Up in the Air

"Men got such hardons from putting their names on things. You guys don't grow up. It's like you need to pee on everything." A memorable quote from one of the most memorable movie, Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman who also delivered the award-winning Juno. And here comes the greatest George Clooney's performance so far. Up in the Air is based on a novel with the same name, written by Walter Kirn in 2001.

Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a corporate downsizer expert who fly around United States to fire peoples. He rarely found himself at home, for him the lounge, the cheap sushi, and the light at the edge of the airplane wings tells him he's home. He also finds his time to deliver motivational speech, telling people how relationships are dragging their life. On his way, he met a middle-aged woman, Alex (Vera Farmiga) who turned out to be a frequent flyer just like him. They started to do a relationship everytime their schedule come across. Then come a young bright girl, Natalie (Anna Kendrick) who want to cut company expense by doing the downsizing online. Her boss, Craig (Jason Bateman) tells her to stick with Ryan as his pupil. On their trip, Natalie found out that Ryan's personal goal is to achieve ten million frequent flyer miles. She gets confused to the way Ryan think about relationship, as he really doesn't want one. As the time goes on, Ryan found out that he can't live on like that. He said, "If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life... were you alone? Life's better with company."

Up in the Air really tells us how important relationship is. We just cannot enjoy our lives alone. There are a lot of things to share. And Jason Reitman successfully deliver the message. In a very brilliant way. And in this movie also we saw how important the roles of family in the hard times, even it is only shown in such a little time it still done the job.

This is the movie that you want to watch, or even collect the DVD or Blu-ray. You won't be disappointed with it, especially with George Clooney's performance. And remember to watch it with someone, cause life's better with company.