Carrie

[baal666]

<big><big>Carrie</big></big> MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Before the movie :

Since i'm a child my dad tells me that Carrie was a movie that scared him in the 70s which made my sister laugh. I've never watched the old movie but when i read about the remake i thought i should go watch it. Note that i didn't read the novel nor saw any of the previous movies so my opinion won't suffer from any comparison with what was done before.

Movie Plot :

Margaret White, a very religious woman, gives birth to her daughter Carrie alone in her house. She sees the baby as the devil's daughter and wants to kill her but changes her mind.
Years after, Carrie is a teenage girl who don't fit well in her school, she is a shy girl and is seen as a weirdo, leading her to be bullied and mocked every day.
One day she has her first menstrual period, scared by the blood she starts screaming while the other girls make fun of her.
Carrie is learning to control her telekinetic powers. One of the girls who made fun of her feels guilty and tells her boyfriend to go to the prom with Carrie while another girl , who was punished because of the previous events and his banished from the prom, is preparing her revenge on Carrie with the help of some friends.

My impressions :

+ Julianne Moore is nice in her role of the batshit crazy religious mother
+ Chloe Grace Moretz fits well as Carrie. She is young, not a sex symbol (not ugly either) which is nice when Carrie is the underconfident teen, she also proved she is able to be badass in KickAss which is good for when Carrie is on a rampage.
+ The movie is updated, i mean it takes place in 2013.
+ The bullying. All those assholes and bitches at school are nicely done.

- Not scary at all
- A few things are a bit outdated
- The last scene feels like it was done times and times again a lot before

To conclude, it wasn't the movie i came for. I was hoping for a horror movie as it was announced, supernatural abilities doesn't make horror. In the first part, where she is bullied, i just felt bad for the character; overall the movie is nice, i didn't got bored at all, it just wasn't the movie I expected.
I read a lot of bad reviews for the movie, without being the movie of the year it didn't deserve to be trashed and is a good entertainment.

<big><big>6.5/10</big></big>

 

[Tired]

Is this your first negative sounding review? I knew Hollywood couldn't keep the streak alive.

Also, I didn't edit this or your previous review in any way. You're staying within the "safe zone" when it comes to spoilers. So not only is it great work, but you are also improving!

Thanks for the review. I was considering seeing it, but I feared that it would turn out how you had described it (and I have seen the original). With my suspicions confirmed, I may just give it a miss.

 

[baal666]

No it's not my first bad review, RIPD, Only God Forgives and The Counselor (or Cartel the title isn't the same in every country it seems) were awful movies.

This one isn't really negative, as i said the movie isn't that bad, the actors are good, the story by itself is good, but it was presented as an horror movie and it doesn't feel like this at all.

Well considering the movie is based on a novel, a previous movie has already been made more than 30 years ago, the trailer revealing the whole movie and one of the posters revealing how Carrie gets revenge on the bitch, i didn't really have much left to spoil , but thanks i'm glad you like the reviews.

Just to note, to some of you it may seem late to review this movie as it was released mid October in some countries, but here it was released in early December.

There are not many movies that interest me for the end of this year, the next recent movie might be the remake of Oldboy in early January.

 

[The NekoMancer]

By the way you describe it, i see it as worth watching it.

 

[baal666]

Yes i liked it and if you're not sure wether to go or not, i'd say give it a shot. I won't tell you to run to your cinema and watch it as a masterpiece but it's enjoyable, but (i'm repeating myself but that's the main point of the review) if you expect horror you might be disappointed.

On a fun note, i watched Movie 43 this week, that means that in four days i've watched two movies where Moretz has her first periods, which is a weird thing to point out.

 

[The NekoMancer]

People are so used to see horrific shit on the internet that nothing will actually scare you from a movie. lol

 

[Warrior]

Oh, parts of self harm may make you cringe. I've seen this, it's decent, but not great.