Anyone else love this movie?

I liked it.

Yeah I came in with 0 hype due to Joblow's mocking review of it but I came out 100% surprised by it.. much like Thinner they get both movies completely wrong.

People attack it and call it a DTV sequel with no style or direction and I just laugh at them.. it's well made for it's budget and is very fun watch with some great acting and a surprisingly moving story. Rachel and Jesse's arcs were well done and the villains all were hateable and you can't wait for them to die off.

Only real problem was the rampage scene it was a bit underwhelming but the end with the lovers makes up for it.

yes, I liked Rachel a lot as a protagonist. She seemed real and I rooted for her. This made the ending more tragic with a sense of pathos.

I liked this one a lot more than the first because it was more light and fun. I found the original to be too harsh.

I love it, it has a tragic romeo and juliet tone througout the whole movie that just blends well with the soundtrack score and the climatic massacre sequence, the ending is one of my favourites ever, it leaves you with a deep depressing feeling when you see Jesse just standing there crying with an empty look reflecting forever in that mirror, brilliant.

Viewing the two films back-to-back a few years ago I liked the second one better with the exception of the original's prom scene, which is iconic with the blood-splattered Sissy and the fire in the background. Plus, the '76 version is the original film and it gets points just for that whereas "Carrie 2" loses points for just being another take on the same basic plot. I suppose you could also argue that the original has better mood.

Rachel (Emily Bergl) is a much more interesting character than Carrie in the original and Jesse is really attracted to her -- even loves her -- rather than Tommy just doing his girlfriend a favor and feeling sorry for Carrie in the original. Rachel is an outcast like Carrie but she's stronger, more confident and doesn't have a dream to fit in with the popular kids. One of the film's themes is: Does love really exist? Rachel says she doesn't believe in love. Her mother's in a mental institution. She's a foster child and her foster parents clearly only have her for the extra cash, not because they love her.

It's interesting to note that, although Rachel is portrayed as a misfit who likes Marilyn Manson, she's not a rebellious, disrespectful teenager. She never "answers back" her foster 'father,' she works, she isn't promiscuous and isn't a party monger.

Also, the thin plot of the original is clearly padded -- unimportant scenes are drawn-out to about twice the length they need to be -- and this makes the movie seem long at 98 minutes and some parts boring. "The Rage," by contrast, runs 104 minutes but it doesn't seem as long (or boring) as the original because the story and characters are more interesting and the film isn't padded.

"The Rage" is a different take on the same basic plot of "Carrie." Both films have their strengths. In some ways "The Rage" is better than "Carrie." It's definitely not a weak or campy sequel; rather it's a strong late-90s updating and effectively showcases the joys and horrors of the high school years.