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The damn good trailer for UP IN THE AIR has gone live!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. My review of Jason Reitman's UP IN THE AIR from Telluride went up this morning. I didn't get the memo that it was UP IN THE AIR day, but I managed to beat the trailer by a few hours at the very least.
I really dug the film and I'm loving this trailer. There's no Mr. Voice, just Clooney giving a speech that's central to his character and his character's outlook on life. You get the sadness, you get the melancholy and you get a real damn good idea of the tone of the movie, which is important. I was afraid Paramount might want to go the safe route and cut a romantic comedy trailer for the movie, which would be a trick. There is that element in the movie, but it's certainly not the movie.
Slashfilm has the trailer and I've embedded it below. Enjoy!
-Quint
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It's got an 'American Beauty' feel to it. So, I guess I'm down.
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when I do it.
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That's some harshness right there. And texting a break-up is the pinnacle of 21st Century cowardice. Well-done trailer.
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that's just fucked up. And I like that it was done on purpose... nifty little moment.
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It looks like it was shot very cleverly but going off that trailer it reminds me kinda of Clooney's character in Burn After Reading. I wish Clooney would get back to making important movies like he did with Syriana and Good Night and Good Luck. Those were great films with great messages.
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Cloony's clock is ticking
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I agree, yackbacker, I liked thought the text was a nice touch but this type of shallowness is pervasive in our society today, I don't know if I really would call it entertainment to watch two hours of this guy on purpose.
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If this movie is a worthwhile commentary on what we've become, I will be entertained. If it makes people think (or re-think) the shit they see or do, then that's a good film. But it's too early to say if this is that kind of a film or just another angst-ridden yawner with a hipster soundtrack.
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By a fucking mile, baby. All hail Vimeo. If any of you are so inclined, go to Vimeo and search "Star Wars Uncut" and play the scenes. They're awesome.
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... I wonder if the people at Paramount are shooting themselves in their feet alienating most of their potential audience.
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it had me hooked, I'm in.
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Tired of George Clonney and His CLEVER-CUTE Little Monologues... SMARMY.
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...but it sure smells good!
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Looks boring, but I'll give Reitman credit: Juno was a lot better than I thought it would be.
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Memo to Zemeckis: This is how to make a compelling trailer without sacrificing your entire plot. Color me intrigued and all the way in. Looks great.
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a lot of "About a Boy" shades, and love Reitman, and his eye for things, btwn TYFS and Juno I can't wait to see what his next move is.
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No one will pay to see his movies. The only reason why the Oceans movies made money was because Brad Pitt was in it. No matter how many awards they give him, no matter how many gale male reporters strip for him, the public is uninterested in paying for his movies. He's better off going on Network TV where people can actually see him. A venue where he excels.
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Thank You For Smoking was one of the better movies I'd seen of late when it came out, and Juno is Juno. Both times I credited the really strong writing and in the prior the particularly the acting delivering that writing. I guess I'd never considered the director in both cases before, but that they were made by the same guy gives me some faith in this. I think there's an Jason Reitman fan in me. I just didn't know it.
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That was great. I'll go on record as saying that I HATE most George Clooney films. . . but every couple of years he hits me with something I love. O' Brother, Michael Clayton, and this year looks to have THREE! Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and Up in the Air! Glad to see George on a good streak. He is, however, still a cunt when it comes to politics. Sorry, but it is true.
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honestly, it's telling that so many of us are responding to this and enjoying it, and the ones that are hating it just to be contrary are writing things like, "For youre consideration?? BOOOORING..."
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The trailer is pretty cool, but I can't help feel this looks like Jerry Macquire 2.
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Could it be he's not selecting roles aimed at the mass audience? FUCKING DUH. Look at his resume. It's not like he's starring in every other shit Transformers movie to rack up ticket sales. He's obviously picking movies with a niche appeal. Get a clue.
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yea it looks like a Jerry Maquire-ish take, but that ain't bad.
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Such a bait movie. Here are a bunch of actors you like in a boring ass movie. This job is SO hard. Really well at least you have a job. They really fucked up if they are looking to get sympathy for a guy in an executive suite. No Diablo Cody can only improve a Reitman movie though. She is like the next Kevin Williamson. Can't wait for the crap she shits out in her directorial debut. You know it is coming.
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About Thank You For Not Smokeing? Quint was talking about how Reitman walks the line of drama and comedy, but nothing about Smoking was funny nor was any of it very dramatic, save for the cheesy over the top PG sex scene. Seriously why did they still do that if she wasn't going to go all out, it was like a safe for work porno.
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Little Miss Slum Juno. Also between this and Post Grad I don't know whats a bigger slap in the face to the fact that everyone is losing their job right now.
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Why the general public ever gives a flying fuck on what an actor's opinions are on politics has always baffled me.
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Thats what it sounds like. Do you think George Clooney introduces himself by saying, hello I'm Academy Award winner George Clooney and I will have a Big Mac and large fry.
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May as well called the movie Fight Club for adults. I mean you probably could have even got the Dust Brothers to do the soundtrack they aren't up to anything right now.
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And if I can finagle a ticket, The Men Who Stare at Goats on Sunday. The trailer looks good, but strangely familiar. I mean, how many times can we see a guy who pours everything into his job, then loses his job and realizes he has nothing? Hopefully, they'll have a fresh spin on it.
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Your not your fucking kakis in there somewhere?
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I'm in too. I love me some Clooney.
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"This video no longer exists." That's some heavy existential shit right there.
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how ironic
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Then my wife, if there's room.
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Feel the same way I do about Vera Farmiga, in that she is not good looking. They know people would rather see Mr. Smug's mug then her. She was like the elephant man in the trailer they didn't show her face once.
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I beg to differ!
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beg.
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Is the sort of women Maggie Gyllenhall will be once she has the surgery.
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quite like killing your own viral buzz.
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on Maggie Gyllenhall's looks. Alright, so I kind of understand it, but I'd still plow her. She looks like the chick in those progressive commercials.
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"Another Cloony flop"setting aside the fact that you can't even spell the man's name correctly, you have a pretty bad memory of box office, kid.Clooney;s movies as a director have lost some money, but as an actor, he's fucking GOLD. Burn after Reading, Michael Clayton, Ocean's Thirteen...those were his last few movies, and they ALL did VERY well. some of his arthouse movies didn't make anything, but then again, they were on like 100 screens instead of 3000. hell, even Good Night and Good Luck made EIGHT TIMES ITS BUDGET back.please stop typing moronic shit that is factually incorrect, just because Clooney (or Cloony, to you) is a liberal and you hate him for that. I wouldn't make up lies about Bill O'Reilly's numbers, just because I hate him. Or Twilight. Or Transformers.let the grown-ups talk, alright?
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please see my previous post, re: Clooney's box office.
"[...] the public is uninterested in paying for his movies"
you can't make some of this shit up...I swear to god. every time I think I've heard it all in the talkbacks.at this point, the only way someone could surprise me with more completely spurious claims would be if they said Scientology was actually true, and Ben Stiller is 6'3. -
wins at the Box Office doesn't necessarily make them "gold" as an actor. Look at Will Smith. In every one of his films he plays Will Smith. Maybe you should stop typing moronic shit, you pompous prick.
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before you try and dumb it down, shit allover it.
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look at it this way: Clooney's been a legitimate star in only 23 movies...those movies have made over 1.2 BILLION dollars. by comparison, Michael Caine (I'm sure you wouldn't argue that the public doesn't want to see HIM) has been a legitimate star of 47 films, totalling $1.7 Billion. I'm not talking about quality of actors, calm down, I'm jsut saying, Clooney is a HUGE box office draw. just because you get your panties in a twist over his politics and all that horrible charity work he does in Darfur. (what a cunt, you're so right) doesn't mean you are correct that his movies flop. numbers are numbers.
and don't give me lines about the Ocean's movies. first off, they wouldn't have even gotten made, if Clooney hadn't recruited the rest of the actors and encouraged them all to drop their up front salaries. and he was TOP BILLED IN ALL OF THEM. should we not include the Lord of the Rings movies in Viggo Mortensen's box office totals because Ian McKellan was also in them? just ridiculous...OK, my rant is over. time for my nap. -
read it again, slowly, and you'll see I made NO assertions about quality of acting. I was responding to people claims that Clooney was a box office flop, so I used (not surprisingly) box office numbers.relax, brother.look, Steve Carell's films make over $100 million each on average. that's insanely high. does that make him Olivier? of course not. but does it make him a legitimate box office star? clearly.we can talk about one thing without talking about the other. at least I can. if you can't distinguish between one type of discussion and another, it's best to just stay out of it.
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Says who? And just over 100 million isn't good if your movie cost 200 million to make.
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Average: $109,486,754, ok I'll give you that.
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OH FUCK. Did he ACTUALLY just say that?
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Leatherheads was such a box office smash.....
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Where Lisa makes a Malibu Stacy doll and goes in to record the voice for the doll and they have to record some krusty the clown stuff first. Krusty comes in runs through the lines and leaves before the sound guys even know he's there? That's how I imagine how Cloondawgs performance was for this movie.
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if, as a star, you have an average box office take of $100 million, you are in a VERY elite club. trust me, Carell can write his own ticket.
This is the phenomenon that led Chris Tucker to get $20 mil for Rush hour 3, even though it was like his 6th movie. I'm not saying it's always a good thing, again, I'm jsut arguing number. anyone that says Clooney is a box office dud knows next to nothing about movie box office earnings and how it all works. that's all.
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I thought he had more flops.
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Production cost of 80 million. No, no sir I don't like it.
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Sep 09, 2009 2:36:43 PM CDT
Michael Clayton was great. ...Stare At Goats looks great.
by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi
This looks great.Clooney has come a long way since Batman & Robin, and has a good eye for quality movies. Something a lot of other stars sadly DON'T.
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I'd watch a 2 hour movie with him standing against a brick wall. I'm thurr.
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Sep 09, 2009 3:19:34 PM CDT
The kid that played Eckhart's son in THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
by yackbacker
He weirds me out. Just wanted to get that out there.
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what....the....fuck....is....this.....bull...GALIFINAKIS...I'M THERE
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I MUST ADMIT MY HARD-ON FOR CLOONEY EVER SINCE FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.
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Ya know, Spacey is a real life shit packer. You might have a shot. But he is my fave gay actor.
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absolutely
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Just really, totally lose it in a role, and not his charmy, smuggy guy he always plays, the one who is a prick but also funny and charming at the same time. I want to see Clooney in a Reservoir Dogs type environment. Really having to be a fucking psycho badass, and not being Clooney. Like taking the scene where he makes Keitel and his daughter drink with him in From Dusk Til Dawn and cranking it up a notch or two. Do you think he could do it? Anyone else interested? I want Clooney to play a real criminal.
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The way Tom Cruise did in Collateral. I want that type of feeling. That's what I meant to include.
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I'm instantly hooked. Consider my ticket bought.
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All these damn metaphors.
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I cant quite tell what the film is about but I do know it looks about as boring as a film can get.
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They just green-lit Bad Boys 3 for you, don't worry. you don't have to see the "thinky talky" movies if you don't want to.
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was this trailer made to keep people away from seeing???
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George Clooney has been in some of my favorite films of the past decade and this looks like it'll be added to that list. Also, as for davsan38's comment, imagine if I made the reverse statement and the outcry that would follow. Not every film is "Transformers 2" and no one's holding a gun to your head to see it.
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Kind of like your father?
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with Zach Galifianakis. Considering you'll both be in card board boxes in a year or two.
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Clooney's good, but he'll never be that good again. That movie was perfect, best movie of the decade.
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Uh, no we're not. That's why we're humans and not sharks. Humans are inherently social creatures. And let me guess: this movie is all about George Clooney's struggle to realize the obvious.
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Unbelievable how many conservative nuttys are in here... Film is an ART FORM, and while it entertains, it also examines the human condition in a broad, liberal manner via some or ANY form of empathy. Nutty conservatives, whether the gun-kissing type, or the wealth-espousing types can not comprehend this. It does not belong to controlling, angry, nutty conservatives. Period. Film is simply not your thing. At all.
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.."Now, if you can, imagine all the poop that you have ever pooped. Imagine the all the poop that you ever pooped tethered behind you, an ever growing pooptail appendage. Now imagine that ever hot woman that you ever wanted is carting her own pooptail behind her as well. Poop trails cast across all the places we've ever been. Ever overlapping strains of of our past mamfested in poop.
And if we can get past our past-poops long enough to indeed make an effort at a serious adult relationship, we can never really hide from the fact of how much time and effort it will take to Keep your shit separate.
There is no getting around that we poop alone, and each poop is to his own, no mater how ones commit to each other. Both of you will have your own pooptail, and never the twain should meet."
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that without the enormous amounts of airline/hotel/rental car company pimping that surely takes place during this film, the airlines would ban it from their onboard programs because it's basically suggesting that their best customers are idiots leading empty lives while they fly around in the airborne petri dishes with the unwashed masses.
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Message to Hollywood morons: I don't go to the movies to be reminded of reality. Reality it hard enough. I don't want to see real-world situations that happen to resolve themselves because the writers planned it that way. I want to disconnect from reality for two hours. I want to experience the impossible and the fanciful. So take your artsy-fartsy film-festival garbage and shove it.
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the characters on screen. If you don't realize that then you're simply out of touch. I'd rather pay money to see characters that make me go "Wow...I feel you on that." Rather than go and see the 280441488988494th theatrical cyborg explode. Most of us tb'ers aren't six-years-old anymore.
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thing to do is sadly. Except when it comes to somebody close to them or themselves. Let the other guy worry about it I'm doing fine on my own, etc. But if something were to go wrong or have a bad streak of luck then they're the first ones to chance their tunes! But at least they finally for just a little bit see how the world works, if only for a short while.
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everyone is talking about?the anti-christ? AVATAR WILL ANNOUNCE ITS DINNER LIKE A DAMN CAVALRY CHARGE! name one man who wouldn't like the sweat from kathy bate's quim? name one! the unsinkable molly brown! learn to cry, learn to love, learn to CAMERON!
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