Il Diavolo Porta Prada Review
For some of the more standard girly filmfare (let's face it...there really isn't any other way to say it), I have my buddy Carla to rely on to go to such films I'm interested in. I guess in someway she's my beard to prove I'm not entirely gay, or stupid, but I guess at least I have someone to talk to about the film. It's also fun to poke fun at her husband Jeremy in telling him outrageous lies on the movie we are going to see. Take for instance Take the Lead in which I proclaimed it to be the best and newest action movie of the year featuring Vin Diesel. Bullshit! He accurately cried as my grave mistake of thinking he has not seen the trailer. Next time Jeremy, I'll get you.
However on movie night we all decided to see The Devil Wears Prada starring the ever so doe-eyed Anne Hathaway (with equally large areoles featured in Brokeback Mountain, Jeremy can attest to that, but that's another story) and the maticulous Meryl Streep.
If you ever wanted to see a film of someone, or even Meryl Streep, play a character that tears a fucking strip off anyone and everyone's ass with a voice nary going above an audible whisper; this is the film for you. Streep nails being a cold and calculating leader of industry who doesn't put up with bullshit, who does her job damn mother fucking well and who's opinion is law because it works and because she knows it.
It is your typical story of the protagonist being caught up in a lifestyle/job/world in which he/she/it loses sight of their own humble beginnings yada yada yada etc. etc. However in someways it doesn't follow the right convention because it goes to show a certain cold hearted reality of how the world works. The highly expected scene where the protagonist picks up her shoes (literally), hikes up her pants and decides she's going to show the world that she can succeed never started out in a moment of empathy from a potential mentor or parent figure. There was no sympathy, no coddling, not even an acknowledgement that they care for her. They straight up said...you aren't doing your job period. There is no one to congratulate you on what's expected what is minimum requirement.
But it doesn't really stop there, it goes so far as to make you question certain moral changes in people. Certain moments of weaknesses that make someone seem human, suddenly causes someone to re-bitchify in the next moment. How even within the world that is basically making you the person that you originally hated, allows you to still act like a good person. Not in a "[i]I'm going to prevent the corporate takeover my boss is planning for the good of the people[/i]" but loyalty above all else even for someone who treated you like utter shit.
Overall it's a good movie just to waste a night with. Jeremy thought it was good as did Carla so we all enjoyed ourselves.
3.9/5.0 stars.
However on movie night we all decided to see The Devil Wears Prada starring the ever so doe-eyed Anne Hathaway (with equally large areoles featured in Brokeback Mountain, Jeremy can attest to that, but that's another story) and the maticulous Meryl Streep.
If you ever wanted to see a film of someone, or even Meryl Streep, play a character that tears a fucking strip off anyone and everyone's ass with a voice nary going above an audible whisper; this is the film for you. Streep nails being a cold and calculating leader of industry who doesn't put up with bullshit, who does her job damn mother fucking well and who's opinion is law because it works and because she knows it.
It is your typical story of the protagonist being caught up in a lifestyle/job/world in which he/she/it loses sight of their own humble beginnings yada yada yada etc. etc. However in someways it doesn't follow the right convention because it goes to show a certain cold hearted reality of how the world works. The highly expected scene where the protagonist picks up her shoes (literally), hikes up her pants and decides she's going to show the world that she can succeed never started out in a moment of empathy from a potential mentor or parent figure. There was no sympathy, no coddling, not even an acknowledgement that they care for her. They straight up said...you aren't doing your job period. There is no one to congratulate you on what's expected what is minimum requirement.
But it doesn't really stop there, it goes so far as to make you question certain moral changes in people. Certain moments of weaknesses that make someone seem human, suddenly causes someone to re-bitchify in the next moment. How even within the world that is basically making you the person that you originally hated, allows you to still act like a good person. Not in a "[i]I'm going to prevent the corporate takeover my boss is planning for the good of the people[/i]" but loyalty above all else even for someone who treated you like utter shit.
Overall it's a good movie just to waste a night with. Jeremy thought it was good as did Carla so we all enjoyed ourselves.
3.9/5.0 stars.
4 Comments:
The fact that I get to see her oversized areolas makes me want to check out Bareback Mountain. Thus, this is your most persasive review yet.
Yes, but persasive for a different movie!
the bareback joke for brokeback mountain is so overused I'd feel vidicated in punching you in the face Rob. However, I'm not that type of person, unfortunately.
(I wasn't a huge fan of Brokeback, by the way, it was overrated, but decent.)
I saw Devil Wears Prada. The performances were very good. The movie was a very well acted cliche across the board though, to my mind. and the "very well acted" part almost exclusively applies to Meryl Streep. There are 3 characters in this film that managed to actually feel almost like 3-dimensional real people in this movie, and onle one that I rooted for. And it wasn't either of the main characters. (Stanley Tucci, YEAH!)
The movie, if you have to watch it isn't a complete waste of time, but it's definately not much new.
New joke time: they are making a Brokeback Mountain movie about lesbians. It's called "Fur Traders".
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