The Devil Wears Prada
#22
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razzle...as I've said before, that's why my publisher assigns a tough editor to my stuff...of course, you are correct.
Love Italy: we try to see a flick once a week...sometime it's wife's choice, other times it's mine...a trade-off usually. "Devil" is her choice...mine as "Crossword" last week.
Stu T.
Love Italy: we try to see a flick once a week...sometime it's wife's choice, other times it's mine...a trade-off usually. "Devil" is her choice...mine as "Crossword" last week.
Stu T.
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I enjoyed it.
I enjoy any film that has great clothes, NYC in all her glory AND Paris!! what can be wrong with that??
Meryl Streep was so good and reminded me so much of Liz Tilberus..the Emily character was hilarious..I liked it ~
I enjoy any film that has great clothes, NYC in all her glory AND Paris!! what can be wrong with that??

Meryl Streep was so good and reminded me so much of Liz Tilberus..the Emily character was hilarious..I liked it ~
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I saw it last night too and LOVED the Paris scenes (along with the background music
) ! All that movie did was make me want to get on a plane.
I really thought Meryl's character would be a lot worse. As is typical, the previews reveal all the best lines.
I'm hardly an expert on her but, didn't Anne Hathaway play a "Cinderella type" of character in a previous movie too?
) ! All that movie did was make me want to get on a plane. I really thought Meryl's character would be a lot worse. As is typical, the previews reveal all the best lines.
I'm hardly an expert on her but, didn't Anne Hathaway play a "Cinderella type" of character in a previous movie too?
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Anne Hathaway played Ella in Ella Enchanted, an adaptation of an award-winning older kids' novel about a cinderella character. She was also one of the stars of the Princess Diaries series, which was a modern-day rags-to-riches type of story. She was also the voice of Little Red in Hoodwinked. This role for her (in the Devil)is something she could play asleep. But I really enjoyed the movie; my favorite character was Emily! Her new diet: "It's very effective; I don't eat anything at all, and when I think I am going to faint I eat a cube of cheese," followed by "I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight!"
That is, in my opinion, worth the price of admission all by itself.
That is, in my opinion, worth the price of admission all by itself.
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A friend of mine has a small part in it (he was also in several episodes of Sex & The City, so knew the stylist for TDWP).
I'll go see it for Meryl Streep, to look at the clothes, and to watch for my friend of course (he's not a full time actor but manages to get small parts in lots of moviews...In Her Shoes, Hitch, Sixth Sense, A Beautiful Mind, Eraser, Independence Day, Godzilla, Invincible, Lady in the Water, etc. etc. so his appearances have become our personal version of Where's Waldo)
I'll go see it for Meryl Streep, to look at the clothes, and to watch for my friend of course (he's not a full time actor but manages to get small parts in lots of moviews...In Her Shoes, Hitch, Sixth Sense, A Beautiful Mind, Eraser, Independence Day, Godzilla, Invincible, Lady in the Water, etc. etc. so his appearances have become our personal version of Where's Waldo)
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I saw it "by coincidence" yesterday because I was walking by the Times Square theater- It was so hot outside, and I ducked into the lobby to grab some airconditioning, and someone walked up to me and offered me a free ticket! What luck... I enjoyed it and think Patricia Field did a great job with the clothes. I loved Stanley Tucci (l tend to love everything he does) and thought Ms Streep was, as always, brilliant.
Seaurchin- I thought the ending was a bit of a let down too,storywise- but the final closeup of Streep and her facial expressions were fantastic, and the audience applauded her! The street scenes and hotel scenes of Paris were beautiful.
Seaurchin- I thought the ending was a bit of a let down too,storywise- but the final closeup of Streep and her facial expressions were fantastic, and the audience applauded her! The street scenes and hotel scenes of Paris were beautiful.
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I saw it yesterday. I recently read the book and enjoyed it - and thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I think they did a great job of translating this book into a movie.
At the end, the audience spontaneously burst into applause - that doesn't happen often.
Loved the scenes of NY and especially Paris.
At the end, the audience spontaneously burst into applause - that doesn't happen often.
Loved the scenes of NY and especially Paris.
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And....there are plenty of high pressure careers like hers, you have to be up to holding your own if you are serious about what you are doing. I it would have been more interesting if she would have wanted to join in the frey! Grow as a character and all of that instead of going backwards to what she was.
Then there could have been a sequel of her own career.
OK, I took it too seriously I suppose! lol
Then there could have been a sequel of her own career.
OK, I took it too seriously I suppose! lol
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I kinda disagree that her friends were "dysfunctional" as opposed to having a different viewpoint.
Nobody, IMO, was as UNattractive, despite the "fashion" and that overdne eye shadow than Miranda's first minion-in-waiting.
This movie is, ultimately, all about Streep and her superior performance.
As was recently printed in a review:
Miranda: "Everyone wants to be us."
"No, Meryl, ewveryone wants to be YOU!"
Nobody, IMO, was as UNattractive, despite the "fashion" and that overdne eye shadow than Miranda's first minion-in-waiting.
This movie is, ultimately, all about Streep and her superior performance.
As was recently printed in a review:
Miranda: "Everyone wants to be us."
"No, Meryl, ewveryone wants to be YOU!"



