FS #285: Up in the Air / Invictus / Top 10 Films of 2009
Thanks also to special guest voicemailers: Steve Prokopy from Ain't It Cool News, Matt Singer from IFC News and writer/director Rian Johnson.
Also on the show: Music by Iron and Wine and Massacre Theatre -- presented by Pixar Talk. This week's winner will get the Pixar DVD of their choice.
Filmspotting #285
:13-10:45 - Review: "Up in the Air"
10:46-20:27 - Review: "Invictus"
Music: Iron and Wine, "Love Vigilantes"
21:46-26:56 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: M. Kelly)
26:57-28:03 - Prokopy Voicemail
28:04-39:54 - Top 10 of 2009: #10-6
Music: Iron and Wine, "Belated Promise Ring"
40:54-41:55 - Singer Voicemail
41:56-1:00:57 - Top 10 of 2009: #5-3
Music: Iron and Wine, "Boy With a Coin"
1:01:26-1:10:09 - New DVDs / Donations
1:10:10-1:10:54 - Johnson Voicemail
1:10:55-1:26:39 - Top 10 of 2009: #2-1
1:26:40-1:29:00 - Close / Next Show / Outtake
NOTES
- Jason Reitman was nominated in the 2007 best director category alongside the Coen Bros., Paul Thomas Anderson, Julian Schnabel and Tony Gilroy - not David Fincher, which I believe was my point at the time. I thought Fincher for "Zodiac" was a stronger candidate than Reitman for "Juno."
- Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.
- Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.
Labels: Invictus, Michael Phillips, Top 10 Films of 2009, Up in the Air Scott Tobias
posted by Candace @ 6:30 AM
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16 Comments:
I liked Up in the Air a lot. Speaks of some men out there !
Did you pronounce that Michael Hanukkah?
You mean the proper way to pronounce it? Indeed I did. :)
Admittedly, I probably could have used more of a 'han' sound than 'hahn', but, you know, give me a break.
Ok i'll give you a break i thought you just might have been in the holiday spirit.
Between Inglorious Bastards and Fantastic Mr. Fox there's been some pretty fun movies out this year.
Aaaaaaaaaaaa, no one went for Duncan Jones' 'Moon'? Probably my fave mainstream (so to speak) film of the year along with 'The Hurt Locker', oh well..
You guys should try to catch Samuel Maoz's 'Lebanon' a real war masterpiece, too bad it hasn't broken out of the festival circuit a la Persepolis and Waltz...
Sorry, guys. After 3 years I am through. It seems like this show has changed and ya'll are way too far off from my personal opinions for me to keep coming here for advice on what movies to watch. Most of the movies I'm interested in aren't even covered here. Maybe we'll meet again sometime in the future. Take care.
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Two movies no one mentioned that I absolutely adored were Medicine for Melancholy and Bronson. I feel like maybe I took Bronson the wrong way (most of the theater seemed confused, I was laughing uncontrollably), but I adored its use of expressionistic lighting and production design. Also, guys, not even a mention of Michael Sheen in The Damned United? Watching Big Mouth Strike Again was so much fun, even for someone who doesn't know the first thing about soccer.
I don't know if it's just me but this hasn't appeared on my iTunes feed at all. I thought you guys had packed up early for the holidays!
I mentioned Medicine for Melancholy on the forum, was going to mention it here but imdb says it was 2008.
Jason Reitman = Alexander Payne
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Just watched this and i can see your point on the "backpack" thing but i have to disagree on the firing scenes. Those scenes i think are what made this film hit me in the gut more than anything in Precious.
I didn't critique all the firing scenes - just most of the ones with obviously non-actors.
Treeless Mountain! I can't believe that got a mention! My co-host on our podcast only saw that recently but, alas, did not put it in his top films of 2009. He went for Watchmen as Best Film of 2009 (can you BELIEVE IT!) and yet I chose ... Inglourious Bas****! And I didn't read 'your notes'.
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New Listener here. Great show, I am already really addicted. Got to work late this morning as I wanted to finish listening to your podcasts in my car.
I enjoyed Up in the Air but it would not approach my top ten. Two comments.
1. George Clooney doesn't do it for me. In all of the films I have seen of his there seems to be an emotional element missing in his character. Is it just me? His characters seem almost bulletproof to emotion and I am not able to empathize with him. In addition, I never really empathized with any of the laid off workers. Not even the woman that commits suicide. It made the film feel hallow to me because the unemployed are the undercurrent of the film, but I never connected with their situation.
2. A movie that parallels nicely with this one, is "The Accidental Tourist". About a man who writes travel books for people who don't like to travel. A man due to life circumstance, is unable/unwilling to connect to others. Just rewatched it and liked the understated performance of William Hurt's character. William Hurt is just great.
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