The Devil Sucks

Last night Husband and I went to see The Devil Wears Prada. I was a bit apprehensive because I felt that Meryl Streep did not fit my description of Miranda Priestly. However, Streep is a great actress and I had faith that she could pull it off. I was quite disappointed, not with Streep, but with the writers and producers.

I read Lauren Weisberger's book and the movie altered both characters and story line from the print version. Now, I understand and appreciate that film and print are not going to be identical. I can see cutting things from the film because of time constraints, but adding things that weren't in the book at all seems a bit idiotic. Why couldn't Hollywood at least keep the same plot? I loved what happened between the two main characters, Miranda and Andrea, at the end of the book, but the film version did not follow suite, it was too appropriate and cliché. Vomit! I don't want to give anything away, but by the end of the film, I was literally bored and quite annoyed.

For those who read the book, the following paragraph will make sense...and, no this doesn't give anything away to all of you others...they never mention the importance of Miranda's scarves nor do they ever make Andrea sing to security. Call me crazy, but I felt those were two major pieces of information from the book. And, Lilly, well I won't even mention how she and her men didn't play into the movie at all. And, B-Dad...not even the same relationship.

If you have contemplated reading or seeing The Devil Wears Prada, the book version is definitely the one to go with. The movie is lacking too much. We totally should have went with Sister's suggestion to see X-Men III. But, since I have an aversion to cooking as of late, I think that's what we'll do tonight...Quiznos and a movie.