Escape to the Movies: Carrie

[MovieBob]

Carrie

MovieBob dodges a bucket of blood to bring you this week's review of the Carrie remake.

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[Burnouts3s3]

I feel for you, Bob. I saw this movie last night and I nearly fell asleep.

I'm surprised you, who said "Magneto was Right", were able to tear this film a new one.

 

[RJ Dalton]

Heh. "Someone tried to beat up Michael Bay with an air conditioner."

Nobody deserved it more.

 

[WouldYouKindly]

This screams of a potentially really good remake that was demolished by studio intervention. You've got far too much talent in the room to come away with mediocrity in every aspect because it seems like it was designed that way rather than reaching too far and falling flat.

 

[ckam]

OK? That's kind of weird. I mean, being mad at Michael Bay is fine, but trying to beat him up with an a/c of all things is kind of ? over the top.

 

[Casual Shinji]

What made Sissy Spacek work so well is that she looked like an easy bully victim. She was a pretty girl, but her hair was drapped across her face, and the part of her face you could see was contorted in a state of constant fear and vigilance. Kinda like a ginger version of the Japanese spooky girl. She oozed weakness, which is a death sentence in high school.

Along with the original Carrie the only movies that present you with believable bully victims are Welcome to the Dollhouse and Let the Right One In.

 

[varmintx]

OK? That's kind of weird. I mean, being mad at Michael Bay is fine, but trying to beat him up with an a/c of all things is kind of ? over the top.

The assault had nothing to do with his movies being terrible:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/17/michael-bay-assaulted-on-transformers-4-set

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Well honestly, who didn't see this coming? I saw the trailer for this last weekend when I went to see Machete Kills, and just by doing that I'd seen the whole movie. It's been a while since I read the book, but the trailer showed clips up to what I think must be the last 10 minutes of the movie. Completely pointless.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Well honestly, who didn't see this coming? I saw the trailer for this last weekend when I went to see Machete Kills, and just by doing that I'd seen the whole movie. It's been a while since I read the book, but the trailer showed clips up to what I think must be the last 10 minutes of the movie. Completely pointless.

But how else are people gonna know the movie's awesome if they don't show all the awesome bits in the trailer?

 

[cefm]

Right away I thought the casting choice for Carrie was off. She's a very good young actress, but even in the previews you could see that she's just too darn good-looking to play a highschool reject convincingly.

 

[hermes]

Heh. "Someone tried to beat up Michael Bay with an air conditioner."

Nobody deserved it more.

Apparently, he not only failed, but was beaten up by Bay instead.

Its like the "Uwe Boll fights the critics" stunt.

 

[walsfeo]

Heh. "Someone tried to beat up Michael Bay with an air conditioner."

Nobody deserved it more.

Apparently, he not only failed, but was beaten up by Bay instead.

Its like the "Uwe Boll fights the critics" stunt.

I'm torn on this. I don't like what Bay did to the Transformers, and don't care for him all that much, but to get beat up? It's not like he committed a real crime so I have a tough time mustering a "he deserved it" urge. I know so many people who really deserve it.

And then, to find out Bay beat the guys up and so kind of comes off like the victor? I don't think he deserved that either.

 

[scorptatious]

Well that's a shame. I really enjoyed the original Carrie. It's a shame that this one apparently didn't capture what made the original so good.

Even if this film is a disappoint, NOTHING is as bad as Carrie 2: The Rage. NOTHINGGGGG!

There was a sequel?? Oh god...

 

[viking97]

I enjoyed the amount the Bob talked cinematography and tone in this review, it's nice to hear him talk about the more technical aspects of film-making.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Right away I thought the casting choice for Carrie was off. She's a very good young actress, but even in the previews you could see that she's just too darn good-looking to play a highschool reject convincingly.

Sissy Spacek wasn't a swamp witch either. Just look up some pictures from her early career, she's a fine looking lady. The problem here, as Bob mentioned, is the direction. And it has to be the direction, because Grace-Moretz was just in Kick-Ass 2 where she played for most of the movie a high school reject, and she did it really well. The devil's in the details like make-up, mannerisms and body language.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Wait, is this a Michael Bay horror remake ala Nightmare on Elm Street? Did he just hire this director to take the fall for his soulless movie?