here is a short list of movies that are about 150x better than up in the air (in no particular order): the hurt locker, inglourious basterds, district 9, the cove and fantastic mr. fox. in other words, get a job, national board of review, hollywood foreign press association, american film institute and every other critic out there. (i mean, 90 goddamned percent???!!!)
the acting:
for great clooney, see fantastic mr. fox.
anna kendrick? please. not interested.
vera farmiga is the best thing about UITA; but save your money and instead watch her in the departed, one of the best films of the DECADE.
in summation: the only reason to see this film is to try and decipher what all the fuss is about. if you couldn't care less about the fuss, skip it. FOR SURE.
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great review kt. definitely the most disappointing movie of the year so far...i mean watching clooney for 2 hours didn't suck and it definitely had some high points but gimme a gosh darn break!
ReplyDeletei'm slightly less adamant, I wouldn't say skip it, but definitely don't go to it expecting it to be one of the best films of the year, because, newsflash, it's not. Also, with all you reviewers who seem to think it's a comedy? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!
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