Don_Flamenco — 12 years ago(October 26, 2013 03:23 AM)

While I didn't particularly care for this unnecessary and mostly ineffective remake, there's something that really stood out to me, almost haunting; Chirs' demise.
While Chris herself wasn't anything out of the ordinary as far as contemptible Queen Bees in horror films, thb68ese characters tend to go out either kicking and screaming, defiantly cursing the protagonist, or something sudden and bloody, and the audience as a whole cheers. But not Chris.
Like the afore mentioned Horror Queen Bees, I rooted for her demise up until that moment (because in movies of this kind, behavior such as hers mark one for a brutal death, as opposed to reality where they deserve a backhanding at most). However, rather than kicking and screaming, the actress conveyed an almost haunting sense of fear, defeat, and hopelessness as Carrie sadistically toyed with her in her final moments, (something Carrie does not do in the original version, though maybe she does in the novel or even the useless
2002 version,) to the point where I really feel bad for her even despite the fact that she brought it upon herself.
Anyway, I just thought that I'd bring that up in the actress' forum, rather than the movie's forum due to its being a testament to the actress herself, whom I'm not very familiar with, rather than the movie itself. I guess it's especially impressive due to her prior work of note per IMDB being mostly light hearted fare such as Big Mama's House and something with Michael Cera.