'The New Carrie': Magic in the dim lights

Letitia 2022-04-19 09:01:50



Once upon a time, superpower was a thing worth showing off. We could turn into superheroes to save the world, or we could use our power to achieve grand ambitions that we didn’t even dare to imagine. But now that the world has changed, having superpowers has become a difficult situation to see, and can only be in a situation where the lights are dim. Instead of being treated like a god, it leads to people's scorn, fear, ridicule and embarrassment. Is it the passage of time or the old people? Perhaps only later generations can study it to understand.

The story is full of tragedy, the characters are rather rigid, the film description is circuitous and weak, and there is nothing very outstanding. The characterization is too facial, giving people a sense of powerlessness to vent. The structure of the story is not compact and intense, and the atmosphere created is too simple and far-fetched. As a result, the viewing effect is too monotonous, which sharply highlights the boringness of the entire movie. The film mainly plays the card of grief, but unfortunately there are no tears in the audience, and it cannot bring people a side worthy of sympathy, and the distance from the audience is far away, which is very fatal. There are too many details of the movie that deviate from the theme of the story, and there are too many mysteries worth tracing back that have never been revealed. Even the author is very puzzled. Because the movie is a remake, and the author has never seen the original version, it is impossible to learn from the original version. Find the answer you want. In the end, how the witch Carrie obtained the superpower, although the movie shows it at the beginning, but it is a flash, it is difficult to explain, and then there is a little addition, but the source of the evil and the magic power is still unclear. What point does the movie want to highlight, and what kind of meaning does it want to express? There is no exact reason for us to sympathize with Carrie the Witch. As for Carrie's mother, from the beginning to the end of the film, there is no depiction of how she gradually became a neurotic mother to protect her daughter. What is the reason for portraying her like this, although Julianne Moore's acting skills are extraordinary, it is a pity that there is one less convincing reason. The film's implicit, restrained, heavy and depressing atmosphere casts a dark and depressing tone on the whole film. It neither creates a terrifying and suspenseful atmosphere, nor does it create a distressing tragic element, which more or less buried a failure for the film. foreshadowing. The genre of the film focuses on youth series, but unfortunately the casting of the young actors is more or less the feeling that they have not fully grasped the plot of the story, the development of the main line of the story is also erratic, and the way of interpretation is too simple and too simple. For a film that does not have prominent features in the plot and is inaccurate in the way of interpretation, I can only express my regret for the original work of the film.

For films that are mainly aimed at young audiences, I can only say that the plot and acting skills are not a problem. The problem is the overall feeling of the film. Watching a film is nothing more than relaxing and releasing pressure and appreciating art. As for the first point, the film's slow, dark tones and lackluster plot really make no sense. For the artistic level, it is a simple description of the process of a girl's revenge on others, but the narrative is quite weak. If it's simply just looking at the stars, it's another matter.

Magic has always been a topic of debate for us, and no matter what people think about it, we've been unknowingly divided into two groups. Just like the movie "Superman," the early movie was a positive sunshine hero, and now it has become a hidden outsider in order to adapt to the audience's taste. Different views, different positions. For this movie, the plot at the beginning was set too bitter and simple, and at the end, the magic broke out and I was imprisoned. It is hard to guess such a process. The ending is inevitable, but unfortunately the process is very disappointing.

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Carrie quotes

  • Margaret White: I don't want you to get hurt.

    Carrie White: Or you could be happy for me.

  • Sue Snell: No! Carrie please don't hurt me.

    Carrie White: Why not? I've been hurt my whole life.