I read the novel "The Other Bennet Sister" and enjoyed it very much. I don't have a BritBox subscription, so I will have to miss the series. I doubt I could get it for free via my VPN. I saw "Prada2" last night and I enjoyed it, but for some reason it felt muted ... Miranda's character was softened, beaten down from the start. Apart from politically incorrect things she would say in staff meetings that felt like they were in there just for her more senior staffers to make the "cut" signal across their throats (also an indication that she hadn't changed with the times, at least as far as HR was concerned), the poor asst #2 Charlie was condemned to his chair -- which of course would be an HR violation. So if they wanted to be literal about it... Characters felt sketched in, from the ones we know and love from the 1st movie to new characters in P2. I don't want a rueful Miranda. In unguarded moments, YES; but not all the time. That's not who she IS. And I wanted more from Lucy Liu aka Wendy Deng or Melinda Gates in terms of her character. She's underwritten. Ditto Andy's new fella. Don't want to write any spoilers.
Well, if you have a VPN, you can probably watch it on the BBC i-Player, which is where I watched it, since I don't have Britbox either. I felt the same way about Prada2. It seemed more like an excuse to get the band back together than an actual movie. I enjoyed it, but it had no teeth. I read the original novel, and I know that Lauren Weisberger wrote a sequel. I'm curious to see what she came up with. I liked the idea of Andy writing a biography of Miranda because I really didn't see a reason why they hired her back at Runway. Both Kenneth Branagh and Lucy Liu are wasted in this film.
For a while VOGUE had some meaty feature articles about real things, especially during the 2016 campaign cycle. After Wintour was maybe kinda-sorta compelled to hand the EIC reins of US Vogue to Candace Bergen's daughter Chloe Malle, it's gone way downhill with very flimsy articles on things that maybe 20-and 30-somethings care about and only when it comes to skincare procedures and looking more youthful. Huh? You people ARE youthful! The political deep dives and other meaty articles are gone.
I read the novel "The Other Bennet Sister" and enjoyed it very much. I don't have a BritBox subscription, so I will have to miss the series. I doubt I could get it for free via my VPN. I saw "Prada2" last night and I enjoyed it, but for some reason it felt muted ... Miranda's character was softened, beaten down from the start. Apart from politically incorrect things she would say in staff meetings that felt like they were in there just for her more senior staffers to make the "cut" signal across their throats (also an indication that she hadn't changed with the times, at least as far as HR was concerned), the poor asst #2 Charlie was condemned to his chair -- which of course would be an HR violation. So if they wanted to be literal about it... Characters felt sketched in, from the ones we know and love from the 1st movie to new characters in P2. I don't want a rueful Miranda. In unguarded moments, YES; but not all the time. That's not who she IS. And I wanted more from Lucy Liu aka Wendy Deng or Melinda Gates in terms of her character. She's underwritten. Ditto Andy's new fella. Don't want to write any spoilers.
Well, if you have a VPN, you can probably watch it on the BBC i-Player, which is where I watched it, since I don't have Britbox either. I felt the same way about Prada2. It seemed more like an excuse to get the band back together than an actual movie. I enjoyed it, but it had no teeth. I read the original novel, and I know that Lauren Weisberger wrote a sequel. I'm curious to see what she came up with. I liked the idea of Andy writing a biography of Miranda because I really didn't see a reason why they hired her back at Runway. Both Kenneth Branagh and Lucy Liu are wasted in this film.
For a while VOGUE had some meaty feature articles about real things, especially during the 2016 campaign cycle. After Wintour was maybe kinda-sorta compelled to hand the EIC reins of US Vogue to Candace Bergen's daughter Chloe Malle, it's gone way downhill with very flimsy articles on things that maybe 20-and 30-somethings care about and only when it comes to skincare procedures and looking more youthful. Huh? You people ARE youthful! The political deep dives and other meaty articles are gone.