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Okay, I finished this last night and liked it, but I was dozing a little, and there's a few things I didn't really get...

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We loved this.  I was not expecting much and was pleasantly surprised.

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  On 1/6/2023 at 10:27 PM, Saint Austin said:

Okay, I finished this last night and liked it, but I was dozing a little, and there's a few things I didn't really get...

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  On 1/8/2023 at 3:57 PM, Red Five said:
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We watched it last night.  LOVED it.  A real break from typical film fare.  

I almost got a "last supper" vibe at the end, but I was a bit in the bag and probably reading too much into it.

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  On 1/9/2023 at 12:09 AM, veritas aequitas said:

Yes, thought it was great and loved how silly they make the Haute Cuisine shit look stupid.

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That and the commentary on class schisms.

In Treme, there was a chef who insisted on everyone saying “Yes, Chef!” to everything he said.  Anthony Bourdain wrote that plot line and insisted it was true.

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I didn't realize, until after I saw this movie, that Nicholas Hoult was the kid in About a Boy. He's done a lot of good work since then. I'm looking forward to Renfield, for sure.

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  On 1/8/2023 at 4:20 AM, lemonlime said:
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Did not expect that going in.  I've been telling my friends especially the self proclaimed "foodies" to watch it.  I laugh at those kind of meals...and this movies was perfect.

Tortilla scenes had me rolling. 

And how serious and calm the staff was when explaining shit while the guests were freaking out....that kinda shit is horror to me.  Movies like Midsommar...where the locals are crazy but act like they are normal/nice while secretly fucking you up....and if you ask questions they lie with an evil smile like nothing is wrong.

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as a big fan of bougie food and cooking shows and fine dining, i fucking loved this movie.

@Bozo_Casanova needs to watch this strictly for the bread dish, which might be his favorite.

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i absolutely loved how the movie eviscerated food culture, and i consider myself a part of the problem. i'm the tyler. 

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  On 1/9/2023 at 12:46 AM, Aqua Buddha said:

That and the commentary on class schisms.

In Treme, there was a chef who insisted on everyone saying “Yes, Chef!” to everything he said.  Anthony Bourdain wrote that plot line and insisted it was true.

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Pretty standard in high end restaurants and chefs who used to work at one (see "The Bear")

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I wanted to love this, as it came highly recommended, but as Chef said, it was just good or even very good, but not great. B+

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The most interesting character was the drunk mom. I needed to know and see more from and with her.

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Favorite lines were between Chef and John Leguizamo's +1

CHEF- "Did you go to school?"

+1 - "Yes"

CHEF- "Where did you go to school?"

+1 "Brown."

Chef - "Any student loans?"

+1 - "No"

Chef- "Yeah, you're dying."

 

 

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  On 1/10/2023 at 8:05 PM, HamsterHookah said:

I wanted to love this, as it came highly recommended, but as Chef said, it was just good or even very good, but not great. B+

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The most interesting character was the drunk mom. I needed to know and see more from and with her.

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Yeah I give it a B. Pretty good, fairly entertaining. Just didn’t love it. Took a couple nights to finish it since our attention would start shifting away from the movie itself

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  On 1/11/2023 at 2:12 PM, zman13 said:

It's a thread about movies where the second half is a lot different than the first half. 

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Not sure if serious (Shirley you can't be serious), but I'll clarify.  The subject of this thread made me immediately think of yours, because holy cow does it switch- much in the same way Dusk Til Dawn does, actually.

I went into this movie knowing nothing about it but the title. I actually really dug it until it flipped the switch- and even though I hated it after that, it wouldn't be fair to say it is a bad movie because it's simply a genre I don't care for.  

 

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  On 11/22/2022 at 3:43 AM, WBT said:

I liked that a lot.  It was rellay funny, especially Hoult.  Fiennes was good and I'd watch Anya read the phonebook.

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Este.  Along with Florence Pugh, ATJ is my current favorite actor/actress rn. 

I enjoyed the movie very much.  It wasn't perfect, and had a sort of ridiculous aspect to it, but in a way I found very entertaining.  

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ATJ was a weak link for me-- I thought Ralph Fiennes made the movie with his assistant a close second (I see she's in The Whale, which is on my list).

What's funny is the timing of Noma closing like the day after The Menu dropped (and Noma being an inspiration for the satire): https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/noma-closing-the-menu-inspired-by.html and https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-menu-fans-blame-film-world-best-restaurant-closing-3377323

This might be better for an unpopular opinion thread, but this movie reminded me of it:

Some of you might remember the scathing review of the 27 course experimental michelin starred tasting menu from a couple years ago. I was reminded again of that whole ordeal after watchin The Menu. I get wanting to make fun and poke at seemingly high-handed things like experimental dining, but I do think there is and should be a place for such, "art" as I'll call it, and it's an interesting pursuit for both the chef and the eater. I think there is value in pushing the envelope and to that end, I know the chef was ridiculed for his response, but I actually thought his response was the correct one and he was right:

The scathing review: https://www.everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/

The chef's response: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21152082-declaration-by-chef-floriano-pellegrino

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