I thought it was saying that women can't have good jobs and be nice people too but perhaps that is a feminist reading too far
heh - but you can sacrifice your personal life/love, for ever and still have a good job
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heh - but you can sacrifice your personal life/love, for ever and still have a good job
teuchter
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I wasn't moved to as much as a chuckle even once.
The bits that possibly were supposed to be "funny" were just cringeworthy, clunky cliches.
And it wasn't bad enough to be bad in a good way.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I thought it was saying that women can't have good jobs and be nice people too but perhaps that is a feminist reading too far
It wasn't even a good job though.
aww micky bubbles is lovely
Im a fan; he has good hair!
teuchter
je suis teuchter
When I started watching it I presumed that the storyline would go that she struggles to start with but then manages to do the job so well that her appearance and dress sense become irrelevant thus showing up the fashion industry to be the vacuous nonsense it is and perhaps even managing to make mrs pompous boss reconsider her attitudes. But as it turns out even a plot as predictable and dull as that was hoping for too much.
PacificOcean
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Enjoyable waste of two hours on a Sunday night. Streep was Brilliant.
Better than Dancing on Shitting Ice.
Better than Dancing on Shitting Ice.
zoooo
zero tolerance for walkers
They broke up!
Looby
Well-Known Member
Yup me too. No way would I be giving up all the ace clothes, trips to paris etc. I'd have stuck to Miranda like glue.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
But you're a bloke. It was chick lit which got made into a chick flick. I agree with ms squirrel, mildless, fluffy entertainment which is occasionally what you want.
Nowhere near as good as the book.
Parts of the plot were changed for no good reason (eg 1st asst being unable to go to Paris because of being run over instead of getting glandular fever and not being allowed to get on the plane), Miranda made less unreasonable and ungrateful, the competitive slimming culture was played down, and the ending was also changed for IMHO no good reason.
Parts of the plot were changed for no good reason (eg 1st asst being unable to go to Paris because of being run over instead of getting glandular fever and not being allowed to get on the plane), Miranda made less unreasonable and ungrateful, the competitive slimming culture was played down, and the ending was also changed for IMHO no good reason.
I saw this at the cinema and was rather underwhelmed, but braced with low expectations, I actually rather enjoyed watching it a second time. The 'message' of the film doesn't really stand up to, well, ANY scrutiny, and really there is a limit to how many 'dodging traffic in high heels' shots you should try to cram into a single film, but nonetheless it's fluffy fun 
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's proof that girls are stoopid, then. As I suspected all along.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yeah, 'cos Vin Diesel films are like, awesome....
Being entertained by big explosions and stuff is one thing. Everyone knows big explosions are cool.
Being entertained by bad acting, crap screenwriting, lame cliched jokes and questionable moral messages is another.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
Yeah cos Vin Diesel films have brilliant acting and scriptwriting. Yeah.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yeahbut you're not watching them for that. You're watching them for the explosions.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
Yeah you're right. Boys are way more intellectual for watching films for explosions. You win.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Unfashionable but clever girl gets job in fashion magazine with snooty boss. Everyone looks down their nose at her terrible fashion sense, and also her immense fatness (ie. larger than size -10). She starts dressing fashionably and goes on a diet and then they decide they like her, kind of. She falls out with boyfriend because boyfriend is fed up with her putting her job first and forgetting his birthday and that. Then there is this fashion show in Paris and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Basically.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
No, they are more appreciative of explosions for watching films with explosions.
Whereas girls who like this kind of crap celebrate mediocrity.
What's of more use to human progress, mediocrity or explosions?
QED.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I am a man, and I would say mediocrity.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Then you are obviously not a real man and we need to blow you up with loads of explosives.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
mediocrity is the engine of progress.
I'll admit the only reason I bothered watching this is because I fancy the pants off Anne Hathaway but I enjoyed it, I had low expectations of it in the first place so it wasn't going to disappoint me anyway. It was formulaic and predictable but that's all Hollywood films so you know what you're getting when you watch. I've seen worse and it was an okay way to kill and hour and half on a lazy afternoon.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Anne Hathaway.
She is great in her latest film, btw.
She is great in her latest film, btw.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Suspected as much. Most of these films which should be about not being size 10 and still getting the job and the boy are always about tarting yourself up so you look more beautiful than the girls that were slagging you off for being ugly...
Perhaps it is a visual metaphor. beauty on the inside emerges cinematically as physical beauty but i'm not convinced.
Instead of the plain girl getting much prettier they should throw acid on all the other girls' faces to make them uglier for a change.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I must be evolving apace.
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