Julie & Julia
The bad points first: Number one, the horrible englench. I want to cringe every single time they say “buuuuuuf burginen” and perhaps there is nothing as un-French as this movie. Number two, the character of Julie. I am aware that the real Julie is even more of a bitch, but even this Julie isn’t all that lovable. In fact, every single time I see her, I get annoyed by those non-problems she has. The only thing that redeemed this part is Doug Chris Messina, whom I really loved. Number three, the chick flick factor. Men are always loving and supporting, and they even watch stupid cookshows with you and laugh their heart out!
As somebody who loves Nora Ephron’s films (or more like I only like “You’ve Got Mail” and totally love it), I have thoroughly liked this film. If only it wasn’t based on a real blog I dislike! Perhaps the film would have been great if they only made a film about Julia Child, but then again I am very in love with the idea of
Really, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci are so incredibly good, and wonderfully cute together! I was very in love with the France part of the book simply because the characters worked so well together. Having seen a few other Meryl Streep films, but never having seen Julia Child, I found that Meryl Streep acted weird (so loud and all? Hahaha), but that was obviously because she was not playing herself after all! The onion cutting scene! Ahahaha! I cannot remember a single funny scene in the New York part, that was just emo, ewwww.
And the food! As expected, it was depicted beautifully in the film, as is the fun that comes with cooking. Oh how much I want to cook now, hahaha. I wish I were a good cook and could try out all of Julia Child’s recipes too… in 365 days! XD
All in all, this was a wonderful feel good film, despite all the criticism I had on it. Partially because I love the characters and the topic of the story (<3 French cooking), I felt much better after seeing this film. Rarely, but sometimes this is all I need in a movie.