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Finally saw Chef the Movie tonight with some friends... awesome move!!! We are so proud to be a part of it (yup... Japanese Knife Imports first movie credit... check out a bunch of our knives in the movie #zakuri #gesshinginga #gesshinuraku #gesshin)

After seeing it, i really appreciate the time and effort that Jon Favreau and Roy Choi put in to making this authentic feeling. I think, in a lot of ways, they were able to truly capture the #ChefLife.

So what did you guys think of the movie?
 
I feel the same way about that movie as I did about "Backdraft".
An ill attempt of capturing something that you can't understand until you've lived it.
 
I've never even heard of it before, but I will check it when I can.

As for living and understanding movies, I feel that most movies (bar outright fiction or science fiction) attempt to approximate reality in some way so that other non-specialists can be voyeurs into another part of life. Every military movie is the same way, and if you haven't served in the military or especially combat, you will far short of understanding it completely. My wife is a physician and she makes the same comments about movies with medical themes. It's all the same -- these movies usually far short of the specialists' expectations. Recently I read an article about the movie gravity where people from NASA were picking it apart. Air traffic controllers and pilots also complained about the movie Flight -- but I enjoyed both of those imperfect movies.

k.
 
I just watched it as a movie and I thought it wasn't bad. At least they got the cornstarch right. Been doing that all week.lol
 
Where can I watch the full length film?
 
:( Not in any of the island theaters. But I have about 37 options to watch Godzilla...

Stefan
 
Got to see it last Sunday with the wife. I loved it! (Especially the molten lava cake scene.. classic). I like it more than Big Night (the ending was depressing).
 
I saw this a week or so ago and enjoyed it...I didn't recall that Jon supplied the knives for the film, but I was surprised by the knives as I watched it! Good on you Jon!
 
Looks like another feel good foodies movie like Tortilla Soup. I'll wait until it hits Amazon, but it looks like a fun movie.
 
Saw it two weeks ago and it is a really nice "feel good" movie. It's not about cooking it's about relationships and personal growth. I'll say one thing the casting was spot on and it didn't hurt to have Sofia Vergara and Scarlett Johansson in it.

We were talking to some friends after and one said "Mike you should have a food truck" and my reply was "they don't make enough corn starch" :nono:
 
I finally checked the film out yesterday. Excellent food cinematography, all the food plating scenes were on point. I really like the scene where the chef opens up his knife roll to reveal all his bad ass knives! I thought overall the dialogue captured alot of authentic kitchen talk, and the dilemmas the chef was going through with his restuarant/family life definitely resonated with me.
 
Enjoyed the movie and the scenes in the kitchen. The knives were cool. Final third was a bit schmaltzy heading in for a trite finish. Customers (moviegoers and restaurant patrons) like predictability. All in all worth a rental.:doublethumbsup:
 
I just saw the movie two nights ago and enjoyed it, but it was very borderline too happy feel good for me.

Btw, here is the picture when he unrolled his knife roll.

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mr drinky said:
I just saw the movie two nights ago and enjoyed it, but it was very borderline too happy feel good for me.

Btw, here is the picture when he unrolled his knife roll.
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Nice work Mr. Drinky....who can name what?
 
mr drinky said:
I just saw the movie two nights ago and enjoyed it, but it was very borderline too happy feel good for me.

Btw, here is the picture when he unrolled his knife roll.
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gesshin ginga, gesshin uraku, zakuri, and another gesshin uraku for the japanese ones. There were others used in the movie as well.
 
It was Meh.
The biggest thing I had a problem with was the fact that a fatty chef is/was with Scarlett Johansen and Sofia Vergara. I don't know about you, but my looks and pay scale don't warrant serious hotties like that.

It was just so cheezball. Wheeeheeee! let's start a food truck! It's so easy! You don't need a commissary kitchen! It won't take you hours waiting in line and tons of money to get your permits for each and every city you stop at on your cross-country voyage back to LA!

Believe in your dreams! Cuban Sandwiches can save the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Big ol' glass of Haterade with breakfast today?

Haven't seen it. I hope the directors cut includes all the waiting in line for permits scenes. That most definitely sounds like the more entertaining version. :clown:
 
Haven't see the movie either, but who cares about waiting lines when there are Scarlett Johansen and Sofia Vergara?
 
knyfeknerd said:
It was Meh.
The biggest thing I had a problem with was the fact that a fatty chef is/was with Scarlett Johansen and Sofia Vergara. I don't know about you, but my looks and pay scale don't warrant serious hotties like that.

It was just so cheezball. Wheeeheeee! let's start a food truck! It's so easy! You don't need a commissary kitchen! It won't take you hours waiting in line and tons of money to get your permits for each and every city you stop at on your cross-country voyage back to LA!

Believe in your dreams! Cuban Sandwiches can save the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is true. When he stopped in New Orleans, I said to my wife: "There is no way he can sell sandwiches there because he doesn't have the permits." But he did, and he just pulled up and parked in any old spot and started selling.

k.
 
Coincidentally I just added a Cuban Panini to the lunch menu. Roast pork loin, capicola, gruyere, sliced pickle, cherry peppers and whole grain dijonnaise. Win.
 
Chuckles said:
Big ol' glass of Haterade with breakfast today?

Haven't seen it. I hope the directors cut includes all the waiting in line for permits scenes. That most definitely sounds like the more entertaining version. :clown:
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Hahahaha!!!
I was thinking about it though... I watched the movie Begin Again last month. It's about music and (loosely) the music industry. I thought it was a decent, yet cheesy flick with some good music.
All I could think about was how much a music industry pro would hate it. I'm sure no matter the profession, when a movie glamorizes an industry/topic those who are jaded and grumpy pros find all sorts of holes and problems with it.
Do real doctors watch Grey's Anatomy?
Do cops watch any of the 8 bazillion cop shows?
Do old people watch Matlock/Murder She Wrote?(Okay bad example)
I think politicians watch House of Cards, but that's cause it's a great show and they probably get some inspiration from it!-but not in a good way....................
 
I'm a teacher and I have yet to like a TV show set in a school (Boston Public used to drive me nuts--couldn't stand that one. Like a ridiculously unrealistic scene showing a major confrontation/argument between the principal and a teacher in the middle of the hallway with students just walking by . . . ). A couple of good movies have been the exception (e.g. Stand and Deliver and Dead Poets' Society are cool movies, but I'm not sure how realistic they are . . . )
 
That's a no go here in Nola, and if you back talk the police might take your money.
 
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