Ok if you guys call me a homo, fuck you, I'm not one. I went to see "The Devil Wears Prada" and I have to say it was one of the best movies I've seen this year. First of all, you have to have a liking for and an understanding of women's fashion. Secondly, you have to have exposure to what a female experiences in the workplace when the boss is a woman. I claim both.
Meryl Streep has been one of my favorite actors but sadly she dropped out of the scene for a number of years, and when she came back, she got some pretty bad roles. In this movie she plays the all-powerful chief editor "Miranda Priestly", of a woman's fashion mag "RUNWAY". She is cool, controlled, masterful, cold-hearted, and if any part of you begs for a little bit of that ole' female warmth and forgiveness that your mama gave you, forget it buster.
The beautiful Anne Hathaway plays the protagonist, a cute idealistic journalism graduate "Andy", who cares nothing about fashion but wants to work under Ms. Priestly because of the fame of RUNWAY so she can get the job she really wants, covering "gutsy" real news for such rags as the NY Times.
Andy has a boyfriend who is your typical college guy and while he loves his GF, hates her new found world of fashion. Andy has to dress up in the latest designer gear every single day at work, and my God she looks great
. Andy's new job takes her to far off places such as Paris, and far far away from her boyfriend. Soon she is seduced by a high roller and playboy, only to realise what her old self always knew about such men.
Andy is torn between her career aspirations, her new found glamor, and her old friends who no longer think they know her. She makes a heart-rendering decision to cross her coworker, who has long expected to go to Paris with Miranda but was instead demoted in place of Andy. Thinking that she is too good to betray her old friends, Miranda explains to her her real character. A moment of personal tragedy for Andy indeed.
Along with the interesting interpersonal drama is great banter about women's fashion. If you know the world, you'd enjoy it. Great laughs vis a vis catty claws those in fashion so accustomed to dishing. Even the droll looks are sumptuous.
Leave your piggish boys at home girls, and go watch this one. If you're a guy and can empathize with the female domain, you'd have a crow too. Five fucking stars!
Meryl Streep has been one of my favorite actors but sadly she dropped out of the scene for a number of years, and when she came back, she got some pretty bad roles. In this movie she plays the all-powerful chief editor "Miranda Priestly", of a woman's fashion mag "RUNWAY". She is cool, controlled, masterful, cold-hearted, and if any part of you begs for a little bit of that ole' female warmth and forgiveness that your mama gave you, forget it buster.
The beautiful Anne Hathaway plays the protagonist, a cute idealistic journalism graduate "Andy", who cares nothing about fashion but wants to work under Ms. Priestly because of the fame of RUNWAY so she can get the job she really wants, covering "gutsy" real news for such rags as the NY Times.
Andy has a boyfriend who is your typical college guy and while he loves his GF, hates her new found world of fashion. Andy has to dress up in the latest designer gear every single day at work, and my God she looks great
. Andy's new job takes her to far off places such as Paris, and far far away from her boyfriend. Soon she is seduced by a high roller and playboy, only to realise what her old self always knew about such men.Andy is torn between her career aspirations, her new found glamor, and her old friends who no longer think they know her. She makes a heart-rendering decision to cross her coworker, who has long expected to go to Paris with Miranda but was instead demoted in place of Andy. Thinking that she is too good to betray her old friends, Miranda explains to her her real character. A moment of personal tragedy for Andy indeed.
Along with the interesting interpersonal drama is great banter about women's fashion. If you know the world, you'd enjoy it. Great laughs vis a vis catty claws those in fashion so accustomed to dishing. Even the droll looks are sumptuous.
Leave your piggish boys at home girls, and go watch this one. If you're a guy and can empathize with the female domain, you'd have a crow too. Five fucking stars!
