Up In The Air about "Up In The Air"

I saw the screener of "Up In The Air" last night and thought the film was 'meh'.

It was very much serious movie about a serious subject. It was character study with the story told in dialogue, almost like French movie in the way that it was concentrated on dialogue rather than action (which was probably a good thing because I felt that the camera work was choppy). But all that talking made the film a bit tedious.

Clooney and Farmiga's performances as the casual hook up couple were subtle and Anna Kendrick as the neophyte consultant was well acted in the way that she was sufficiently arrogant in her naivete. (I kinda felt that the true star of the movie was American Airlines)

One review that I read about the film called it a"coming of age story for a middle aged man" which seems suitable. Clooney's character's emotional dislocation is juxtaposed against his physical dislocation as a man always on the move and mentally and physically unable to put down roots.

What I liked was the way that it dealt with the issue of corporate layoffs and the reality of the fact that people can spend decades working for a firm and be downsized so effortlessly, a sad but true byproduct of corporate and government mismanagement at the best and malfeasance at the worst.

I'm glad that I saw the movie, but I wouldn't desire to see it again.

Have you seen "Up In The Air" and did you think that it is Oscar worthy?