Up in the Air (3/9) Movie CLIP - How Much Did They Pay You to Give Up on Your Dreams? (2009) HD

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    Ryan (George Clooney) tells the man he's firing (J.K. Simmons) that this is an opportunity to go back to the dreams of his youth.
    FILM DESCRIPTION:
    Jason Reitman's adaptation of the novel Up in the Air tells the story of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who makes his living personally handing out pink slips -- he's the top hatchet man at a company that other companies hire when they are downsizing. And since business is booming, his job keeps him on the go constantly. He flies all across the country, staying in a series of nice hotels. And although this itinerant lifestyle prevents him from having any kind of stable, regular life, this doesn't bother him in the slightest -- he's thrilled to be a boy in a traveling bubble. During one particular layover, he strikes up a conversation with Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga), a fellow savvy traveler. They bond over the ins and outs of various airlines and hotels, and quickly fall into bed. By morning, they are figuring out when their schedules will allow them to meet up again, even though they both make it clear that there are no strings attached. When Ryan arrives back in the home office, he meets no-nonsense career-oriented twentysomething Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), a fast-rising up-and-comer who wants to change the company's practices and save millions by having the staff fire people remotely via webcams. Furious at the thought of losing a lifestyle he's grown quite comfortable with, he convinces his boss (Jason Bateman) to let him take Natalie on a few trips so that she can learn what it's really like to fire someone. Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, and J.K. Simmons co-star in this Best Picture Academy Award nominee.
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    Cast: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
    Director: Jason Reitman
    Producers: Ali Bell, Michael Beugg, Jason Blumenfeld, Jeffrey Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki, Helen Estabrook, Ted Griffin, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
    Screenwriters: Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 497

  • @josephkerr2807
    @josephkerr2807 5 років тому +2117

    I would watch a movie with JK Simmons following his dream of becoming a chef

    • @EdgarTheOnion
      @EdgarTheOnion 4 роки тому +34

      thats actually a cool idea, now that i think abt it

    • @seanob9245
      @seanob9245 3 роки тому +56

      He actually went the musically route lol see whiplash

    • @tinkabell339
      @tinkabell339 3 роки тому +49

      Not quite my tempo

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 3 роки тому +35

      I'd love to see him play that same chef after he's become a bitter and twisted veteran, screaming out at his staff Gordon Ramsey style: "Were you cubing or were you dicing!?!"

    • @lucarusso6004
      @lucarusso6004 3 роки тому +5

      See "Whiplash" and say it again. :-D

  • @Mauriziobarenboim
    @Mauriziobarenboim 7 років тому +1012

    he then went on to become one of the best jazz conductors in the world

    • @Juanfernandoz
      @Juanfernandoz 3 роки тому +26

      and a tempo dictator! haha.

    • @user-ko5ul7yi1x
      @user-ko5ul7yi1x 2 роки тому +1

      No wonder he's working that young drummer like a dog

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km 2 роки тому +15

      Began throwing chairs at his students!

    • @kylereyes2337
      @kylereyes2337 Рік тому

      He should be unfired

    • @MrIrishscouse
      @MrIrishscouse Рік тому +1

      @@onlyone23km Yeah, but he did because he loved jazz.

  • @TheDMB411987
    @TheDMB411987 6 років тому +1094

    I love this scene because it shows why Ryan (George Clooney) is so good at his job. He finds a way to inspire and empower people at their most vulnerable, while Anna Kendrick finds out the hard way a major in psychology doesn’t mean you know the right thing to say.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 6 років тому +45

      TheDMB411987 Empathy. Not some psych 101 textbook.

    • @jorgek92
      @jorgek92 6 років тому +5

      @@edwardgaines6561 right on!

    • @yantongh2258
      @yantongh2258 5 років тому +33

      He made a bad situation looks good. He got that wolf of wall street tongue

    • @liamsilver4843
      @liamsilver4843 2 роки тому +6

      actually she minored in psychology. But you are right. She thought she knew how to manage their minds.

    • @mikeexits
      @mikeexits 2 роки тому +12

      @@liamsilver4843 That sort of thing takes real experience and extremely deep introspection, as well as a high level of self-awareness, first knowing how your own mind works, then observing others' minds in the real world to see where you can draw the line between what you have in common with everyone else and what makes you contrast with everyone else. It's a long and enlightening process.

  • @trukreg
    @trukreg 9 років тому +441

    I met him at a "meet and greet" in Detroit last Monday (4/6/15). I told him this was my fav scene of him and that I never thought anyone could talk to cute little Anna like that and have the audience acutally side with him. He said that he was somewhat intimidated working with Clooney on this scene (I was kinda shocked to hear that). But he said Director Jason Rietman had them interview real people who lost their jobs, and that excercise helped him play a more angry role instead of just sad. Really great guy, very approachable and down to earth.

    • @RichGwilliam
      @RichGwilliam 3 роки тому +12

      Honestly surprising, Simmons is a great actor in my books and many others - but then so I suppose is Clooney. It's got to be said though, while Clooney gets the admiring looks in this scene it's Simmons' portrayal of bitter shock and dread metamorphosing into grudging realization and hope that sells Clooney's character. It's a corker of a scene.

    • @paulhornsey-pennell1931
      @paulhornsey-pennell1931 8 місяців тому

      how interesting! thanks for posting this.

  • @christinacollins5555
    @christinacollins5555 5 років тому +729

    I was just informed that my job was being “eliminated” due to budget reasons🙄 This scene popped in my head immediately. I feel like nows the time to pursue my dreams. So here’s to new beginnings ❤️🥂

    • @Flimofly
      @Flimofly 5 років тому +8

      christina collins I hope it turns out well for you, am positive you’ll land on your feet!

    • @zenilton80
      @zenilton80 4 роки тому +8

      Good luck!

    • @de4130
      @de4130 4 роки тому +6

      You go girl!!

    • @ZamorakTV
      @ZamorakTV 3 роки тому +11

      I just saw this comment. How are things going one year later?

    • @christinacollins5555
      @christinacollins5555 3 роки тому +66

      @@ZamorakTV Hi! Thanks for checking in...fast forward 1 year I have a great government job and just started my own business

  • @BatmanHQYT
    @BatmanHQYT 5 років тому +162

    This movie has by far one of the best scripts. The dialogue is absolutely electric even in the quieter moments, and elevated even higher by the quality of the acting. Simmons is excellent as usual, even with just under 3 minutes of screentime.

  • @JohnS-il1dr
    @JohnS-il1dr 2 роки тому +74

    The reason why he listened to Clooney was because he realized that Clooney paid attention to his resume and remembered the detail about cooking school.

  • @jcolinmizia9161
    @jcolinmizia9161 Рік тому +137

    This hits on something my folks told me when I got my first job out of college: “plan your life like you’re going to be out of work for the next six months.” It’s honestly super comforting knowing that I have enough set aside that if I do get fired it won’t be a life-crushing event, just an inconvenience.

    • @KS-xk2so
      @KS-xk2so Рік тому +5

      I'm the same way. I make a nice living and spend accordingly, vacations, fun toys occasionally, saving for my retirement one day, etc....... but I ALWAYS have at least 15k liquid in a savings account tucked away, minimum.... just in case.

    • @ianinkster2261
      @ianinkster2261 Рік тому +2

      @@KS-xk2so Great minds think alike - I've got enough put aside to live comfortably for a year and will consider it abject failure if I ever don't hereafter. This gives me peace of mind to embrace my existing occupation as an ehtusiast, rather than as someone forever afraid of the sack.

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 Рік тому

      Took me 5 months to find a better job and I only got that cause somebody else left. It can actually really be a life crushing event when your desperately trying to cut your expenses cause the other company didn’t pay you enough

  • @lejonbrames8820
    @lejonbrames8820 4 роки тому +179

    For all those wondering. This guy is doing fine now. He got hired to do commercials for an insurance company.

    • @jurrytaalib-deen9788
      @jurrytaalib-deen9788 2 роки тому +7

      😂😂😂

    • @QuilloManar
      @QuilloManar 2 роки тому +20

      I heard he became a Journalist, runs his own paper now! What was it called? The Daily Bug?
      I can't remember, but the paper has this thing for spiders now.

    • @UltimaKeyMaster
      @UltimaKeyMaster Рік тому

      @@QuilloManar Or it would have a thing for spiders, but he only has one guy that can manage to get good pictures of him.

    • @daniel_tenner
      @daniel_tenner 11 місяців тому +1

      I heard he became an alien superhero, after running a jazz band for a while.

    • @michaelhartmann1285
      @michaelhartmann1285 6 місяців тому

      😅

  • @mschrage618
    @mschrage618 2 роки тому +157

    I feel this. I quit my job in law enforcement to pursue my dreams as a vocalist/guitarist last year. I’m not making nearly as much money but I’ve never been happier.

    • @scotthockenberry3085
      @scotthockenberry3085 Рік тому +3

      Sounds awesome. I know which one would be more fun that’s for sure.

    • @bluecollar8525
      @bluecollar8525 Рік тому

      What do your wife and kids think about the lower paycheck?

    • @MrFtge
      @MrFtge Рік тому +3

      ​@@bluecollar8525 What do your wife and kids think about how you have a low paycheck and no dreams

    • @sigmasquadleader
      @sigmasquadleader Рік тому +4

      @@bluecollar8525 Where did you imagine a family that needed to be supported?

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому +2

      I remember when I was happier at my lesser paying job and I was happier, too.

  • @GregOrCreg
    @GregOrCreg 3 роки тому +52

    I love Clooney's reaction at 0:35. Yep, that's how I felt when she said that.

    • @Chapps1941
      @Chapps1941 2 роки тому +5

      Classic reaction. Clooney and Simmons are something quite special in their own ways. Clooney gets much bigger bucks because apparently he's good looking but Simmons is such a good actor

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 2 роки тому

      @@Chapps1941 Basically she's saying "Your daughter will be able to show up her dad and declare herself a success, on the back of *your* failures as a provider". The absolute cheek of such a statement, although it does hint at something quite interesting, albeit controversial: I think some kids like being the product of 'supposed' trauma, and being able to say "Yeah, my deadbeat dad was on mininum wage/couldn't hold a job. But look at me!!! I got out of dodge and made a success of myself!" It's an interesting dynamic in which the best interests of the parent (to have a sense of self-worth/value as a provider/bread-winner) is at ptential odds with the child (who can take the early material hardship, if they then get to frame themselves as some sort of rags-to-riches success story, and thus derive the ego-boost this narrative bestows on themself). Personally, I think every parent should be a success in order to 'punish' their entitled, arrogant, conceited brats.

    • @raspberryridge8840
      @raspberryridge8840 Рік тому +2

      Kudos to the director for catching that expression

  • @samuelfreeman1084
    @samuelfreeman1084 9 років тому +683

    I see in your resume that you were once the CEO of the Daily Bugle. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams, Jameson?

    • @MrShadowtruth
      @MrShadowtruth 8 років тому +16

      +Samuel Freeman when life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Make life! Take the lemons back! What am I supposed to do with these!!!

    • @Rucker1980
      @Rucker1980 8 років тому +50

      nothing they just gave me pictures of spiderman

    • @generalturgidson4684
      @generalturgidson4684 8 років тому +8

      +Samuel Freeman $27000 a year and the chance to get rid of his wife.

    • @raulvicentemadrigal8832
      @raulvicentemadrigal8832 7 років тому

      Samuel Freeman i hope your not a minor

    • @SamueITan
      @SamueITan 7 років тому +1

      "Ask Zack Snyder XD"

  • @speedyspooley
    @speedyspooley 10 років тому +147

    I LOVE J.K. Simmons' acting. He's so friggin good!

    • @VtRD
      @VtRD 6 років тому +5

      Just before the Oscar win, his wife called him a "37 year overnight success." JK never gave up on his dream, in real life.

  • @SophiaAphrodite
    @SophiaAphrodite Рік тому +29

    "How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams"? Great line

  • @yineo
    @yineo 6 років тому +293

    Every single time I watch this scene I want to quit my job.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 6 років тому +25

      Anthony121 Do it. Save up 6 month's expenses and take a risk.
      Life is short.

    • @sacredstarlight9446
      @sacredstarlight9446 4 роки тому +2

      @Sinyail smart theory there friend but how the hell do you make it without money yea chase your dream while you live in a homeless shelter and scrounge off ebt and food stamps 🙄

    • @ahmedkhan2740
      @ahmedkhan2740 4 роки тому +3

      How much do they pay you right now to give up on your dreams?

    • @carenknox-hundley2350
      @carenknox-hundley2350 4 роки тому +3

      Think of everything - *everything* - as a choice. What are you choosing to keep in your life, that keeps you where you don’t want to be? What can you do without, to live a life you love? Are there unconventional ways to live, that you don’t choose because of what others might think? This is YOUR life.

    • @ryanho228
      @ryanho228 4 роки тому

      @@edwardgaines6561 the problem is i can't really saved 6 months expenses...

  • @williammccormick2802
    @williammccormick2802 8 років тому +109

    Great fucking scene. Such a perspective shift.

    • @user-ik4pj7mp3l
      @user-ik4pj7mp3l 2 роки тому +1

      so where are u now
      did u get where u wanted to be

  • @jongon0848
    @jongon0848 2 роки тому +46

    One of the most beautifully written and performed scenes of all time. I think we can all relate to JK Simmons character in this scene, we understand why he's upset about being fired. Why he took a job with benefits (for his daughter's asthma) that he's not happy with, and why he feels hope at the idea of starting to go back to do what he loves.

  • @scottmacleod1029
    @scottmacleod1029 7 років тому +513

    This scene is amazing in many ways.
    1) the way Clooney diffuses the situation
    2) the message to pursue your dreams
    3) JK Simmons is an amazing, under appreciated actor

    • @HovaNirvana
      @HovaNirvana 7 років тому +22

      Scott MacLeod Well he won an Academy Award a couple of years ago, so I'm not sure he's that underappreciated anymore. But word on everything else.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 6 років тому +5

      @@HovaNirvana Plus he was in Juno!
      "Tore up from the floor up!"😅

    • @tristantaylor4358
      @tristantaylor4358 5 років тому +2

      The third one you are absolutely right

    • @sonicjrjr14
      @sonicjrjr14 4 роки тому +3

      Dude won an Oscar. Not sure hes really that underappreciated.

    • @MrBraddles3128
      @MrBraddles3128 2 роки тому +1

      On what planet has JK Simmons ever been under-appreciated?

  • @florianwolf9380
    @florianwolf9380 2 роки тому +5

    I've been through this scenario a number of times with different "retrenchment coaches" trying each time to sell me the "opportunity of a lifetime" - it never worked, because as long as you are part of the system of "big house, great car, paid tuition for the kids, etc etc" you are never free. I liberated myself after involuntarily retiring early due to a life-changing accident, lived for 5 years on a tropical island, then moved to a small mountain farm and am now a vigneron, a gardener and a wooden boat restorer - not a lot of money, but A TON of happiness & satisfaction. THAT'S what I call life !

  • @xoallieox07
    @xoallieox07 9 років тому +53

    Most hilarious scene in the movie, haha just the look on Clooney and Simmons' face after Anna Kendrick says children respond better under moderate trauma....hahaha say what

    • @carmend1665
      @carmend1665 8 років тому +4

      +xoallieox07 This might be funny if you're a woman and the only thing you have to think about is calling a man abusive, emptying his bank account into yours and picking out a color of lipstick in the cosmetics aisle, but if you're a man then it's pretty insightful

    • @girlgamer4444
      @girlgamer4444 8 років тому +11

      +AMERICA IS WHIIITE wtf are you talking about?

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 6 років тому +1

      @@girlgamer4444 I think he/she is alluding to divorce.

  • @BabyBearRudy
    @BabyBearRudy Рік тому +11

    This movie is full of gems but this scene right here is a work of art. Great writing, acting and pacing. No big budget needed

  • @derrickgentryhumbleblessed8772
    @derrickgentryhumbleblessed8772 4 роки тому +138

    This scene is actually a wake up call to everybody who is tired of living average and settling for less and continuing to deal with difficult situations on a everyday job instead of going out to change their lives for better and for those that it matters to🙏🏽🙏🏽💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

    • @elevatechurchbr6161
      @elevatechurchbr6161 3 роки тому +2

      So true Derrick, curious: did you make that change? 😄

    • @derrickgentryhumbleblessed8772
      @derrickgentryhumbleblessed8772 3 роки тому +3

      @@elevatechurchbr6161 I've been making a change everyday to do what I've been dreaming of nonstop😊🙏🏽

    • @dvvl2k942
      @dvvl2k942 Рік тому +2

      @@derrickgentryhumbleblessed8772 hey Derrick. It’s been a year since you commented this. I hope you’re closer to your dream pal

  • @deoduceassassin
    @deoduceassassin Рік тому +3

    I was working for a company for 7 years. On the 7th year they got bought out by a different company. They retained me but the job and people changed. It was enough for me to go I need to find something else, something that will make me happy. I quit and went to a place that is a million times better and I’m so much happier

  • @ericmiller93
    @ericmiller93 2 роки тому +11

    Clooney and Simmons peak acting. What a great scene.

  • @fadein99
    @fadein99 9 років тому +19

    This and the backpack scenes were my favorite. The whole movie was great.

  • @ChromeMan04
    @ChromeMan04 3 роки тому +12

    My favourite scene! The way George Clooney’s character gives advise to him about pursuing his dreams really gets me thinking because many of us have been this route many times.

  • @Bob_Jones123
    @Bob_Jones123 2 роки тому +11

    This is so real. People become so dependent on their jobs. They forget who they are.

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 2 роки тому +1

      Some people have little else. For some people, their jobs *are* who they are, and how dare anyone take that away from them! 😠

  • @BabyBearRudy
    @BabyBearRudy Рік тому +6

    I was 26 making $50k/yr when they fired me. I thought, what was the point of my bachelors if it just led to a job I didn’t even like. I then started working as a social media manager then moved to a digital marketing position and now I make $85k/yr and I got properties that add to that which puts me over 6 figs per year. I say this bc at that time my family thought I was stupid, my friends thought I was stupid and even I thought I was stupid for not going back and begging for my job back. Point is, when they fired me from that super stressful job that I thought was safe making $50k/yr, I was so unhappy that when I started working part-time as a social media manager I was literally making $16k/yr but enjoyed it, I wanted to get better. That’s why I’m good at what I do now and can make the money I make now and while work is still work, it doesn’t feel draining anymore, I actually like working and think about work even when I’m not working cuz I like it and I’m proud of what I do

  • @michaelshell8897
    @michaelshell8897 Рік тому +4

    It's easy to say you can start over when you're young. When you're past your fifties, it is much more difficult.

  • @jeffreymeeks4051
    @jeffreymeeks4051 4 роки тому +25

    This scene, along with "Never let anyone tell you you can't do something" from Pursuit of Happyness makes me want to throw the towel in at my job of three years and go self-employed and follow my dreams.

    • @ColinFox
      @ColinFox 4 роки тому +5

      So do it. Seriously. I don't mean just quit and then think "what do I do now". I mean while you still have a job, still making payments, decide what you want to do and what steps will be needed to take it. Do you need some more education? Do you need capital? Whatever it is you need to get going, get those prereqs. Then, once you've prepared your foundation, make the switch.
      If you plan everything out, including having a plan B & C if plan A doesn't quite work out, you should be fine.

    • @jeffreymeeks4051
      @jeffreymeeks4051 3 роки тому +15

      @@ColinFox Update on my situation. I quit back in November and have since been bringing steady money in with pressure washing work, it's enjoyable and keeps me grounded with bills and such. Also started school in August as an automotive technician, I'm planning on looking for employment with Ford after I become certified in 2 years time, or possibly by some miracle I land work whilst still in school.

    • @grammar_shark
      @grammar_shark Рік тому

      @@jeffreymeeks4051 Amazing!

    • @honuswagner9348
      @honuswagner9348 Рік тому

      @@jeffreymeeks4051 we need another update

    • @jeffreymeeks4051
      @jeffreymeeks4051 Рік тому +2

      @honus wagner So I've since graduated school and haven't had the best of luck with holding work due to lack of experience but I'm hoping gaining a job in county or state department will change that. I've learned very much from the shops I've worked in through the past and a few have offered to keep the door open to my return if I could gain experience elsewhere

  • @chiraggupta009
    @chiraggupta009 5 років тому +11

    I have the same reaction as 0:35 when she spoke those words

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 3 роки тому +1

      That's a brilliant bit of incredulous "WTF did you just say?" acting from Clooney there.

  • @mysteryperson1976
    @mysteryperson1976 2 роки тому +7

    This movie is both heavily on my mind and hitting really close to home at the same time. Just got laid off in a situation where everyone was laid off.

  • @stephenboster8925
    @stephenboster8925 3 роки тому +6

    Around the time this movie came out, I more or less lived this scene, though it wasn’t revealed to me this way - I had to figure it out for myself.. this scene helped immensely..

  • @edwardgaines6561
    @edwardgaines6561 8 років тому +81

    The textbook approach vs the PERSONAL approach. Shows just how glorified a college education is. Clooney made the sell here by actually LEARNING about the guy they fired. Personalizing a sell, imagine THAT!

    • @mungy27
      @mungy27 5 років тому +16

      sale* maybe you could've learned that in college

    • @OPBjorn
      @OPBjorn 5 років тому +5

      @@mungy27 ouch

    • @neilenehag8419
      @neilenehag8419 5 років тому +3

      Actually the text book means of sacking someone is to be personal like Clooney was.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 3 роки тому +2

      English must not be your first language. You've never heard the phrase "hard sell?" It can be used as a noun too.

    • @blackjac5000
      @blackjac5000 Рік тому +1

      Funny how the guy who'd been doing it for years had a better feel for it than the rook just starting out, huh?

  • @lukespillman1313
    @lukespillman1313 8 років тому +78

    J.K simmons is james gordon
    george clooney was batman

    • @Adamdow95
      @Adamdow95 7 років тому +6

      Probably a good idea Batman never told Commissioner Gordon his identity...

    • @plague6174
      @plague6174 3 роки тому

      @@Adamdow95 he did in Dark Knight Rises

  • @JeffreyGillespie
    @JeffreyGillespie Рік тому +6

    JK Simmons kills it in every movie he does.

  • @thebatmanwhoposts9600
    @thebatmanwhoposts9600 2 роки тому +10

    If Clooney got this kind of writing in Batman & Robin he would've been the best Batman ever.
    This is something I could easily see Bruce/Batman saying to a more misguided villain who could easily be rehabilitated.

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 2 роки тому +1

      When we start referring to laid-off workers as 'misguided villains' we really have fallen as a society...

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому +1

      He got to fire J. Jonah Jameson.

  • @MrBlakewarner
    @MrBlakewarner 11 років тому +20

    I can't explain how much I love this scene.

  • @rdkap42
    @rdkap42 Рік тому +7

    What's hilarious about this movie is that in real life they just send you an email and cut off your access. You don't get a face to face with anyone.

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому

      I remember my last firing. It was by phone.

  • @fruitfcker5351
    @fruitfcker5351 6 років тому +28

    I'd willingly pay to get George Clooney to fire me.

  • @sfgrunt
    @sfgrunt 5 років тому +3

    always been a fan of JK Simmons. he's got great range and a face you can't stop looking at.

  • @calebelliott1168
    @calebelliott1168 Рік тому +4

    Clooney’s face though when she says that is priceless though.

  • @cobraelectric
    @cobraelectric 4 роки тому +23

    If he made about $90K a year that comes to $1,730.77 a week to his annual salary. Good work if you can get it

    • @operator91210
      @operator91210 5 місяців тому +2

      Yeah sure if you want to sell yourself out to the rat race

  • @mauricerizat
    @mauricerizat Рік тому +3

    This scene isn't supposed to put Clooney's character in a good light, nor is it supposed to be inspiring. It shows his talent at his job - feeding enough bullshit to the people he fires so that they're tricked to think of it as an opportunity and their anger is diffused for long enough that by the time reality hits them, they're too far away to do any damage to either their old company or to Clooney's character. Notice how he feeds basically the same inspiring story to everyone throughout most of the movie.

  • @ennui2000
    @ennui2000 10 років тому +28

    "Follow your dream", eh? I've heard that line before in similar circumstances. My response? "I don't have a dream anymore. You've taken it away." Then I threw their "packet" back in their stupid faces and told them to KMFWA.

    • @anti-illuminati685
      @anti-illuminati685 7 років тому +9

      The top 1% keep the masses dreaming - that's how they stay where they are...

    • @Daioblis
      @Daioblis 7 років тому

      ........ You told them to what now?

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 4 роки тому

      Some people grow to love their job, obviously. George Clooney, having looked at the résumé, cleverly suspected that J.K. Simmons primarily took this job that he has just been let go from as a detour from his dream of becoming a chef.

  • @Chapps1941
    @Chapps1941 2 роки тому +4

    I love how the condescension of big business is portrayed here.

  • @p-tv4959
    @p-tv4959 Рік тому +1

    I find this inspiring. Loved this film the first time I saw it. The relationship between Anna and George was so well told. Cheers guys.

  • @travelator3035
    @travelator3035 4 роки тому +9

    So that's where Terence Fletcher's anger came from. He left this company and became a ruthless band instructor.

  • @neilenglish8582
    @neilenglish8582 Рік тому +1

    Love this scene...I've watched 100xs...admittedly..its the actors...but..also..it feels like the truth..to a 50year old man...GOOD LUCK to all the "Bobs" out there

  • @morisn
    @morisn 8 місяців тому +1

    For those who haven't seen this movie... Watch it and get used to this scene. Now, the real 'termination conversation' when there's downsizing is not as warm and heartworming as the one on this movie. But it helps to watch it. Do it if you haven't yet.

    • @moverton500
      @moverton500 7 місяців тому +1

      During covid, I was handed a piece of paper and told to leave. The guy who gave me the paper quickly acted like he was working at his desk and ignored me, so I just silently walked out.

  • @89five3five
    @89five3five Рік тому +4

    My former employer did indeed hire “consultants” to restructure their company and they eliminated jobs. The only difference between what happened to me and this scene is my direct manager was involved and it was via a phone call. Not even the dignity of a face to face.

    • @paulcolburn3855
      @paulcolburn3855 Рік тому

      they hired consultants to restructure the work that the office does and make sure that ONLY the necessary work was being done. but your boss had to fire. he fired all the people who were doing work that the consulting company deems was unnecessary. there is no company on this planet that fires people. that is not a business model that would have even one client. only in Hollywood does this company exist.

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому

      As a man who was fired face to face TWICE, it’s still unpleasant.

  • @hansolobutimdead
    @hansolobutimdead Рік тому +2

    Friendly reminder to turn the volume down on your way out

  • @cobraelectric
    @cobraelectric 4 роки тому +5

    He had only this one scene, but JK Simmons made this entire movie in this short clip

  • @JoshyHendoMan
    @JoshyHendoMan Рік тому +1

    I was recently asked to resign my position a few months ago put of the blue and the person said “this will free you up to find something better.” Yeah, that’s not a consolation prize.

  • @matthewnada913
    @matthewnada913 Рік тому +3

    JK Simmons has one of the best deliveries of “f-k yourself”

  • @GudaGudaPaisen
    @GudaGudaPaisen 16 днів тому

    0:35 Clooney was like : wait you actually said that?!😂

  • @SamueITan
    @SamueITan 3 роки тому +10

    "How much did they first pay you to be Commissioner Gordon?"
    "And when were you gonna stop and come back and be J. Jonah Jameson?"

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km 2 роки тому

      Haha! Batman asking that question!

  • @93deadpool
    @93deadpool 10 років тому +17

    If Morgan Freeman or George Clooney were to give me some sort of advice (no matter what it might be)......I'd believe them:)

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому

      Michael Jordan and Tony Parker gave me advice and it was great.

  • @beleagueredcastle4410
    @beleagueredcastle4410 2 роки тому +6

    "...No, that's why we love Athletes..." 🤣

  • @lacoleccionperfecto
    @lacoleccionperfecto 3 роки тому +5

    Anyone else needed this at this exact moment?

  • @ebeyslough
    @ebeyslough 2 роки тому +2

    That's the most brilliant layoff/termination conversation ever.

  • @adamblackshaw9151
    @adamblackshaw9151 Рік тому +3

    Very underrated movie.

  • @johnnylove6008
    @johnnylove6008 Рік тому +2

    It’s not like bob can just become a chef at his age. He’s have to start from the bottom and then there’s the heads of practice that he didn’t do. I can assure you bob tried, but then quickly realized he’s way past his prime

    • @taoliu3949
      @taoliu3949 8 місяців тому

      No, but it's better than to just go home and sulk over being fired.

  • @MartianManHunter2258
    @MartianManHunter2258 2 роки тому +4

    And that's just the motivation Nolan needed to become Omni-man.

  • @jayhaapala6026
    @jayhaapala6026 4 роки тому +6

    This movie is so underrated.

  • @TheTuttle99
    @TheTuttle99 Рік тому +2

    Damn Clooney making me rethink my life choices

  • @SaphirKnight
    @SaphirKnight Рік тому +1

    Chef Simmons: Not quite my tempura.

  • @lejonbrames8820
    @lejonbrames8820 4 роки тому +3

    This movie has played on the movie channels for weeks now. I watched it a week before being unexpectedly laid off due to Covid-19. I remember watching and thinking man I've been at this job for almost 8 years I would hate to have to go through job hunting again. Then on March 30th my day off I got word. I was let go. The first few days were really hard. But then I started thinking, I really wasn't happy at that job. What I would really like is to be a country singer. It almost sucks to have a talent that you feel you can never use.

    • @smill1985
      @smill1985 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry to hear that you were suddenly let go. Hopefully you can find something else if you haven't already. Or have you started that elusive country music singing career yet? 😊

    • @lejonbrames8820
      @lejonbrames8820 4 роки тому +1

      @@smill1985 I'm still unemployed. I appreciate your concern.

    • @MrBemnet1
      @MrBemnet1 3 роки тому +1

      @@lejonbrames8820 are you employed now?

    • @lejonbrames8820
      @lejonbrames8820 3 роки тому

      @@MrBemnet1 yes thank you for asking

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km 2 роки тому +1

      I remember that fear while working close to 3 years at a job I got fired from.

  • @BabyKagome16
    @BabyKagome16 11 років тому +31

    This is my favorite scene in the movie :)

    • @HovaNirvana
      @HovaNirvana 7 років тому +4

      BabyKagome16 One of my favorite scenes in any movie.

    • @jkdoorbinnia
      @jkdoorbinnia 4 роки тому

      Same, I just randomly searched it up because of the pandemic and I honestly feel strong empathy for people losing their jobs over something they cannot control.

    • @Jffeeney3rd
      @Jffeeney3rd 3 роки тому

      Of course it is, JK Simmons is in it!

  • @tinutennyson797
    @tinutennyson797 Рік тому +1

    George Clooney has a wonderful voice.

  • @davidhickman8720
    @davidhickman8720 2 роки тому +4

    Bob went on to open an under-appreciated hamburger restaurant with the help of his wife Linda and his three children.

  • @batacachuck
    @batacachuck 9 місяців тому +1

    he cannot dunk balls but he surely can throw chairs to his drummer students…

  • @dustyvaughn8819
    @dustyvaughn8819 Рік тому +1

    I come back to this scene every time I start looking at a number to give it up…

  • @Kensoy83
    @Kensoy83 8 років тому +7

    Ohhhhh ok, now I see why he was always angry in Whiplash. Still not a chef though.

  • @BM151
    @BM151 9 років тому +19

    he had me beat... first gig out of college, I was gotten for 24k/year, lol

    • @Gr8Layks
      @Gr8Layks 9 років тому +3

      +BM151 I've got you beat: $19K in 1995, working for a bank IT dept.

    • @SuperGezmo
      @SuperGezmo 4 роки тому +2

      Out of high school, I made over $80k being a fuel operator

  • @kevinjanghj
    @kevinjanghj 6 років тому +4

    Honestly, it seems rather dodgy to take away someone's job, especially a well-paying one which allows them time and money and space to do what they desire to do. The context within which Clooney's character was speaking was given that we have the passion, we ought to go there instead of working in a job that saps our souls, but what if the job itself from which he is to be laid off was not that bad for the one getting the money and the benefits? That would make Clooney's point totally crap......

    • @blackjac5000
      @blackjac5000 Рік тому

      Sometimes these decisions are made by people who are so high up the org chart that they're insulated from what the people they're dumping actually do. I went through this with a contract gig that had gone on for so long that it was a de facto full time job, but then the place I was working at decided (I suspect as retaliation for Obamacare) that contractors would now be limited to a year's worth of half-days. My section was staffed pretty much entirely by contractors but we had a lot of turnover due to the nature of what we were doing, so this was totally impractical to have two shifts of people do this when it took so long just to find people who could do it at all.

  • @brandonrichard3634
    @brandonrichard3634 3 роки тому +3

    Unfortunately there are many more people who don’t make $90,000 a year when they get fired, and don’t have that kind of cushion to follow their dreams

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 3 роки тому +2

      And even if you do earn $90,000 a year and have that cushion, it won't be easy to start a new career from scratch in your 50s/60s.

    • @jeffreylebowski3280
      @jeffreylebowski3280 2 роки тому

      Cushion? 😂😂

  • @Gr8Layks
    @Gr8Layks 4 роки тому +9

    Yeah ... I wonder how it would go when a 60-something year-old man walks into the back of the house at a fancy smancy restaurant and tries to land a coveted chef job. Not! But nice try!

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 4 роки тому +2

      Simmons likely already cooks nice meals for his family-the only remnant of his dream he has left.

  • @freshbro12
    @freshbro12 10 років тому +14

    This guys blue eyes pop out lol

  • @emanueltoledo7103
    @emanueltoledo7103 3 роки тому +1

    You can find this scene around minute 33:30 in the movie.

  • @majorlagg9321
    @majorlagg9321 Рік тому +1

    If only most managers were like George Clooney. Most send you an email. Sometimes you find out you've been fired when you're locked out of your email.

    • @onlyone23km
      @onlyone23km Рік тому

      I got fired by phone, and twice face to face.

  • @sacredstarlight9446
    @sacredstarlight9446 4 роки тому +7

    Depressing but brilliant movie

  • @ajitkirpekar4251
    @ajitkirpekar4251 4 роки тому +6

    I was someone who quit a job that paid well but I found utterly boring, I can tell you...it's not a super rosy picture. I dealt with years of unemployment and soul searching for a career path that would align with my passions. I found it and entirely coincidentally, it happened to be a well paying field. BUT, whenever you do something that is qualifies as work, it will never be as fun as leisure. That is a reality every working person must accept.

    • @Vandicoup
      @Vandicoup Рік тому

      And that's precisely why we get to go home at the end of the day, have weekends, vacations and go on holidays. Our true leisure times to focus on our hobbies, passions, side-projects, families and what have you. We work to live, not live to work.

  • @edwardtrainor8927
    @edwardtrainor8927 Рік тому +1

    Given that the two of them's actual job is just to get the now ex-employee to leave the building without too much fuss, that's not bad. It doesn't have to be true. It's just.. marketing to make sure they didn't do anything drastic.

  • @tkc324
    @tkc324 5 років тому +3

    After he got fired... he went on to teach music...at Schafer...

  • @ankurshah23
    @ankurshah23 Рік тому +1

    You guys relate? This is 90% of every adult. I would love to watch this movie again. hit pause after ever scene and have a panel discussion of how this relates to the average person and seek alternatives. Job/Car/Mortgage/Kids/Shopping junk/Retirement is the brainwash of society.

  • @calebelliott1168
    @calebelliott1168 2 роки тому +1

    Watching this at 23. They really need to teach goal setting and personal achievement in schools.

  • @AA-fn9xz
    @AA-fn9xz Рік тому +2

    If you could win an Oscar for a 2 minute cameo…

  • @arhynecmp9092
    @arhynecmp9092 Рік тому +1

    Don't follow your dreams. Follow opportunity. Bring your dreams with you.
    It is nigh impossible to make a lateral move from one industry to another after you've got considerable time in the later.
    You get used to and even dependent on a certain pay rate/salary. You can't just wake up one morning and start over.
    He's not going to be able to just walk into a swanky restaurant and start making $90k/yr with his only experience being a cooking class and waiting tables 30yrs ago.
    His next line should have been to tell George he's full of crap.

  • @weissswingsthemic
    @weissswingsthemic Рік тому +1

    Now. This is what you call a rizz. Not the BS people are doing now a days.

  • @goodguynow
    @goodguynow 6 років тому +8

    I would go into an automatic depression if i was his age being fired

    • @MisterMcKinney
      @MisterMcKinney 5 років тому +1

      How do recover when it’s easy to hire a college grad for a fraction of the salary?

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 4 роки тому +3

      @@MisterMcKinney Y'know, it sounds cliche but having a side gig while you work you main is mandatory these days. If you don't invest in yourself, then like a pile of money under your mattress you lose value over time.

    • @micahcook2408
      @micahcook2408 4 роки тому +1

      Edward Gaines facts. And in some cases, like for artists, it’s harder to for art to be your main gig unless you live in an area that has a booming entertainment field. So the main career comes first with the art being second gig. But even then, I think that’s why a lot of actors, musicians, etc. invest in other properties and spread their wealth. Such a crippling system sadly, especially considering your money nor jobs go with you when you die, but assets and wealth do live on... the dichotomy of life itself.

    • @goodguynow
      @goodguynow 4 роки тому

      Cam Robertson good for you man! :))

  • @HitmanRebornFans
    @HitmanRebornFans 8 років тому +32

    #NOTQUITEMYTEMPO

    • @tinvillagracia9975
      @tinvillagracia9975 4 роки тому

      Are you dragging, or rushing? Or are you on my f'ng time?! Love that scene.

  • @68Fourty72
    @68Fourty72 Рік тому

    "I'm a fixer Bob, I'm a bag man, what do you need Bob? Lay it on me."

  • @hustlehardtony
    @hustlehardtony 10 місяців тому

    This scene made me watch this movie. And to keep following my dreams I don’t even ask for a raise at work I’m too busy focusing on my dreams and counting down till I get there

  • @Artman009
    @Artman009 Рік тому +1

    "Up in the Air 2: Rise of ChatGPT"

  • @georgeforall
    @georgeforall Рік тому +1

    He went on to sell Farmers Insurance as a spokesman.

  • @plbeckman
    @plbeckman 7 років тому +7

    This scene alone should have won an academy award

  • @TheBallsKicker
    @TheBallsKicker 3 роки тому +1

    Clooney should have told him "yeah well you're not quite my tempo"

  • @generalturgidson4684
    @generalturgidson4684 8 років тому +14

    Wow, they talked to this guy like they have never seen Oz or something.

    • @paulcoleman3025
      @paulcoleman3025 8 років тому +1

      They probably did...when he took a weight and a Turd to the face! XD

    • @MarkAlanEffinger
      @MarkAlanEffinger 5 років тому

      My thoughts exactly!

  • @Killjoy3990
    @Killjoy3990 2 роки тому +1

    Wtf, JK’s eyes are gorgeous. Why isn’t this well known?