Ha...just kidding...nothing.I frequently get advanced screening passes to upcoming movies from work...I had passes to see the new fake indie documentary about love as lived by fake Charlyne Yi with fake Michael Cera. The film looked perfectly darling with all its predictable little querks so I was quite looking forward to seeing it in advance and everything...free movie ya know?
But I had to work.
So I was planning on seeing it when it came out a few days later at my local little indie theater up the street.
But I missed it.
Something that could pose a problem with this task of mine -- I really have a horrible sense of time. No kidding. I'm late to everything. I get everywhere at least 5 to 10 minutes later than I should.
So in any event, I've seen quite a few movies currently in theaters...a lot of them multiple times. There are some I'm not the least bit interested in...ughh G.I. Joe guys? Really? So I was left with the oh-so-delightful looking Julie & Julia.
This film perfectly matched my expectations. It was basically just the preview stretched into two hours or however long it was. It was mildly clever, mildly enjoyable, and barely scraped the surface of a deep, intellectual film. Its nobody's fault that it wasn't like the film of the year..though for whatever reason that's how critics and moviegoers are treating it lol. Trust me, the movie itself is just mediocre.
The problem is the fact that this girl, Julie Powell, writing a blog about her completing 542 or something of Julia Child's recipes in a year and pretty much made a career out of it is such a fantastically awesome story...but like one to hear about as a featured story on Yahoo or as an exerpt in some magazine somewhere...I don't know how well it works out as an actual movie for me.
Though I will say the concept itself is pretty original. They set up a comparison between two very distant lives, separated not only by land and sea, but time as well. Their lives somehow still seem to coincide in a way that's more than Julie just reading a biography of a television cook.
Also, the acting in this film is phenominal. I think that it could be the sole reason people love this movie. I mean, watching Meryl Streep on screen feels like we're just watching Julia Child herself. She's absolutely magnificent. And Amy Adams never ceases to amaze me with her talent.
In reality though, I just don't really care a lot about Julia Child...I know some do but I just can't say I've been a true fan of hers. I wouldn't say I'm a "fan" of any television cooks? So this film just doesn't strike a chord with me. Kind of bland.
I was inspired after watching it, however, because in some ways I'm similar to the character...or person...that is Julie Powell. I decided that setting a deadline for myself just as she did is a perfect way to push myself to finally complete one single task from beginning to end. I've had at least 50 different totally-awesome things I've wanted to accomplish in like the last week...Ideas seem to come and go faster than I can stick to them ha.
As you might have guessed from earlier, I see a lotttt of movies...like really...
I own a good number of them...I rent a lot from Block Buster...and now I just signed up for the $16.99 or whatever plan through NetFlix. I took a cinema class at school last semester and am retaking it because it was so cool. Its kind of an addiction I think. Plus, I am basically the single lamest person my age out there I think. Its probably one of my top 5 favorite things to do to watch movies and pick them apart and analyze every little thing from dialogue in the story to camera angles and filters. I'm crazy. BUT it all did set up a pretty realistic goal for me...
Kudos to Julie Powell, I am now going to watch a movie a day for one year and blog about that day (and that movie) right here in hopes that its at least semi-interesting and you guys like reading it :)
And even if you don't, well I still hope to finish it and that will be accomplishment enough for me.
By the way...
Best song in the movie: Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
And please, any suggestions of movies for me to see just comment.
364 to go.
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