About a month ago I wrote about a newly released movie, “The
Fault in Our Stars.” Our interest in this movie was primarily piqued by the
fact that a key aspect of the storyline involves a young woman who is on
full-time supplemental oxygen. The movie received mixed reviews, and we were
not expecting it to be particularly good. So we were neither surprised nor disappointed to find that
it was a sappy tear-jerker, and not a very realistic portrayal of life on
oxygen. We could have used that two hours in a much more productive way.
However, teen aged girls probably love this movie.
But redemption on the big screen came about this afternoon
in the form of a film called “Chef.” The film was written and directed by and
stars a fellow with whom we were not familiar, Jon Favreau, along with a
stellar cast of more familiar names including Scarlett Johansson, Dustin
Hoffman, and Sophia Vergara (Gloria on “Modern Family”). It is the story of an
innovative chef whose creativity is stifled by the owner of the restaurant in
which he works. He posts comments on the web, not realizing that they could and
would be seen by thousands of followers of the critic who panned his cooking.
The loss of his job forces him to go back to more modest ambitions, but this
is, after all, a feel-good movie, and it all works out in the end. It is a
terrifically fun ride along the way with such vivid kitchen scenes that you can
almost smell the aromas. There is nothing deep here but it is great fun and we
highly recommend it.
This whole issue of items “going viral” on the internet has been on my mind a good deal, as I wrote a few days ago about Baby K’Tan. The only consolation here is that these things tend to fade as the next new nonsense takes over. We can only hope that this wonderful company will survive this rather severe bump in the road.
The weather was beautiful again this weekend, and we did get over to the Botanical Garden this morning before going to the movies this afternoon. Barry has a busy week ahead but we are looking forward to Thursday, when we will drive up to the Berkshires to see James Taylor at Tanglewood. Those of you who have followed me since the beginning of the blog may remember that in the summer of 2012 we had bought tickets for all three nights James was performing at Tanglewood, but I was still undergoing chemotherapy and did not feel up to making the trip. Fortunately we were able to send proxies: one night Dina and Aaron, one night Riverdale friends who have a summer house in the Berkshires, and one night friends from Sharon. We are happy to finally be seeing James again at Tanglewood.
Next weekend we will spend Sabbath and Sunday in Sharon, and bring Eliana back to New York with us, the first of four such trips we will make over the next two months. We have all sorts of fun activities lined up for each of the children, and are really looking forward to this.
Have a nice week!
Love,
Rebecca
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