# The new CARRIE- loved it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565 "2013-10-18T12:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/1 "2013-10-18T12:28:30Z")
One day, Chloe Grace Moretz will follow the original Carrie- Sissy Spacek in winning an Oscar. She made the role her own in this. She could not be as waifish as Sissy was, but Chloe conveyed well a googly-eyed wonder & fear at the world around her. And Julianne Moore made Carrie’s mother as crazy-scary as Piper Laurie, but with a controlled facade & a self-injury tendency which made her both scarier but also sympathetic. Yes, she severely damaged her daughter, but apparently, her own damage happened a long time ago. The opening scene gives evidence of this. As much as I felt for the original Spacek Carrie, the ending of that film did not make me cry. In the last scene of Moretz-Carrie with her mother, I was crying for them both. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/2 "2013-10-18T12:31:50Z")
It’s nice you enjoyed it, but did we really need a new “Carrie”? I doubt the ending could make me jump as high as in the old one. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/3 "2013-10-18T12:41:56Z")
Every negative review is ‘it’s not the old Carrie’. I’d really love to see more reviews of the movie _on its own merits_. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/4 "2013-10-18T17:59:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s nice you enjoyed it, but did we really need a new “Carrie”? > > I doubt the ending could make me jump as high as in the old one. We didn’t need it but we got it & they did a good job. There was kinda a nod to the original ending but nothing as effective, I will admit. Btw, when the credits start rolling, you can leave. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/5 "2013-10-18T18:27:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s nice you enjoyed it, but did we really need a new “Carrie”? > > I doubt the ending could make me jump as high as in the old one. Do we need any movie? It’s entertainment. Go be entertained, or don’t, but it’s foolish to question whether any kind of entertainment is needed. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/6 "2013-10-18T19:46:12Z")
Oh, I’m so glad it turned out well. Looks good from what I’ve seen in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/7 "2013-10-19T02:58:00Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Do we need any movie? It’s entertainment. Go be entertained, or don’t, but it’s foolish to question whether any kind of entertainment is needed. What a ridiculous and ridiculously dismissive statement this is. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/8 "2013-10-21T06:33:05Z")
Funny, I was thinking about making the same case about the lack of need for the orignal Carrie when I saw that **Bob Ducca** had done it for me. I liked the movie quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/9 "2013-10-21T08:13:20Z")
The one I’d love to see remade is Firestarter… Am also looking forward to seeing Carrie. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/10 "2013-10-21T21:58:41Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s nice you enjoyed it, but did we really need a new “Carrie”? Yeah, and what’s with all these stage plays of Hamlet over and over and over again? Geez, didn’t they already do it back in what…1601? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/11 "2013-10-23T17:02:07Z")
Isn’t Carrie of the book supposed to be ugly and plain looking? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/12 "2013-10-23T18:00:51Z")
And fat. But I doubt we’ll ever see Carrie properly cast. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/13 "2013-10-23T18:03:48Z")
Movies currently in local theaters rated at over 90% Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes: “Captain Phillips”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Gravity” and “Enough Said”. “Carrie” rated at 49% Rotten. No contest here. Except which of the _good_ movies to see first. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/14 "2013-10-23T18:12:31Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Yeah, and what’s with all these stage plays of Hamlet over and over and over again? Geez, didn’t they already do it back in what…1601? Difference being, in order for audiences to see a live presentation of “Hamlet”, they have to keep doing it over and over. To see a filmed version of “Carrie”, you just have to cue up the fine 1976 version in your preferred format. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/15 "2013-10-23T18:40:02Z")
I looked at the Rotten Tomatoes reviews and people are complaining that it’s an almost shot for shot remake of the original. It does look that way from the trailer. I wonder if they included the music montage when the boys are shopping for tuxes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/16 "2013-10-23T19:04:19Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Difference being, in order for audiences to see a live presentation of “Hamlet”, they have to keep doing it over and over. > > To see a filmed version of “Carrie”, you just have to cue up the fine 1976 version in your preferred format. No. Different performances of Hamlet feature different interpretations. Different actors approach different characters from different angles with different motivations. Different undertones and overtones are emphasized by different directors. Stories have always been retold and reimagined for different audiences since the very beginning of story-telling. You can find different versions of Cinderella across different countries and cultures. For some reason, movies invoke some kind of weird selfishness among certain people. The version that spoke to me 30 years ago is good enough and must be frozen in amber untouched! I’ll never get it. I love seeing different interpretations of the same basic tale. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/17 "2013-10-23T19:30:39Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > No. > > For some reason, movies invoke some kind of weird selfishness among certain people. The version that spoke to me 30 years ago is good enough and must be frozen in amber untouched! > > I’ll never get it. I love seeing different interpretations of the same basic tale. I think the point here is that the 1976 version may be a better film than the new version. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/18 "2013-10-23T19:49:50Z")
I love remakes and I love the actress. She was killer in Kick-Ass, and I’m sure this performance will be at least as good. > [@randwill](#): > > I think the point here is that the 1976 version may be a better film than the new version. Until you take into consideration the production values of the '70s. The original is still a good movie, but as a child of the '80s, it doesn’t feel real to me. It’s like watching old black and white movies. Sure, they can still be good, but they feel fake because of the production value. At least to me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/19 "2013-10-23T20:26:39Z")
No P. J. Soles? _I stay home!_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565/20 "2013-10-23T22:04:31Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > I love remakes and I love the actress. She was killer in Kick-Ass, and I’m sure this performance will be at least as good.\ I’m sure that she is a good actress. I just think she’s **not** the right actress for the role. For me, the remake of _Carrie_ is not working in the same way that the remake of _Straw Dogs_ didn’t work. The original _Straw Dogs_ worked because it was set in England. The remake doesn’t work because it is set in the Southern US. You don’t expect that type of behaviour from Englishmen, you expect it from Southerners. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-carrie-loved-it/671565.md?page=2)