Depressing rather than scary.

Rating: 5/10 (18 February 2011)

This movie depressed me rather than scare me. It was horrific at the end, but everything else is just depressing. I know Brian De Palma was just following the book by Stephen King, and thats just find. But in general, the plot, and the depression was so terrible I just couldn't like it. I'm not saying De Palma could have made it better, just didn't like the story itself in general.
It revolves around a shy high schooler named Carrie who is constantly picked on by the girls at her school, and her abusively religious mom. She soon finds out that she has telekinetic powers. She's asked by the most handsome guy in school to prom, where a few girls plan to play another trick on her, little do they know whats in store for them.
A lot of the film is just her being treated like poop, until the final climax in the end, which is downright terror. I think my favorite character is the gym teacher, the only person in her life who has sympathy for her, and does her best to help her. My least favorite character by far was the mom. A complete psychopath!
I just couldn't take the depression in this film. It calls itself a horror film. Though most of the film just seems like a teen drama, that is until the end. I was so shocked by how badly Carrie was treated. I mean my God, she was freaking hated to death. Looking at her would make any other depressed person not feel as bad. Most of the characters consist of mean girls, crazy psychopaths, or Carrie. But what do you really expect from Stephen King, not to mention this was his first novel. Mix that with Brian De Palma's love for violence, depression and gore, and this is what you get.
Nothing but a nonstop series of depressing moments. A few parts were entertaining, but in general didn't do it for me. Like I said before, Its not really De Palma's fault, its just the idea in general. So its actually Stephen King's fault. The movie wasn't really bad, just didn't like the idea of the plot, so maybe the movies not that bad, but this is what I think of it.