![]() The rock formations, above the town of Lone Pine have been a staple exotic location since the Thirties, regularly providing a stand-in for the likes of the Himalayas in films such as Gunga Din and King Of The Khyber Rifles. The portentous prologue set in 17,000BC, revealing the backstory of the human race’s first meeting with ancient Transformers as they scour the universe for sources of energon, is filmed in the familiar Alabama Hills, Central California, against the imposing backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Peaks. I hope some of the translators left the word "both" out of that sentence.Bumblebee crying? The Jar Jar Binks ice-cream truck twins? Despite the undoubted spectacle, Michael Bay scuppers the sequel by confusing kid-friendly with infantile. This novel was on the New York Times best-seller list for six months, and has been published in 27 countries. "The Devil Wears Prada" is based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, which oddly enough captures the exact tone, language and sophistication of the books of my childhood: There was nowhere to wipe my sweaty palms except for the suede Gucci pants that hugged my thighs and hips so tightly they'd both begun to tingle within minutes of my securing the final button. Ohmigod! Christian said he would read my clippings! Ohmigod! I was dreaming! Paris, France! And as Miranda Priestly's assistant! But how would I break the news to Emily, who had dreamed of this day? And how could I tell Nate, whose own plans would have to be changed? Actually, by this time Young Andy has a lot of things to discuss with Nate, including her friendship with Christian ( Simon Baker), a famous writer for New York magazine. "You are the one who has to tell Emily," Miranda kindly explains. Nigel took me into the storage rooms, where I found myself surrounded by the latest and most luxurious fashion samples! So Andy replaces Emily on the Paris trip. But then Emily gets a cold, or, as Miranda puts it, becomes "an incubus of viral plague." By this time Young Andy has impressed Miranda by getting the Harry Potter manuscript, and she's dressing better, too. Emily, the first assistant, lives for the day when she will travel to Paris with Miranda for Spring Fashion Week. He is Nate ( Adrian Grenier), who has a permanent three-day beard and loves her but wonders what has happened to "the old Andy I used to know." I was heartbroken when I had to work late on Nate's birthday, but Miranda swamped me with last-minute demands. Young Andy has a live-in boyfriend, which wasn't allowed in those old books. ![]() She had the poise of Meryl Streep, the authority of Condoleezza Rice, and was better-dressed than anyone I'd ever met, except the Northwestern Dean of Women. I was impressed when I first saw the famous Miranda Priestly. She is blunt to Andy, and tells her: She'll need to get rid of that wardrobe, devote 24 hours a day to the job, and hope to God she remembers all of Miranda's commands. That's Emily ( Emily Blunt), who is terrified of Miranda. Young Andy Sachs gets a job as the assistant to Miranda's assistant. The unpublished manuscript of the next book. She throws things (her coat, her purse) at her assistants, rattles off tasks to be done immediately, and demands "the new Harry Potter" in "three hours." No, not the new book in the stores. Miranda, who is a cross between Anna Wintour, Graydon Carter and a dominatrix, stands astride the world of fashion in very expensive boots. "I was editor of the Daily Northwestern!" Yes! It had been a thrill to edit the student newspaper, but now, as I walked down Madison Avenue, I realized I was headed for the big time!Īndy stills dresses like an undergraduate, which offends Miranda Priestly ( Meryl Streep), the powerful editor of Runway, the famous fashion magazine. "I just graduated from Northwestern," she explains. Anne Hathaway stars, as a fresh-faced Midwesterner who comes to New York seeking her first job. ![]() But while watching it I had the uncanny notion that, at last, one of those books from my childhood had been filmed. "The Devil Wears Prada" is being positioned as a movie for grown-ups and others who know what, or who, or when, or where, Prada is. This was the chance I had been waiting for! I also read the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series, but the "boy announcer" books were far superior, because they were about the childhood of me. There were books about future coaches, nurses, doctors, pilots, senators, inventors, and so on. ![]()
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