THE job a million girls would die for!

The book and the movie versions of The Devil Wears Prada, though sharing the main plot and principal characters, are independent of each other.

One could already feel the difference in treatment from the beginning of the movie - the interview scene. There was no attempt to lead Andy into thinking that Miranda was the sweetest person and the greatest boss. Andy had the same job and did pretty much the same insane tasks she did in the book version. Seriously, feels like Andy (and Emily for that matter) needed a streaming supply of energy pills just to survive. I'm surprised Miranda didn't have pill-popping staff.

They gave Miranda's character a redeeming feature in the movie - something she didn't get in the novel. The book Andy was constantly smoking; and her relationship with her bestfriend Lily and boyfriend Alex was more central to the story than it was portrayed in film. Movie Emily was snooty through and through whereas they had shared some moments in the book version.

Ugh that writer Christian character was as yummy on paper as he was on film. But I'd prefer how Andy handled that part in the book. Just that the film version didn't give Alex a fighting chance. Perhaps maybe that's why they came up with a totally different character in Nate for the movie?

Reading Prada reminded me of Lisa Armstrong's Front Row, probably one of the first books of this genre that I've read. Front Row's fashion mag EIC is so different from Miranda - polar opposites! :)

It's a good read and an entertaining movie. :)

*This is a repost from my personal blog http://verabear.net