Up in the air & Muse & Sleep
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thelake- I don't know why everyone is such a fan of Muse's Undisclosed Desires. It's not a very strong song, a little flat even... I have the song, I listened to it several times, but it just didn't click. Maybe one day it'll hit me, but for now, I don't get the hype. It's in every single fanmix. Seriously.
- I slept better last night! Woke up twice, but resisted to turn around and check the time so I could force myself to fall asleep again. Plus, dreams were less crowded and tiring, so success! I think watching Love Actually helped ♥
- I also watched Up in the Air and was expecting it to be boring, but it was delightful, relatable with a very good flow of events!
I don't think George Clooney's performance was Oscar worthy though. It wasn't very special or didn't seem to need a lot of work. Maybe that was what made him succesful: making the role seem effortless? I think Vera Fermiga and Anna Kendrick were much much better.
I imagined myself in Ryan Bingham's position, traveling most of the year and spending at most a month at home; I would go crazy. For starters, I hate planes. That recycled air, food, stress, everything. I'm glad I have a desk job.
But, I also understand how it would feel extremely annoying to suddenly be grounded, because a fresh college graduate came up with a genius (!) idea to fire people: remote termination. That was an invitation to a disaster. I wanted to slap Natalie and make her come to her senses, but then again, I am Natalie. I, too, sometimes see being single as a failure in life, I want to have the perfect family, perfect secure job, I see adventures in life as a probable threat to my routines, I think everything can have a flow chart and everyone can do everything as long as they have the right tools.
Life doesn't always work that way.
The movie showed it very well. I was all lovey dovey while Alex and Ryan were having fun in the tech party, meeting in between flights, going to the wedding together, but not every "Ryan Bingham with a vagina" is a perfect woman. Honestly they are commonly called as the biggest bitches in the whole wide world. That was what Alex was. A total, huge, mean and stupid bitch. She had a family for god's sake! How dare you call Ryan "an escape" and then telling him to call you when he feels lonely! I was so mad at her, but then I got happy at the end because Ryan had his 10 million miles and he was flying again because that woman Natalie fired killed herself (man, I would be devastated if I was Natalie...which she was.) and that remote termination thing didn't work. All in all Ryan knew the way he lived and loved his life was the right way for him. Yeah maybe, he could have had a different job, be closer to his family (which I thought were overall mean! That big sister of his was another bitch. I would never treat my brother that way no matter how absent he was!) and have his own family with a wife and kids, but again, life doesn't always work that way.
I gave it 5 stars and I recommend you see this movie, you won't regret it.
- I slept better last night! Woke up twice, but resisted to turn around and check the time so I could force myself to fall asleep again. Plus, dreams were less crowded and tiring, so success! I think watching Love Actually helped ♥
- I also watched Up in the Air and was expecting it to be boring, but it was delightful, relatable with a very good flow of events!
With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
I don't think George Clooney's performance was Oscar worthy though. It wasn't very special or didn't seem to need a lot of work. Maybe that was what made him succesful: making the role seem effortless? I think Vera Fermiga and Anna Kendrick were much much better.
I imagined myself in Ryan Bingham's position, traveling most of the year and spending at most a month at home; I would go crazy. For starters, I hate planes. That recycled air, food, stress, everything. I'm glad I have a desk job.
But, I also understand how it would feel extremely annoying to suddenly be grounded, because a fresh college graduate came up with a genius (!) idea to fire people: remote termination. That was an invitation to a disaster. I wanted to slap Natalie and make her come to her senses, but then again, I am Natalie. I, too, sometimes see being single as a failure in life, I want to have the perfect family, perfect secure job, I see adventures in life as a probable threat to my routines, I think everything can have a flow chart and everyone can do everything as long as they have the right tools.
Life doesn't always work that way.
The movie showed it very well. I was all lovey dovey while Alex and Ryan were having fun in the tech party, meeting in between flights, going to the wedding together, but not every "Ryan Bingham with a vagina" is a perfect woman. Honestly they are commonly called as the biggest bitches in the whole wide world. That was what Alex was. A total, huge, mean and stupid bitch. She had a family for god's sake! How dare you call Ryan "an escape" and then telling him to call you when he feels lonely! I was so mad at her, but then I got happy at the end because Ryan had his 10 million miles and he was flying again because that woman Natalie fired killed herself (man, I would be devastated if I was Natalie...which she was.) and that remote termination thing didn't work. All in all Ryan knew the way he lived and loved his life was the right way for him. Yeah maybe, he could have had a different job, be closer to his family (which I thought were overall mean! That big sister of his was another bitch. I would never treat my brother that way no matter how absent he was!) and have his own family with a wife and kids, but again, life doesn't always work that way.
I gave it 5 stars and I recommend you see this movie, you won't regret it.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:31 am (UTC)I don't know. I love the song Undisclosed Desires, I guess I love the lyrics of the song although I don't think it will still be one of my favourite songs in say, a few months time.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:33 am (UTC)Lyrics are pretty good, I agree, but the melody, the general flow of the song? Not so much.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:49 am (UTC)i thought it would be slow too, but it wasn't really.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:51 am (UTC)It was just the right amount of pace.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:34 pm (UTC)Sesli okuyunca son cümlem çok kafiyeli geldi. İngilizce şiir mi yazsam ki.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:38 pm (UTC)