Up In The Air - 7/10. The spirit of being clever without going so far as to be it, but ignore all that. The movie, as with Juno and the caveats that came with it, has a weird sort of heart. George Clooney is who he is, unabashedly, and he's surrounded by people who can't accept that, as if it's wrong to not want more. And when it comes time to give in to them, their criticisms, he gets what they wanted for him: some sort of burden. There's an interesting subject in that, in being convinced to be something you've already convinced yourself you're not, that faint, stamped down hope that becomes some cross to bear, and as such, it reminds me of 'Bringing Out The Dead,' which is a not-great movie that is full of hope and so much potential in it to be a good movie that I keep watching it in an attempt to be wrong.
Reitman's a capable director and he's got spirit as a writer, I just hope for his next movie he doesn't continue to try and make a suburban version of 'Fight Club,' which is already a suburban version of 'Fight Club.'
Monday, March 8, 2010
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