I finally own Carrie!

Billy Nolan is kinda cute, but Tommy Ross ain't really my type.

yeah I dunno how he thinks Spacek is upstaged by the supporting roles (great as they are), that's just bonkers. the focus is always on Carrie's untenable predicament, her endurance of abuse, confusion, etc.

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Billy Ross = Chronicle dude, right? Was mostly thinking of him.

Might see this if the opportunity presents itself, which means that it isn't all that likely that I'll see this.

Billy NOLAN. Heh.

Yep. I think he bulked up somewhat since then too.

Urge to see this rising...

(incidentally, how has there never been a Treehouse of Horror spoof with Lisa Simpson as Carrie? Unless of course there has been; I stopped watching these the moment Homer started farting spider webs.)

yeesh good call, provoked by the simpsons season 2 thread but w/ no actual simpsons on hand i watched the simpsons movie and then decided to give this years treehouse of horror a shot and wow, do not recommend. anyhow i watched a few clips from that last carrie remake and thought 'wow, how pointless was this'. i could see an argument that depalma's carrie is more about amy irving's character, w/ her and william katt and betty buckley representing these benign forces whose token gestures at righting a wrong only serve to make a situation worse. the original's on tonight on some channel. haven't read the book since i was a king fan as a preadolescent, remember it being a similar format to stoker's dracula, different formally than anything king really did after. since this is almost definitely the second best king adaptation it is odd that king has neither embraced it nor done his ott complaining about it like he has w/ the best king adaptation. i don't know if that's cuz carrie is a relatively minor work for him (unlike the shining) or if the vision isn't too far from his own, that there's more of him on the screen vs the shining. also now it seems to me this was a gussied up less blatant nerd revenge fantasy rewrite of rage. neverminding the movies and relative fame, the reason carrie is still in print while rage isn't is probably the same reason ppl keep being tempted to remake it - it's a way to make a hack entertainment that plays on columbine, etc. while keeping it sublimated enough to not draw outrage.

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I always thought of Juliette Lewis as a plain Jane type, but she's not in the current crop of young actresses. Laura Dern too, for that matter.

Considering the trailer to this is basically the original film in a minute or two, in order, I was sort of hoping the film would pull a fast one and do something totally different. From reading that Pierce profile, however, it seems pretty mercenary. She needed the work, and probably needed something somewhat close to a hit, if she ever wanted to get funding for a more personal movie ever again. I've got to assume she did the best she could with the material, and she's got a good cast, but man, I don't want to see this.

I'm seeing this tonight. don't have high expectations but lately movies have been zen for me and hey it's a horror flick at least.

the reviews coming in are mostly mixed to negative, but better than I honestly expected.

welp this was pointless

girl that played Sue Snell had maybe 1.5 facial expressions.

Julianne Moore was relegated to doing actress karaoke, left to copy Piper Laurie's performance.

Moretz did a different take on Carrie, but went a little overboard with the apologia towards her mother in the second half.

also major LOLs at following the most intense 30 minutes of the movie with an epilogue that seems straight out of an AMC Family drama.

also Barry Shakaba Henley, gtfo at wasting your time playing an doofusy awkward principal.

Can't say I didn't warn you.

lol this is true

brody is a fan

ws Judy Greer

Seeing a disturbing if predictable trend of critics seizing the opportunity to talk about how De Palma's version was no good.

whether it was or wasn't (I love it), that it was a better film is pretty much inarguable, sooooooo.....

has Armond reviewed this yet?

who cares?

cos it'd probably be more entertaining than the movie was....

In fairness, I used to agree, but I just can't be bothered to read his crap anymore.

Who's today's Shelley Duvall?

Kristen Schaal

so sissy spacek in this movie may be my favourite performance of all time i've decided

Yes!

so fragile... tender... hopeful... horrified... horrifying... it's just magical

those moments at the prom where she's just starting to sort of relax and allow herself to get excited are just devastating

Pretty much every single actress I've ever seen tackle the role fail miserably once the prom scene is over. Only Spacek has managed the impossible task of re-earning audience sympathy.

(fails)

Did nobody else find that Chaw review unreadable? The sentences are tortured, the concepts muddled... basically a whole lot of head-shaking until I got to this and just gave up: "thank God she's 24 because I'd be going to jail". Yeah, I'm done.

i havent seen any of the others, i cant really imagine it even being possible to make a movie that audacious today

"thank God she's 24 because I'd be going to jail".

whoa he had sex with her

spacek so great.

I love Chaw, and his review was strong enough to almost make me wanna see a movie I don't care one bit about, but yeah, he needs to knock that shit off.

This is indeed the version of Carrie for those (like Peirce) who found De Palma's take "campy." Problem is, the lack of pop smirk makes it a lot duller, too. While I've always found the playfulness of De Palma's film problematic, watching this dour version highlights just how much his tricks give the emotional ugliness of the material its punch. I found the movie watchable, but never uncomfortable, and it wasn't until just now that I realized how integral discomfort was to Carrie's effect.

Moretz is a strange case--she seems way more comfortable in the sweet (pre-massacre) prom scenes than in any of the darker stuff, which I guess makes her ill suited for Carrie. Moore didn't register with me at all--Neanderthal's comment upthread about her doing "actress karaoke" pretty much nails it. In fairness, both actresses are in the unenviable positions of having to follow, and evoke, what are by now a couple of pretty iconic performances. The boys fared better for me, but then again a) they're cuter than William Katt and John Travolta, and b) Katt and his stupid hair always seemed to me to be about as far away from "dreamy," by any standards, as one could get.

The film also forces something of a happy ending re: the Sue character. Can't recall if this detail was in the novel or not, though.

I haven't seen this but why they never tapped Clea DuVall to play Carrie when she was younger still mystifies me - she is much more of a Carrie type, and she has great range

kinda too old to play high school now tho :(

#missedopportunities

I still say the only acceptable new version of Carrie would be a Treehouse of Horror spoof with Lisa as Carrie.

Saw it at the Lightbox last night. One of the mid-sized theatres, only half full. My friend had seen Robocop there a few nights ago, and that was sold out. I don't get it.

My single favourite moment: when William Katt, sitting between Betty Buckley and Amy Irving ("We don't care what we look like, do we?") shrugs his shoulders helplessly and giggles. Favourite shot: the high overhead entrance of Carrie and Tommy at the prom, everyone dancing and that excellent, cheesy glam/metal/pop band playing their "Smokin' in the Boys Room" rewrite. Seeing it in a theatre for the first time in a while, some of the chaotic climax seemed a little less convincing--death by malevolent hose for at least a couple of people. (But Betty Buckley's spectacular as always.) Also took more notice of the how sappy the slow-dance prom song is--it's the one piece of music in the film that's weak.

I read the novel for a university essay way back when. My recollection is that it was a fairly ordinary stepping-off point. I'm still amazed at how much invention, humour, and feeling De Palma brought to it. (Spacek gets most of the credit for the feeling.)

it's incredible. i'm watching it for the 100th time now and i'm still scared bc it's perfect and devastating.

if someone is awake and can offer support pls let me know thx

ok i made it thru.

r u ok

it still makes me feel like i've ~lived through something~. i felt such a weird kinship to carrie in the book & spacek just nails that acute betrayal so well, it leaves me reeling & full of tears every time

definitely ok and yes i feel you re: living through something. funnily enough i was just wondering again about the 'live through this' cover connection. it really does look like Chris on the cover.

it does! i always thought of it as a nod

i don't know how sissy could go to that emotional place so well without doing real damage mentally but god love her for putting that on screen

def a nod. apparently Leilani Bishop is actually the girl on the cover and is in a movie with Joan Rivers from 2000 called Intern http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202989/ (not a lead)

also yes Spacek does that for a few roles, it is baffling.

Halloween, 20 years ago
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!!

awesome

saw this tonight at a local “micro”cinema ie v small rep theater w 25 seats

still so fucking good

the split screen stuff in the prom is so effective, i really like how they used that

ragsdale is so good in the scenes w carrie, all his interactions feel really natural & genuine

nancy allen is such a hottie

also shoutout Edie McClurg as one of the mean girls! aka Ed Rooney’s secretary in Ferris Bueller “he’s a righteous dude”

THEYRE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

You've got me stumped on ragsdale...Tommy Ross/William Katt?