Comments on: Why pay $10 for Julie & Julia just to suffer gratuitous insults? *UPDATED* http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyn http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-112997 Cyn Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-112997 I read the book when I started culinary school.  I HATED it!  There is much Republican-bashing all throughout.  My school had an event with a screening and I did not participate.  I refused to see the movie.  I don't want Julie to gain a dime.  She is not even a little bit likeable in the book.  She says whatever she thinks and half of what she thinks starts with an "F".  I have heard that they toned down the hating in the movie.  I don't care.  I also heard that Julia was not impressed with Julie, either! I read the book when I started culinary school.  I HATED it!  There is much Republican-bashing all throughout.  My school had an event with a screening and I did not participate.  I refused to see the movie.  I don’t want Julie to gain a dime.  She is not even a little bit likeable in the book.  She says whatever she thinks and half of what she thinks starts with an “F”.  I have heard that they toned down the hating in the movie.  I don’t care.  I also heard that Julia was not impressed with Julie, either!

]]> By: Bookworm Room » Why are we still paying to be insulted? — Boardwalk Empire & why I don’t like it http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-106433 Bookworm Room » Why are we still paying to be insulted? — Boardwalk Empire & why I don’t like it Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:06:20 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-106433 [...] I blogged at length about this phenomenon after plunking down ten of my hard-earned after-tax dollars to see Julie & Julia.  That movie was sold as a charming romantic comedy/biopic, one that compared Julia Child’s love life to that of a modern young woman who undertook to bake a Julia Child recipe every day for a year. [...] [...] I blogged at length about this phenomenon after plunking down ten of my hard-earned after-tax dollars to see Julie & Julia.  That movie was sold as a charming romantic comedy/biopic, one that compared Julia Child’s love life to that of a modern young woman who undertook to bake a Julia Child recipe every day for a year. [...]

]]> By: Bookworm Room » Ah, the irony of the good marriage gone bad http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-83416 Bookworm Room » Ah, the irony of the good marriage gone bad Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:32:29 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-83416 [...] you may recall, after I saw the movie Julie and Julia, I wrote a very scathing post about the movie, arguing that it contained completely unnecessary attacks on Republicans.  [...] [...] you may recall, after I saw the movie Julie and Julia, I wrote a very scathing post about the movie, arguing that it contained completely unnecessary attacks on Republicans.  [...]

]]> By: staffotex http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-76079 staffotex Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:44:51 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-76079 Take heart, no one in Dallas laughed at that in this afternoon's presentation in Northpark. There were a few audible mumbles however. Take heart, no one in Dallas laughed at that in this afternoon’s presentation in Northpark. There were a few audible mumbles however.

]]> By: Soccer Dad http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-75440 Soccer Dad Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:28:09 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-75440 <strong>Council speak 09/03/09...</strong> The council has spoken. Last week's winning council entry was Joshuapundit's Obama Vs CIA: New WH Interrogation Unit Created As Panetta Threatens To Resign, a look into the secret war against the CIA. The runner up was Bookworm Room's Why pay $10 fo... Council speak 09/03/09…

The council has spoken. Last week’s winning council entry was Joshuapundit’s Obama Vs CIA: New WH Interrogation Unit Created As Panetta Threatens To Resign, a look into the secret war against the CIA. The runner up was Bookworm Room’s Why pay $10 fo…

]]> By: Rhymes With Right http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-75046 Rhymes With Right Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:41:49 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-75046 <strong>Watcher's Council Results...</strong> Well, here are the most recent results, containing some of the most notable pieces of commentary on the internet. Congratulations to the winners and the nominees. Council Submissions First place with 2 points! – Joshuapundit - Obama Vs CIA: New...... Watcher’s Council Results…

Well, here are the most recent results, containing some of the most notable pieces of commentary on the internet. Congratulations to the winners and the nominees. Council Submissions First place with 2 points! – Joshuapundit – Obama Vs CIA: New……

]]> By: Watcher of Weasels » Sowing the Seeds of Discontent http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-73628 Watcher of Weasels » Sowing the Seeds of Discontent Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:39:40 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-73628 [...] Second place with 1 1/3 points – Bookworm Room - Why pay $10 for Julie & Julia just to suffer gratuitous insults [...] [...] Second place with 1 1/3 points – Bookworm Room – Why pay $10 for Julie & Julia just to suffer gratuitous insults [...]

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-73382 Ymarsakar Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:14:38 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-73382 When I saw it, it wasn't very scary. It would have been had I been in a similar situation having to deal with such deception. The mental stress of doing that and also performing would be very great. What I got from the movie was the triumph of the human spirit over such baseless things as 'blood' and 'dynasty'. When I saw it, it wasn’t very scary. It would have been had I been in a similar situation having to deal with such deception. The mental stress of doing that and also performing would be very great.

What I got from the movie was the triumph of the human spirit over such baseless things as ‘blood’ and ‘dynasty’.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-73381 Ymarsakar Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:12:40 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-73381 Was it the thought of an all powerful and Big Brother government looking at your genome that scared you? Something you couldn't control, no matter how smart or non-smart you were. Something you couldn't control about your children, since they could have been born before genetic manipulation techniques came about. The treatment of humanity as machine cogs, to be discarded if their 'specs' are right, is a particularly Totalitarian and Leftist fantasy I believe. But did that movie change your political views any? Or had you not made the connections yet. Was it the thought of an all powerful and Big Brother government looking at your genome that scared you? Something you couldn’t control, no matter how smart or non-smart you were. Something you couldn’t control about your children, since they could have been born before genetic manipulation techniques came about.

The treatment of humanity as machine cogs, to be discarded if their ‘specs’ are right, is a particularly Totalitarian and Leftist fantasy I believe.

But did that movie change your political views any? Or had you not made the connections yet.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/08/23/why-pay-10-for-julie-julia-just-to-suffer-gratuitous-insults/comment-page-1/#comment-73380 Ymarsakar Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:11:01 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8024#comment-73380 Okay, that's one down, a few more to go there ; ) Okay, that’s one down, a few more to go there ; )

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