Up In the Air/ Away We Go Movie Ramblings
Gosh I m feeling so prolific all of a sudden. Maybe it’s because of these good movies that I have been watching. It’s been so long that I have seen something that moved me or at least made me think. I watch anything and everything I can get hold of and most of them generally disappoint me. So, I just love the feeling of discovering something that is even remotely nice I extol its virtues to all my friends.
I have been going gaga about Away We Go and Taking Woodstock for the past few months. I know these movies are not as good as people thought they would be but there are some scenes which will forever be etched in your memory. In away we go we have this one scene where John Kranshinski and his friend are sitting in a club and talking about their lives. John thinks that his friend is very happy about his adopted kids and he actually does look content. And then his friend tells him about his wife trying to conceive and had miscarriages almost thrice and then in the background you see his wife dancing slowly to velvet underground's Sweet Nothing. The scene is so elegant so poignant it made me cry. It just shows the reality of today's relationships in just 2 minutes. I can never forget that scene. I play the song over and over again and it never feels jaded to me. The song represents this alternate reality people construct to make themselves feel content about their lives and the charade they go through to just keep thing afloat.
I wish they made more movies of this kind. Just when I thought that this year I should be content with one such movie On the Air came along. I have been reading about this movie for almost a year now. I couldn’t wait to watch this one. For one it was directed by Jason Reitman.
All these years, I have been seeing George Clooney in this rose tinted glasses because he is always playing this roguishly charming roles he is always slick and larger than life. It always feels like he is being the seriously handsome Clooney in all of them. This is what makes Up in the Air different because he is actually feels real in an emotionally cauterized kind of way. This is his best role till date. He seemed so genuine in this one. He even made me cry.
Jason Reitman just gets better. This is a movie that is filled with so many self contradictions. One side we see the guy who loves his impersonal corporate lifestyle living a life of isolation and moving from one city to another with a goal of getting 10 million air miles. The other end we see Anna Kendrick with a nauseatingly optimistic view of life, trying to move up the corporate ladder. In between we see Vera Fermiga, his female equivalent. The scene where they are bragging about their cards just shows how we have changed into this materialistic society where the gilt edged loyalty cards have become a status symbol.
Well don’t we all love these so called loyalty cards brag about our platinum status. This film captures something important and disturbing. It shows superbly the airlessness of lives lived in the impersonal luxury of hotels and executive lounges.
Don’t miss this one, its charming, funny and touching. And of course, there is Clooney what else do you want?
I have been going gaga about Away We Go and Taking Woodstock for the past few months. I know these movies are not as good as people thought they would be but there are some scenes which will forever be etched in your memory. In away we go we have this one scene where John Kranshinski and his friend are sitting in a club and talking about their lives. John thinks that his friend is very happy about his adopted kids and he actually does look content. And then his friend tells him about his wife trying to conceive and had miscarriages almost thrice and then in the background you see his wife dancing slowly to velvet underground's Sweet Nothing. The scene is so elegant so poignant it made me cry. It just shows the reality of today's relationships in just 2 minutes. I can never forget that scene. I play the song over and over again and it never feels jaded to me. The song represents this alternate reality people construct to make themselves feel content about their lives and the charade they go through to just keep thing afloat.
I wish they made more movies of this kind. Just when I thought that this year I should be content with one such movie On the Air came along. I have been reading about this movie for almost a year now. I couldn’t wait to watch this one. For one it was directed by Jason Reitman.
All these years, I have been seeing George Clooney in this rose tinted glasses because he is always playing this roguishly charming roles he is always slick and larger than life. It always feels like he is being the seriously handsome Clooney in all of them. This is what makes Up in the Air different because he is actually feels real in an emotionally cauterized kind of way. This is his best role till date. He seemed so genuine in this one. He even made me cry.
Jason Reitman just gets better. This is a movie that is filled with so many self contradictions. One side we see the guy who loves his impersonal corporate lifestyle living a life of isolation and moving from one city to another with a goal of getting 10 million air miles. The other end we see Anna Kendrick with a nauseatingly optimistic view of life, trying to move up the corporate ladder. In between we see Vera Fermiga, his female equivalent. The scene where they are bragging about their cards just shows how we have changed into this materialistic society where the gilt edged loyalty cards have become a status symbol.
Well don’t we all love these so called loyalty cards brag about our platinum status. This film captures something important and disturbing. It shows superbly the airlessness of lives lived in the impersonal luxury of hotels and executive lounges.
Don’t miss this one, its charming, funny and touching. And of course, there is Clooney what else do you want?
Comments
Dont you think you should write one about your "a=b what do you infer" experiences :D
Try listening to the OSTs, thats what I have been doing for the past one year. Nice way to get good compilations directly :)
P.S Garden State OST must have!