Julie and Julia
Sep. 20th, 2010 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynI made salted caramel candy. It was supposed to be the soft kind of toffee and ended up being more like a butterscotch by Werthers or Brachs. I should probably buy a candy thermometer.
I think I was inspired to be more food-creative by:
Last week I watched Julie and Julia, the movie about that woman who did all the recipes in Julia Child's book in a year. It was tolerable. I didn't like the intermingled flashback shit where we were supposed to see the parallels between the two women's lives.
I really didn't like Julie's husband, but he's definitely not portrayed favorably (the "nice" stuff he does hardly compensates for the apparent selfishness of choosing somewhere hellish to live for his own convenience). I didn't really like Julie either since she couldn't man up and ditch her bitch friends.
I did really like Julia's husband as he was portrayed.
On the whole the movie seemed to be about the power one garners from pushing through obstacles to achieve success. That is a powerful message that was actively diluted by the deliberately confusing flashbacks.
I think I was inspired to be more food-creative by:
Last week I watched Julie and Julia, the movie about that woman who did all the recipes in Julia Child's book in a year. It was tolerable. I didn't like the intermingled flashback shit where we were supposed to see the parallels between the two women's lives.
I really didn't like Julie's husband, but he's definitely not portrayed favorably (the "nice" stuff he does hardly compensates for the apparent selfishness of choosing somewhere hellish to live for his own convenience). I didn't really like Julie either since she couldn't man up and ditch her bitch friends.
I did really like Julia's husband as he was portrayed.
On the whole the movie seemed to be about the power one garners from pushing through obstacles to achieve success. That is a powerful message that was actively diluted by the deliberately confusing flashbacks.
