For Communication Theory: Julie and Julia

In this entry, I would be blogging about the movie that we watched, Julie and Julia.

This story is about Julia Child, who took up cooking at the age of 37 for wanting to cook for her husband, Paul, and only knowing her passion for cooking then. She managed to publish her first book on French cooking which earn her, her fame. Julie on the other hand, is a call operator in the modern world. She has always been a fan of Julia Child and it sparked her to start what she calls the Julie/Julia Project. In 365 days, she will strive to try out 536 recipes in Julia’s Book. Throughout the whole movie, we see scenes moving through the different errs that they were in. how Julia struggles to write and publish her first book with her friends, Louisette Berthole and Simone Beck, and how Julie tries very hard to complete her challenge, risking her marriage and job in the process.

Initially, I had no idea what this move was about, or who Julie and Julia was. But after watching it, it proved to be something worth watching. I remember watching this movie together with Andrea, Eunice and Zhi Hua, and was on a Tuesday right after Comm Theory class. While waiting for the movie to start, all of us had a fulfilling lunch and being so early in the morning, we all thought we will lose watching the movie to the sleep monster. But, all turned all well. The movie was captivating enough and we stayed awake throughout the whole movie.

Talking about the main point of the entry, blogging. Blogging has somewhat become the most popular thing, especially for the teenagers. I had a blog too in the past, though now I rarely write anymore. And I remember the reason why I started one in the first place was because most of my classmates had one. I feel that blogging is gaining more and more attention, and now even people can gain fame just by blogging. Take for example, our very own Singapore famous blogger, Xiaxue (a nickname which means snowing in Chinese), and her blog address, www.xiaxue.blogspot.com.

Yes, from the movie, blogging was very prominent. Julie first got to start the challenge after she was introduced into the blogging world. Furthermore, though she met some setbacks at first when she started the project, she slowly gained her fame from her blog too. She started off as a nobody, but the blogging sphere made her somebody in the end. Other than fans who encourage and see her through her project she also mange to gain the media’s attention. And because of that, a much older Julia child in the modern era got to know who she is too. However, it seems that Julia does not understand why Julie is doing this and dislike her.

The only way she records her success, failures and even her life is through the blog she had. As we all know, blogs are not for private disclosures. And I guess that Julie understands, that is why she thinks twice about blogging about her fight with her husband. Being committed to update viewers about her progress using her blog, Julie becomes so preoccupied with the challenge feeling that she is accountable for this, she soon forgets to enjoy the feeling of cooking.

This blog that Julie has served a purpose. Not only did she gain recognition for herself in the academic world, by publishing 2 books, she also did introduce the art of French cooking and not forgetting Julia Child to the world. Without her blog, no one would know who Julia Child was, much less a movie made based on the true stories on both of them. Blogging has indeed played a major part in Julie’s life.

Overall, this is a very heart warming movie indeed. As someone who is more into action and comedies, I would have never chose to watch this on my own. I do recommend others to watch it if they haven’t done so. Before I end this blog entry, I would like to share Julie Powell’s blog, which I found online.

http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2002/08/25.html