Sunday, August 30, 2009
Julia? Delightful. Julie? Like needles in eyes
I walked out of Julie and Julia last night. The film was broken into two separate strands, like The Godfather Part II, or The Hours (which was three strands, actually). The story-line about the famous culinary personality Julia Child, with Meryl Streep playing the lead, was very entertaining, especially for a Francophile and recent visitor to France, like myself. But, the strand about the modern yuppie who writes a blog about her experiences in cooking through Juilia CHild's most famous cookbook, is so unwatchably painful and boring that I had to leave. Never has the "fast-forward" button been desired more fervently at a film. Could I have skipped the one section in favor of the other, I would have stayed. Hence, my recommendation for this film is to wait for it to come out on DVD, when your remote control button will be near at hand.
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Hahahahahahaha. That's hilarious. Im amused by the fact that you even went to see this film haha. My girlfriend begged me but I said nay
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about seeing this movie, but this probably means that I won't.
ReplyDeleteI am also shocked that you would ever think of watching this film Mr. Bennett, and I am not surprised about Meryl Streep's terrific performance, however since I had no interest in seeing this movie and still don't, I guess I won't need to fast forward through the thoroughly terrible part.
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