I Love The Carrie Alternative Ending!


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  1. JillCJanuary 15, 2014 at 8:09 AM

    I kind of liked this one better than the one they kept. I still get the feeling that there are scenes that they didn't include, though.

    I also get the feeling that the director simultaneously hated and had a crush on the Tina character (poor, poor Tina). I've heard of fan service, but I think that might have been director service.

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  2. Bryant BurnetteJanuary 15, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    I'm not going to watch this, because I've got the Blu-ray on order. But I'll say this: it'd be hard for me to NOT like the ending more than I like the one they actually went with.

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  3. David SquyresJanuary 15, 2014 at 10:58 PM

    I ended up feeling everything -- especially the end they went with -- was a DePalma rehash. And I liked it. But wish they had just admitted they were doing a remake. People complained when I called it a "remake" -- but guess what, it turned out to be a remake of the original.

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    1. Bryant BurnetteJanuary 16, 2014 at 2:17 AM

      It was absolutely a remake of the '76 film. I honestly don't know why they even pretended it was anything else.

      The whole project seemed to be weirdly indecisive about what sort of identity it wanted to have. I mostly liked the end product, but I sure was hoping they'd get a little closer to the novel.

      Oh, well; maybe next time.

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    2. David SquyresJanuary 16, 2014 at 8:49 AM

      NO NEXT TIME! No more Carrie remakes. No. The Dark Tower or Doctor Sleep or please please please Joyland. But if they do another Carrie, I'm not even watching.

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  4. JillCJanuary 16, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    Ugh, not another one. I think it's time Hollywood left the poor misfit alone. There are enough King titles that haven't been touched... they don't need to turn Carrie into the next Dracula.

    I can understand why some people (Chloe Moretz) get kind of defensive when people call it a remake - I think this is the fourth remake she's made, and at least two of them were pretty terrible...

    As far as remakes go, I thought this one worked (it didn't detract from the original and actually added a bit - I thought the Margaret, Billy and Chris characters(well, 2/3rds of it) were better in this version.

    I'd rather see Dark Tower, the Talisman or a big screen Salem's Lot...

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