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Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 4:23amSanction this postReply
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Somewhat reminds me of the movie 'like water for chocolate'......

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Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 8:34amSanction this postReply
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Yes! 'Like water for chocolate' is another of my favorite movies! I just watched it again the other day.

There are interesting contrasts though of the Latin hot bloodedness and Oriental subtleties...in these two movies.   

(Edited by Hong Zhang on 3/13, 1:46pm)


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Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 11:42amSanction this postReply
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YES!!!!!  : D

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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 6:37amSanction this postReply
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Thanks for the movie recommendations, Hong.  It's so important for us to share our favorite things like this.  Who knows when an affirming movie, book, or song will give someone that little 'push' to keep moving!


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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 7:42amSanction this postReply
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Believe it or not, I have not seen this movie. Nor have I seen Like Water for Chocolate or Babette's Feast.

I should be drawn and quartered.

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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 7:56amSanction this postReply
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Jennifer,
Ouch. Don't be so severe on yourself. It's probably because you are too busy promoting real good food experience, not just the ones on screen!

I'd suggest watching "Like water for chocolate" first, and watch it together with Marcus.


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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:05amSanction this postReply
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Oh my, Hong - you want them to burn the place down, huh :)

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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:43amSanction this postReply
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Well, I am not sure each of them can survive watching it alone...

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Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:46amSanction this postReply
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They can watch it along with another, Chocolat, starring Julliette Binoche.

John

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Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:01amSanction this postReply
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We rented Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Babette's Feast is really a "food" movie, in the way that The Matrix is a "computer" movie. The Net (starring Sandra Bullock) is not a "computer" movie, but an action adventure that involves computers.  Eat, Drink, Man, Woman is a family drama that involves food.

The father in this movie is a widower with three adult daughters who still share the family house.  How they move out is the plot of this movie.  Being the father of a daughter myself, I was able to stay awake through it.  For me, the most personal scene was the one where the father announces that he is getting married, not to the "dragon lady" they are setting up with, but to her daughter.  "Yes!" I said.

It took a few minutes to understand that this is not a "Chinese" movie, but a Taiwanese movie.  At one point, the chef notes that Chinese cooking has been coming to Taiwan for 40 years, but is seldom appreciated.  Also, once I saw the nationalist (KMT) flags, I stopped being worried that the Christian girl was going to get beaten up by the police.  On the other hand, one of the daughters lost all of her savings because a corrupt real estate venture built on a toxic waste site.  Fascism has its costs.

More important to the movie is the cost of sacrifice.  The daughter who buys the house after Dad gets a new home for his new wife and step-daughter is the one who gave up her career opportunity to stay home and take care of Dad.   That was poignant.


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