My thoughts on the 2013 re-make of Carrie which starred Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort, Portia Doubleday and Judy Greer. Well a lot of people were thinking after seeing the film that it copies the 1976 film back to back...not really true as it follows the same concept of the original story: Carrie White is a plain Jane girl who is tormented at school by her peers, gets her period, finds out she has telekinesis, gets invited to The Prom, blood dropped on her, she gets her revenge, kills herself and her Mother in the end. In this update the film has a lot of updates to the story with the use of smartphones, the mention and use of the Internet, video screens used at the Prom, the clothing, the way kids talk and act. There are also some slight character changes in the film as opposed to the 1976 film: Carrie in this seems to accept her powers more as a great gift then as something she does not understand, but accepts it. Margret White (Carrie's Mom) is a red head, she self mutilates herself when she's upset, she's working as a Seamstress and does not go door to door promoting her Religion. Sue Snell in this is a blonde haired girl who's very tall and not a short brown haired girl with curls, Chris Hargensen goes from a blonde bitch to a dark haired bitch, the Principal in this is black and not white, there's no P.J. Soles type girl in this except there was one girl who wore a cap like her, but she had very little to no dialog in this film. Miss. Desjardin, the Gym Teacher is younger and does not die in this one. Some scenes were changed: the start of the film begins with Carrie's birth which was a bit of a shock, but a nice change. The girls in Gym class still play Volleyball, but this time in a pool, shower scene is there, but changed with no nudity (Chloe Grace Moretz was 15 when this was filmed so there would be no signs of nudity), like mentioned before there were a lot of modern additions made to the film, plus Carrie seemed more insane like as she killed with her breathing deeply as she stalked and killed her prey. Made me think of Michael Myers sallow breathing in his mask in the 78 Halloween.
I would not say this version of Carrie was perfect just different in it's own way, music was even better too and the film seemed like it was filmed better than how the 1976 version looked. Not so dark in the White's home and not so bright outside from too much sunlight. Ending was even very different with the addition of a Court questioning Sue Snell about the Prom and Carrie, no jump scare at all either. The Blu-Ray however has an alternate ending that was too shocking for cinemas and I MEAN shocking!