In fact, Carrie's story is not complicated. It is nothing more than a story of a girl who is bullied everywhere and has super powers. From the beginning of the movie, I haven't been able to see anything, because it is similar to the original version. Until I saw the addition of Carrie's mother, I didn't think this movie was very simple. The local changes are more reasonable, such as the reason why Su asked her boyfriend to accompany Carrie to the dance, and more descriptions of Chris, the behind-the-scenes initiator, and a more three-dimensional portrayal of Carrie's mother, a religious lunatic, All of them add a lot of color to the story of the whole movie, and can resonate with the audience. They hate Chris and his friends even more, and they also lay a solid foundation for the subsequent complete release.
Of course, the biggest difference between the whole movie and the old version is that the director put the background of the story in a contemporary setting, which is quite clever. First of all, if the story is placed in contemporary times, it will be more grounded and more people will join in. Secondly, many things are simplified through items such as the Internet and mobile phones, which also provides more room for the story to play, making the whole movie more sadistic.
There's not much to say about stories, but there's so much to say about stories. There will be one or two characters like Carrie in any class of any school in the world, so this is basically common. Such people are usually due to congenital or acquired defects or too introverted personality. Being sociable is often ridiculed by classmates, so he has a certain autistic tendency. This kind of person often lives in his own world, so he is laughed at by others. I believe that 99% of people have encountered such people and joined the army of ridicule, and even the landlord has ridiculed others. What I saw the most from this film wasn't religion or anything, what I saw was Stephen King's utter anger at the injustice that this character has suffered, and other religious or satirical elements are secondary. After watching this movie, I thought about those classmates who were ridiculed and bullied by us. There is an indescribable apology. This is the most abusive part of the new version of Carrie. Unfortunately, the real Carrie does not have Superpower, reality is the most abusive, just imagine, if Carrie didn't have superpower and faced the insult of this kind of personality, how would she live in the future, and what kind of eyes would others see her? How will she get off the stage? And in reality, how many Carrie-like figures have been insulted like this?
So, in the last dance part of the film, Carrie is alone on stage, she controls everything, she is the only protagonist, everyone else has to be repaired severely, the host who is crushed to death by the stairs, whipped by the wires Chris' friend who was burned to death, the twins who were trampled to death... Watching these people die tragically gave the audience a vicious pleasure, but after watching it, they could only think realistically. live?
I remember there was a movie called Reservoir Dogs, which also told a similar story, except that the protagonist was replaced by a man, and the man had no superpowers, but the 2012 version of Reservoir Dogs was obviously not as impactful as the 2013 version of Carrie. While the two films are different, they both flog the idea of bullying or mocking Carrie-like characters, and are full of empathy for such groups of people.
In the last half hour of the film, there are various calls, the special effects are also used just right, and a few very visual slow motions are added, which is very powerful, not bloody, but has a strong impact and is very hateful. It can be said that the new version of Carrie the Witch provides a new model for old films, a model that can be learned, and makes a story that everyone knows wonderful. This is quite an easy task. From the movie, we can see that director Kimberly Pierce He is quite a talented person, I hope to make persistent efforts and release better movies.
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