I adore Meryl Streep as an actress and I think that offstage she's a pretty nice person. Put her in a movie and I don't care what it's about, I'll go to see it.
Kim and Cindy took me out for a belated birthday dinner tonight and then to see Julie Julia. Now, the last movie I saw Meryl Streep in was Mama Mia and I actually saw it twice because it was so good. The movie Julie Julia is entertaining and Streep is fantastic but the storyline is disjointed. It's almost like they've tried to condense what could have been a terrific 5 hour movie into it's 1 1/2 hour (about that long) time slot. In other words, it appeared that too much was skipped.
I really did enjoy the movie, though, and learned what a character Julia Child was. Since I'm not too interested in cooking, I've never really watched any of her cooking shows on T.V. but now I wish I had. I love "characters" because they make you want to forget about being politically, morally, and socially correct but to be yourself. They have guts, style, and charisma all bound together in a unique persona. Julia Child was a character and darned if Meryl Streep isn't one, too.
Meryl Streep has a new movie coming out soon called (I think) "It's Complicated" and it looks like another interesting one. I can't wait to see it.
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