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Up in the Air (2009)

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4 Little Bags of Peanuts

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5 Minutes Wait for Preferred Customers

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6 Hour Delay

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7 Little Bags of Peanuts

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8 Terminals

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10 Million Frequent-Flyer Miles

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 10 2009 10:50 PM

Walter Kirn's comedy of alienation is transformed into a dark comedy about a man who fires people for a living, living in transit as an ethos, and the relative importance of human connectedness, featuring a sly Clooney in the lead, flanked by Jason Bateman, newcomer Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga and a whole lot of real-life fired folk. I have my thoughts.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2009 12:15 PM Re: Up in the Air (2009)

I saw this yesterday, and voted it a 6. It was a good movie; I enjoyed it. I particularly liked that it didn't provide the ending that, I suspect, most moviegoers were probably expecting. I was disappointed, though, that it wasn't in 3-D and they never showed the old guy attaching the balloons to his house and floating away.

themetfairy Dec 28 2009 12:29 PM Re: Up in the Air (2009)

Not a great film, but a very good one. I gave it an 8. I might have given it a 7, but D-Dad and I are invested in Hilton Honors points, as is a friend of mine, so that angle provided us with a lot of chuckles this weekend.

sharpie Jan 24 2010 10:02 AM Re: Up in the Air (2009)

I went 7. I had read the book which is usually a disincentive for me to see the associated movie but since I didn't care that much for the book I made an exception. Also, it diverged wildly from the book including adding the character of the co-worker who travels with him.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 12 2010 04:04 PM Re: Up in the Air (2009)

6 bags of peanuts.

Edgy MD May 07 2010 01:44 PM Re: Up in the Air (2009)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It was a good movie; I enjoyed it. I particularly liked that it didn't provide the ending that, I suspect, most moviegoers were probably expecting. Yeah, but, maybe I'm thick, but it didn't provide much of an ending at all. He was on a little bit different track from where he started, but not all that much. His loyalty to his protege was pretty over-the-top considering she fucked up everything, and the denoument was lifted right out of The Devil Wears Prada, of all movies.