Week 8 - Tortilla Soup and Eat Drink Man Woman

The two movies are very similar. First of all, it is important to point out that the movie Tortilla Soup is a remake of Eat Drink Man Woman. After I watched both movies, I realized how closely related they actually are. In both films, there is a widower who has three daughters who are trying to rebel against their father and “go against the grain” so to speak. It is also interesting to point out that in both of the movies cooking is basically what seems like the father’s entire life. It is like his life and livelihood revolves around cooking and providing good food for the people that are in his life and around him in general. In the film Eat Drink Man Woman, things start off with a cooking scene and while it is very “graphic” and shows the true way of Asian cooking, it is very important to show how the father, Mr. Chu, does all of his cooking. In the film Tortilla Soup, things start off with the father, Martin Naranjo, getting many different foods together to cook a fancy meal for his whole family. When it comes to the role of food in Eat Drink Man Woman and Tortilla Soup, it is very evident that the food in these two movies is for the purpose of livelihood and bringing families together. The presentation of the different foods in very immaculate and these two are my favorite movies we have watched so far in terms of food presentation. Like I said before, food in these movies is meant to bring the families together. Food in general has a certain way of doing that. It brings people together and it might bring up feelings that are not expected, but either way food in general and food in these two movies makes everything better.