Both films are propped up by a brilliant Meryl Streep, complemented by the same decent supporting actor Stanley Tucci, compared to Anne Hathaway and Amy Adams. Can be regarded as a decent foil, without Aunt May, these two films can only be mediocre. The themes of the two films, fashion and food, both point to Paris as their holy places. It seems that Americans also have a blind admiration for Paris.
In this film, Julia Child, played by Meryl Streep, is a real person who brought a huge influence to the United States. She really introduced and popularized French cooking to the majority of American housewives. Before that, American cooking was only Can be described as feed. And this character who can penetrate into the housewife's heart is obviously not the image of a ruthless fashion devil. She is tall, loud, slightly vulgar, but full of affinity and enthusiasm for life. Aunt May can always create an unbelievably vivid image on the screen, whether it is dress, accent, posture, all three points, so that I, an exotic audience who has never seen Julia Child, is convinced that this is Julia Child. look.
The theme of this film is French cooking, which I honestly don't like. For me, there is no more touching food in the world than Chinese food. But this one has Meryl Streep, who always holds up a movie and brings guaranteed word of mouth to it. There are many politicized elements in the awarding of Oscar winners, because too many actresses need it to affirm a lifetime achievement, and nominations are relatively more reflective of acting and status. After the 15th nomination brought by "The Devil Wears Prada", the film brought her an insurmountable 16th Oscar nomination. The Oscars give Meryl Streep a nomination every year, and every year it deserves it. The most valuable thing is that the images she creates every year are so different and lifelike, without the fixed tone and style of many "acting school" actors.
Another surprise that this film brought me is that Julie Powell, played by Amy Adams, is also a real person. It turns out that this film is not just a semi-fictional biopic of Julia, but a real interaction between characters. Of course, a movie based on a true story always has a big difficulty, which is how to try to make up for the lack of drama in the real world. This film has put a lot of effort into this, mainly the female perspective and feelings brought by the female director and actress, which men like me will never understand. But after the amazing performance of Meryl Streep in the first half, the second half of the film is indeed a bit bland. However, students who are interested in French cooking should not miss it.
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