Carrie, My First Reaction of the Series

Carrie, the series, was hard to watch. Well, the first episode. Not because it was disturbing or upsetting, but maybe because it didn’t seem exciting to me at first.

I stopped it. I closed it. This is not my review of the series but my reaction to the first few minutes of the first episode. But there’s more…

Now, I did watch the movie, so I am aware of bits and pieces, and for that, I played the show, the series.

I did not watch any of the trailers before watching the series, nor after watching a few minutes of the first episode.

A couple of days later, though, I put myself up to giving it another try. I am glad that I did. Some stories are slow-burn; they need time to establish themselves before getting down to the real business.

Carrie, the series, is the same in that way. Once the story found its ground, it took you in.

I cannot say how close or not it is to the book or the first movie.

The performances are solid, and I think the showrunners tried to spill the beans from the start that it was going to be more than a drama, so people not familiar with Carrie would stay with her until the first episode got down to the real business.