The thing about fashion, and being a guy who is not (I hate this term) a metrosexual, I am not into fashion is that you rarely actually see what is on the runway actually worn by people in reality. So my opinion is that it is an accurate look at the high fashion industry which only a few people actually wear and of course those of us less savvy are likely to see it as untrue because of what we see walking around everyday.

The only place in the world you see fashions like the kind they depict is in the fashion world of whixh, once again, I am not a part of. That being said, it is still a good movie.

I am not part of the fashion world, either, but from what I've read the clothes in the movie are not, in fact, realistic. Patricia Field, the costume designer for the movie, even admitted as much. They're fun, glamorous and over the top. There's no way someone like Andy would be able to afford all those high-end outfits and in real life lowly assistants are not allowed to raid their magazine's stashes of clothes.

But it did work for the movie, which is fun and over the top in general.

It is a rare day when I walk out of a movie theater really angry. But it happened today. Why? Because I just saw Devil Wears Prada. Did I know the movie would be about a boss from hell? You bet! I just didn't know how nasty and unappreciative this boss would be. Expectations were not met because they were ridiculously impossible! And we don't just feel sympathy for the naïve newcomer who has an insane amount of loyalty to her uncaring and undeserving boss. We also feel for everyone else working for the company. Hey! You get crapped on and guess what you do - you crap on everyone you work with.

Unfortunately, Devil Wears Prada is not just another boss from hell movie. It highlights the values of the fashion industry - values which are incredibly superficial and damaging. If you are a woman and you happen to be lucky enough to wear a size 6 dress, you simply aren't lucky enough. If you aren't size 4 or below, you are fat and need to lose weight. Come on people! Damn!


Yes, I am angry. I am angry with myself for seeing this piece of trash movie. I just couldn't overcome my curiosity regarding how Meryl Streep - one of my all time favorite actresses - would play the role. I am happy to report she did a splendid job.

Buzz, I'm intrigued by your response. I agree that Andy's "achievement" to slim down to a size 4 was a ridiculous message no matter how satirical the context is (it wasn't played for laughs anyway).

But when Miranda admits that she wanted to hire the "smart, fat girl," you're laughing at her for being so isolated and snotty, not at Andy. There's a huge difference.

I know you knew what the film was about, but what exactly were you expecting? Most comedy is based on exaggeration, so obviously Miranda Priestly had to be a very heightened version of the "boss from hell" to merit having an entire movie revolve around her. Were her requests ridiculous? Of course they were! Was it meant to be a realistic, documentary-style depiction of interning at a fashion mag ? Not so much. And while I did feel sympathy for everyone working for her, they weren't exactly there with guns to their heads. They chose to work there.

And while the film laughs AT the fashion industry, Miranda's monologue explaining her influential decisions had me appreciating their work on a whole new level. Sure, it might not change the world (and how many jobs change the world, anyway?), but it influences a large part of it, without most people even realizing it.

Not a great film, but a fun one.

I think you can take Andi's job two ways. One thing I really loved about the movie is that it was a movie about working, which is something I always like seeing: how people work, what a job involves, the highs, the lows -- these are all very interesting to me, eventhough we are talking about a highly dramatized sort of workplace.

But where Andi's job was super-impossible, I found myself kind of envying her in a small way. The fact that she got the job at all meant that she was good, for one thing, and her job certainly wasn't boring; it involved meeting these huge responsibilities that meant either lasting another day or losing everything. It was the almost like the fashion world version of "Survivor" or "The Apprentice," and I always found myself a little thrilled when she succeeded. The story got very involving in that way.

I agree with Don about Miranda's sense of isolation; you're talking about a world where Kate Moss is considered the norm and anorexia is simply an occupational hazard. But, as Don also notes, Miranda knows who she is and what her world is about, or thinks she does, and it gives her a unique vantage point, all of which comes through in that speech, where she uses the example of Andi's cerulean sweater to deliver a lesson on how high fashion trends filter down to people (like Andi) who think they're above it all.

does anyone know the first song that was played in the movie. Very first seen?

"suddenly i see" by KT Tunstall is the first song in the Devil wears Prada movie.

Right, emily, from her 2006 debut album "Eye To The Telescope".

i like this movie

i was very disappointed in this film in that the book was so much better. the storyline was a watered down excuse to parade around in couture. the casting was not at all right and the dynamics between the central character and her boyfriend, her best friend, emily and that between miranda and her husband was completely lost in this adaptation. i can't believe the auhor went ahead with this screenplay version of her book.