{"id":2657,"date":"2010-01-24T22:33:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T05:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2022-01-26T22:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T05:35:42","slug":"up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/24\/up-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"up in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"


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So I did talk Rob (and my cousin) into watching Up in the Air<\/i> last weekend and I liked it!<\/p>\n

Spoilers?<\/p>\n

I think I liked it so much because I was intrigued by Ryan’s (George Clooney) job of traveling back and forth across the country to fire people. I mean, is there really such a job?! And I found it believable that someone who has this job would live a nomadic lifestyle as well — only living for miles and elite status, pushing friends and family away to avoid having a place to call “home.” I ended up really sympathizing with him as the movie went on. And I attribute a lot of that to George Clooney. Ryan probably wouldn’t have been as likable and charming a character if it weren’t for him.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the movie, I thought they were going for the whole “he gets the girl — and regains his life” ending and as much as I’m a romantic, it wasn’t true to life and I didn’t want the movie to go in that direction. I’m glad it didn’t. Life isn’t easy and I think that Ryan needed to learn that emotional connection doesn’t always happen when you want it to. So I was much happier that the ending was left… up in the air (haha, pun intended). That you weren’t quite sure where Ryan was headed. Was he going to revert back to where he started? Or was he going to move forward and regain his life? I hope it was the latter.<\/p>\n

Aside from the story, I thought the acting was solid. Vera Farmiga was beautiful and strong as Alex. But Anna Kendrick’s Natalie Keener totally stole the movie! (She was also one of the best parts of New Moon<\/i>). She really holds her own against the other two more experienced actors. In fact, my favorite scenes were the ones of the three of them drinking and party-ing in Miami. The casting department really did a great job with this ensemble. They’re so deserving of all their award nominations.<\/p>\n

It’s not a movie for everyone but I really appreciated it and hope you will too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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