The extremely serious and always straight forward often
cruel if necessary editor in chief Miranda Priestly has a new assistant. When Andrea, the new assistant, realizes her
life has completely changed she questions if this is the path she wants in
life. I have no idea about the fashion
world or what it’s like. I scoff or
laugh at the fashion I think is too much to spend time on. It’s for women or sensitive men in my regard. Is a handbag really worth $2,000? How about a $500 dress? It all seemed truly frivolous to me. I was surprised this movie wasn’t anything I
thought it was, which is a surprise at how diluted I am, ha-ha.
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| Intimidating glares |
Meryl
Streep dominates the movie with her outstanding performance. It’s not often that the lead actress/actor
can strengthen any scene in the movie no matter what it’s about. I can’t describe how much she terrified
me. I would crack and cry if I had to be
her assistant. The insulting remarks
were articulate and so mean spirited I appreciated the intelligence of them without
the constant F-bomb to bring down the quality of the insults. I’ve seen the film a couple times now and I’d
watch it again with no doubt.
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| Nigel's hilarious intro scene |
Andrea
(Anne Hathaway) is an inspiring journalist who can’t catch a break in her field
until the devil gives her a chance. In
the interview with Andrea given by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) she decides
to give the smart fat girl a shot. It’s
silly how the size 6 Andrea is considered that in the fashion business. It’s hilarious to see Andrea (or Emily as
Miranda refers to her at first) struggle and fail at first in handling the
daily demanding requests of Miranda.
Andrea gets mocked for her own fashion sense, lack of desire in fashion
and so forth until a moment when Miranda brings her to tears. Andrea seeks sympathy from Nigel (Stanley
Tucci) but gets none, which is truly a harsh reality that is done
perfectly. Nigel does help her into the
right direction and then Andrea begins her transformation into Miranda on her
own without fully realizing it. Mr.
Tucci gives quite a supporting role I might add, well done.
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| The jealous not so bright |
Andrea
puts aside her family and friends time and time again to do Miranda’s
ridiculous tasks. She even got the pre-published
version of the latest Harry Potter book for her stuck up naughty twins. That really impressed Miranda so much that
she began to favor Andrea over Emily (Emily Blunt), the other assistant. A new aspiring love in Andrea’s life,
Christian Thompson (Simon Baker), helped her get that coveted book for
her. I wasn’t a big Baker fan in this one;
he just seems like a suave playboy. Perhaps
it’s the character more so over the actual person.
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| You're just too short don't you get it? |
Andrea’s
actual boyfriend, Nate (Adrian Grenier) was feed up with not spending time with
him. He was a needy guy with a
conflicted feeling of what his girl wanted to do in life. It’s funny at times but their relationship is
a weaker area of the movie, thankfully it’s a minor part of the story. I wasn’t too fond of Nate either. The boyfriend and playboy didn’t step up
enough talent wise with the rest of the cast.
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| I want to be just like you. |
The
scene I admired most was Miranda briefly showing a sign of vulnerability that
she masked over with a brilliant performance.
Her husband divorcing her over the same reasons practically that Andrea
was losing her boyfriend. All work and
no play turn Andrea into Miranda so to speak.
Her work consumed her; Miranda was the best at what she does. She never would relinquish her position at
Runway. The ending proved it as she out
smarted fellow associates Nigel, Christian and James Holt to keep her position
at the company. Andrea found she was in
many ways molding herself to Miranda.
The ending came as Andrea turned her back on a life so dedicated to
fashion. Miranda was surprised a little
but kept a bold character and let it not faze her. I’d be tempted to follow Miranda just because
I’d be afraid to leave in fear of death.
It may be a sacrificing life at some ends but can you imagine the run of
excitement you could have?
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| "That's all." |
It’s
really a movie I thought would be a girl’s only outing but it manages to speak
to the whole audience of sexes. Perhaps
it’s the way Meryl Streep can induce any male to watch her films? I’m a fan of hers as I’d think an Oscar would
be a nice gift for best leading actress in this movie. It’s a story where the bad guy, I mean woman
wins. Miranda keeps her throne at the
end and goes onto be the devil in Prada still.
It’s classic, I love it. How
often does the villain type character stay on top at the end? Also that feeling of sorrow you get for her
as she nearly tears in the hotel room makes you understand who she is. A strong willed person that isn’t afraid to
step on a few toes. I just enjoyed the
character and performance! Any doubters
out there should view this film and turn over to the devil in Prada.
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