I think we watched this on January 6, 2010.
Jason Reitman
& Sheldon Turner
(screenplay)
Starring: George Clooney
Plot synopsis:
George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a traveling salesman. What he sells is you out of a job! That was terrible, let me start over.... Ryan Bingham's life is his job. He works for a company that other companies hire when they need to downsize and are too chickenshit to do it themselves. So he flies all around the country firing people. He lives out of a suitcase and he loves it. Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) is young and way too proactive. She comes up with an idea to fire from the comfort of their home office via video conference instead of flying around and doing it on person. Bingham is horrified by the idea of staying in one place so he objects to this saying it will never work. He teams up with Natalie to go on a firing expedition to show her why her idea is stupid. Along the way he meets a pretty lady who also has a fetish for flying and falls in love...awwww....sorta. And there's some shit about his sister getting married somewhere in there.
Review:
I don't think there could possibly have been a more appropriate movie to come out in 2009. Our economy is shit and everyone is either out of work or about to be. It deals with the ever climbing pile of sleaze and bullshit that is corporate America. (profit over people) The cold collected way we're all suppose to behave in this charade that is the workplace. In the movie companies are outsourcing their firing to another company to keep it all nice and professional. But even the firing company itself can't escape the monster we call capitalism as they attempt to eliminate the only piece of humanity they offer, which is a human presence. They'll save money on flights and hotels if they can just fire people over Skype. It's so efficient and soul-less. Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) Is the brain behind this innovative new venture. She is smart and ambitious and arrogant and naive and foolish, you know human. Kendrick is perfect in this movie. I can't even believe that she hasn't done much else beside this and Twilight. She's up for best supporting actress at the Oscars and she so deserves it. (This Sunday I can't wait! I'm aware of how big of a lame I am)
The whole movie is about not getting personally or emotionally involved with anyone. You should just concentrate on achieving your goals and getting ahead in life. Clooney is of course charming in this movie like he is in every movie but he's not douchey he's kind of humble. His character, Ryan Bingham, is a loner and he thinks he doesn't need anyone to make him happy. That is until he finally finds someone that does, Alex Goran, Vera Farmiga's character. Clooney and Vera have amazing chemistry by the way. The way he feels about her makes him rethink his philosophy on life and realize that he doesn't want to be alone anymore.
If everyone just works for the benefit of themselves and ignores the rest of the world our society will crumble, but then again I'm a godless commie so I have to say things like that. But, even with that being said, I'm a loner who doesn't like to get close to people so I found Bingham's life of perpetual travel rather appealing. Okay, In short, I loved this movie. I can't wait to see what Jason Reitman will make next.
I don't think there could possibly have been a more appropriate movie to come out in 2009. Our economy is shit and everyone is either out of work or about to be. It deals with the ever climbing pile of sleaze and bullshit that is corporate America. (profit over people) The cold collected way we're all suppose to behave in this charade that is the workplace. In the movie companies are outsourcing their firing to another company to keep it all nice and professional. But even the firing company itself can't escape the monster we call capitalism as they attempt to eliminate the only piece of humanity they offer, which is a human presence. They'll save money on flights and hotels if they can just fire people over Skype. It's so efficient and soul-less. Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) Is the brain behind this innovative new venture. She is smart and ambitious and arrogant and naive and foolish, you know human. Kendrick is perfect in this movie. I can't even believe that she hasn't done much else beside this and Twilight. She's up for best supporting actress at the Oscars and she so deserves it. (This Sunday I can't wait! I'm aware of how big of a lame I am)
The whole movie is about not getting personally or emotionally involved with anyone. You should just concentrate on achieving your goals and getting ahead in life. Clooney is of course charming in this movie like he is in every movie but he's not douchey he's kind of humble. His character, Ryan Bingham, is a loner and he thinks he doesn't need anyone to make him happy. That is until he finally finds someone that does, Alex Goran, Vera Farmiga's character. Clooney and Vera have amazing chemistry by the way. The way he feels about her makes him rethink his philosophy on life and realize that he doesn't want to be alone anymore.
If everyone just works for the benefit of themselves and ignores the rest of the world our society will crumble, but then again I'm a godless commie so I have to say things like that. But, even with that being said, I'm a loner who doesn't like to get close to people so I found Bingham's life of perpetual travel rather appealing. Okay, In short, I loved this movie. I can't wait to see what Jason Reitman will make next.
