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rockfenris2005 06:00 am UTC 10/23/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Psycho And Carrie And Rosemary's Baby - steven_stuart 03:07 am UTC 10/23/13 |
> > Re: "Carrie", I'm hoping that they've used some more of > > the novel. I haven't read the novel but I've read about > > things that are different between the novel and the > > original movie. I say, if you're going to remake something > > based on an original book, then you should use that > > opportunity to go back to the book and use things that > > weren't done the first time. Why blow that opportunity? > > That's pretty frustrating. > > It's just that Sissy Spacek as Carrie is so iconic. That > role has guaranteed her a place in popular culture. I know what you mean. But if they were going to make a new version, then they could have gone back to the original book and used things that hadn't been used the first time. I have > heard that Stephen King has complained about the film > versions of many of his novels. He hated The Shining. > Despite the fact that it was a Stanley Kubrick film which > starred Jack Nicholson. Partly because Jack Nicholson was > more comic than scary and partly because Kubrick was more > interested in artistic photography than he was in the > horror elements of the story. Despite The Shining getting > five star reviews and despite it having legions of fans, > King remade it as a TV movie which was closer to his > novel. They have a chance the second time to make them closer to the original books. But also, I hope they do their own thing. I don't want a remake of the Jack Nicholson version of "The Shining". Adapt the book again. I don't want a remake of the MGM "Wizard of Oz" either (I don't know how many people would...) Adapt the book again. I am not sure how different Carrie is from the > novel. Do you know? I haven't read the novel for thirty > years. I've forgotten mostly. I think there was something about Carrie wreaking destruction on half the town afterward? NOW THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE NEW VERSION! I know that Brian De Palma changed the name of > Carrie's school to The Bates High School as a tribute to > his favourite film Psycho. Also, both Carrie and her > mother were more ugly in that novel. I do think that De > Palma really captured the sick relationship between mother > and daughter and that makes the school gym fires scene > more believeable after Carrie is pranked with the pig's > blood. How much more could the poor girl take? | |
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