Up in the Air

Director – Jason Reitman
Cast – George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick

Jason’s previous works – Thank You for Smoking, Juno and Up In the Air. My personal favorite Juno. Up in the Air has multiple Academy Nominations including one for Best Director and Adapted Screenplay for Jason. Thank you for Smoking and Up in the Air both have a contemporary view of an odd-ball job which no one knew could be turned to a subject for a film or a book. Juno is a class apart, and I give more credit to Diablo Cody for the concept and screenplay :)

George Clooney has done a similar ‘I-am-the-janitor-you-can’t-live-without-me’ role before too…His good looks somewhat hide his real acting potential from exploding on the screen. I feel his role as Michael Clayton had more impact.

Vera Farmiga- I have seen earlier in Breaking and Entering and The Boy in Striped Pajamas and remember her roles quite clearly. Though I have seen Departed, I do not recollect her now. Strangely when you look at the roles she has played, there is so much of versatility. It was only when I started reading about her and checked the various roles Vera has played that I learnt a lot about her. When you see a string of movies, then you notice one particular actor, you think have I seen the actor before. It’s an interesting and spiraling form of discovery. I discovered Laura Linney too in the similar fashion.

Anna Kendrick – Frankly did not feel her performance as geek-turned-corporate-honcho-far-away-from reality deserved an Academy nomination, though my opinion hardly counts here :)