Up In The Air with George Clooney

Up In The Air with George Clooney. This was an odd movie. George has a job that requires him to spend all his time flying around the country on airplanes, renting cars, and living in hotels. He has an apartment, but it's a pretty miserable sort of place. He only spends a couple of weeks there each year. His big goal in life is to rack up ten million air miles on American Airlines. Last year, for example, he flew 350,000 miles. Since planes fly 500 MPH, that's 700 hours in the air, not counting all time spent waiting in airports, or driving to and from airports. It's amazing he has any time to get any work done at all. Oh. Then there's his job. It's firing people. He flys around the country and tells people they are fired, without using the word "fired".

Even though he flys an extraordinary amount, it would still take him 30 years to rack up ten million miles. When he does reach his milestone, he is only the seventh person to have done so.I couldn't do it. I fly anywhere it takes me a day to recover. Long flights, make it a couple of days. Air travel and I just don't get along.

Anyway, George's existence is pretty empty and pointless, but he seems content with it. I just can't imagine. Are there people who are really that shallow? Maybe, if they have never encountered any difficulties. Anyway a couple of things happen to George and he eventually wakes up and realizes there is more to life than airline miles. Of course, it's a little late now, but maybe something will work out.