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Quentin · 12-30-2006, 12:18 PM

Finally watched this last night.

Streep is great, but that is just one of the MANY problems this film has.

I have a feeling Miranda is supposed to be really hateful. But, Streep does her so well, I actually LIKE her. Add the scenes of sympathy as her marriage falls apart and she becomes more human.

But, the real problem with this film is that it can't decide if it's "Working Girl" or a cautionary tale. We're supposed to buy that Andrea really wants to be a writer, but we NEVER see her writing in the whole film. The closest she gets to doing anything about her writing is when she sleeps with the creepy freelancer (who practically rapes her, if you ask me).

She supposedly turns on her friends, but yet we see scenes with her excited friend who knows a lot about the fashion world and a scene where her friends love the presents she brings.

There is never a hint that she regrets what she is doing. They do a whole Pretty Woman thing that shows her learning how to dress and she works hard to become successful! To music!! It's filmed as a success story - so, why should I think it is bad?

And, I'm sorry, but the girl who walks away from a dream job with a nightmare boss (and a gateway to any job she wants) to go work as a piddly journalist at some local rag is not someone I'm going to root for. She could have easily left Miranda on good terms after Paris and gone to work for the New Yorker. She's an idiot.

12-30-2006, 12:18 PM	#12 of 13
Quentin Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Local Time: 06:38 PM Local Date: 10-14-2008 Posts: 1,656	Re: The Devil Wears Prada - quick review Finally watched this last night. Streep is great, but that is just one of the MANY problems this film has. I have a feeling Miranda is supposed to be really hateful. But, Streep does her so well, I actually LIKE her. Add the scenes of sympathy as her marriage falls apart and she becomes more human. But, the real problem with this film is that it can't decide if it's "Working Girl" or a cautionary tale. We're supposed to buy that Andrea really wants to be a writer, but we NEVER see her writing in the whole film. The closest she gets to doing anything about her writing is when she sleeps with the creepy freelancer (who practically rapes her, if you ask me). She supposedly turns on her friends, but yet we see scenes with her excited friend who knows a lot about the fashion world and a scene where her friends love the presents she brings. There is never a hint that she regrets what she is doing. They do a whole Pretty Woman thing that shows her learning how to dress and she works hard to become successful! To music!! It's filmed as a success story - so, why should I think it is bad? And, I'm sorry, but the girl who walks away from a dream job with a nightmare boss (and a gateway to any job she wants) to go work as a piddly journalist at some local rag is not someone I'm going to root for. She could have easily left Miranda on good terms after Paris and gone to work for the New Yorker. She's an idiot.