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Film Journal 2014 (92 movies items)" I enjoy a good remake. Everybody does whether they admit it or not. This was a good remake...of exactly the same material. I, personally, got nothing new out of this. If you've seen the original, you've seen this one."
Watched in 2014 (March-April)
Collection: From Novel to Film (780 movies items)"TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Carrie PUBLISHED FORMAT: novel AUTHOR/CREATOR: Stephen King ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1974 HAVE I READ: No NOTES: N/A"
“Before this movie was released, there was a decent buzz about this movie and many hoped that it would become the best adaptation of Stephen King’s famous book. Unfortunately, just before it was released, it was apparently butchered by the studio (allegedly , they would have removed up to 45 minutes of footage) and it was pretty obvious when you watched the damned thing. Indeed, the whole thing felt rather out of balance and while the prom scene took at least a 1/3 of the whole running time, there was barely any development of the characters. Above all, I wish they developed more Carrie White’s background. Indeed, at the beginning, you only get some awkward volleyball game to set up her situation and her relationship with her classmates. Well, it was simply not enough to explain why she” read more
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Collection: Stephen King (39 movies items)"PUBLISHED WORK: CarriePUBLISHED FORMAT: NovelORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE: 1974"
Watched in 2016