I’ve beyond sick of hearing people whine about this movie and how much they don’t like Julie Powell. Particularly since that really ain’t the point at all. Also: Amy Adams is fantastic in this but isn’t getting credit for her performance due to the aforementioned wendy whiner whinging.<\/p>\n
Yes, Meryl Streep is fantastic, as is Jane Lynch as her sister. Both are almost unrecognizable they’re so fully sunk into character here.<\/p>\n
And while it’s great to honor Julia Child with her current resurgence of popularity, as my friend GirlDetective reminds people, this movie would not exist without Julie Powell<\/a> (and her book)*. I like how this article<\/a> puts it as well.<\/p>\n You know, Julie Powell didn’t have a well-off diplomat for a husband (and didn’t come from money either). She didn’t get to learn to cook on her leisure during the day, gallivanting around. She had a shitty job and a shitty apartment in a hard city to live in and frankly I say more power to her.<\/p>\n I loved the blog \/ didn’t like the book (had a very different tone \/ style than the blog. Maybe too heavily edited?) \/ loved the movie.<\/p>\n *I left a long comment there you can peruse as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve beyond sick of hearing people whine about this movie and how much they don’t like Julie Powell. Particularly since that really ain’t the point at all. Also: Amy Adams is fantastic in this but isn’t getting credit for her … Continue reading