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Anyone else NOT like Sarah?

posted 11 years ago by dfminky
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I realize she's the character we're supposed to empathize with in this film, but I find her self righteous. She's the new girl, and she acts like the moral authority and totally ruins the fun for the other girls.

It's not like they were hurting random people. Every person they hurt did something to deserve it, and I didn't feel bad for any of them. Goody-two-shoes Sarah just had to make sure they got "punished" for it. She had no loyalty.

Chris didn't care about anyone but himself and his reputation. He hurt both Sarah and Nancy by spreading rumors about them. It was Sarah's spell that made him fall "in love" with her. He wasn't a "nice guy", he was under a spell and got humiliated like he did to them. I didn't feel bad for him at all, even after what Nancy did to him. He wasn't even his own person at that point, he was brainwashed from Sarah's spell. His existence revolved around being tortured by the thought of Sarah, and Nancy put him out of his misery.

Laura harassed Rochelle for being black, and had her hair fall out. Even in the scene where she was crying saying "What did I do to deserve this?" I didn't feel even slightly bad for her.

Bonnie didn't do anything to anyone at all. She got rid of the scars on her body, and was punished for what? Acting narcissistic? So what? She has the right to feel comfortable in her own skin, and she wasn't hurting anyone.

I wasn't rooting for Sarah at the end. I don't think she deserved that sense of moral superiority, to become the authority on witchcraft and hand out punishments. I felt bad for Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle. I hated Sarah.

[–] actionmanrandell 10 years ago

she was the only one with actual magic. so yep she had the authority.

the others were actually leaching off her magic.

and Whether the people deserved to get punished by the girls or not doesn't matter. the girls were getting out of hand and they literally tried killing her.

Nancy also was far to dangerous to simply let her be. she had envoked the Spirit of Manon and asked for all of his power so she essentially had god like powers she could do massive spells and walk on water manipulate the elements she had telekinesis and Technopathy

she was simply someone who didn't need that kind of power

[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

I know right, Sarah was actually WORSE than the others.

The other girls were completely justified in their actions.

And then Sarah starts throwing a hissy fit because he Nancy killed a guy who tried to rape her.

And not only that but said guy only did that because of a love spell Sarah did to him, which could also be viewed as her committing rape.

That's right, the self-righteous holier than thou Sarah was a rapist.

Plus, Bonnie wasn't even being narcissistic at all. At least no more than Sarah was in pining for Chris.

Honestly, Sarah was a scumbag and deserved to die. The other girls were right to try to kill her.

[–] chessa1 9 years ago

No I liked Sarah,, in the nicest possible way I disagree with the OP. Bonnie and Rochelle were clearly scared of Nancy and thats probably why they turned so nasty towards the end. Manon the god punished Nancy and the girls because they used their powers for the wrong things (hence why the shop lady said of Nancy that she took the power to a dark place). The people punished in it weren't nice, and I didnt have a whole lot to sympathty for any of them, but they had no right to try and kill Sarah because she didn't want to use dark magic and didnt agree with what they were doing, you dont kill someone for disagreeing with you when they misused the power give to them, they were bang out of order for that and what Nancy said about Sarah killing her mother was horrible. I was glad Nancy got her just deserts

'I like the way you made the movies longer. They're better that way.' Sinister

[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

Sarah turned on them for saving her from being raped. The girls were entirely justified and most certainly not misusing their power. Clearly this Manon had no business deciding what was right.

In the end, the only one who still has any power (a rapist) is the one least deserving of it.

[–] DracTarashV 9 years ago

She's alright. Perhaps she was being this goody two-shoes to you, but if she didn't want to "join the fun" and harm those who deserved it, then big deal.

Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

[–] chessa1 9 years ago

Agreed, the fundamentals of Wicca (white magic) is to do good with magic, so Sarah was merely playing by the rules lol

'I like the way you made the movies longer. They're better that way.' Sinister

[–] wonderbrat25 8 years ago

Ummm didn't Bonnie and her friends try to get Sarah to kill herself at the end? That is a pretty *beep* thing to do.

[–] AndrewGS 8 years ago

I didn't dislike her but I agree she got too self-righteous in the second half. I liked Bonnie the most and thought the narcissistic comment was at best random and uncalled for. It was disappointing that Bonnie and Rochelle abruptly sided with Nancy and were portrayed as suddenly becoming bad but Nancy did make a pretty good villain.