It’s been a long time since I read the book or saw the Sissy Spacek version, but WOW. I liked this.
It kind of drug on in spots, but this modern retelling was intriquing, to say the least.
Any one else? Like or dislike…
Sorry I didn’t see it (read the book/seen the old one), but I just thought it was amusing that you used the word “modern retelling.” Has Stephen King really gotten that old? I guess it HAS been…well, nearly a quarter of a century since Carrie came out.
Yeah, 1976 for the movie, '74? the book.
We are getting old.
I really liked the new version. It was a very finely executed telling of the story, and the acting was great. The overbearing religious mother, the relentless teasing, the sympathetic characters–all were very believable. I especially liked the ending, as compared to the original movie.
How did the original one end? Were there any major differences between the new and the old movies?
The new one didn’t end, Carrie just left town w/ everyone kinda wondering what the hell happened.
The original was much better. It (the ending)did in fact startle the shit out of everyone I know that saw it their first time. I remember seeing it at the theatre, everyone in the place jumped, this one was just boring.
Granted there was better effects and character development but the movie itself, NO…sorry to disagree, that’s just my opinion.
Peace
The original ended w/ Carrie’s friend standing, then kneeling over her grave…then suddenly a hand thrusts up through the dirt and grabs her. (totally unexpected the first time you see it & everybody in the place freaked because it looked like the end of the movie)
She begins screaming, REALLY screaming, only to wake up after having had another recurring nightmare. If I remember right she’s in the nuthouse as well.
Thanks a bunch! That does sound freaky. Too bad the writers didn’t use that for the new one. Maybe they thought it was played out and nobody would be startled?
I liked the new ending-if only because in the original and the book AND the remake-I kept rooting for Carrie, even though I knew what was going to happen to her. She had so much crap to deal with-this was only fair.
Finally, she wins.
Oh-and did anyone else notice that class president was wearing Julia Robert’s Oscar dress?
No, they tried to play that card by having Carrie “imagine” her mother is standing behind her as she grabs her shoulder, but it comes too late. The timing was off, so it didn’t work. At least not for me, especially since Carrie was still alive standing w/ her friend at her (Carrie’s)mother and Carrie’s fake grave.
Then the two girls drove to Florida where she could start her life over…just didn’t work. Unless you like “happy” endings.
Did the new one retain the immortal line “I smelled that cheap roadhouse on his breath and I liked it!” ?
Pros:
[ul][li]Finally, we got to see Carrie’s destructive walk home after the prom. I’ve been waitin’ to see that for a long time.[/ul][/li]…erm, actually, that’s the only “pro” I can think of.
Cons:
[ul][li]They changed the “plug it up” scene from something that happened then and there into the shower to a prank that happened later, in the hallway. To me, the former seemed more cruel, which made the ultimate demise of the pranksters so much more satisfying.[/li][li]The dynamic was different. The original movie gave a better sense of a pack of nasty, manipulative girls who tormented Carrie because they felt they ran the show. This one, not so much.[/li][li]The new movie cut way, way back on the fanatic fundamentalism-fueled fury of Carrie’s mother. Were they afraid of offending Christians?[/li][li]Too many survivors.[/li][li]Carrie lived? Carrie’s not supposed to live! She’s supposed to kill her mother and then pull the house in on herself in a fit of immense guilt![/ul][/li]If we could put the “Carrie walking home” scene in the first movie, then we’d have a version of Carrie I’d truly love.
I heard that it ended that way because they’re going to use this as a pilot for a new TV series. I don’t know if that’s true -just repeating a rumor.
If so, I doubt I’ll be watching it.
I sa about half of it and I thought it was OK, ont great. I wouldn’t consider it an improvement over the original.
What? It wasn’t the “Carrie: the Musical” version?
MARGARET:
Oh, how your father whispered in my ear.
First the kiss
And then the touch,
Mixing lies with the truth.
He would sigh and try
To draw me near.
Oh, he’d swear he cared so much.
That’s what the boys do.
They’ll make promises,
They will break your heart!
Then they’ll laugh at you,
Watching you fall apart!
Don’t you think that I know,
Don’t you think this has happened before?
It’s the smell of the blood that will drive them mad,
Chasing you like a whore!
*
And if they let Carrie live, they ruined it. It’s a tragedy for christssake.
Fenris
It did but I think the exact wording is “cheap roadhouse whisky”.
I kept hoping that Carrie would hit “Xavier’s School for Gifted Children” when she did her web search. It would have saved a lot of people a lot of heartache.
I forgot to post this earlier.
A “Carrie” TV series isn’t necessarily a bad idea, it could be done like a modern “Incredible Hulk”. Have Carrie going from town to town, trying (in vain) to control her powers. She starts out being helpful but something always happens to get her really pissed and then the destruction starts again, then it’s off to the next town. Meanwhile, the trail of destruction is followed by Det. Mulcahey or somebody working with him. If done properly, this could be good.
Kind of like Kolcheck, the Night Stalker?
might work
Could someone fill me in on what the prank done on Carrie earlier in the movie was?
I started watching the TV movie last night about halfway through maybe, at least after the black girl was her friend and giving her a makeover and the guy asked Carrie to the prom.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the orginal Carrie and I couldn’t remember what the prank was.