Helen and I saw it at Ward today. A totally delightful film and highly recommended.
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I really want to see this film, just to see Meryl Streep as Julia Child. From the reviews I've read, she's as wonderful as I'd imagined. A pity they set the movie up as a back-and-forth merging of two characters' stories, since apparently the Julie half of the equation is horribly uninteresting.
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Can't wait to see it this week (my friends are voting on whether we see this or 500 Days of Summer Tuesday evening). I don't know; I think the Julie half of the story looks more interesting than the Julia half, and the Julia half looks great to me.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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Nora Ephron says she realized that the Julie parts come off weaker, though she felt the presentations were truthful. She felt most people think of Julia Child as a caricature. But apparently, the Childs had a deeply romantic and intensely sexual marriage - and by having the contemporary storyline about a couple that has trouble finding time for each other (and who eventually parted company IRL), it put the Childs's relationship in an unexpected light. She credits Producer Amy Robinson with the two-storyline conceit.
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Originally posted by pzarquon View PostA pity they set the movie up as a back-and-forth merging of two characters' stories, since apparently the Julie half of the equation is horribly uninteresting.
The movie switches between late 1940's Paris and 2002 New York City a few times. Sometimes there are themes that link these switches (butter comes to mind as one example).
But since the movie is named Julie & Julia, you need to show Julie's life as well. Otherwise name the movie Julia and show the parts of her life before she got married.
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Thanks for the Nora Ephron interview link, Leo. It helps to know the disparity between the Julie and Julia storylines (and their respective worlds and relationships) is intentional. I've also read that the character of Julia was supposed to be noticeably harder or more biting than Amy Adams portrayed. I think she's typecast, and generally plays, "cute," and it'll be interesting to see this movie imagining the modern storyline being even more set apart than it is.
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I saw Julie and Julia this past weekend, and liked it very, very much. Meryl Streep’s performance was absolutely phenomenal. As for the controversy between the Julie and Julia halves, that’s a lively topic of discussion.
Personally, I did not feel that the Julie half of the film was bad. In fact, I thought it was pretty good, but placed side by side to the Julia story, I admit it did pale in comparison. (How could it not be? Julia Child was bigger than life.) But this side by side comparison was intentional. There were signs throughout the film that indictated this was so. I thought this approach was necessary. However, that surely must have been a dilemma for the filmakers.
What is not debatable is Meryl Streep’s performance. For that reason alone, I highly recommend it.
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Here's a good article from the LAT
http://www.latimes.com/features/food...105,full.story
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In case anyone is interested in reading the original blog that Julie Powell wrote that inspired this movie, it's here in The Julie/Julia Project.
Warning: I didn't read all of it but Ms. Powell some times uses the f-word in her postings.
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Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View PostDid she use the voice Dan Ackroyd did on a SNL skit?
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