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What really stood out in Carrie (huge spoiler)

posted 11 years ago by Don_Flamenco
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While I didn't particularly care for this unnecessary and mostly ineffective remake, there's something that really stood out to me, almost haunting; Chirs' demise.

While Chris herself wasn't anything out of the ordinary as far as contemptible Queen Bees in horror films, these characters tend to go out either kicking and screaming, defiantly cursing the protagonist, or something sudden and bloody, and the audience as a whole cheers. But not Chris.

Like the afore mentioned Horror Queen Bees, I rooted for her demise up until that moment (because in movies of this kind, behavior such as hers mark one for a brutal death, as opposed to reality where they deserve a backhanding at most). However, rather than kicking and screaming, the actress conveyed an almost haunting sense of fear, defeat, and hopelessness as Carrie sadistically toyed with her in her final moments, (something Carrie does not do in the original version, though maybe she does in the novel or even the useless
2002 version,) to the point where I really feel bad for her even despite the fact that she brought it upon herself.

Anyway, I just thought that I'd bring that up in the actress' forum, rather than the movie's forum due to its being a testament to the actress herself, whom I'm not very familiar with, rather than the movie itself. I guess it's especially impressive due to her prior work of note per IMDB being mostly light hearted fare such as Big Mama's House and something with Michael Cera.

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[–] grinderVegan765 11 years ago

Doubleday was the only cast member other than Julianne Moore who conveyed the slightest bit of authenticity or individuality in the film. Sucked that the two most vile, contemptuous characters (Chris Hargensen & Margaret White) were the only ones portrayed with any humanity by the actors. Everyone else in the film was wooden and seemed like stock casting.

I looked up Doubleday's resume, and she played a really f-cked up character in this weird prison film called K-11, she was unrecognisable.

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[–] BamBamK1 11 years ago

I actually found that Doubleday in this role had sooo many moments of overacting and there was no element of subtlety.

Julianne Moore, Chloe Moretz, Alex Russell, Judy Greer and Gabriella Wilde all did a great job in their roles.
The principal was also good.

Everyone else i could not stand because it seemed they played the cliche and exterior of their characters and apart from knowing their lines did no homework on them.. lacking authenticity in my opinion.

No offense to them as they are capable of better work (as they have done before), but they could have spent more time developing the characters a bit better.

[–] Ahstaroth 11 years ago

Eh, no. She JUST tried to run over Carrie. She should have lost all her limbs and THEN blown up.

[–] Maidenfan85 10 years ago

Agreed. Should've died like that.

Bitch.

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