could have been but isn't good

Rating: 5/10 (26 January 2010)

-may contain spoilers- this movie is about human connection.It could have been worth all the hype it gets,if it was more carefully written.But the way it is,it 's just too simplistic and too satirical. The central point of this movie should have been this:are people able to have a real human connection today?Thats an interesting and important subject worth of Oscar material movie.But this movie doesn't talk about that.It basically asks the question,is human connection worthwhile?Thats a stupid question because anybody will immediately say yes,unless he or she is a total idiot. The hero of the movie,is not shown to be unable to connect with people because of the way modern society has become.He is not shown to want a connection but being unable to have one,he takes up to the skies.That would have been interesting.There are lonely people in this world who don't have a real connection and the only people they talk to are similar to the airport clerks Ryan talks to in this movie. But in this movie this guy doesn't feel lonely.He is very happy with this lame existence and even gives speeches about it.He doesn't want a connection and is on the defensive when others criticize him for it. The movie seems to just tell us ,this guy is an idiot and at some point he will realize it,which is pretty stupid because everyone in the audience knows that from the first minute. Thats why i don't think this movie was anything special.I think they had a good idea ,doing a movie about human connection but they blew it in the script.The way it is,its just a movie stating the obvious,that all people need someone,nothing really new here that hasn't been done before.