I don't think they were satirizing or antagonizing all foodies, just the pretentious pretend foodies that act like they love food but aren't willing to really learn everything that goes into it.

You know that scene in The Office where Dwight tries to tell the hibachi chef at Benihana that he should be using a different, more superior knife? Nicholas Holt's character was that guy turned up to eleven. He says he owns that fancy kitchen tool but he's never used it. He's someone who just repeats what he's heard/read with confidence without actually knowing anything about what he's talking about.

So I don't think it's necessarily saying people shouldn't be curious about the food and how it's made, just don't pretend to know for clout.

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So, I think this is where I draw a distinction -- if we're talking about the guy who is like "I could make this myself! Why are these portions so tiny! Why does it cost $xxx!" then I understand how that's sucking the passion out of cooking, since like ... you're not paying to grandstand about how the guy who's feeding you is a dumb scammer.

But, the guy who goes there and is trying to understand what's going on? Like I don't know, it feels like of all the people sucking the love of your craft away, the guy who is ultimately a little too overenthusiastic and would commit a party foul if you ran into him at a mixer or something definitely doesn't strike me as the worst guy there -- certainly not to the degree the film focuses on painting him as unequivocally The Worst Person There of the diners. In fact, he's probably the most common, since we all have that one passion we focus on highly and love to talk/think about.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Most people who've seen it like it, but

Inspired casting against type, making Jim Carrey an introvert and Kate Winslet the wild extrovert. And they both nail it.

The movie is completely bonkers, but logical within the weird rules it establishes.

Behind all the zany effects and weird scenes, it's ultimately grounded by a real, truthful emotional core.

It has a bit of every genre in it. Drama, comedy, romance, sci-fi, even a bit of horror here and there.

"The Man Who Would Be King" (1975)

Drowning Mona and Death to Smoochy.

Carpenter at his best for sure

I could not disagree with this more.

Jump scares take what could be actually compelling scenes/movies and turn them into haunted house rides: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Vc9_f4ByA&t=2s

Saying "I like jump scares" is like saying "why would I pay for an expensive steak when a McDonalds burger will fill me up?"

Kevin Conroy

Oh wait fuck

Disturbia, starring Shia LaBeouf. Starts off with a great father son moment, turns into tragedy, a comedy, a love story, a mystery, a thriller, and ends with some more comedy.

First time I watched that movie my dad was on a fishing trip, my mother and I were much happier than normal when we saw him return.

I suppose I'm talking about Holt's character here. It feels like he's a pitched up version of ... everyone who saves up to go to a restaurant and is excited about it? And it feels weird to dog on that specifically.

Yes. Some of those people have a very specific idea of what the thing they like is supposed to be and they will get all pissed off the art they're looking at doesn't match exactly what they expected.

Right, but I just feel like the "everyone's a critic who can't hang when their mouth is on the line" is better targeted at the likes of the food critic? Like, it's hard to blame patrons who are ultimately kind of regular joes for being excited about what they're eating and liking food, especially if they generally try to see where the chef is coming from. And for the record I'm not denying that maybe you could put someone from the general foodie archetype in the room, but to make him specifically the worst person (bringing his date to die, etc) feels remarkably off in terms of the hierarchy of shitty people. It's almost like the writers knew that his own sin wrt the chef wasn't enough to die, so they needed to give people something else to latch onto to kill him off.

Toys.

Because momma done dropped me onna head when me was babby.

I mean, there were only three real "foodies" in the movie, everyone else were just rich people who wanted an exclusive experience. It was just basically the critic and her assistant, and Holt's character who were being portrayed as "foodies", and they were both terrible people. The movie focused on those characters because that's what the movie was about. It's all satire. Remove them, and then it's just people enjoying a dinner.

> The movie was making fun of the snobs that try to gatekeep and insist there's a correct way to enjoy art

By... gatekeeping and refusing to engage with art that's not regular enough ("No bread? That's just pretentious, I'm not eating this")

I think it comes from the fact that he can’t cook. There exists a stereotype in the culinary world of the guy who knows how everything is done, but can’t do it himself. I know when I’ve gone to Michelin restaurants I’ve embodied that attitude. Part of it was me playing the part of connoisseur, and part of it was the excitement I felt at the time. Part of it came from my love of food, and part of it came from watching Top Chef and the like. I don’t know how to cook but I appreciate good food when I taste it. Again, I know why the stereotype exists, and the movie is very keen to satirize it.

As a chef of 20 years I could relate to "the annoying foodie" archetype as it was presented, cooking at home at whatever level simply is not comparable to working in/running a commerical kitchen.

Think of it like "the music nerd groupie" cliche, or someone who knows a few lines of code trying to be "in" with a developer

It happens in every industry and anyone who has done something that takes quite some skill and time to learn will recognise it.

My favourite movie is Jurassic Park so that doesnt count, but a movie that I for some reason love is Hostage with Bruce Willis lol, ive seen it probably like 50 times

Great movie idk why the downvotes

He knew that they were all going to die and wanted to eat there anyway. This particular character has made liking fancy food his entire personality.

The movie isn't about food necessarily, it's about all art. The movie was making fun of the snobs that try to gatekeep and insist there's a correct way to enjoy art. It could just as easily apply to people on this sub that get all snooty when someone says they liked a Michael Bay movie or whatever. The point is to just shut up, let people enjoy things, and don't be a jackass.

But green book won best picture tho

Even my dog hates jumpscares.

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