Up in the Air
Up in the Air has lost to Avatar in the recent Golden Globe’s category for Best Picture, but this film is always up in the air with me. Ryan Bingham is one pathetic man who knows how to fire people elegantly and how to put on a charming smile after completing his dirty job. He is a prick who thinks he can forever fly up alone in the air and travel around the world endlessly. He disconnects himself from people and loves the idea of going solo.
“What’s in your backpack?” he asks the audience in his motivational speech. Looking at his small backpack, he confidently claims that relationship is the heaviest luggage in life. When people ask him whether he is ever feeling lonely, he says, “How could I be lonely? I’m always surrounded by people at the airport.” Isn’t that just sad? His self-destructive values and over-the-top ethics will only lead him to a lonely death.
His philosophy is simple. Go light and easy in life. Leave all the unnecessary baggage. Yes, he reaches his dream and goal. He wins his ten million frequent flyer miles. But in the end, he has to admit that life’s important moments are seldom alone. He is caught between dreaming to be free and wanting to be attached. He can’t decide whether he should continue flying up in the air or walking down on the earth. He is just a confused loser and an irresponsible escape.
I feel like someday I would end up being just like Ryan Bingham.
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Hi Mie,
Sorry for the long absent. I was too busy with my dept relocation to Bukit Damansara. Coming soon I will soo busy to get the new IT programs to live nationwide. I will be sleep in the office, surely.
I’m soo glad to find you old charm way of writing your blog. Your writing is enriching my life. Keep writing.
Kindly use my gmail for future emails. Its the only email i could use during office hour.
Bye.
Hi Azrai.
Glad to hear from you. You are an important man now. Go and do your best for the country. Stay up in the air
why you would end up like him?
That’s hypothetical. Judging from the way he and I think of the world, we are so alike in so many ways.
Hmm, ok, maybe I should reserve any further comment till I watch the movie.
i hope it will be released soon at major pasar malam in malaysia
Haha, unfortunately kalo released pun, my lappy is not friendly enough to DVD sold at pasar malam.
*berkurun lagi la ni nak letak further komen kat Cik Mi ni..haha*
Salam,
Tidak.Tidak sekali-kali tidak Mie akan jadi seperti Ryan Bingham. Hilmi lebih baik dari diri watak itu kerana Mie bertuhankan Allah SWT Yang Satu, Yang Maha Mengasihi.
Insyaallah Aliff. Thanks for having faith in me.