Suddenly I see, the emperor has no clothes

[nycmermaid]

Okay, I really never had much interest in seeing The Devil Wears Prada. But I'm bored and for some reason was seized with the interest to see some Oscar-nominated movies/performances, and it was available on On Demand, so I bought it. Not five minutes of this movie have passed and I'm fuming, so much so that I went to the computer and signed on just to vent.

Okay, I get it, this girl is no fashion mag princess, she is not glamourous, she is not frou frou. But she has an apartment in in the Lower East Side, her boyfriend is Adrien Grenier (who seems to be a cook or a chef or something at this point, and probably in the trendy sense), she went to an expensive school, and we're supposed to be seeing her as what? A normal, boring every day run-of-the-mill one-of-us? Fine. I will try to suspect disbelief to the extent that I can pretend she has roaches in her apartment, and know they don't cast unpretty girls in lead roles in movies like this, and I can pretend that she is somehow awkward (though she clearly is not), but the breaking point for me came in the scene where she's talking to Meryl Streep's Anna Wintour character and she actually utters the words "I know I'm not skinny." EXCUSE ME??????? She's a fucking STICK. I know Hollywood tries to insult our intelligence all the time, but to make Anne Hathaway actually utter those words disgusted me. But I already paid for this piece of crap, so I could see Meryl Streep be delightfully bitchy, so I guess I will just root for the bitchy editor and not the supposedly poor, lowly, ugly fat girl. Ugh.

Comments

[karenscrayons.livejournal.com]

I do recall the comment and thought the same thing. I belive they referenced it several times by stating her size 6 or 8 frame was fat. Give me a break.

I did however find the movie entertaining even though I see you point. I find most movies unrealistic.

Titanic was on cable tonight and this on is a classic "you've got to be kidding movie"

[cynima.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is though, that in the world of haute couture fashion, size 6 IS considered fat.

[cynima.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a cute movie, and Meryl Streep was great, of course. What bothered me the most though, as a recruiter, and as someone who has interviewed for "trendy" jobs and not gotten them or not even been considered in the first place -- with her background, there is no fucking way she would have even gotten an interview with HR, let alone the editor-in-chief, and then the stupid shit she said when was standing right in front of her, and she hadn't even done her homework and looked at the magazine before going in for the interview -- now THAT pissed me off.

I did find it amusing that the main character and I shared the same first name and initials -- Andrea Sachs, ha ha!

[imajinnaire.livejournal.com]

Half the movie was shot outside Josh's building - it was freaky to see that!

But to me, the most depressing moment was when Andy showed up at work in that pretty blue Gap (I think) sweater, and Meryl Streep's character looks at her disapprovingly. **I** have that sweater, and actually like it, wearing it to work occasionally.

I guess it's true - I really do have no fashion taste. Of course, I already knew that, but to have it rubbed in my face by Anne Hathaway . . .

[cynima.livejournal.com]

Don't feel so bad. I read an article critiquing the costume design of the movie as not being realistic about what people in the fashion industry actually wear--most especially Meryl Streep's character!

And that's why it's called a movie, and not real life :P

[webmd.livejournal.com]

Isn't it nominated for a costume design Oscar, though?

[cynima.livejournal.com]

Here's the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/movies/18bell.html?ex=1308283200&en=31b64715cde28957&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Just because it's nominated for an Oscar, doesn't mean it's accurate :P

[cynima.livejournal.com]

Wait, I just re-read it. This piece is still good, but I think there was another article I meant to refer to. I'll try to find it.

[cynima.livejournal.com]

Ok, I believe this is the one I had in mind:

http://www.topix.net/content/trb/0512806484390974537105866871970816056657

Most people who would see the movie would never pick up on that stuff anyway. I just thought it was interesting to read the critique.

[ms-elusive.livejournal.com]

I've come back to this post after watching the film last night with Scott and Corinne. Corinne and I hated the bit where she's all "I'm not even a size six anymore, I'm a size four!" Scott was disappointed that it didn't transpire that she was actually the devil which would have been a more entertaining effort. It pretty much boiled my blood. Anne Hathaway is freaking gorgeous. And thin!