I watched this last night on Netflix. It is a terrifically entertaining movie. Jon Favreau has made some good independent movies, including "Swingers". "Chef" is a little formulaic with a very Hollywood ending that contradicts the
premise of the rest of the movie. Nevertheless it was engrossing. Favreau plays a "celebrity" chef whose attitude gets him fired by the "celebrity" owner (Dustin Hoffman in a two scene throw-away part). He buys a ramshackle food truck and quickly becomes nationally famous. (I told you to ignore the plot). You can substitute any occupation for that of cooking and the movie would be forgettable. But because of the food, the shopping for it, the preparation of it and the enjoyment of it, this is a memorable movie and deserves cult status. This probably sounds like I am a gourmet, or possibly a gourmand. I am not. Mrs. CBStew has been away visiting the grandchildren in Japan for two weeks and I have been contentedly living on canned soup and Subway sandwiches.
Quote from: CBStew on March 14, 2015, 11:36:35 AM
I watched this last night on Netflix. It is a terrifically entertaining movie. Jon Favreau has made some good independent movies, including "Swingers". "Chef" is a little formulaic with a very Hollywood ending that contradicts the
premise of the rest of the movie. Nevertheless it was engrossing. Favreau plays a "celebrity" chef whose attitude gets him fired by the "celebrity" owner (Dustin Hoffman in a two scene throw-away part). He buys a ramshackle food truck and quickly becomes nationally famous. (I told you to ignore the plot). You can substitute any occupation for that of cooking and the movie would be forgettable. But because of the food, the shopping for it, the preparation of it and the enjoyment of it, this is a memorable movie and deserves cult status. This probably sounds like I am a gourmet, or possibly a gourmand. I am not. Mrs. CBStew has been away visiting the grandchildren in Japan for two weeks and I have been contentedly living on canned soup and Subway sandwiches.
I agree with all of this. It was one of the best films I saw all of last year. I work with a friend who has a food truck business and everything about this film was perfect with regard to that vocation. Favreau and John Leguizamo are funny as hell together too. You guys should all watch and talk about your sons in this thread afterward.
Quote from: InternetApex on March 17, 2015, 11:41:10 AM
Quote from: CBStew on March 14, 2015, 11:36:35 AM
I watched this last night on Netflix. It is a terrifically entertaining movie. Jon Favreau has made some good independent movies, including "Swingers". "Chef" is a little formulaic with a very Hollywood ending that contradicts the
premise of the rest of the movie. Nevertheless it was engrossing. Favreau plays a "celebrity" chef whose attitude gets him fired by the "celebrity" owner (Dustin Hoffman in a two scene throw-away part). He buys a ramshackle food truck and quickly becomes nationally famous. (I told you to ignore the plot). You can substitute any occupation for that of cooking and the movie would be forgettable. But because of the food, the shopping for it, the preparation of it and the enjoyment of it, this is a memorable movie and deserves cult status. This probably sounds like I am a gourmet, or possibly a gourmand. I am not. Mrs. CBStew has been away visiting the grandchildren in Japan for two weeks and I have been contentedly living on canned soup and Subway sandwiches.
I agree with all of this. It was one of the best films I saw all of last year. I work with a friend who has a food truck business and everything about this film was perfect with regard to that vocation. Favreau and John Leguizamo are funny as hell together too. You guys should all watch and talk about your sons in this thread afterward.
Nah, there's enough shit about SKO everywhere else.
Quote from: InternetApex on March 17, 2015, 11:41:10 AM
Quote from: CBStew on March 14, 2015, 11:36:35 AM
I watched this last night on Netflix. It is a terrifically entertaining movie. Jon Favreau has made some good independent movies, including "Swingers". "Chef" is a little formulaic with a very Hollywood ending that contradicts the
premise of the rest of the movie. Nevertheless it was engrossing. Favreau plays a "celebrity" chef whose attitude gets him fired by the "celebrity" owner (Dustin Hoffman in a two scene throw-away part). He buys a ramshackle food truck and quickly becomes nationally famous. (I told you to ignore the plot). You can substitute any occupation for that of cooking and the movie would be forgettable. But because of the food, the shopping for it, the preparation of it and the enjoyment of it, this is a memorable movie and deserves cult status. This probably sounds like I am a gourmet, or possibly a gourmand. I am not. Mrs. CBStew has been away visiting the grandchildren in Japan for two weeks and I have been contentedly living on canned soup and Subway sandwiches.
I agree with all of this. It was one of the best films I saw all of last year. I work with a friend who has a food truck business and everything about this film was perfect with regard to that vocation. Favreau and John Leguizamo are funny as hell together too. You guys should all watch and talk about your sons in this thread afterward.
Well fuck me then, I guess.
Quote from: CT III on March 17, 2015, 04:15:27 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on March 17, 2015, 11:41:10 AM
Quote from: CBStew on March 14, 2015, 11:36:35 AM
I watched this last night on Netflix. It is a terrifically entertaining movie. Jon Favreau has made some good independent movies, including "Swingers". "Chef" is a little formulaic with a very Hollywood ending that contradicts the
premise of the rest of the movie. Nevertheless it was engrossing. Favreau plays a "celebrity" chef whose attitude gets him fired by the "celebrity" owner (Dustin Hoffman in a two scene throw-away part). He buys a ramshackle food truck and quickly becomes nationally famous. (I told you to ignore the plot). You can substitute any occupation for that of cooking and the movie would be forgettable. But because of the food, the shopping for it, the preparation of it and the enjoyment of it, this is a memorable movie and deserves cult status. This probably sounds like I am a gourmet, or possibly a gourmand. I am not. Mrs. CBStew has been away visiting the grandchildren in Japan for two weeks and I have been contentedly living on canned soup and Subway sandwiches.
I agree with all of this. It was one of the best films I saw all of last year. I work with a friend who has a food truck business and everything about this film was perfect with regard to that vocation. Favreau and John Leguizamo are funny as hell together too. You guys should all watch and talk about your sons in this thread afterward.
Well fuck me then, I guess.
*sniffs* C'mon, CT. Let's go over to the Nightcrawler thread.
Chef is awesome. I agree the ending was totally cheeseball but that didn't even ruin it.
If you want a movie that makes you feel good about the hour plus you're spending staring at the TV this is it. Really well done.
Quote from: Slaky on April 17, 2015, 02:10:08 PM
If you want a movie that makes you feel good about the hour plus you're spending staring at the TV hungry this is it. Really well done.
Quote from: ChuckD on April 17, 2015, 02:45:21 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 17, 2015, 02:10:08 PM
If you want a movie that makes you feel good about the hour plus you're spending staring at the TV hungry like you'd like to slap your old boy between Sofia Vergara's yabbos, this is it. Really well done.
Quote from: Tonker on April 17, 2015, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on April 17, 2015, 02:45:21 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 17, 2015, 02:10:08 PM
If you want a movie that makes you feel good about the hour plus you're spending staring at the TV hungry like you'd like to slap your old boy between Sofia Vergara's yabbos, this is it. Really well done.
You need to see a movie to feel that way?
Quote from: ChuckD on April 17, 2015, 05:23:23 PM
Quote from: Tonker on April 17, 2015, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on April 17, 2015, 02:45:21 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 17, 2015, 02:10:08 PM
If you want a movie that makes you feel good about the hour plus you're spending staring at the TV hungry like you'd like to slap your old boy between Sofia Vergara's yabbos, this is it. Really well done.
You need to see a movie to feel that way?
No, but it does remind me. I'm getting older: sometimes I simply forget that I'd like to slap my old boy between Sofia Vergara's yabbos, you see.