Up In The Air Was Robbed!

I say this with the utmost respect to Kathryn Bigalow and The Hurt Locker gang, but Jason Reitman was absolutely robbed last night. In case you were sleeping or living in a cave, last night was the Academy Awards and Up In The Air wasn’t given a sniff of an award. With Avatar taking all of the awards that have to do with a computer, I really thought that George Clooney and the rest of the peeps involved with Jason Reitman’s flick had a chance. Turns out I was wrong…

I’ve seen The Hurt Locker and it’s pretty good. My only beef with it is that I’m really tired of war stuff. Tanks, tanned cammo, automatic weapons and disassociated soldiers has been done… Al lot. Granted, The Hurt Locker was one of the better flicks to show this, but at the end of the day, Up In The Air was an original, well portrayed look into the times. It included elements of social commentary, comedy, drama and some great performances. Yes, it was an adapted story, but at the end of the day, aren’t all movies?

Again, nothing against The Hurt Locker, but Up In The Air was absolutely robbed last night.