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1. ›Una película peculiar: El menú // A peculiar movie: The menu@erigm1248d

   ¡Hola amigos! En el día de hoy les traigo la reseña de una película que tiene su impronta particular: The Menu.

   Hello friends! Today I bring you the review of a movie that has its own particular imprint: The Menu.

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   ¿De qué trata? - What is it about?

   The Menu nos cuenta la historia de una pareja que se embarca en la aventura de ir junto a otros comensales a una isla exclusiva para degustar los famosos platos de un chef muy conocido. Sin embargo, en esta travesía pasarán cosas más allá de la imaginación que los hará replantearse si podrán salir de esa isla alguna vez o ya es demasiado tarde para dar marcha atrás. El menú va a ser el protagonista de este film. 

   The Menu tells the story of a couple who embark on the adventure of going with other diners to an exclusive island to taste the famous dishes of a well-known chef. However, in this journey, things beyond imagination will happen that will make them rethink if they will ever be able to leave that island or if it is too late to turn back. The menu will be the protagonist of this film.

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   Opinión - Opinion

   Bueno debo decir que es una película bastante peculiar, cuando decidí verla tenía poco conocimiento de lo qué se iba a tratar realmente. Había leído una reseña por acá bastante interesante y me dio curiosidad por saber más de esta película, por qué el nombre, cuál será la parte macabra y misteriosa que atraviesan los protagonistas. La película está dividida según el menú, primero se empieza por el aperitivo. Ahí vemos un poco de la dinámica del chef y comienza la charla entre los comensales, el clima es el correspondiente a una degustación. 

   Well I must say that it is a very peculiar movie, when I decided to see it I had little knowledge of what it was really going to be about. I had read a very interesting review here and I was curious to know more about this movie, why the name, what will be the macabre and mysterious part that the protagonists go through. The film is divided according to the menu, first we start with the appetizer. There we see a little of the chef's dynamic and the conversation among the diners begins, the atmosphere is that of a tasting. 

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   Pero tenemos el inconveniente, para el chef, de que se le coló una invitada que no estaba en la lista y eso lo saca un poco de su eje porque ya tenía todo según lo planeado. Así que no deja de preguntarse quién es está joven y porque parece reticente a probar sus platos y arruinar su menú.

   But we have the inconvenience, for the chef, that he has a guest who was not on the list and that takes him a little off his axis because he already had everything as planned. So he keeps wondering who this young lady is and why she seems reluctant to try his dishes and ruin his menu.

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   Al principio la velada va transcurriendo con tranquilidad, de plato en plato, pero cada uno va a ir aumentando el tono de la película, siendo cada vez más atrevido y perturbador. A partir del cuarto plato vamos viendo qué la situación no empieza a pintar nada bien para los personajes, pero no pueden salir del restaurante. Así que todos empiezan a entrar en pánico y la situación se sale de control. Aunque el chef parece tener todo controlado ya que había previsto este tipo de situaciones y la manera de aplacar los ánimos. Su principal misión es llevar a estos comensales hasta el ultimo plato que será el momento culmine de su obra.

   At the beginning, the evening goes smoothly, from dish to dish, but each one will increase the tone of the film, becoming more and more daring and disturbing. From the fourth course onwards we see that the situation is not looking good for the characters, but they cannot leave the restaurant. So everyone starts to panic and the situation gets out of control. Although the chef seems to have everything under control since he had foreseen this type of situation and the way to calm the mood. His main mission is to take these diners to the last dish, which will be the culminating moment of his work.

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   Ahora bien, contada de esta manera parece bastante interesante. Sin embargo, la historia como tal me pareció un poco floja en argumentación. Entiendo el motivo real de la realización de esta película y de que la crítica, o burla, va para el lado de la industria gastronómica y sus críticos. Pero siento que no se explicaron muy bien algunas partes del guion, o quizá fui yo que no entendí, como por ejemplo: el motivo de la elección de los comensales. Entiendo que les dio una cita a cada uno de ellos porque habían cometido hechos cuestionables para con él, el chef, o para con otros. Se llega a una explicación de cómo llegaron algunos de ellos hasta ese momento, pero no de todos los participantes. Lo que me hizo pensar, incluso ahora, por qué terminaron ahí. Aunque si tengo que analizar esta película de manera racional voy a morir en el intento.

   Now, told in this way it seems quite interesting. However, the story as such seemed to me a bit weak in argumentation. I understand the real reason for making this film and that the criticism, or mockery, is directed at the food industry and its critics. But I feel that some parts of the script were not explained very well, or maybe it was me who did not understand, for example: the reason for choosing the diners. I understand that he gave each of them an appointment because they had committed questionable acts towards him, the chef, or towards others. You get to an explanation of how some of them got to that point, but not all of the participants. Which made me wonder, even now, why they ended up there. Although if I have to analyze this movie rationally I'm going to die trying.

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   Es una película que juega con el plano mental de los personajes, llevándolos hasta un extremo en el que se resignan a aceptar la situación, y les diría que hasta la celebran, pasan de la negación, de querer salir de ella, hasta que se amoldan a lo que está pasando. Parecen aceptar el destino que se les impuso. 

   It is a film that plays with the mental plane of the characters, taking them to an extreme in which they resign themselves to accept the situation, and I would say that they even celebrate it, they go from denial, from wanting to get out of it, until they adapt to what is happening. They seem to accept the destiny imposed on them. 

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   Mi parte favorita y la que más se destaca es el simbolismo de cada plato con su explicación y la crítica que le iban haciendo a medida que iban probando (al menos al principio), junto con el mensaje de que la gente termina pagando por comida cara para mantener un status y, muchas veces, matar a críticas el trabajo de los chefs que se autoexigen para crear platos novedosos sabiendo que al final no se puede contentar a todo el mundo y que es más satisfactorio hacer comida que parezca hacer feliz a las personas, algo simple que disfruten, como una hamburguesa con queso.

   My favorite part and the one that stands out the most is the symbolism of each dish with its explanation and the criticism they were giving as they were tasting (at least at the beginning), along with the message that people end up paying for expensive food to maintain a status and, many times, kill to criticism the work of chefs who push themselves to create innovative dishes knowing that in the end you can't please everyone and that it is more satisfying to make food that seems to make people happy, something simple that they enjoy, like a cheeseburger.

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   Por otro lado, la actuación de Anya Taylor-Joy se lucio como siempre es este tipo de géneros, le suelen sentar bastante bien. También me gusto la actuación de Nicholas Hoult, aunque se hizo detestar bastante, sobre todo por la actitud despreocupada que mostraba su personaje. La verdad que este estuvo muy bien hecho, pero hubo ocasiones en que tampoco entendí porque termino accediendo a semejante invitación cuando sabía el trasfondo de todo. En fin. Otro que se destaca es Ralph Fiennes como el Chef, se mostro imperturbable ante todo.

   On the other hand, Anya Taylor-Joy's performance was brilliant as always in this type of genre, she usually does quite well. I also liked Nicholas Hoult's performance, although he made me hate him a lot, especially for the carefree attitude that his character showed. The truth is that this was very well done, but there were times when I didn't understand why he ended up agreeing to such an invitation when he knew the background of everything. Anyway. Another standout is Ralph Fiennes as the Chef, he was unflappable in the face of everything.

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   En definitiva, es un film que da para analizar y, creo yo, cada uno puede hacerse una idea diferente. Pero sin dudas recomiendo que la vean para que saquen sus propias conclusiones al respecto. Gracias por llegar hasta acá y leer. ¡Hasta la próxima!

   In short, it is a film that can be analyzed and, I think, everyone can get a different idea. But I definitely recommend that you see it so you can draw your own conclusions about it. Thanks for coming this far and reading. See you next time!

   

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2. ›The Menu - I want a cheeseburger | Film Review | En-Es|@jcrodriguez1258d

   The sound of clapping.

   Followed by the noise that indicates a group of cooks acting as an army, standing firm and pronouncing the magic words: Yes, Chef!

   A clapping that will disturb us every time we hear it. Just as it disturbs Margot, the protagonist of the film, who feels that annoying clapping as an aggression to her senses.

   A clapping executed by Julian Slowik, the chef of a prestigious restaurant intended for the privileged of society, only those who have enough money to pay for a dinner of more than a thousand dollars, are the only mortals who can enter that small kingdom where the chef is the absolute master. With employees that seem more like part of a commune or sect, willing to do anything to fulfill the wishes of their god.

   A restaurant designed to offer a unique experience, but that will make us feel a little anguish. The tension was increasing with the presentation of each dish served, as if it were a play. Be prepared to enter a universe in which it is better not to look for logical explanations to many of the things that happen, otherwise you will not enjoy the black humor of this story. Don't eat the film, feel its texture, taste it, savor it, enjoy it.

   El sonido de las palmas.

   Seguido del ruido que indica un grupo de cocineros actuando como un ejército, en posición firme y pronunciando las palabras mágicas: ¡Sí, Chef!

   Un aplauso que nos perturbará cada vez que lo oigamos. Igual que perturba a Margot, la protagonista de la película, que siente ese molesto aplauso como una agresión a sus sentidos.

   Una palmada ejecutada por Julian Slowik, el chef de un prestigioso restaurante destinado a los privilegiados de la sociedad, sólo aquellos que tienen el dinero suficiente para pagar una cena de más de mil dólares, son los únicos mortales que pueden entrar en ese pequeño reino donde el chef es el amo absoluto. Con empleados que parecen más bien parte de una comuna o secta, dispuestos a todo para cumplir los deseos de su dios.

   Un restaurante diseñado para ofrecer una experiencia única, pero que nos hará sentir un poco de angustia. La tensión iva en aumento con la presentación de cada plato servido, como si de una obra de teatro se tratara. Prepárate para entrar en un universo en el que es mejor no buscar explicaciones lógicas a muchas de las cosas que ocurren, de lo contrario no disfrutarás del humor negro de esta historia. No te comas la película, siente su textura, pruébala, saboréala, disfrútala.

   

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   For some viewers it may be a strange film, maybe it happens to them like one of the characters, who is unable to remember any dish of all the times he has attended to eat at that place, because he is used to swallow what the industry provides him, without stopping to enjoy the product.

   What genre is this movie? As with any upscale menu, there is a mix of delicious flavors, spread over several courses, which at once make up all the narrative acts of the film. Some work better than others; not everything is perfect on a menu, no matter how much its chef fancies himself the representation of a divinity on earth. Not everyone can like the same flavors. It's up to us to find the dish that fascinates us.

   A culinary thriller? Yes, the film can be tied with that label, but it also carries several condiments and has garnishes on the plate. Black comedy, horror, social criticism. The critical part, of course, is associated with the new gastronomic trends in terms of luxury restaurants, with chefs who experiment and want to sell to the world of the rich, that their food is a whole new sensory experience and that eating in these certain places is synonymous with status.

   I'm not a fan of these types of places, I don't have the money to pay for them, but if I did, I wouldn't pay so much money for these supposedly prestigious dining experiences either. I'm very basic with what I like to eat, plus I don't like being ripped off in such a direct way, selling me tiny food on a big plate that doesn't satisfy my hunger.

   I have seen these restaurants on culinary TV shows, where they are visited by the host of the show to promote the place. Some become famous by being on TV, for example, in Spain there is currently a very famous chef, who is the husband of a TV presenter. His restaurant has been very successful among those who can afford to spend a generous amount of euros. Celebrities, celebrities, politicians, show business people, attend to see and be seen, remember, it makes them feel they are of a higher status.

   My personal opinion is that these places are run by very skilled smoke peddlers, managing to capture their target audience. The wealthy. A real life example is the upscale restaurant franchise of Salt Bae, the chef in the meme, where a dinner for two people, can cost an amount of money with which a family can buy food for two months, depending on the country where they live. This is my personal opinion on the subject of these restaurants for the rich, what I think will not affect them, I am not their target, and those who have the money and want to live that experience, are free to do so. Free market.

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   Para algunos espectadores puede resultar una película extraña, quizás les pase como a uno de los personajes, que es incapaz de recordar ningún plato de todas las veces que ha asistido a comer a ese lugar, porque está acostumbrado a tragarse lo que la industria le proporciona, sin pararse a disfrutar del producto.

   ¿De qué género es esta película? Como en cualquier menú de lujo, hay una mezcla de deliciosos sabores, repartidos en varios platos, que conforman a la vez todos los actos narrativos de la película. Algunos funcionan mejor que otros, no todo es perfecto en un menú, por mucho que su chef se crea la representación de una divinidad en la tierra. No a todo el mundo le pueden gustar los mismos sabores. Depende de nosotros encontrar el plato que nos fascine.

   ¿Un thriller culinario? Sí, la película se puede atar con esa etiqueta, pero también lleva varios condimentos y tiene guarniciones en el plato. Comedia negra, terror, crítica social. La parte crítica, por supuesto, está asociada a las nuevas tendencias gastronómicas en cuanto a restaurantes de lujo, con chefs que experimentan y quieren vender al mundo de los ricos, que su comida es toda una nueva experiencia sensorial y que comer en estos determinados lugares es sinónimo de estatus.

   No soy fan de este tipo de sitios, no tengo dinero para pagarlos, pero si lo tuviera, tampoco pagaría tanto dinero por estas experiencias gastronómicas supuestamente prestigiosas. Soy muy básico con lo que me gusta comer, además no me gusta que me estafen de una forma tan directa, vendiéndome comida diminuta en un gran plato que no sacia mi hambre.

   He visto estos restaurantes en programas culinarios de televisión, donde son visitados por el presentador del programa para promocionar el lugar. Algunos se hacen famosos por salir en la tele, por ejemplo, en España hay actualmente un cocinero muy famoso, que es el marido de una presentadora de televisión. Su restaurante ha tenido mucho éxito entre quienes pueden permitirse gastar una generosa cantidad de euros. Famosos, celebridades, políticos, gente del espectáculo, asisten para ver y ser vistos, recuerden, les hace sentir que son de un estatus superior.

   Mi opinión personal es que estos lugares están dirigidos por vendedores de humo muy hábiles, logrando captar a su público objetivo. Los ricos. Un ejemplo de la vida real es la franquicia de restaurantes de lujo de Salt Bae, el chef del meme, donde una cena para dos personas, puede costar una cantidad de dinero con la que una familia puede comprar comida para dos meses, dependiendo del país donde vivan. Esta es mi opinión personal sobre el tema de estos restaurantes para ricos, lo que yo opine no les afectará, no soy su target, y los que tengan el dinero y quieran vivir esa experiencia, son libres de hacerlo. Libre mercado.

   

   

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   Filmmaker Mark Mylod is in charge of directing this culinary and rich people satire, he has experience in it, he has directed many TV series of different genres, but one of them has been Succession, where the life of millionaires is also addressed with a lot of black humor. It is one of my current favorite series, another gem from HBO. Mylod brings to the screen this script written by two people, one of them, according to his IMDB file: Will Tracy who worked for John Oliver's late show.

   For these reasons, The Menu is not just a critique of the world of haute cuisine. No. Analogies can be made from this satire to any other industry, for example, to the movie industry itself and even to politics.

   I think that is the strong point of the film, that each viewer who manages to connect and get carried away by the story, can give it the reading he or she wants, beyond the gastronomic field. In that aspect, it fulfills its objective, by pointing out through various stereotypes of characters, some of the ills of society and laughing a little at people who have certain economic privileges.

   We have the pair of food critics, those beings who seem to have a different palate than others, who have come to occupy a position of privilege within that world, capable of destroying the career of any chef, bankrupting a restaurant, etc., just by giving a bad review. Living in that little bubble where they are powerful and respected but fall heavy for their pedantry.

   The actor who had his time of fame and is now at the lowest point of his career, wanting to boost it again through a culinary program idea, when he himself has no idea how to do it, just pretending while he wants to be recognized by people and live past glories. This character will be accompanied by his assistant who is thinking of quitting and has an attitude that we have already seen from similar characters in many other productions.

   The elderly couple, with years of marriage behind them, living a lie, because in their marriage there is no more love and the gentleman, resorts to other services to get moments of pleasure and happiness.

   The young people who work in an investment company, where they do their shenanigans and steal from the same company, to continue living a life of luxury, they are scandalous, immature and arrogant. Rich kids used to everyone doing what they want because they have money. Surely you have come across someone like that at some point in your life.

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   El cineasta Mark Mylod es el encargado de dirigir esta sátira culinaria y de gente rica, tiene experiencia en ello, ha dirigido muchas series de televisión de diferentes géneros, pero una de ellas ha sido Succession, donde también se aborda la vida de los millonarios con mucho humor negro. Es una de mis series favoritas actuales, otra joya de la HBO. Mylod lleva a la pantalla este guión escrito por dos personas, una de ellas, según su ficha en IMDB: Will Tracy que trabajó para el late show de John Oliver.

   Por estas razones, El menú no es sólo una crítica al mundo de la alta cocina. No. Se pueden hacer analogías de esta sátira con cualquier otra industria, por ejemplo, con la propia industria del cine e incluso con la política.

   Creo que ese es el punto fuerte de la película, que cada espectador que consiga conectar y dejarse llevar por la historia, puede darle la lectura que quiera, más allá del ámbito gastronómico. En ese aspecto, cumple su objetivo, al señalar a través de varios estereotipos de personajes, algunos de los males de la sociedad y reírse un poco de las personas que tienen ciertos privilegios económicos.

   Tenemos a la pareja de críticos gastronómicos, esos seres que parecen tener un paladar diferente al de los demás, que han llegado a ocupar una posición de privilegio dentro de ese mundo, capaces de destruir la carrera de cualquier chef, llevar a la quiebra un restaurante, etc., con sólo dar una mala crítica. Viviendo en esa pequeña burbuja donde son poderosos y respetados pero caen pesados por su pedantería.

   El actor que tuvo su época de fama y ahora está en el punto más bajo de su carrera, queriendo impulsarla de nuevo a través de una idea de programa culinario, cuando él mismo no tiene ni idea de cómo hacerlo, sólo finge mientras quiere ser reconocido por la gente y vivir glorias pasadas. A este personaje le acompañará su ayudante que está pensando en dejarlo y tiene una actitud que ya hemos visto de personajes similares en muchas otras producciones.

   La pareja de ancianos, con años de matrimonio a sus espaldas, viviendo una mentira, porque en su matrimonio ya no hay amor y el señor, recurre a otros servicios para conseguir momentos de placer y felicidad.

   Los jóvenes que trabajan en una empresa de inversiones, donde hacen sus chanchullos y roban a la misma empresa, para seguir viviendo una vida de lujo, son escandalosos, inmaduros y arrogantes. Niños ricos acostumbrados a que todo el mundo haga lo que quiera porque tienen dinero. Seguramente te has topado con alguien así en algún momento de tu vida.

   

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   In the main focus of the story, there is the young couple who are apparently in love. We will quickly find out the truth. He is the chef's fanboy, unhealthily praises everything his admired cook does, likes to show that he has knowledge of cooking and that his palate is different, feeling ecstatic at every dish. She is the outside agent who doesn't fit into the meticulous dinner planning. She is not part of the elite and must choose which side she prefers to be on, though she is warned that her fate will be the same.

   Finally there are the hosts, the chef whose passion for what he does no longer seems to exist. Gone are the days when he was surely a man happy to serve others, but that same society he has pampered for years has had enough of him, pushing him to make the ultimate decision to give them what they deserve and make something unforgettable. To do this he relies on his army of cooks who, blinded like members of a cult, will follow their leader to the end.

   The Menu has a few downs in its narrative structure, such as when it makes you want to go to the bathroom in the middle of dinner. The production design is impeccable and fascinated me, but there comes a point when the film also suffers from the very thing it criticizes. The social satire I was enjoying feels a bit empty at certain moments, as do many of those pretentious dishes the chef serves, very ornate on the surface, but with little flavor underneath.

   The treatment of some of the characters is very superficial, although I can understand that because the film is about an hour and forty minutes long and there are a lot of characters. Perhaps as a TV miniseries it would have worked very well. On the other hand, I would have liked the presence of gastronomic influencers in the story, that is, there are the culinary critic characters, but I would have liked to see that new generation of influencers of social networks, young people, who love to eat in those restaurants in exchange for making good reviews in their networks with millions of followers.

   But I can't complain, the evening was wonderful, the acting duo of Ralhp Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy is fantastic. She is wonderful and I enjoyed every single one of her scenes. She is a spellbinding actress on screen, she has a rare and mesmerizing beauty. For the good work of both of them, they are nominated in the categories of best actor and actress in comedy and musical at the Golden Globes, ceremony of which I made my predictions in my previous post.

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   En el foco principal de la historia, está la joven pareja que aparentemente son enamorados. La verdad la descubriremos rápidamente. Él es el fanboy del chef, alaba malsanamente todo lo que hace su admirado cocinero, le gusta demostrar que tiene conocimientos de cocina y que su paladar es diferente, sintiéndose extasiado ante cada plato. Ella es el agente externo que no encaja en la meticulosa planificación de la cena. No forma parte de la élite y debe elegir en qué bando prefiere estar, aunque se le advierte que su destino será el mismo.

   Por último están los anfitriones, el chef cuya pasión por lo que hace ya no parece existir. Atrás quedaron los días en los que seguramente era un hombre feliz de servir a los demás, pero esa misma sociedad a la que ha mimado durante años se ha hartado de él, empujándole a tomar la decisión final de darles lo que se merecen y hacer algo inolvidable. Para ello cuenta con su ejército de cocineros que, cegados como miembros de una secta, seguirán a su líder hasta el final.

   El Menú tiene algunos bajones en su estructura narrativa, como cuando te dan ganas de ir al baño en mitad de la cena. El diseño de producción es impecable y me fascinó, pero llega un momento en que la película también adolece de lo mismo que critica. La sátira social que estaba disfrutando se siente un poco vacía en ciertos momentos, al igual que muchos de esos platos pretenciosos que sirve el chef, muy ornamentados en la superficie, pero con poco sabor en el fondo.

   El tratamiento de algunos personajes es muy superficial, aunque puedo entenderlo porque la película dura cerca de una hora y cuarenta minutos y hay muchos personajes. Quizá como miniserie de televisión hubiera funcionado muy bien. Por otro lado, me hubiera gustado la presencia de influencers gastronómicos en la historia, es decir, están los personajes críticos culinarios, pero me hubiera gustado ver a esa nueva generación de influencers de las redes sociales, jóvenes, a los que les encanta comer en esos restaurantes a cambio de hacer buenas críticas en sus redes con millones de seguidores.

   Pero no me puedo quejar, la velada fue maravillosa, el dúo actoral de Ralhp Fiennes y Anya Taylor-Joy es fantástico. Ella es maravillosa y disfruté cada una de sus escenas. Es una actriz hechizante en pantalla, tiene una belleza extraña y fascinante. Por el buen trabajo de ambos, están nominados en las categorías de mejor actor y actriz de comedia y musical en los Globos de Oro, ceremonia de la que hice mis predicciones en mi anterior post.

   

   

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   The Menú is a disturbing satire in which the viewer can find several layers and readings to its social criticism, extrapolated to many other areas, not only gastronomy. Some situations that may seem absurd, very theatrical, for me are the funniest. You have to prepare your palate and taste each dish. Although I am like Margot's character, I like to eat well, I prefer a double beef and cheeseburger...

   I'll read you in the comments.

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   **El Menú es una sátira inquietante en la que el espectador puede encontrar varias capas y lecturas a su crítica social, extrapolable a muchos otros ámbitos, no sólo el gastronómico. Algunas situaciones que pueden parecer absurdas, muy teatrales, para mí son las más divertidas. Hay que preparar el paladar y degustar cada plato. Aunque yo soy como el personaje de Margot, me gusta comer rico, prefiero una hamburguesa doble de ternera con queso....

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3. ›The Menu (2022) Social Commentary Served as Haute Cuisine@macchiata1306d

   The Menu was playing in the movie theater globally just 4 days ago. From my last post, I mentioned that I watched it just as soon as it’s released into the cinema. As a foodie, this movie can not be missed from my sight. What could go wrong in a movie that will talk about haute cuisine in a hell’s kitchen style?. The Menu is produced by the same producer of Don’t Look UP, Adam Mckay and another comedian, Will Ferrel. With their background, you might expect that the movie will make you laugh, but can they?

   

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   Is this Literal Hell’s kitchen?

   The movie starts with a scene of Tyler(Nicholas Hoult) and Margot Mills (Anya TaylorJoy)at the dock waiting for their boat to take them to their $1250 fine dining experience in a Hawthorne restaurant. Tyler was supposed to take his girlfriend but ended up hiring Margot Mills to be his companion for the evening. The fine-dining experience is also attended by a couple who are frequent Hawthorne’s customers, a post Hollywood actor who claimed to know the chef of Hawthorne, three snobby tech executives, food critics and her editor. They are all excited to eat at Hawthorne's, which is led by Julian Slowik(Ralph Fiennes), a celebrity chef. Upon arriving at the private island, the scene started to build up indicating that something is up their sleeve. They were greeted by Elsa(Hong Chau) who played as restaurant maitre d’ with her mannerism that was already odd. The group then showed the garden where various fresh ingredients were grown and the smoke house, where they store the meat.

   As soon as they walked into a compound similar to Hell’s kitchen style, the door closed. As everyone seated, they were soon served the first course. Each course served has stories tied to Slowik’s life and where he got the inspiration from. Then as the course got into the 4th, it turned grim where one of the sous chefs killed himself and the business tycoon got his finger cut that shocked everyone. Things started to get serious and this slowly revealed Slowik’s motive into organizing this fine dining group and only picking the selective people that had an impact on his life. In the end, there is only one survivor in this murderous yet filled with scrummy haute cuisine. Who can escape this disastrous night?

   

   Throughout the film, with Ralph Fiennes' expression, I was expecting Hannibal style cooking. It’s gruesome and murderous but Hannibal was able to always craft scrumptious cuisine with his “fresh and flesh” ingredient. However, it wasn’t the case. I got the chilling expression but the cooking was normal. They were truly works of art with normal ingredients. So, we can be relieved that it’s not actually “fresh and flesh” cooking style.

   In this movie, as a foodie you’d learn to pick up so many pretentious words that food critics tend to use as well. You’d learn that they play with words, are snobbish and can be annoying especially for the chef. As this title mentioned too, this serves as social commentary as each patron was from different backgrounds and how annoying they can be. There’s also the tech workers who were revealed to have slush funds and also how they can threaten anyone under their investment. They also wanted to be treated like royals which can be annoying. Then, the business tycoon with his wife who seems to never get satisfied with the wealth they have and the food that they ate.

   It’s not the kind of movie that will leave you with huge impression but this just as good as the movie that talks about food but with a twist.

   

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