Up in the Air is a story of Ryan Bingham, whose job is to fire people. He flies 320 days a year, he’s living out of a suitcase and his main goal is to rack up frequent flyer miles until he reaches 10 million miles. His secondary job he has is to give motivational speeches on relieving one’s life of excess physical and emotional baggage. He’s not close to any of his siblings nor does he ever want to have a family. When his boss hires a 20-something year-old overachieving woman named Natalie Keener, she develops a new method to fire someone by doing it via remote computer access. Obviously this has threatened the existence Ryan has so cherished, taking him out of his comfort zone – which is flying around the country while accumulating frequent flyer miles. He believes that Natalie doesn’t understand the nature of the business, so their boss (who is played by Justin Bateman – whom I think is perfect for the character) suggests that she accompany Ryan on a business trip. That’s when the adventure begins.
Such a cute movie. I heard so many good reviews about the movie prior to watching it. I’d definitely recommend this to you guys (and girls)… Highly recommend it, I might add. The movie was very entertaining, cute and even the chemistry between all the three stars – George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick – was great. Jason Bateman was awesome in the movie, even though he only showed up for a few minutes. I honestly think Anna Kendrick gave the best performance in the movie – she was smart, witty and definitely stole the spotlight from both George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. I was really impressed with her acting, considering she was the youngest amongst the other actors in the movie. After watching this movie, I kinda felt sorry to the character that George Clooney was playing (Ryan Bingham). He was lonely, never made himself attached to anyone for a while – by the time he felt he was ready to change and make a connection with the woman he was falling for, turns out she’s already married (SPOIL ALERT!). That’s just really messed up. Ryan Bingham was the epitome of “success”, with money, prestige and a great career. He felt he was at the top of his game and didn’t need anyone. All of sudden the tables suddenly turned.
I guess the point of the movie is no matter how successful you are, how much money you have or how great your career is, if you don’t have anyone to share with.. Then what’s the point? If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life… Were you alone? Life is better with company. Much much better.
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