Julie & Julia
Published May 8, 2010
Film info
- Title Julie & Julia
- Director Nora Ephron
- Year 2009
- Run time 2hrs 3m
- Genres Drama, Romance
- Tagline Based on two true stories
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obsession and butter. Bon appétit!
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:41 | Nor Ephron did You’ve Got Mail too, right? She’s obsessed with computers! |
| 5:29 | It is based on books. I will have to read them. |
| 7:42 | That seems like the worst job ever. |
| 9:09 | I think this film might make me hungry. |
| 13:07 | “I could write a blog. I have thoughts.” |
| 14:36 | Yay for blogging! |
| 17:07 | Ah. That must be why I’m bad at housework too. |
| 18:53 | What blogging platform comes with a handy countdown thing as well? |
| 26:58 | You can’t take a tree on a subway! |
| 29:25 | Poached eggs are so gross. I certainly wouldn’t recommend it as your first egg experience. |
| 30:52 | That’s what happened to me! First comment didn’t really count. |
| 33:04 | Hehe! I love the mountain of onion. Surely you would pass out from the fumes. |
| 41:10 | How many lobsters does she need? There’s a thing called running before you can walk. |
| 43:49 | We should have spent our Paypal money on lobster. |
| 50:14 | She sounds like the woman from ‘Allo ‘Allo! |
| 52:27 | Weirdest argument ever. Although it does sound like life in our house. |
| 57:38 | It’s Sue Sylvester!! |
| 58:32 | Good lord, they are the most annoying pair of sisters ever. |
| 1:05:05 | I have to say he is quite a lovely husband. |
| 1:10:30 | My food would look like that if I cooked it for two and a half hours. I’m not good at the slow cooking. |
| 1:17:30 | The man is smart. He knows how to pull a sickie and cover yourself on your blog too. |
| 1:27:17 | Why don’t they like him? |
| 1:31:19 | “Who has time to be married?” That’s us!! |
| 1:40:34 | I so want to go through a cook book and blog it now. No one would know where I got the idea from, would they? |
| 1:51:26 | Why does she need an advance for a book she’s already written? |
| 1:57:37 | You can’t just leave butter in a museum! |
Thoughts
I always kinda thought a film about blogging would be one of those embarrassing things where they don’t really get it. This film was recommended to me from several sources, though, so I was keen to see how they handled it.
At first, I was in two minds. The Julia Child storyline was annoying, it takes a while to get used to her. I wanted to watch more of the Amy Adams stuff, more cooking please. But then I really got into it and the way the two stories worked together was fabulous. I love, love, loved it. Want to read the books and start cooking more. Yay for blogging!
Rating: 5 / 5