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Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:32 pm
Saw this movie recently. Clooney and Anna Kendrick as the main characters. Never heard of it but thought it was really a good watch. Really shows perception from the ‘single guy, no worries’ is good vibe. Similar to the Family Man.
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Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:39 pm to BabyTac
Saw it during the recession/depression when it came out in 2009.
Found it condescending and smug...which is understandable since it stars George Clooney.
Found it condescending and smug...which is understandable since it stars George Clooney.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 4:57 pm to BabyTac
Vera farmigas arse is so nice
But this is a guilty pleasure movie . Watched it many times .
Clooney is so good .
But this is a guilty pleasure movie . Watched it many times .
Clooney is so good .
Posted on 11/10/22 at 5:00 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Found it condescending and smug...which is understandable since it stars George Clooney.
maybe it's just my personal sensibilities, but it was knocking who Clooney's character was as a person. Sure he was professional and good at his job, but he was the black sheep of his family, his "apartment" was depressing, he had no friends, his one love interest was just using him for sex. The end of the movie, he's achieved his goal and has nothing to show for it. i know it's not that depressing of an ending, but he's staring at the bleakness that is his future.
It was a lot like Get Out. The smug elites loved it, but i don't know that they understood it was talking about them.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 5:26 pm to BabyTac
Good movie
Posted on 11/10/22 at 5:32 pm to Lawyered
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Vera farmigas arse is so nice
But this is a guilty pleasure movie . Watched it many times .
Clooney is so good .
All of this. I really like it.
His movie, The American is excellent as well
Posted on 11/10/22 at 6:11 pm to 3nOut
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it was knocking who Clooney's character was as a person. Sure he was professional and good at his job, but he was the black sheep of his family, his "apartment" was depressing, he had no friends, his one love interest was just using him for sex. The end of the movie, he's achieved his goal and has nothing to show for it. i know it's not that depressing of an ending, but he's staring at the bleakness that is his future.
Yeah, I didn't get it either.
There's a concept of a good movie in there - a guy who loses sight of work/life balance plus the twist of gender role reversals in the romantic plot. But they just went overboard on Clooney's character. Why would anybody want to sleep in their own bed 50 nights a year, work all the time and have nothing to show for it but a crappy apartment and a bunch of frequent flyer miles and status awards? It's like the movie was some sort of a bizarre advertisement for credit card reward programs.
Maybe - if we are being extremely charitable - Clooney's ultimate plan was to expense report as much of his cost of living as he possibly could so he could bank all of his salary, retire at age 50 and then chill on a beach in Hawaii, bang hookers in Thailand and travel wherever he wanted for free on his stored miles while everyone else slaves away in an office for another 20 years. But the movie gave no indication of that and it wouldn't make his character much better or more likeable even if it did.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 7:04 pm to 3nOut
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The end of the movie, he's achieved his goal and has nothing to show for it.
I think a lot of men, including me, get obsessed with a dream they alienate everything around them to achieve it. Then once we get it…there’s nobody to celebrate with.
That’s what I took from the movie. Don’t alienate to achieve material things.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 8:14 pm to Lawyered
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Vera farmigas arse is so nice
Body double.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 8:14 pm to ellunchboxo
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Body double.
It’s still real to me damnit !!
Posted on 11/10/22 at 9:46 pm to AUFANATL
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Why would anybody want to sleep in their own bed 50 nights a year, work all the time and have nothing to show for it but a crappy apartment and a bunch of frequent flyer miles and status awards? It's like the movie was some sort of a bizarre advertisement for credit card reward programs.
Had a manager once who basically was Clooney in this movie. She was obsessed with FF miles, rewards programs, and airport lounges. She lost a marriage over it, and never saw her kids.
His character is not as anomalous as you'd think.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 10:19 pm to AUFANATL
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Why would anybody want to sleep in their own bed 50 nights a year, work all the time and have nothing to show for it but a crappy apartment and a bunch of frequent flyer miles and status awards? It's like the movie was some sort of a bizarre advertisement for credit card reward programs.
Because some people hate the normal 9-5 home on the weekends routine.
Traveling for work puts you in a different place routinely, seeing and interacting with different people routinely and never having to “settle.”
To be honest, if I were still single and not ready to settle down, I’d take his job in a heartbeat. That kind of life appeals to me.
Posted on 11/10/22 at 11:26 pm to 0x15E
That shite would be entertaining enough fro about 2 months, then I'd want to blow my brains out having to travel through airports every day for a decade or more.
That Kind of thing appealed to me when I was 23...not so much today.
That Kind of thing appealed to me when I was 23...not so much today.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 4:11 am to 3nOut
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It was a lot like Get Out. The smug elites loved it, but i don't know that they understood it was talking about them.
Just thought it was the wrong movie at the wrong time. People are losing their jobs and homes in droves...and this movie takes the wrong tone.
Granted they're trying to highlight the callousness of business... But just this premise, hey get a fresh start, here's our packet. Nobody wanted to watch this movie back then.
It was a weird and unwanted Hollywood take on the crisis.
Posted on 11/11/22 at 4:37 am to BabyTac
Feel like this has been popping up on my recommended on Netflix for years now. May have to give it a shot
Posted on 11/11/22 at 5:06 am to BabyTac
Anna Kendrick is great in it
Posted on 11/11/22 at 7:12 am to GetCocky11
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Anna Kendrick is great in it
She played the part of a young, unseasoned little girl very well
Posted on 11/11/22 at 7:20 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Granted they're trying to highlight the callousness of business... But just this premise, hey get a fresh start, here's our packet. Nobody wanted to watch this movie back then. It was a weird and unwanted Hollywood take on the crisis.
There were a lot of themes for sure. Him being alone at the end in his greatest moment is what always stuck with me. I travel for a living (nowhere near Clooney’s amount) and I think about how I don’t want to get to an end of a road and be alone. Every time I get diamond or platinum, it’s cool for the perks, but I consider the things I missed. This week I missed my youngest’s first JH basketball game. I don’t have a ton of guilt because I’ve seen 100 of his older brother’s and I’m going to see 100 of his, but it was bittersweet being on a plane and having to get texts from my wife on how it was going.
I enjoyed it at the time but I was young and fresh in my career. Didn’t get laid off laid off but 2008 kicked my arse and set me back from financial viability for another 7 years. I don’t know that it was any indictment on 2008 though since it’s based off a book in 2001.
This post was edited on 11/11/22 at 7:30 am
Posted on 11/11/22 at 7:24 am to BabyTac
Posted on 11/11/22 at 8:12 am to 3nOut
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I don’t know that it was any indictment on 2008 though since it’s based off a book in 2001.
The book has an incredibly bad score on GoodReads, 2.88 out of 5.
I don't think this movie would have worked without the underlying financial crisis happening in real life.
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