Buy Up In The Air

It’s difficult to understand how a movie that manages to make you feel down in the dumps in many instances can have you laughing out loud the rest of the way. Perhaps it’s because UP IN THE AIR is a movie crammed full of surprises and total knowledge of its [...]]]>

Buy Up In The Air

It’s difficult to understand how a movie that manages to make you feel down in the dumps in many instances can have you laughing out loud the rest of the way. Perhaps it’s because UP IN THE AIR is a movie crammed full of surprises and total knowledge of its main subject. Throughout the movie I was expecting the obvious conclusion and was surprised to get something completely different in return, but even UP IN THE AIR’s shocker scene, managed to make so much sense it’s difficult for me to understand how I didn’t see it coming. There’s no question in my mind UP IN THE AIR will be the movie future generations will look back in trying to understand this particular era we live in. It is quite simply a classic.
 UP IN THE AIR is the story of Ryan Bingham, a businessman who spends most of his life on the road: in aeroplanes, hotel rooms and bars. His job is to travel from company to company firing people. He is never in one place very long, and he has no real relationships. He is even estranged from his own family. His main goal in life is to reach 10 million frequent flier miles, a number only 6 people have reached prior to him. His life is all about loyalty status and points. But suddenly, his company decides that they are going to try to fire people via internet video conferencing, instead of face to face. Bingham is going to be grounded, forced to live in Omaha, and to give up his jetset life-style.

Oh my, what will happen next?