Carrie 2013
This movie
seems to be more violent and vengeful than the original 1976 Carrie film. With
better special effects and new technology the blood fest has a bigger splash.
The 2013 Carrie uses social media, cell phones and digital recorders to
persecute Carrie augmenting vicious and
humiliating gossip. Aside from these technological embellishments the movie is
basically unchanged. In the modern context this is the ultimate bully revenge
movie.
Julian Moore plays the fanatical ultra-religious mother, Margret, who wants to keep
her daughter from worldly contact, including boys. Moore is an excellent actress and convincingly
plays the role of a woman consumed by guilt for a sin that torments her. The
dynamics between daughter and mother are in transition where the dominance of
the mother is supplanted by the growing telekinetic powers of the daughter.
Chloë Grace
Moretz plays Carrie White. She is the scared girl who is brutally abused by her
classmates. Some scenes were
uncomfortable to watch. In the film
Carrie’s abuse is caught on a digital recorder and posted on the internet. The
callousness of her classmates drives Carrie to revenge. There is no pity for
the bad girls.
The 2013
Carrie was true to the story adding only with some current gadgets which are
superfluous. This is a very good story and a good movie. This redux adds little
new. Save a few bucks and go to Netflix.
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