Comments on: Julie and Julia: Film Review from 30,000 Feet

By: Gourmantic

Gourmantic — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:26:25 +0000

Helen: Goes to show how her lacking is lacking, particularity that she didn’t appeal to us foodies. I could have watched the entire movie on Julia Child and her husband!

By: Gourmantic

Gourmantic — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:21:26 +0000

Reemski: You’re one up on me if you’ve read the book. Skimming her blog entries was enough of a deterrent. I also found it a little difficult to believe that she was able to afford all the ingredients to cook those recipes every day for a year. Weren’t they struggling to live in the tiny apartment?
And yes, absolutely. The determination was to prove she could finish something, the love of French cuisine came secondary to her almost obsession with accomplishment and Julia Child.

By: Helen @ World Foodie Guide

Helen @ World Foodie Guide — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:15:42 +0000

I watched this on the flight to Japan recently! I must say I didn’t like Julie Powell’s character, though I learned more about Julia Child and thought Meryl Streep was pretty good…

By: Reemski

Reemski — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:21:24 +0000

I have to agree. Reading Julie Powell’s book, you realise she’s a lot more unpleasant in real life than she is depicted in the film. I’d have to disagree with the idea that she loves french food, I don’t think she does, I think it was just an exercise in proving that she could complete something!

By: Gourmantic

Gourmantic — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:03:24 +0000

Daniel: Your comment made me chuckle! I wouldn’t invest any more time on it either. I did check out the blog that Julie had kept at the time, and even that too confirmed my opinion of the movie.
Good to see you back here again :)