How women realize their worth

Kacey 2022-04-19 09:02:04

2002 and 1949 are the two years explicitly mentioned in the film. When Julie discussed Julia's explosive words with her husband in a comfortable position on the sofa, it solved the confusion in my mind about parallelism. These are not two parallels. It's a story, but a spiritual fit with a gap of about 50 years.


Julia is the wife of the U.S. ambassador to France, and Julie is the wife of a book editor in New York. Julia is in the fashion capital, but she loves to go to the market rather than the fashion store - she goes against the times while satisfying her own hobby. , Julie is an ordinary civil servant. Her job is to listen to people's complaints and she needs to vent after returning home. She approached her idol in the process of escaping depression and treating add.

They both have other half they love, the difference is that Julia doesn't have a full-time job, and basically her life is divided into two parts, one is pleasing her husband (no pejorative, their love for each other moves me), one is It is to struggle against all kinds of difficulties and maintain one's hobbies. The relatively simple division allows her to move freely between the two. After all, the ambassador needs a wife who is good at cooking to help entertain guests, and the well-dressed social circle will not make the carefree Julia feel any discomfort.

Julie in the 21st century does not have all the luck. Although her husband is fully supportive and has a lot of good ideas, and he will cheer for her every success, there is still a phone call to the workplace saying his The trouble is "eat too much and have less sex", to which Jolie replies "it's not funny". The contradiction has gradually emerged, and Julie, who is pursuing her ideal, has not paid attention to it. In fact, it is unavoidable. With a clear goal, women will also forget to sleep and eat for it just like men. However, traditional concepts will suppress women at this time: You can't forget about your family like a man.

In retrospect, when Julia entered Le Cordon Bleu cooking school and was despised by her male classmates, she was slashing onions when she went home, and she was reminded by her husband that you were too good, fortunately, the power of onions made the couple tearful. With a layer of soft light to talk to each other, no one is willing to deny a very, very hard-working person. After that, the husband only said lightly in front of his sister Dorothy, "If I don't go to the kitchen, I don't want to see her." On the contrary, when Julie couldn't deal with the lobster, she just ran away screaming, using her husband's doting to get closer to success, and when her husband paid for her, she would naturally ask for more love in return.

Fortunately, after watching the movie, Jolie woke up in time after a big quarrel and wrote this text:


"I always think about me and Julia, she used to be a government clerk, so do I, her marriage is happy, and so does my husband. Great, we've both lost our way but both have been rescued from all kinds of misery by good food, with much the same experience. But the truth is, I'm not as good as Julia Child, who doesn't overcook things, or toast them Afterwards, get into a rage and never blame anyone. And she never speaks harshly to her husband, I'm sure, and she never thinks marriage is optional. And I do it all the time, I have to admit. I wish I could be like her, she Cherish my husband and I don't. It's true, but these are the status quo."

Every girl needs practice. Some practice with "Eat Pray Love", some practice with "Mastering the art of French Cooking", but no matter what, be sure that there is no other you in this world, they are mirrors that show what you can do better part.

Merrill Streep's accent-heavy performance is bound to earn her another trophy, just like Brad Pitt in "The Bad Bastards."




Fun fact:

On Julie's 30th birthday pary, her husband gave her a pearl necklace, he said, maybe Julia's is a real pearl. It seems that gold is valuable and pearls are priceless, and love cannot be measured by money.

After Julie and her husband quarreled, a friend called to condolence. Julie concealed that her husband went to buy pizza, and her friend exclaimed, "You gave up?!" Cheered up, Julie returned from grocery shopping, met her husband downstairs, reconciled, and walked to the house upstairs in the pizza shop.

The truth in the film is that Julie and Julia do not hide their opinions towards their friends, their candid expressions and sincere praises spread the taste of life as a result.

Julia said that she hated Julie, but it could not be verified, it may be a fabrication by reporters. If it is really annoying, it is not surprising. It took Julia 8 years to copy, and Julia spent 1 year copying, and the fame obtained is much larger, which reflects the changes in the publishing industry!

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Extended Reading

Julie & Julia quotes

  • Paul Child: [to Julia] You are the butter to my bread, you are the breath to my life.

    [later echoed by Julie Powell to Eric Powell]

  • [when Julie is eating her first egg]

    Julie Powell: It tastes like... cheese sauce. Yum.