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Monday, January 25, 2010

Up In the Air

Okay, to be honest with, I didn't think I was going to like this movie. Half way through it, I am wondering to myself, "Why am I even watching this?". To be fair, I finished it; anyone who knows me is well aware that I rarely don't finish a movie, even if it bad.

I like George Clooney, I think he's a great actor. Sometimes I wonder about the movies he chooses to do, though. With Up In the Air, I was really wondering—did he owe back taxes? But get this. The best part of the whole movie was the ending. Not that I was happy that the movie ended—I am talking about the actual ending, the core message of the whole movie. It was great. I was pleasantly surprised.

So, I guess it is possible to have a bad movie with a good ending, although I would have preferred it to have been a better movie in the first place.
Posted by Jeremy English at 7:29 AM

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