Love or Something Like It

Up In The Air was today's cinema event, I went with another veteran single person. We both liked it a lot. But it's a very unsettling movie, especially for me, because the main character (played by George Clooney) fires people for a living, and the film is chock full of snippets of employees' reactions to being told they are suddenly jobless. Technically, it is superb. Cinematography is super - you feel like you're there. Sound is perfect - I didn't miss a line, and they resisted the temptation to flood us with jet take-off noise though there were lots of opportunities to do so. The writing is mostly stellar, with just one little over-the-top bit of crying on the part of one of the leading ladies, which lasted a minute too long, and was completely out of character. Excellent acting all around by a diverse and deep cast. The only exception was a sometimes unconvincing job by Clooney's boss, played by Jason Bateman.

Sandwiching the movie content are two WTF title sequences. I had to close my eyes during the opening titles because they made me airsick. It looked like a fairly expensive project gone horribly wrong. The closing credits, on the other hand, were cheap, no frills, and they even used a song sent in by some recently laid off fellow with less than adequate guitar and singing skills. At least he made a few bucks for his efforts.

An excellent film to take someone to you with whom you plan to break up. Worth full price.

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Other than that and catching up over coffee with my co-moviegoer, it was pretty dull. Stayed in bed late, installed McAfee on mom's laptop & boxed it up, watched some of each football game, verified my Facebook page is still suspended, got some rare lap time with Domino, did laundry.

Plans for tomorrow:
Dentist
Post office - ship Mom's laptop
Work