Movie Night

Derek and I went to see Julie and Julia at the movie theatre tonight. What can I say about this movie other than I loved it. The first half was definitely better than the last, but it was so fun and so charming. Meryl Streep is amazing. Is there anything that woman can't do? Watching the movie you are transported to Paris with the Julia Child. Stanley Tucci, who plays opposite her, is equally great. I don't think he's terribly attractive, but they had such great chemistry that he was able to pull of a performance where he was quite appealing. And The Food, OH THE FOOD! I honestly left hungry and with serious heartburn - no joke.
I consider myself a bit of a foodie, albeit a bit of a picky one, so obviously the cooking and eating portion of the movie was going to appeal to me, but there was more. I could relate so much to those characters. There's a scene with lobsters where I started laughing so hard I cried and then couldn't stop crying.
The movie opens with Julie (Amy Adams) having just moved to a new place, where she wonders if she's made a huge mistake and how she can get back the life she knew. I've been there - I cried on my couch for 2 weeks after moving to Austin wondering what we'd done and how we could undo it.
Then the scene takes us to Paris with Julia (Streep) where she's a bored housewife looking for something to fill her time, so she keeps trying all these things until one day her husband asks what she loves and she says, "To eat". That's me! And hello - I was the bored housewife, trying everything I could get my hands, on for 4 years!

And what do Julie and Julia (and Sheri) turn to which brings them happiness? Food, of course. Yes - I get it, I love it, and I'm not the only one!!!!! Julie and Julia were insanely more talented, and patient, than I am in the kitchen (perhaps because neither of them had 2 little helpers) but I saw a desire in those characters that I'm familiar with. In summary, I really enjoyed the movie. Hope you see it and love it too.