Foodie Flicks
Opening September 2009
Food continues to prove itself to be a form of entertainment in this country. From simply eating at home, to going out for dinner on a special occasion, to watching the Food Network and other food shows such as “Top Chef”, our appetite for foodie fun continues to grow, rather than diminish. I found the most recent evidence of this point in my “Food Network Magazine”, September issue, where they’ve compiled a list of upcoming food theme movies scheduled for release over the next two years.
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, the film adaptation of a whimsical child’s book comes out in September – I still can’t imagine how that little picture book will be expanded into a feature length movie. “Food Fight” with Tome Cruise is scheduled for 2010 – the story of a top chef that finds himself cooking in a school cafeteria after losing his job – not completely plausible since who would fire Tom Cruise? Will Smith will star in “Cooked” in 2010, in the story of a drug dealer turned executive chef – hmm, a man trading guns for knives, guess it’s not a big stretch. Finally, in 2011 Keanu Reeves will star in “Chef”, the story of Michelin rated chef looking to make a comeback. Could these stories be more different? I don’t think so, but it shows the consuming power of food as entertainment. I can’t wait.
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If food, which technically is required for life, becomes entertainment I believe the simple healthy meal will be doomed.
Possibly. But I like to think not. When you look at the chefs on TV who cook the simple food, they usually gush with the biggest “yums” over their dishes – in fact, those are the dishes which my imagination can latch onto, as opposed to the complicated stuff over which I can’t begin to work up any saliva.