Carrie Review Thread

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by MykeHavoc

I don't know, but when they're done, wanna make it again?
We can get Bay to produce it and add some pizazz and pyrotechnics to the mix to make it more exciting.

Or at least update the horribly creepy 70's synthesizer music that plagues the original film. Gawsh thats just terrible stuff.....

[BluPat]

The music from 'Carrie' (1976) by Pino Donaggio is fantastic. I love it. Always beautiful and very effective IMO.

But this remake/reboot will only be the first big screen remake. 'The Rage: Carrie 2' was just that, a sequel.

The TV Movie wasn't bad either. Well, I liked them.

[in2video2]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It's a reimagination of the thread that was started yesterday

You mean it wasn't real after all???

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by MykeHavoc

Meh. I'm not sure what else there is to explore. The original is fantastic. The sequel was a failure to update the idea. Then there was the TV remake I never saw. Although the choice of director is interesting...

you're forgetting the Broadway musical version, which was one giant f**k up.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by KrugStillo

CARRIE remake: Kimberly Peirce is in talks to helm the redo for MGM/Screen Gems. She helmed BOYS DON'T CRY in '99, directed a few episodes of THE L WORD and also helmed STOP-LOSS. Peirce is probably comfortable with a story like Carrie which concerns themes of bullying and female empowerment. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

Just got this off of Gorezone.net. They need to stop with the remakes. In my eyes DePalma's Carrie is about as perfect a movie as they come. I do like Kimberly Peirce's film Boys Don't Cry but do we really need another remake. I know it's gonna happen no matter how much I hate it but how can you improve on a nearly perfect movie. Carrie (1976) is an awesome piece of filmmaking and I just don't know how comfortable I am with this. They already remade it for TV a while back and that was OK but also useless. Oh well what can I do.

I'm going to tell you a little secret that I use quite often

[Show spoiler]You don't have to watch movies you aren't interested in.

also

[Show spoiler]regardless of how many remakes there are, the original movie is still there for you to watch

[Col. Zombie]

Originally Posted by KrugStillo

Found the other threads but it seems like they are for it. I am coming at this from a different angle. DON'T DO IT!!!

Why in the world not?

[blu-mike]

BREAKING: After meeting and reading a group of young actresses for Carrie, MGM, Screen Gems and director Kim Peirce have made their decision and made the formal offer today to Chloe Moretz. If negotiations work out, she’ll play the title role in the remake of the Brian DePalma original that was based on the 1974 Stephen King bestseller. She’s expected to play the shy high school student Carrie White, who is raised by a nightmarish religious fanatic mother, and comes to grip with devastating telepathic powers just as she reaches puberty. She eventually uses those gifts for lethal means when fellow classmates use the prom as an excuse to humiliate her before the entire school in a parable about bullying. Sissy Spacek played the character in the first movie, with Piper Laurie playing her mother, and Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, Betty Buckley and William Katt rounding out the cast. Both Spacek and Laurie got Oscar nominations for their work in the 1976 film.

The studio and Peirce have been meeting with actresses for the past two weeks. Word all along was that while names like Dakota Fanning were circulating, Peirce and the studio had an eye on Moretz. The studio denied it at the time, but what actually happened is, Moretz didn’t meet with Peirce until last weekend. She got the job immediately. Moretz, who first came on with performances in Kick-Ass, (500) Days Of Summer and Let Me In, is at the top of the crop of young actresses. Coming off Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, her next major film is the Tim Burton-directed Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp. She’s repped by WME and 3 Arts. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script.

Insiders said that once they make Moretz’s deal, they will focus on landing the psycho mom and supporting cast and they will shoot this year.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/mgm-...-chloe-moretz/

[Walts Ghost]

Carrie Reboot

[ly000001]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Carrie Reboot

There's an even earlier thread. Kinda appropriate that people keep on making new threads about a remake

[nolfoc]

Chloe is a great actress so im banking on this being good.. it can't be any worse then Carrie 2 the Rage

[DetroitSportsFan]

How many remakes is this girl going to be in?

[Blu Ian]

No thank you.

We don't need another damn remake ruined.

STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by ly000001

There's an even earlier thread. Kinda appropriate that people keep on making new threads about a remake

Then we should merge all three.

[Zero_Cool]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

How many remakes is this girl going to be in?

2.


I could say the same thing about people playing comic book character.

[DaleDark]

Originally Posted by Zero_Cool

2.


I could say the same thing about people playing comic book character.

Right!!! How many is Chris Evans up to now?

[djgeneral]

Wow, this is awesome. She is a very talented actress.

[remake]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

wow, this is awesome. She is a very talented actress.

mte

[spiritfox]

Wow--Chloe will be great when she puts on her "Let Me In" game face!

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

Right!!! How many is Chris Evans up to now?

Don't forget about Marky Mark!

Chloe in a remake of Carrie, hmm... let me see a trailer and then I'll get back to you all. I loved the original and then just hated that TV remake with Angela Bettis.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Zero_Cool

2.


I could say the same thing about people playing comic book character.

You forgot Dark Shadows. So 3 so far...

And yeah, we need more people to play comic characters.