” A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for her life in Julie and Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child’s (Played perfectly by Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Played by Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (From Devil wears Prada.) co stars in director Nora Ephron’s delicious comedy about joy, obsession and butter. Bon appetit!”
Okay, I want put a idea out there, with asking a question of you guys. Why do people love cooking so much? I mean some people? I have a idea, it’s going to sound crazy; but think about this. I think it all goes back to when we were little and we played in the mud and did finger painting. I mean think about it, remember when you did that when you were little and how much fun it was? Okay now look at cooking, what are you doing? You got your hands in there, kneading bread dough, mixing ingredients, basically just getting messy. The only difference is, you can’t eat mud pies. hehe.
The movie is just great guys, it is told by showing the contrast in both character’s lives. For Julia Child, you see her going to France for the first time and you can see her love of cooking and the love between her and her husband. You can just see how much fun she is having getting into cooking classes, and working on bringing French cooking to America by writing a book about it. The cooking classes are a riot, she goes into the “men only class”. Wait until you see the chopping of onions part. Too funny. It is great seeing her love of cooking and her relationship with her husband. Just great.
The other part of the movie is about Julie, she’s a office worker who just moved into a small apartment with her husband over a pizza restaurant. She is a lot like Julia in that she has a love for cooking, and watches the old black and white cooking shows on tv. She is unhappy with her job, and wants to do something different. She wants to write, but has no idea what about. When her husband suggests cooking, she comes up with a wild idea; as you can see from above. 524 recipes from Julia’s cookbook in a year’s time.
What is cool about this movie is you can see both contrast and singularities in both women. The struggles of getting a book published, and the day to day struggles of them both. Lives so different from each other, just with the one thing in common. Cooking.
This a fun movie with a lot of laughs and a lot of good drama as well. This is one I would also recommend to the new writers in the second life group as well. Because a lot of what they talk about, are things Mr Stackpole has mentioned a lot of time about publishing. I really thought that was cool.
Kids may or may not like this, I am not sure. Might get them into cooking though, never know.
On a personal note:
I have been baking and cooking for as long as I can remember. It was something my mom loved, and she taught me a lot. I still love it, and when I go to a bookstore, I always get something on cooking. Even if it’s just cards in a box. Even when we had little money, mom and me would make a day out of doing something in the kitchen. I still cook, in fact that’s my main job here at home. Dad cooks as well, but I will be the first to try new things.
Which is why I loved this movie so much, because all of the love these women have for cooking I feel myself. It’s fun, it’s relaxing and it is a great why to remember mom.
You will like this one too guys, even if you don’t cook. It’s still two great stories. So seek it out, pop some popcorn and enjoy!
And as they say Bon Appetit!
Darcy
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