The original Devil Wears Prada movie was about how the Runaway, the “beacon” of the fashion industry was run by a woman akin to the devil herself, Miranda Priestly, played by the legendary actress Meryl Streep. One of her interns, Andy, played by Ann Hathaway is tested as she is transformed by her job from a kind hearted gal to someone willing to throw people under the bus to keep her job. At the end Andy faces a cross roads, and decides not to become the devil’s daughter, and instead chases her journalism goals. The film is a classic, and when sequel was announced I had reservations. The first film tells Andy’s story as protagonist so well from beginning to end, that a sequel felt unnecessary. My reservations about sequels have merit for some of worst films are sequels made too long after the original, examples being Coming To America 2 and Happy Gilmore 2. Usually what happens is a major regression of the progress the characters had, which a chief example of this is The B...
The Apostle Paul warned the Church of Corinth that they put up with another gospel, “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, this you tolerate too easily!” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4), and that anyone who preaches another evangelion (gospel in Greek) is condemned, “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel (evangelion) other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians 1:8-9). Neon Genesis Evangelion is a acclaimed anime that is as well known as Gundam. The story uses many symbols, themes, and t...