Eat, Pray, Love- Ate, Prayed (for this movie to end), Slept!

Intro

If ‘The American’ represents the sick male fantasy of males in the US of A, this movie reeks of sick female fantasy of females in the US of A or is it just Julia Robert’s sick fantasy. In the light of her converting to a Hindu and embracing travel as a religion, I think we can call this Julia’s autobiographical portrayal of her mid life crisis. Who the boink wants to see that?

Good

This movie made me hungry. The visual depiction of food is absolutely stunning. Do not watch this movie on an empty stomach, because the only thing good about this movie will become torturous. A good use of the visual medium in small portions of the film- The parallel edit, when Julia tries to put on new jeans along with a café full of Italian supporters cheering the national team is the icing on this small cupcake.

Bad

This movie is horribly slow and horribly dependant on long philosophical dialogues and very so cliché at times that you wonder why would Julia subject the world to her contorted views on how life should be, or how a woman’s life should be. It is a moral lesson, not a story which weaves the colours of all the beautiful locations. Instead it leaps into the pressure cooker of stereo types- Italians are like this, Indians like that and people from south east asia exist to cater to all of Julia’s needs. By the way- where the boinkers did Julia get so much money to embark on such an expensive trip anyway. She is a professional zero in this trip and when she has no money in the US of A how can she just stay in what looks like expensive resorts where ever she goes?

Ugly

 Why must Indian arranged marriages get dragged into this movie? Another Indian wedding, where the girl’s stands around with sadness on her face telling the western woman how she covets her freedom. I think Julia gets a huge kick out of deep frying all the handsome male character’s hearts, and she does not bother the contrast of their handsomeness with her ugly ass self! Just like Vijay Kanth has no qualms about acting with women half his size and twice his out-worldly beauty. If you are a Julia Roberts fan, stay away from this movie, if you are not- you can yell cheap shots all through the movie. Julia bares herself for ridicule and I appreciate her flabby guts!

Marks

 1/10- Watch the 1^st half hour and get out after the eating.

Just eat and leave!