Julie & Julia

Here there be a spoiler (which wasn't for me because it was a factoid I knew before I saw the movie). Ye be warned.

Julie And Julia wasn't nearly as food filled as everyone had led me to believe, and for that I would want my money back if I had spent any money to see it.
People talk a lot about food in the movie, certainly, but all of the food porn I'd heard so much about was kept to a minimum. Where's the fun in that?
I really, really liked the Julia Child half of the movie. I've always liked her anyway and so it was cool to watch a movie about her, starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, no less! Awesome.
But then there were the Julie Powell parts which, in spite of featuring Mary Lynn Rajskub, just weren't interesting. I could feel myself deflate every time it switched over to present day (or, you know, present day eight years ago).
"Oh boy, I get to spend another however many minutes watching Amy Adams talk about herself and act like she's as adorable as she thinks she is." It was fine in Enchanted, Amy, but not every character you play is that cute.
They do point out in the movie, or at least her husband does, that Julie Powell was completely self absorbed. And I know from experience that a blog'll do that to a person ("Me. Me. Me, me, me!") but I also know that it's really easy to not let that carry on in your life beyond the computer screen.
Maybe it's just that I don't have as many readers as she did. How's it going, you two?
But watching the Julia parts of the movie, where she's so full of life and enthusiasm and includes all the people around her in her life just as much as she includes herself, only to have to stop that to watch Julie become more and more concerned with only herself is just a disappointment.
I knew going in that Julia Child thought Julie Powell was a twit, so the scene in the movie when Julie finds that out... Actually I was shocked because I was sure they weren't going to include that bit of information.
However, if the real Julie Powell was anything like the one in the movie, she had it coming. I cringed every time she started talking about how she talks to Julia and imagines them being best friends. It's fine if you think that, but don't tell people! Especially not:
a) everyone on the internet and
b) The New York freaking Times!
No wonder she thought you were being disrespectful. You reduced her to imaginary friend status! That's got to sting a little.
Of course, hearing that the person you admire most doesn't like you has also got to sting, so I guess it was just hurt feelings all around. Yay!
Oh, wait, no. That's bad.
At the risk of hurting Julie Powell's feelings further, I don't like her either. She got in the way of a really interesting movie about Julia Child.

End of line.
-Sally