
12-25-09, 03:33 PM
I had heard that each of the people in those sequences were people who had been laid off. So real life folks
That is correct. The montage would have made even less sense if the people were actors, at least IMO.
Dr. DVD
12-25-09, 06:26 PM
Saw it. Really liked this movie and hope it wins Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.
Please, let Jason Reitman make more movies minus scripts by Diablo Cody. Please let Anna Kendrick get more movie roles and not Ellen Page.
That's all for now.
CloverClover
12-25-09, 06:52 PM
I thought it was bad, it was pleasant, like the last chance harvey of 2009... which I'm struggling to find any difference why this one is so acclaimed and harvey wasn't... to me both are the same level of 'okay'
but overall, I found it unconsidered, not thoughtful or interesting, just a very surface take. all the jason reitman-isms were distractions and didn't fit, such as the montages and overly cute editing, and overly cutesey character relations (Clooney and Farmiga could have been taken from the fast food and alcohol lobbiest dynamic for instance in Smoking).. then there was some lost in translation-esque, middle-aged man lost in a group situations which felt 'thrown together' ... I liked the young female protege, but the old female relationship was too cliche.
So overall, probably a C, perhaps my expectations were too high because of all the acclaim it's getting.
The Bus
12-25-09, 09:45 PM
Just saw this. What a movie for our time. Just fantastic — I can't think of a major thing I didn't like. I've seen Avatar and Sherlock Holmes but this will be the movie that stays with me.
Rypro 525
12-25-09, 10:45 PM
Please let Anna Kendrick get more movie roles not including Twilight movies.
fixed
The Bus
12-26-09, 07:18 AM
I had heard that each of the people in those sequences were people who had been laid off. So real life folks
The black guy talking about his kids and how he would feed them tore me up. A few people in my theater were laughing but I'm sure it was nervous laughter.
Patman
12-26-09, 07:38 AM
The black guy talking about his kids and how he would feed them tore me up. A few people in my theater were laughing but I'm sure it was nervous laughter.
It was probably from all the facial quivering from that guy.
TheySentYou
12-26-09, 11:04 AM
just saw this and fell in love with it. should be a hard contender for Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture at the very least.
this is most definitely in my top 5 this year so far alongside 'The White Ribbon', 'Ballast', 'Inglourious Basterds', and 'Up'
Shannon Nutt
12-27-09, 10:47 AM
Saw it yesterday and loved it. Not sure if it will win Best Picture (what was the last "comedy" to win...Forrest Gump?), but I'm really pulling for George Clooney as Best Actor. I think it's the finest thing he's ever done.
Oh, one question about the ending I'd like to get everyone's opinion on (spoilered, naturally):
Okay, at the very end, it looks like Clooney is dropping his resignation with the secretary at his office and then arrives at the airport to "pick a destination" (this is foreshadowed with dialogue earlier in the movie) and just go there. However, the voice over dialogue at the end suggests that Clooney kept his job. So did he resign or didn't he? Or is it intentionally ambiguous?
Suprmallet
12-27-09, 12:24 PM
I missed the resignation part, but that would make more sense that he just went and lived his life globetrotting.
And the last comedy to win Best Picture was Crash. ;) Actually, it was Shakespeare In Love.
Shannon Nutt
12-27-09, 05:09 PM
I missed the resignation part, but that would make more sense that he just went and lived his life globetrotting.
And the last comedy to win Best Picture was Crash. ;) Actually, it was Shakespeare In Love.
There's a shot of him dropping a letter onto a desk as he exits his office. This happens after the scene where the girl gets hired in San Francisco, so some could say it's a flashback (dropping the letter on the desk for someone to mail) or actually dropping off his resignation. Again, it's rather ambiguous.
The Bus
12-27-09, 05:12 PM
just saw this and fell in love with it. should be a hard contender for Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture at the very least.
this is most definitely in my top 5 this year so far alongside 'The White Ribbon', 'Ballast', 'Inglourious Basterds', and 'Up'
Ballast is amazing but a 2008 film.
Suprmallet
12-27-09, 08:41 PM
There's a shot of him dropping a letter onto a desk as he exits his office. This happens after the scene where the girl gets hired in San Francisco, so some could say it's a flashback (dropping the letter on the desk for someone to mail) or actually dropping off his resignation. Again, it's rather ambiguous.
There's a shot of him writing a letter as well, right? Do we see the content of the letter, because I assumed that was the recommendation letter, but now I think that was the resignation letter.
Patman
12-27-09, 10:13 PM
Really? My interpretation of the end:
Ryan did Natalie a solid with the recommendation letter. Ryan gets his old business life back when Natalie's project is shelved by TPTB. But Ryan gets to the airport, and nothing really seems like home anymore, and he's emotionally adrift, he realizes he's alone and directionless. Will he bolt from this job that he fought so hard to protect, or simply go in another direction and actually set down some roots?
PopcornTreeCt
12-27-09, 10:44 PM
Really? My interpretation of the end:
Ryan did Natalie a solid with the recommendation letter. Ryan gets his old business life back when Natalie's project is shelved by TPTB. But Ryan gets to the airport, and nothing really seems like home anymore, and he's emotionally adrift, he realizes he's alone and directionless. Will he bolt from this job that he fought so hard to protect, or simply go in another direction and actually set down some roots?
:up:
He's back to where he started.
pjflyer
12-28-09, 02:33 PM
You could say his future is "Up In The Air"
SPiRAL
12-28-09, 03:16 PM
:rimshot:
CaptainMarvel
12-28-09, 10:55 PM
I saw this tonight, and I liked it quite a bit as well. I came away from this one feeling pretty much the same way I felt about "The Weather Man." It's charming and bleak, and it dredges up misgivings I have about my own life.
And since I'm drinking, I'll go ahead and be the crude one to mention the Vera Farmiga ass shot. I thought she looked spectacular.
Although I saw the "she has a husband and kids" thing a mile away. I felt that bit was contrived.
Suprmallet
12-28-09, 10:58 PM
See, that caught me off guard. I thought it was well done.
Even better than her ass was her side boob. :drool:
CaptainMarvel
12-28-09, 11:05 PM
See, that caught me off guard. I thought it was well done.
Even better than her ass was her side boob. :drool:
I guess I should clarify. I saw it coming as soon as he walked up to the house, so I guess that's not really "miles away"... more like "tens of feet away," I guess. I just find it hard to believe that she would never mention that she's married or had kids, or that he wouldn't know. Maybe he wouldn't know if she was trying to keep it secret, but she obviously wasn't ashamed to be in the quasi-relationship with Clooney even after he learned she was married (she offered to prolong it). Nobody at the wedding ever asked if she had kids? He never asked? He never noticed stretch marks? She never had to take a personal call from her husband? Nothing? It just seems a little far fetched to me.
And the side boob was awesome too. I've had a thing for her since The Departed.
Dave99
12-29-09, 09:01 PM
I guess I should clarify. I saw it coming as soon as he walked up to the house, so I guess that's not really "miles away"... more like "tens of feet away," I guess. I just find it hard to believe that she would never mention that she's married or had kids, or that he wouldn't know. Maybe he wouldn't know if she was trying to keep it secret, but she obviously wasn't ashamed to be in the quasi-relationship with Clooney even after he learned she was married (she offered to prolong it). Nobody at the wedding ever asked if she had kids? He never asked? He never noticed stretch marks? She never had to take a personal call from her husband? Nothing? It just seems a little far fetched to me.
And the side boob was awesome too. I've had a thing for her since The Departed.
I'm pretty sure she was keeping it secret, basically living her "home life" and her "road life". He was road life guy himself, so she would have felt confident he probably never would want anything more than that, nor do anything sentimental like showing up at her house unannounced. I'd think other than stretch marks, it wouldn't be that hard to hide. It's not like they had a ton of time together, and they were just getting busy when they were.
I traveled quite a bit for work for a couple of years, and there were a lot of what I would guess were married people being very friendly with others in the hotel bars. It's a lonely existence to be on the road for weeks at a time, so I wouldn't say it's terribly far fetched
Suprmallet
12-29-09, 10:15 PM
Now that I think about it, it might have been more interesting if she weren't married, but still only looking to keep things light and not serious. With both of them, it's a lifestyle choice, she just wouldn't have had the change of heart he did. That would have been a more interesting examination of the character.
Patman
12-29-09, 10:27 PM
Even better than her ass was her side boob. :drool:
Has she always had that rack? I don't remember her being so bosomy in that TV show "Touching Evil" she did with Jeffrey Donovan (of Burn Notice fame) about 4-5 years ago.
CaptainMarvel
12-29-09, 10:33 PM
Has she always had that rack? I don't remember her being so bosomy in that TV show "Touching Evil" she did with Jeffrey Donovan (of Burn Notice fame) about 4-5 years ago.
There's a scene later in the film where she's showing a lot of cleavage.
DJariya
01-01-10, 08:09 PM
I saw this tonight and liked it mainly for the performances. Clooney was charming and witty and I enjoyed the chemistry he had with Vera Farmiga. I also enjoyed the role he played as a mentor to Anna Kendrick's Natalie.
However, the overall theme of the movie about Clooney being a hired gun traveling the country to fire/lay-off people from all these different companies was really depressing especially in the climate the country is still in right now. I liked how Natalie began off as a spunky person who saw these people as just being numbers, but then learned more of the emotional toll it takes when she traveled with Clooney.
The performances and the aspect of travel kept me entertained. However, I doubt I would be interested in re-visiting this movie again anytime soon because of it's dark theme. I would give it a solid B.
cungar
01-01-10, 08:56 PM
The thing I'll remember most about this movie is how much I hated Anna Kendrick (who I had no knowledge of when I saw her) in the beginning and how much I was infatuated with by the end of the film.
Jeffy Pop
01-02-10, 02:11 PM
Saw this last night and thought it was pretty terrific. I did have one question about a scene toward the end:
When Jason Bateman tells Clooney that the woman committed suicide by jumping off the bridge, Clooney insists that he has no recollection of her giving any signs of her intent to kill herself. Just wondering what people thought about this. Did he really not remember, or was he just trying to cover his ass?
PopcornTreeCt
01-02-10, 04:03 PM
Saw this last night and thought it was pretty terrific. I did have one question about a scene toward the end:
When Jason Bateman tells Clooney that the woman committed suicide by jumping off the bridge, Clooney insists that he has no recollection of her giving any signs of her intent to kill herself. Just wondering what people thought about this. Did he really not remember, or was he just trying to cover his ass?
I thought he was covering his ass. He didn't seem like the type to forget details.
BigDaddy
01-02-10, 04:18 PM
There's a scene later in the film where she's showing a lot of cleavage.
I asked my wife the same question during the movie. :lol: She definitely looked bigger than in the departed.
Patman
01-02-10, 05:57 PM
I asked my wife the same question during the movie. :lol: She definitely looked bigger than in the departed.
The great post purge of 2010 removed my followup on Farmiga's boobs: She had just given birth to her child within 1-2 months of shooting the film, so her boobs were much larger from them being engorged with milk at that time.
Suprmallet
01-02-10, 10:57 PM
That doesn't make it any less hot. :drool:
Solid Snake PAC
01-02-10, 11:28 PM
That doesn't make it any less hot. :drool:
for reference see: The Hangover.
Aegean2007
01-03-10, 01:29 AM
I went to see this earlier today and loved it - It's my second favorite of the year behind The Hurt Locker.
In the Loop, Basterds, and (500) Days of Summer round out my Top 5. The three major films that I still need to see are A Serious Man, A Single Man, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
hardercore
01-03-10, 07:27 AM
:5star:
Saw this today, finally. The dialogue is sharp and the entire film is swiftly paced and just told very well. Clooney's performance epitomises what Jason Reitman has achieved in his third, most mature and, in my mind, best film: a remarkably natural and effortless blend of humour, poignancy and heartbreak, and cutting truths. In some ways a similar role to Michael Clayton, Ryan Bingham seems just a touch more attuned to Clooney's natural personality and that's why he works so well. I would love to see a subtle performance like George Clooney or Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) win the Oscar over transparent oscar-bait in a Morgan Freeman (Invictus) or a Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart).
Reitman knows that nothing in Clooney's performance or in the film needs to be on point or emphasised for dramatic effect, and this has led a few critics to cite its surface-level light treatment of pretty heavy subject matter as a negative. I felt that some of the film's strongest and most powerfully dramatic moments are exactly moments -- brief, fleeting, and far more effective for it. And I've yet to mention the chemistry between Clooney and Farmiga as well as Kendrick: charged and wonderfully fun. Reitman may not be a technically astute director nor visually inventive, but he has a talent with story, tone, and most importantly, character.
Draven
01-03-10, 11:57 PM
Caught this last night. REALLY enjoyed it - up there for best movie of the year for me, as far as top to bottom quality goes. A small but talented cast, well-written, poignant and timely, and very enjoyable to watch despite the dark tone.
Since I've never seen any Twilight movies and I never will, I spent the whole movie thinking of Kendrick as Fritsy from Camp. Who knew she'd go so far! And it was fun to hear her sing for a little bit here too (as she does in Camp), because she actually has a really good voice.
bralph
01-04-10, 10:09 AM
I loved this movie. I never took the letter as a resignation letter, especially after I saw the letter of recommendation. I definitely liked the ambiguous end though. I thought for a moment that it would end with him going back to his sisters, and I would not have liked that much at all.
RichC2
01-04-10, 01:24 PM
The ending felt abrupt to me. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed this movie. Very funny, touching and perfectly paced.
AnonomusBob15
01-04-10, 02:28 PM
I absolutely loved this. Favorite comedy/drama all year.
Dr Mabuse
01-04-10, 04:47 PM
I just finished it.
I could not have enjoyed this more.
I was hoping it was as good as all the praise, it's actually better.
Clooney is one of the best in the business.
Giles
01-04-10, 08:06 PM
I guess I'm in the minority, I wasn't impressed with as much as I thought - Clooney acted like, well... Clooney, his performance didn't stand out for me, his character was interesting, but I think it would have been more interesting if a less than charismatic actor was in the lead. Clooney just had to charm his way throughout the storyline, eh, what's new. Also I hated the songs used in the movie, too twee and annoying like Juno's soundtrack.
Giles
01-04-10, 08:14 PM
If UitA (or IB) wins the Oscar for best picture, 2009 will truly go down as a bad year in cinema.
:lol:
I thought IB's praise was overrated, sure it waa fun as a "Jewish revenge' film, but I thought the film was too disjointed, not Besr Picture worthy IMO.
sleepyhead55
01-08-10, 01:55 AM
Just saw this today and really enjoyed it. I liked how they developed both the main characters. JK Simmons was very good too. I too liked the ambigious ending of the film. Jason Bateman plays a sleazy character with ease and perfection. Only thing I didn't like that sappy music near the end of the film. Other than that, it gets high praise from me.
DJariya
01-08-10, 02:06 AM
I guess it's just me, but I thought the subject matter of this movie was rather depressing. I know it's just a movie, but to me it wasn't really entertaining to see a movie about people losing their jobs and especially the dark turn it took on one character. I mean I thought the performances were great and everything, but I left the film rather depressed.
sleepyhead55
01-08-10, 02:24 AM
No, I totally understand what you're talking about. It isn't really a happy movie as most of the main characters are pretty unhappy in general.
JimRochester
01-15-10, 10:52 PM
Late to the party but saw this tonight. Very good movie. Especially familair because I did some frequent business travel. Of course nothing like the character in the movie but certainly spent a good amount of time in airports and hotels. I give it an A
bd...?
01-16-10, 09:19 PM
I saw this on Friday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Felt kind of sad and empty at the end
EdTheRipper
01-18-10, 07:52 PM
Saw this tonight. Loved it. George Clooney is excellent and I'm smitten with Anna Kendrick.
lordwow
01-19-10, 05:48 PM
Saw it last night. Two thumbs up here. Not a perfect film, but a damn good one. Definitely one I'll buy when it comes out on DVD and recommend to friends. Also, better than Avatar.
Solid Snake PAC
01-19-10, 09:00 PM
Saw it last night. Two thumbs up here. Not a perfect film, but a damn good one. Definitely one I'll buy when it comes out on Blu-Ray and recommend to friends. Also, better than Avatar.
fixed.
lordwow
01-19-10, 09:47 PM
You buying me a blu-ray player?
Solid Snake PAC
01-20-10, 12:28 AM
you're a big boy. Buy a PS3 or a cheaper Blu player. You'll like for sure.
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