Good for your collection
I love the movie "Carrie" directed by Brian DePalma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, John Travolta and P.J. Soles. So I was very excited to see this version, when NBC announced it will remake Carrie. But I was wrong.
It's one of those movies, that no one should ever dare remake... like Vertigo, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Gone with the Wind, or Road Trip (joke.)
Well, I was wrong. NBC did it. I haven't read all of the book, but comparing to the original film, and this remake, I thought it was on the borderline of okay and bad. Although it was toned down for television, and didn't really have that much gory scenes, as I wanted it to be, like in the original.
I guess it's only me, if you just take a bunch of good looking people, and shove it into a movie, you'll get a remake (or the MTV soft pornography show, "Undressed") hoping to score some decent ratings for the night.
The movie wasn't all that bad, seeing some familiar faces like Emile DeRavin (best known as Tess from "Roswell"), Rena Sofer (who I loved in "Melrose Place", as Amanda's psycho friend), Katharine Isabelle (who does her best performances in Ginger Snaps.) I was very surprised to Jesse Cadotte (Billy Nolan), and Kandyse McClure (Sue Snell) in a movie together. They previously worked together in an episode of "The Outer Limits" (which was also shot in Canada), and both pulled it off well, in that very dramatic episode. Well, this time, all their performances was okay, to my standards.
To me... wanting to 'kill' a few hours... this is a perfect movie.Read full review
