Julie & Julia

This is a blog about a movie about a person writing a blog. Blogging has become so popular these days that movies are being made about them. It goes to show that there are great stories out there.

I've always been amazed at the huge surge in cooking and food shows that have sprung up lately. Chef's are becoming so famous. Cooking is becoming so access able to everyone. Julia Child's is probably one of the first cooks to do this, make cooking more access able and become famous from it. Julia is a person that I had heard of by reputation but did not know very much about here. All I knew was that she was a cook. She is such a big personality that it is no wonder she became as famous as she is. Nora Ephron has done a good job of combining the two stories of Julia Childs and Julie Powell. They work together really well in parallel showing two women and their love of cooking. The only problem is that Julia Childs is such an exuberant character that he personality over shadows that of Julie Powell. You want more of Julia and less of Julie. I take it there was not enough about Julie to fill a movie so they included the story of Julia as well. But it would have been better to have a just Julia movie. While Julie's story has some interest in the task she is attempting of cooking all the recipes in Julia's book, her journey is not all thainteresting. It does affect her marriage but to me that felted like something tacked on to give her story more drama. Julia's story had more drama more by virtue of her circumstances. An American woman in France trying to write about French cooking and get her book published. Don't get me wrong the film is very well made but half the story is the best.

I am always amazed each time I see Meryl Streep on film. The woman is simply amazing. She can play and role and not make it look like she is acting. You really think she is Julia Childs. She is one of our greatest living actresses. Amy Adams is very good too, but as mentioned above her story is not all that interesting. Stanley Tucci is very good in his role as Julia's husband. He plays a very supportive husband.

A warning should be placed on this film that you must have a big meal before you see it. It is guaranteed to make you hungry afterwards. A very good film that is worth seeing just for Meryl's brilliance.