The Devil Wears Prada

After seeing the movie, I can say that it is the typical predictable story, bright-lights-big-city fables, just dressed up. Or put it in this way, it is like a “Cinderella” story or Hathaway’s “Princess Diaries” with better dialogues and slightly more sophisticated and dramatic story line. However, thinking about it, the movie has still moral values plotted in its storyline, right?

Andy Sachs, a young, ever-loving but naïve aspiring journalist lands a spot on the fashion industry as a second-assistant to Miranda Priestly, a rude, cold and self-centered Editor-in-Chief of Runway Magazine. As Andy becomes comfortable with her new job and even gets an amazing make-over, she forgets what is important in her life - her principles, integrity, her friends and even her family she forgets. But as a “Cinderella” story goes, in the end, Andy regained her principles back, found the courage to quit her horrible job and be the “Andy” that everyone had once known.

Although some aspects left me hanging, I can still say that the film was great and enjoyable. It was indeed an interesting movie, well for me, because I am really into the fashion world and I adored every shoe, dress, skirt and everything else that they have shown in the movie.

Andy’s character has a lot going for us viewers. Everybody wants to be famous; everybody wants to be skinny; everybody wants to be sexy; everybody wants to wear couture clothes, but in reality, these would not satisfy us and these are not everything.

There is a quote that goes, “You can't be taught what bitter tastes like.” No matter how many people tell you that would not like it, you still want it. Everybody must experience something and later learn that they do not like it.

In the movie, Andy loathes Miranda, but she wants to please her; she hates the fashion world, but it amazes her. And we leave the movie with somewhat the same feeling.