1/27/2024 0 Comments Gabriella wilde carrie 2013![]() Not to mention, she’s absolutely precious, so you truly feel sorry for all she deals with.Ī bully is always a bully, but in this modern version of Carrie they take it to the next tragic level of harassment with Smart Phone uploads. She sasses her religious fanatic mom Margaret White, played brilliantly by Julianne Moore, she’s on to her bully classmates questioning their motives and she grows as a person throughout the movie. She’s sweet, smart, and best of all - empowered. Sometimes we purists don’t like our originals to be tainted, but with modern twists it’s proven that you can perfect perfection.Ĭhloe Grace Moretz plays a perfect 21st Century Carrie. Loved each and every one, including the newest release, “Carrie.” I saw it last night and was major impressed. I read the book by Stephen King (before the original movie came out in 1976) and saw all the movies. (Check out my blog from April, “Carrie On!” ) By that point she is nothing more than a rabid dog that just needs to be put down.As I blogged earlier this year, I am a huge “Carrie” fan. I have to try and be a whole person before it’s too late.” However, once she starts her killing spree I lost whatever sympathy I had for her. She is that stereotypical young girl who desperately just wants to fit in. As I watched Carrie throw her blood covered hissy fit, I kept thinking how you should never piss off a woman experiencing PMS.Ĭarrie is quick enough paced and we do feel pity for her situation. Ask any man who lives with a woman how much fun that time of the month can be and you may get lots of similar stories. Their tempers can be short and they can be miserable. Sometimes when women are experiencing the curse, they lose some control of their emotions. Carrie only gets her powers after having her first period. Tommy is the hero while Billy is the rebel.įor me, the entire story is a lesson on premenstrual syndrome. The male characters are secondary and nothing more than archetypes. The mother sets strict social rules while the daughter just wants to fit in with her peers. The plot is essentially about a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship. What is a humiliated girl with special powers to do when pushed to such limits? Yeah, revenge knows no fury like a pissed off woman.Ĭarrie is not so much scary as it is a chick flick with special effects. This all leads to the famous scene of Carrie at the prom getting a bucket of blood poured on her by the vindictive Chris and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carrie has discovered that she has telekinetic abilities that really come out when she is upset. Sue is the popular girl with the jock boyfriend, whom she talks into taking Carrie to prom instead of her. Another girl from the locker room feels guilty about the incident. While the incident scars Carrie, Chris gets punished by not being able to go to prom. While she is freaking out, the other girls in the locker room throw feminine hygiene products at her yelling “Plug it up,” while one particular “mean girl,” Chris, records it all on her cell phone. ![]() Her mother never explained this would happen to her and the blood scares her. ![]() ![]() She has her first menstrual cycle while showering after gym class. Home schooled until the state said otherwise, Carrie finds herself friendless in a public school. When Carrie does not do as she demands, she locks Carrie in a closet filled with religious symbols. Carrie White grows up a shy outcast by way of her overly protective, religious fanatic, abusive mother. By the way she reacts to the infant’s birth we know this child is going to have a horrible life. The movie begins with a crazed woman giving birth alone in her own bed. The special effects likewise give the film a more contemporary look from the original 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. Cell phones, the internet and cyber bullying are the biggest time period giveaways. Carrie is a modern telling of the somewhat classic novel by Stephen King.
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