dinner and a movie: Up in the Air
Welcome to my Monday morning recap (on Thursday afternoon) of my fabulous dinner and a movie date with myself! Up In the Air is Jason Reitman's third film. I really enjoyed Thank You For Smoking and absolutely adored Juno, so I had high hopes for Up in the Air . George Clooney, who is fantastic in this role, plays a man who travels more than 300 days a year. His job is to fire people, and he has the perfect balance of charisma and toughness needed to fire people he doesn't know for a living. After seeing the trailer many, many times, I worried this film would be hampered by a trailer that gives away it's climax (if you've seen the trailer, then you know what I'm referring to). I was pleasantly surprised to see I was wrong. I don't want to spoil the film's actual climax(es), but rest assured, friends, you don't know too much going into the film. Another pleasant surprise was the humor. Yes, I expected it to be funny; I laughed in the trailer. T...