In addition to expressing the relationship between food and life, this film also plays an important role. It is also a reference book on how to reasonably arrange time and manage life. Like all modern best-selling reference books, it is presented in the form of storytelling, teaching you to take control of your life. The Indians have a saying: If we go too fast, we should stop so that the soul can catch up.
Although the director used the same shades of ink for Julia and Julie, in my opinion, Julia is so perfect, she is no longer the real Julia herself, but the eternal idol Julia in Julie's heart . And the protagonist Julie is obviously much more real, she has emotions, she will be hysterical, she also ran away from home with a good husband, she had almost nothing in her life before, and she even justly blamed everything for her "ADHD". Julie, who is so imperfect, lives very vividly around us.
The first is the appearance of the goal. Julie regards Julia as her super idol, she has never done anything before, and decided to write a food blog after being stimulated by friends. At the beginning of the movie, through moving house, Julie's daily work, meeting with friends, being cheated by friends, talking with her husband about writing a novel halfway, and calling her mother to outline the complete image of Julie, she is not good, but very good. Unremarkable. In order to prevent herself from giving up halfway again, she set a goal: 365 days, 524 dishes, and wrote it on the blog for the first time. How familiar this trick is, yes, like all inspirational reference books, make a detailed plan, and write it out, it is better to write it on a blog, and you will not regret it under everyone's supervision.
Then there's frustration. Things seem to be going well at first, but Julie doesn't have the qualities of a successful person. A small blow can break her down and expose all her weaknesses. An interview phone call seemed to ease the current conflict, but it was only a precursor to a more serious conflict to come. Let's take a look at how Julia did in the face of setbacks. She showed a contemptuous attitude towards difficulties, tried again and again, and finally made them well. There was nothing to hold her back, and she was always in high spirits and optimistic. The climax of the film is Jolie arguing with her husband, who runs away from home in a rage. Only then did Julie stop her hasty steps and examine herself seriously for the first time. She settled herself down, took off her impetuousness, and found that although she had been studying Julia, she had only learned superficial cooking skills and wearing pearl necklaces. Julie finally decided to face this imperfect self. Instead of making excuses, she had the courage to admit her mistakes and solve difficulties in the face of difficulties. Julie took the initiative to call her husband to apologize and asked her to stay. Although this is only the point, it still reveals a little bit of feminism, allowing women to take the initiative in the relationship between the sexes. The movie has ended here, and it is another classic successful learning tutorial. Failure in life is often not because the goals are too difficult, but because of the inability to handle setbacks. Julie learned how to deal with setbacks at Julia, which is more rewarding than learning to cook any delicious food.
Finally welcome success. The hard work pays off, Jolie's blog is getting hits, she's interviewed by newspapers and she's become a celebrity, and opportunities flock to her. In fact, what Julie cares most about is Julia's evaluation of her. She firmly believes that without Julia, there would be nothing without her today. To everyone's surprise, Julia hated her. I think this is an ulterior motive, Jolie has been respectfully imitating her idol Julia, from the recipes to the pearl necklace she wears to the family relationship. Julia said that she hated Julie's head-on blow, it is better to understand that she hoped that Julie would stop imitating and live out herself. If this happened to Julie in the past, she would definitely be devastated or hysterical again. But now Julie has grown up. After she was sad, she looked at it rationally and accepted it all under the persuasion of her husband, and said sincerely in front of Julia's photo: I love you, Julia. So far, Julie has successfully graduated from this expedition, and Julia's first book, which is the bond connecting the two of them, was successfully published after twists and turns. As the inspirational book claims, the protagonist has since found confidence and courage. She will encounter setbacks again in the future, and with this experience, she can face it calmly.
There is a slight fly in the ointment, that is, the film Julie takes Julia's attitude towards life as her code of conduct from beginning to end, and lacks a little ego. At the end of the film, Julie and Julia are placed in the same picture for the first time to separate them from the vision, which slightly implies that Julie has stepped out of Julia's halo and become an independent self. But at that time, Julie still had the pearl necklace that symbolized Julia hanging around her neck. This makes the suggestion wobbly again.
As a story about food and love, this film is still in the middle of the norm; but as an inspirational film for modern women who have successfully learned, the use of two parallel stories in this film is unconventional.
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