trailer break: ‘Julie & Julia’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer…


Yea, female empowerment!

But in what universe is Amy Adams fat? C’mon…

I hope the movie is as promising as the trailer suggests. I’d love to see a movie that turns something that many women are interested in — cooking — into something that is valuable and worth the notice of the rest of the world. Too much of what women do is disparaged, particularly when women do it for free — such as cooking for a family — yet celebrated when men to it for pay: which is why so many of the “great chefs” have been men, especially until very recently.

And hey, why doesn’t someone buy my blog…?

Julie & Julia opens in the U.S. on August 7 and the U.K. on September 11.

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Anne-Kari
Anne-Kari
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 4:20pm

Just when I thought I was never going to forgive Nora Ephron for Bewitched, Hanging Up, You’ve Got Mail, Michael

Please let this be a fun as it looks in the trailer, please oh please oh please…

Mimi
Mimi
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 11:15pm

1) I am really psyched about this movie.
2) How did they make normal-sized Meryl Streep look as larger-than-life as Julia Child? Was she sitting/standing on phone books the whole time? This alone fascinates me!

Bob Aman
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 5:25pm

This looks surprisingly fun. I approve.

Victor Plenty
Victor Plenty
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 7:20pm

MaryAnn, if you sell your blog, I have just one request for you: when negotiating your contract, demand gross points.

Fuggle
Fuggle
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 4:34am

I’ve never quite understood why “cooking” is supposed to be so “feminine”, especially when, as you say, for always “chefs” have always been men. It’s odd. Plus, cooking can easily be seen as a ‘traditionally masculine’ thing – even if the definition is silly, it can be seen to fit it.

People are weird.

… Oh, and I really want to see half this movie, even if the other half, not so much. Hrm.

Der Bruno Stroszek
Der Bruno Stroszek
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 5:06am

Sort of on the fence about this, though bob-haired Amy Adams is absolutely delectable in a Willow Rosenbergy kind of way.

Mathias
Mathias
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 9:55am

Well Fuggle, that’s ‘cuz everyone grew up with Mom in kitchen and Dad at work. It’s just that simple.

I’m not condoning it of course……

Fuggle
Fuggle
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 2:22am

Hm. I wonder what happened in families where dad went to work as a chef.

Mathias
Mathias
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 11:00am

Whatever happened in those households, it certainly wasn’t influencial enough to negate the larger public negative stereotypes about the kitchen being the woman’s domain.