I loved burger scene so much! It was the only time in the movie did I feel there was raw emotion and pleasure in cooking and eating. And the only time in the movie I actually was like damn I want to eat that. Au Cheval burger is still the best though.
“Also…getting that many sous chefs to commit to a mass murder/suicide seems a little far fetched too, no?”
This film is satire not just on the fine dining industry but on how society consumes art and its toll on the artists. So, yes it is far-fetched and that’s kind of the point. It’s a commentary on the harsh and often militant working conditions of a fine dining restaurant. It’s not meant to be taken literally.
Tyler is a paradigm of a pretentious foodie and a fan boy of the chef. He enjoys food for only superficial reasons. Agreeing to die as part of “the menu” makes sense in context of the satire because he is so in awe of the pretensions of this experience that he just goes along with everything no matter how ridiculous.
Yea I got that, I just didn't love it lol. I work with restaurants and have worked in them too, I know the type they're poking fun at (don't forget, a lot of my writing is humorous too). There's satire and there's horror, and they did a decent job of blending the two. I just thought parts of it were too absurd for me to really get pulled in to the movie or the story.
I loved burger scene so much! It was the only time in the movie did I feel there was raw emotion and pleasure in cooking and eating. And the only time in the movie I actually was like damn I want to eat that. Au Cheval burger is still the best though.
Yesss exactly. It was so enjoyable to watch whereas after a certain point, the other food made me nauseous haha.
“Also…getting that many sous chefs to commit to a mass murder/suicide seems a little far fetched too, no?”
This film is satire not just on the fine dining industry but on how society consumes art and its toll on the artists. So, yes it is far-fetched and that’s kind of the point. It’s a commentary on the harsh and often militant working conditions of a fine dining restaurant. It’s not meant to be taken literally.
Tyler is a paradigm of a pretentious foodie and a fan boy of the chef. He enjoys food for only superficial reasons. Agreeing to die as part of “the menu” makes sense in context of the satire because he is so in awe of the pretensions of this experience that he just goes along with everything no matter how ridiculous.
Yea I got that, I just didn't love it lol. I work with restaurants and have worked in them too, I know the type they're poking fun at (don't forget, a lot of my writing is humorous too). There's satire and there's horror, and they did a decent job of blending the two. I just thought parts of it were too absurd for me to really get pulled in to the movie or the story.