Carrie

In June 2022, I watched Carrie for the first time on the television set. The horror film was released in 2013. It is a remake of the one with the same title relased in 1976 and is based on the novel with the same name written by Stepen King. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz.

It tells the story of Carrie who is a shy high school girl with supernatural powers, has been coldly treated by her classmates, is bullied harshly one day, and finally explodes in rage.

Although it is a horror movie, yet Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie was too lovely to terrify me so much. However, I felt frightened by the madness of Carrie's mother who fanatically believes in a religion. Julianne Moore performed her. I also felt catharsis when Carrie gets furious and starts to relentlessly attack her mean classmates who look to be rotten to the core. Moreover, the last duel between the two pretty women was worth watching toward the ending.

I first saw Chloë Grace Moretz in Hugo released in 2011. I then was not impressed with her so much, so I did not memorize her name, though I thought that she was cute. I first recognized her in the thriller movie Greta released in 2018. She gave a wonderful performance as a young woman who is frequently frightened. I prefer Chloë as a scared woman to Chloë as a scary one, though she gave a wonderful performance as Carrie running wild with rage.

Many flicks have been adapted from the novels written by Stephen King. I do not think of them as bad but I do not like most of them, especially It and The Mist that I have watched in recent years. All the same, I like The Shinning, Hearts in Atlantis, Misery and Stand by Me thanks to the charm of the director, Stanley Kubrick, the actors, Anthony Hopkins, Kathy Bates and River Phoenix respectively rather than the stories created by King. As for Carrie, it was just entertaining, though I was drawn by the passionate acts of Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. Sissy Spacek starred the movie with the same name released in 1976, which has won a more popularity, so it is intrguing. I saw Spacek for the first time in Missing when I felt that she was not so beautiful but was really lovely and attractive. Then she was still charming for her age in The Old Man & the Gun released in 2018. I would like to watch Carrie performed by Spacek in her twenties.

Ansel Elgort gave a good performance as a guy who is on Carrie's side in the 2013 film. He starred Baby Driver released in 2017. I regarded it as just good when I watched it, so I was surprised by how popular the movie was when I knew about it. It is one of the motion pictures, such as Back to the Future, The Shawshank Redemption and Léon, which have a huge gap between the evaluations of mine and people. Elgort costars with Chloë again in November Criminals released in 2017. The one is not so popular, so I will watch it with little expectations when I have the opportunity to.