The Julie/Julia Project

I just watched the movie Julie & Julia. At the end I had to ask, “Is that all there is?” There had to be more. It seemed so unfair that Julia hated Julie and her blog. She must have gone to Julia and worked things out. Would you have? She went to the museum! So I went looking. I had to find out why Julia disliked Julie. Google led me to the Food Renegade, You-Tube, and the real Julie Powell. And I found out that Julia felt that Julie was not serious about cooking. Of course you know how Julia feels about cooking. So I read a few of Julie’s postings.

Now I understand why Nora Ephron wrote the screenplay and her character Julie the way she did. Julie of the blog is a whining, expletive spouting, narcissist. If Ephron had made her Julie true to real-life Julie, it would have meant empty theaters after the first week. But I think she tried to warn us. She wanted us to know. Know that this is a nice little movie about a nice young lady. But the person of the real The Julie/Julia Project is not. Why else would she have written that ending that ignores such a slap in face? And Julie of the movie did describe herself as a b****. But did you think she was? I didn’t.

We were warned!

Although I didn’t read the book and can only judge it from the blog, I’ve got to say this is the only time the movie is better than the book.