tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post2589584182167412535..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Roxie's Watching: Julie & JuliaRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-12095637361808471502009-08-11T19:21:47.324-04:002009-08-11T19:21:47.324-04:00RachelB: You raise an excellent point, and it'...RachelB: You raise an excellent point, and it's one I confess we had missed. It is rather melancholy that Julie has such conflicted, unsatisfying relationships with other women, whereas Childs has such solid, rich bonds with those of her own sex. I want to think about how to read that difference. I'd prefer not to think the film suggests any general loss of the possibility of female comradeship, but . . . .<br /><br />Historiann: Can't wait to see your review! And you bet Moose is already pondering the importance of dead-tree media in Julie Powell's success. She's plotting a new chapter in the Blog Book (speaking of dead trees!) That Will Save the Humanities already. Meanwhile, I hang in. Love you, too, cowgirl!Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-80034121774526336042009-08-11T18:31:04.136-04:002009-08-11T18:31:04.136-04:00Roxie, I saw your review last night but clicked aw...Roxie, I saw your review last night but clicked away from it until I could see the movie myself. Well, I'm just back from the flick, and (unsurprisingly) I agree entirely with your analysis of it, and with your analysis of the dismissal of the Julie Powell half of the story. I thought the parallels were deftly drawn, and that Amy Adams was winning as Julie. As someone who only a dozen years ago finally clawed her way out of her twenties and out of crap apartments in expensive Eastern cities, I totally related to the scenes of Julie's and Eric's life in Queens. (I personally would prefer Stanley Tucci as a husband, though. I thought he was great as Paul Child.) And yes, Meryl Streep and Jane Lynch were brilliant, as ever. <br /><br />What I thought was HIGHLY revealing, and here's something you can use in your book about blogs and the digital world someday: it wasn't the blog that made Julie Powell hit the big time. It was the story in the old-media, dead-tree New York Times that brought on all of those phone calls from agents and publishers. The blog was necessary but not sufficient until old-media writers picked it up and fluffed it.<br /><br />But, I'll say more about this when I publish a short review of my own tomorrow...<br /><br />Love you, Roxie, and I hope you are feeling well!Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-35874072088019462452009-08-11T18:23:41.247-04:002009-08-11T18:23:41.247-04:00I'm also here, belatedly, from Shakesville. I&...I'm also here, belatedly, from Shakesville. I'd been looking forward to Julie & Julia for months. I enjoyed it a great deal, but the Adams half made me a little melancholy.<br /><br />Female friendship was portrayed as necessarily competitive in Julie's part of the story. Julie's college "friends" are mostly people she feels obligated to socialize with. When Julie and Sarah, the one woman she has regular honest conversations with, discuss how frustrated they are by social dynamics among women, one of them flat-out states that women don't like their friends.<br /><br />Julia's success and ambition, on the other hand, is never portrayed as if it's at someone else's expense. Her scenes with her sister her collaborator Simka, and her editor are all convivial and supportive. What's the implication-- that female camaraderie used to be possible, but isn't now?<br /><br />I found the ode to homemade food inspiring, the Streep fantastic, and the gender politics uncomfortable.RachelBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-56894986286376658982009-08-10T18:51:11.065-04:002009-08-10T18:51:11.065-04:00A hearty welcome to the hordes of Shakesvillians w...A hearty welcome to the hordes of Shakesvillians who are clicking in through today's "Blogaround." Lovely to have you in Roxie's World. And a big face lick to Liss for putting us on the list!<br /><br />qta and Clio B: We promise you will enjoy J&J. The Streep love will flow from every fiber of your being, but the rest of the movie is wonderful, too.<br /><br />and Dr. Crazy: We eagerly await our hard copy of Powell's book. We've heard a range of reactions, but are interested to see how she negotiates the move from blog to book.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-81800423969683738842009-08-10T18:31:30.054-04:002009-08-10T18:31:30.054-04:00Oh, yea! I was hoping this was a good movie since ...Oh, yea! I was hoping this was a good movie since it really is the only one I've wanted to see for a while. With the Roxie seal of approval, I am now confident that it shall be grand!<br /><br />Plus, I share the Streep love.Clio Bluestockinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285486658334618048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-12480102689830712842009-08-10T10:49:24.805-04:002009-08-10T10:49:24.805-04:00Well I was going to see it anyway because of the M...Well I was going to see it anyway because of the Meryl. But after reading this review, Roxie, I am excited to do so. What a great review! It even opens my mind up to watching a Nora Ephron film... and that is no small feat. Well done Roxie.qtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907222771263313661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-40565675603919881452009-08-09T16:30:22.031-04:002009-08-09T16:30:22.031-04:00I've yet to see the movie, but have plans to d...I've yet to see the movie, but have plans to do so this week. I DID however read the book, and it's delightful, precisely because Powell so honestly talks about the ways in which she is no Julia Child and because of the really interesting analysis she gives of her relationship with her blog itself and with her readers. I've actually read the book twice, which is saying something given I'm not typically inclined to reread that sort of book. Your review suggests that the same delightful qualities are preserved in the movie, even if many reviewers don't seem to be able to get it.Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-41885438918657354302009-08-09T13:56:09.672-04:002009-08-09T13:56:09.672-04:00From your fingers to dog's ears, cmines! I ha...From your fingers to dog's ears, cmines! I have offered many times to replace the execrable Maureen Dowd, but so far the Times is deaf to my pleas. Perhaps if my legions of loyal fans were to launch a campaign in my behalf. . . .<br /><br />Let us know how you like the flick, Kelly. I was amazed at how these two reviews played the women off against one another, in a version of that classic anti-feminist gesture: See, we love Julia Child, which proves we don't hate women, even ambitious women. We hate this other ambitious woman because she is a whining ambitious woman. Right. And she got a book contract and you didn't, so there. Boohoo for you.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-52629658031469166682009-08-09T12:52:20.657-04:002009-08-09T12:52:20.657-04:00Great review, Roxie! I found the Julie story compe...Great review, Roxie! I found the Julie story compelling and a fine complement to the larger-than-life Julia. You should apply for job as critic at NY Times.cmineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340178487406927723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-81742509152876991362009-08-09T11:51:50.408-04:002009-08-09T11:51:50.408-04:00Thanks for this review. I didn't expect much f...Thanks for this review. I didn't expect much from the critical sphere--where there is seemingly endless fascination and praise for special-effects and testosterone driven action films, summer "blockbusters," and such and very little room for woman-centered films. And what could possibly be more woman-centered that a film about cooking women that spans generations? Thanks for review. Betty and I are heading out for our viewing shortly.<br /><br />Before the film deal, I heard Julie do a reading from her book at our local indie bookstore and very much enjoyed it and gave the book to my sister & sister-in-law for christmas a couple of years ago.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021057010739864479noreply@blogger.com