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Sunday, November 12, 2006

♪~Come on vogue, let your body move to the music~♪

Hello, everyone~!
In Japan, it looks like winter is finally coming! I felt the wind becoming colder suddenly. I just wondered if winter was coming or not the other day because the weather has been fine and warm. Also, I already started feeling excited about winter holiday season because I see Christmas trees or the goods for the day every time I go to stores. I guess it's too early...but I can't help it! Hehehe.

Anyway, I went to a theater to watch a movie again! This time, I watched "The Devil Wears Prada" with Yuko, who went to Paris during summer vacation. As I wrote about that on this blog, I already finished reading the book. Yaaay! I said the movie would be at theaters on Nov 18th in Japan, but I happened to know that there was a special advance screening on Nov 11th. I told her about this and she said she wanted to come with me. So we went to the theater at Shibuya. As usual, Shibuya was so crowded! But it's always exciting to be there because something interesting is definitely there! I'm so glad that one of our school's campuses is located here. I just can't wait to see what it's like to learn at the place where a lot of people come to have fun! Hahaha~.^^

Well, we really enjoyed watching the movie, and all of the costumes I saw in the movie were absolutely gorgeous! But if I could say one thing or two, as a reader of the original book, I would say Miranda Priestly was not so kind and thoughtful as the movie described! I was pretty sure she was the most demanding person I've ever heard of even though I never met her, and that fact made Andrea say swear words! Also, the way it ended was different from the book... the ending got hollywoodized to make the story more enjoyable. The one of the things I really liked about the book was how it ended, so I was a bit disappointed. But I ended up liking it anyway because the movie had good continuity from one scene to another. And needless to say, Meryl Streep was amazing!

I'm so happy about the book becoming a movie, but still I like the book better because the psychological descriptions of each character were more detailed and I loved the ending which was down-to-earth. Anyway, realizing the gap between the original book and the movie based on that always happens especially when I already create my own image of the original. Oh, by the way, I got a Maybelline mascara and an atomizer bottle at the theater! I guess Maybelline is one of the sponsors of the movie. Whatever the reason is, I was pleased that I got a new mascara because I was running out of it! やった~♪♪(Great!)

Alright, that's all for today!
See you soon~.

3 comments:

Nina Liakos said...

I enjoyed reading your movie review and comparison with the book, even though I have neither read the book nor seen the movie. I find it to be almost always true that books are better than the movies they are based on (one exception for me is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan; the book was confusing, but the movie facilitated understanding by showing the story from one of the character's viewpoints instead of from six different angles. Anyway, I prefer to read a book before I see the movie, just as you do, although sometimes seeing a movie motivates me to read the book it was based on (case in point: A Room With a View).

John said...

I enjoyed reading your reviews too, Hiromi; they motivate me to read the book and see the movie. I am really happy that winter is finally coming; it might be my favorite season. Maybe it's because half my family is from Norway.

Anonymous said...

I have not read the book but I seen the movie. It is good to read about your review and comparison.