Thread: "Julie & Julia"

On Aug 6, 7:58*am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I saw it last night. *Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. *I liked
> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. *And I'll never look
> at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. * :-)
>
> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of "Mastering
> the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or lack thereof)
> in it. *I'll bet *book sales are about to soar.

Glad to hear it's enjoyable. I (and all three daughter-untis) want to
hit this.

The Ranger

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
> look
> at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)

Well, sounds like you enjoyed it. <g> I want to see it too... but have
no idea if and/or when it will hit our neck of the woods.
>
> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
> lack thereof)
> in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.

More than likely... but maybe that's not such a bad thing - it might
encourage a few more folks to actually do some cooking...
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Chatty Cathy

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:58:25 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never look
>at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>
>If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of "Mastering
>the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or lack thereof)
>in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.

I don't know if the movie is accurate or not, as I haven't seen it
yet, but Julia's book, My Life in France, is a very interesting read.
That, plus her biography, gives a detailed look at what she endured
getting Mastering published.

Christine
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http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never look
> at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>

I can't wait to see it. Steep choses such interesting roles.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
> look at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>
> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.

Oh, good, I was checking on your page to see if you liked the
movie. I look forward to seeing it one of these days.

nancy

On Thu 06 Aug 2009 12:15:19p, Nancy Young told us...

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
>> look at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>
>> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
>> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
>> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
>
> Oh, good, I was checking on your page to see if you liked the
> movie. I look forward to seeing it one of these days.
>
> nancy
>
>

I'll be seeing it this Sunday.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love
vegetables, you know what they're about! Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:52:53 -0600, Christine Dabney
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:58:25 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>>the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never look
>>at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>
>>If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of "Mastering
>>the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or lack thereof)
>>in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
>
>I don't know if the movie is accurate or not, as I haven't seen it
>yet, but Julia's book, My Life in France, is a very interesting read.
>That, plus her biography, gives a detailed look at what she endured
>getting Mastering published.
>
>Christine

I really enjoyed that book too. Great reading and she had such a cute
personality, and just adored her husband. Very sweet.

aloha,
Cea

I haven't seen it yet but Streep sure sounds like Child to me.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 06 Aug 2009 12:15:19p, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>>> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
>>> look at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>>
>>> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
>>> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
>>> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
>> Oh, good, I was checking on your page to see if you liked the
>> movie. I look forward to seeing it one of these days.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>
> I'll be seeing it this Sunday.
>
I need to see whether it is around. I decided my daughter would
not appreciate it, even if she deigned to go, so I found someone
else to go with.

--
Jean B.

jj wrote:
> I haven't seen it yet but Streep sure sounds like Child to me.

That is why I decided I wanted to see it: I heard a clip!

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Jean B.

On Thu 06 Aug 2009 05:59:44p, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 06 Aug 2009 12:15:19p, Nancy Young told us...
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>>>> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
>>>> look at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>>>
>>>> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
>>>> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
>>>> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
>>> Oh, good, I was checking on your page to see if you liked the
>>> movie. I look forward to seeing it one of these days.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'll be seeing it this Sunday.
>>
> I need to see whether it is around. I decided my daughter would
> not appreciate it, even if she deigned to go, so I found someone
> else to go with.
>

I hope it's in one of your theaters now. I'm glad you'll be going.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men.
Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly
but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well prepared soup was
not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war?
Georg C. Lichtenberg

cybercat wrote:

>
> "Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>>I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
>> look
>> at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>
>
> I can't wait to see it. Steep choses such interesting roles.

This is true. Did you see "A Cry in the Dark" (a.k.a. "Evil Angels")?
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Chatty Cathy

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 06 Aug 2009 12:15:19p, Nancy Young told us...
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
>>>> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never
>>>> look at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>>>>
>>>> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
>>>> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
>>>> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
>>> Oh, good, I was checking on your page to see if you liked the
>>> movie. I look forward to seeing it one of these days.
I bought the book "My Life in France" about 3 weeks ago and am finally
just getting around to reading it. It's really been interesting and
gives you many insights into her life.

I used to love watching her tv show as she always made me laugh. The
movie isn't here yet in Anchorage, but I sure want to see it when it
gets here.

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
| jj wrote:
| > I haven't seen it yet but Streep sure sounds like Child to me.
|
| That is why I decided I wanted to see it: I heard a clip!

Her performance is amazing, copying Julia's mannerisms, accent,
movements and love of food. Amy Adams turns in a convincing
performance also, the movie is simply terrific and I can't imagine
any foodie not appreciating it. I saw it this afternoon, and I am
now sitting here trying to figure out what to cook this evening as
nothing could seem better than what I just spent two hours watching.

pavane

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:51:09 -0800, Connie Swisher
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>>>>> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of
>>>>> "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or
>>>>> lack thereof) in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.

>I used to love watching her tv show as she always made me laugh. The
>movie isn't here yet in Anchorage, but I sure want to see it when it
>gets here.

For what it is worth, and I am not sure this is true of all Borders
bookstores, they had a boxed set of Mastering on the bargain racks,
for approximately $20. Looked like the hardcovers... If so, this is
a good bargain for anyone that doesn't have these classics...and wants
to buy them.

Christine
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pavane wrote on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:47:19 -0400:


> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
|> jj wrote:
| >> I haven't seen it yet but Streep sure sounds like Child to
| >> me.
|>
|> That is why I decided I wanted to see it: I heard a clip!

> Her performance is amazing, copying Julia's mannerisms,
> accent, movements and love of food. Amy Adams turns in a
> convincing performance also, the movie is simply terrific and
> I can't imagine any foodie not appreciating it. I saw it this
> afternoon, and I am now sitting here trying to figure out what
> to cook this evening as nothing could seem better than what I
> just spent two hours watching.

For what it's worth, Meryl Streep is a real actress unlike a lot of
"stars". I haven't seen the movie and I might be a bit discouraged from
the reviews but I will go to watch Streep any day!

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On 2009-08-07, pavane <[email protected]> wrote:

> Her performance is amazing, copying Julia's mannerisms, accent,
> movements.......

Yeah, I was shocked when I saw the trailers. I'm not a creepy
Streepy fan, but she was just too too good. I was amazed by even the
trailer snippets. I think Julia would be, too.

My question: Just what is the premise of the film? I thought it was gonna
be about JC, but who is this other young punk and how does she fit in?
Gonna be awhile before it hits Nose Pick, CO.

nb

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> I saw it last night. Meryl Streep does a great Julia Child. I liked
> the Js' husbands, Paul Child and Eric Powell, too. And I'll never look
> at a cannelloni shell again without recalling the movie. :-)
>
> If accurate, it is an interesting story about publication of "Mastering
> the Art of French Cooking" and Louise Berthold's role (or lack thereof)
> in it. I'll bet book sales are about to soar.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - check it out
> Updated 8-3-2009

Thanks for the review I want to see the movie too, but I'll wait
until it comes out on DVD when the library readily has it. The two
actresses have acted together a few times before I believe, and I think
this particular movie is interesting because aren't there no scenes when
the two ladies appear together?

Sky, who's copy of said volumes are ragged!

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pavane wrote:
>
> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
> | jj wrote:
> | > I haven't seen it yet but Streep sure sounds like Child to me.
> |
> | That is why I decided I wanted to see it: I heard a clip!
>
> Her performance is amazing, copying Julia's mannerisms, accent,
> movements and love of food. Amy Adams turns in a convincing
> performance also, the movie is simply terrific and I can't imagine
> any foodie not appreciating it. I saw it this afternoon, and I am
> now sitting here trying to figure out what to cook this evening as
> nothing could seem better than what I just spent two hours watching.
>
> pavane

Sounds like I'll have to 'buy' the DVD when it comes out -- thanks for
the review!

Sky

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