Come Anticipate Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, George Clooney, sad songs

ugh

(did not watch GGs (not into pain) but will ugh in bold AND caps if he wins writing Oscar, lol)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/01/james-cameron-jason-reitman-anthony-minghella-avatar.html

hate reitman more and more

The genesis story that Jason Reitman tells is by now well-honed. He discovered Walter Kirn’s novel “Up in the Air” in the independent bookshop Book Soup and spent a long time whipping a script into shape before getting behind the camera.

in the independent bookshop Book Soup
in the independent bookshop Book Soup
in the independent bookshop Book Soup

haha, he really is a shit.

Oh no, he was in a bookstore.

seriously - how pretentious

next we'll hear he writes for an alt-weekly!

if he was honest he'd just admit he read it on his kindle.

That's not earthy enough a story, tho!

See, he was helping those poor indie bookstore workers from losing their jobs!

you have really got the wrong takeaway from this story dude.

name-dropping an indie bookstore is like the least objectionable thing this guy has ever done.

I actually don't think much of this story is particularly objectionable.

That's Hollywood.

why did you do this then:

in the independent bookshop Book Soup
in the independent bookshop Book Soup
in the independent bookshop Book Soup

Because it's hilarious.

the alliteration.

the title of the shop, the notion of writing a screenplay in it, the carefully modulated assertion that it was an indie bookstore, not some suburban B&N ... all hysterical

Unusual details!

Book Soup is an independent bookstore located at 8818 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, and is the largest general interest independent bookstore in Hollywood. The store is "known for its tall, teetering stacks and mazes of shelves crammed with titles that attracted entertainment and tourist industry clientele..." Popular with many in the entertainment industry, the store hosts a number of events featuring celebrity authors including Muhammad Ali, Howard Stern, Annie Leibovitz, Chuck Palahniuk, Jenna Jameson, and The Doors. Considered a "cultural fixture" of the Sunset Strip, Book Soup has also been featured as a location in a number of films and television shows.

The store was founded in 1975 by Glenn Goldman. Goldman and David Mackler (both in graduate school at UCLA at the time) raised $50,000 and, after doing extensive research on where to locate their store, opened Book Soup on Sunset Boulevard. The rationale for the location, as Goldman explained, was that there "had been a period of upheaval here in the '60s—of thought and ideas—and I felt that the people who lived in the neighborhood would and could really support a bookstore." Book Soup (the name was the least-offensive of those proposed by Goldman and Mackler) was nestled between a head shop and strip club. Mackler designed the store's interior.

What were the more offensive names, one wonders.

the title of the shop, the notion of writing a screenplay in it, the carefully modulated assertion that it was an indie bookstore, not some suburban B&N ... all hysterical

― queen frostine (Eric H.), Monday, January 18, 2010 11:38 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

uh i dont think he said he wrote the screenplay in the store haha

also how is saying "the independent bookshop" carefully-modulated

Book Fuck

Book Poop

the independent bookshop poop soup

Poop to Nuts

Rough Bindings

He discovered Walter Kirn’s novel “Up in the Air” in the independent bookshop Anal Book Hole

anal book nook iirc

"And he's called the Bookworm, you say."

He should have just said he discovered it in a book store after he read a draft that someone else had adapted and sought out the novel. In a book store. Where people often find books.

Am I wrong, or is Walter Kirn another pseudo-conservative a la Chris Buckley?

He called himself a libertarian, I think in his KCRW Treatment interview.

My favorite moment from the Golden Globes was Cameron winning best director and best film, because they would cut to Jason Reitman looking snotty and disappointed in the audience. He was clearly expecting to win.

James Cameron is an annoying tool, but he still manages to be less objectionable than Jason Reitman.

Reitman has proved himself to be a prat in a lot of ways, but I'll still root for him over Avatar any damn day.

no way

avatar's just corny, up in the air is actually straight objectionable

Avatar isn't objectionable? Straight-up racist, pandering, focus-grouped-to-death faux new age BS.

Actually, Avatar wasn't focus-grouped.

im pretty meh on both films but i'd reward cameron's psycho creative lunacy over reitman's mannered libertarian feel-good pat-backing any day.

both films are basically anti-human, i'll side with the one with the aliens

haha!
a friend of mine is saying that i should actually go see this movie so that my objections to it have more cred. i'm like, i don't like anything jason reitman's done, on top of that i feel manipulated into sort of liking it while watching and then feeling confused and dirty afterwards. and every time i've heard him talk or read anything, i am made to sneer, which is unattractive on many levels. my tolerance for hollywood douchebaggery is low these days. i do like clooney, but maybe this will make me not like him! ohno!
so...

Clooney (and really the whole cast) is what keeps me from outright hating this movie.

see, that just makes me think of the whole Little Miss Sunshine debacle all over again - awesome cast, uncreative writing, bad movie, get mega accolades, leaves me o_O - i find that kind of thing infuriating

if i go see this i will have to have a more nuanced take on this than "it sucks"

same thing w/ avatar tbh

At least Avatar manages to have a coherent ending even if it is just hippie saccharin.

Little Miss Sunshine bugged me all the way through, but I liked the first two-thirds of UITA a lot (especially the scene where they crash the tech convention). Clooney/Farmiga amorality = A++. But man, that ending is so clumsy and WTF that I blurted out "are you fucking kidding me?" in the middle of it.

psycho creative lunacy

I wish this were an accurate descriptor of Avatar's terrible qualities, but the truth is so much more banal.

what is the horrible truth about this movie neither of us likes

There's no lunacy in it beyond the insane budget and crepey alien sex - it's just recycled plot points and shitty dialogue.

Also, Reitman (or the other screenwriter, whichever) gets points for getting rid of the Haggis-worthy cancer twist from the novel, whereas Cameron seems to have gotten rid of all the even vaguely interesting stuff that was in his original treatment.

who know Book Soup was as polarizing as this movie

haha who knew