Comments on: Up in the meh

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:01:25 +0000

If you enjoy Hollywood-style montages of ‘having fun’, ‘falling in love’, ‘travelling’ and ‘reflecting on life’, this film’s a winner. There seem to be montages every couple of scenes – and they proliferate as the film goes on… and on.
There are other reasons to like the film though besides the clichés. For example, if you are looking for a justification for having given up on that glamorous life of travel and having fun – this film shows that you made the right decision.
It’s kind of a morality tale of the 1950s meets the current recession and to me, the ending was predictable and condescending.
After the first 15 minutes or so, even seeing Clooney’s wry smile didn’t make it less cringe worthy. And I like him too.

By: Lance

Lance — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:39:04 +0000

Thanks for the correction, Ryan – we’ll change it.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:09:40 +0000

@Bob: Despite best efforts of writer and editor, the occasional typo will sneak its way in. We want to zap ‘em all, so please tell us what you have spotted.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:39:17 +0000

Agreed, thanks for the review, and @senorblinky fo the comment.

For some reason, I find myself reading movie reviews on a tech site?? Sort of incongruous but it works. Maybe the light relief angle. But keep them coming!

Anyway, I reckon I’ll check this one out … a mate of mine in Jhb has had the misfortune of having been required by his employers to retrench several (in fact many) people over the past year, it will be interesting to get some insight on the kind of hell he has had to go through.

PS – just saw a typo – when is someone going to develop spellcheck for postings? (though that would then tend to overstate the intelligence of some posters …)

By: richard

richard — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:04:15 +0000

Up in the air might have been lost in translation

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:06:57 +0000

Anna Kendrick was in Twilight, not Buffy the Vampire Slayer

By: senorblinky

senorblinky — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:45:02 +0000

Earlier today I was telling a colleague just how much I enjoyed this film. I think because of the flaws you mentioned, not hitting the characters hard enough, or not being kind enough, made it light and tolerable.

But there was no redemption. Bingham hit his mark, and for what? (Yes, the perks seem cool, but thanks to the little kinks, those perks turned out to be useless to Bingham)

Up in the Air was a bit preachy, but for some reason, i didn’t mind hearing it. I dunno, I liked it, I’d watch it again and I’d recommend it. But it is worth noting that i am a huge Clooney fan, the man can do no wrong in my eyes.

Thanks again for the great review!