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Summary: A GREAT REMAKE!
Review: I love this movie more than the first. It has better actors than the first though. It is pretty much the same thing though as the original. I don't see how you could like it any less, but I'm sure there's someone that is a true PSYCHO that claims it's not as good. (Well... it is!) The only drawback is it has colour. (Don't get me wrong... I love colour...It's great) but it lacked some atmosphere in colour, but other than that, it has everything. (Including a more elaborate shower scene.)
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Summary: Idiocy, thy name is Van Sant
Review: Every print of this film should be burned, and every single person who had anything at all to do with its production in any way, shape or form whatsoever should be publicly flogged.
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Summary: Psycho remake proves that even classic films could stink
Review: The new remake of Psycho just showes how bad some great films could really turn out. Despite a still decent script driving it, Psycho falls apart. The thing that made the original great were its performances and excellent mood. This looses both through ackward and downright bad casting and added touches that only lower and destroy the intrigue and mystery that made the 1960 version worth watching over and over again. I don't think that this deserves to even be watched once.
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Summary: A SENSATIONAL MASTERPIECE
Review: If you loved the original psycho you'll die for this one. It has improved graphics such as more blood and gore, and it is in color. Vaughn plays an awesome role as bates. If the original spooked you this one will ten times worse.
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Summary: same old same old
Review: this is identical expect for a few things so it is only fair to give it the same rating as the original it rules
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Summary: This was good.
Review: I don't see what's wrong with this film. I thought that it was very true to Hitchcock's original. The whole cast did much better than the original cast, the shower scene was cooler(though many thought it was laughable), and the ending looked better(with the excption of the closing credits). I think you people who haven't seen this should watch it then watch the origimal. Trust me, they're the same thing.
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Summary: The Shower is just as fun in Living(?) Color!
Review: "Why remake a CLASSIC?"Why not? Although the subject matter is "gruesome", yet by today's standards decidedly tired, I found PSYCHO to be a lot of FUN! Don't get me wrong; I KNEW what was going to happen to Marion, and, to be honest, I closed my eyes during the Shower Scene! But isn't that the point? You KNOW that She's not going to leave of her own free will! You KNOW that William H. Macy can't save her! You KNOW that Mother is behind it all! The FUN in it is seeing how well Gus copies it! If you ask me, WELL DONE!
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Summary: Hitchcock would be proud!
Review: van sant's version of psycho was extremely enjoyable. although i am partial to Hitchcock's movie magic and janet leigh's brilliant performance as the doomed marion crane, van sant and anne heche pulled through like two old pros. Bravo! julianne moore must be given a standing ovation as well. her performance, i must say, rivals that of vera miles. oh, and mr. viggo, please, no more movies for you.
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Summary: VERY FUNNY!
Review: "What's that sound? Oh, it's Sir Hitch rolling over in his grave!" That has been the common reaction to this film. Not so. Believe it or not, PSYCHO was supposed to be an offensive comedy when it was made back in 1960. Gus Van Sant's clone of the classic helped bring out the comedy aspect that was missing in the original. Don't get me wrong;the original was far superior! But this was the first movie that I actually turned around to ask questions to other people in the audience. (namely,"Did I just see a cow in the road?" What was up with that?) And there were times I laughed out loud during this movie. The acting namely by Vauhn and Moore was superb and challenged the performances of Perkins and Miles. But we can also see how much cinema has changed in 38 years. Ex:in the original, John Gavin (Sam Loomis) was worried about having his shirt of in the first scene; in 1998, we see Sam walk around buk naked. 1960, the concept of showing a toilet in a movie was unheard of let alone flushing it;1998, what would the folks of the '60s say about Norman Mastur-Bates watching Marion undress? The clone had some funny new bits though like Sam openly flirting with Lila and her giving him the cold shoulder. And Norman's winking at Lila (I had a friend who actually swooned and looked like she was having an asthma attack in the theatre when she saw 'Vince Vaughn wink at HER') The big problem with the movie is how Gus Van Sant underestimated the viewers' intelligence. (Apparently we weren't supposed to know that Marion and Sam were in that hotel at the beginning to bop. So Gus added the sound of a couple upstairs going at it like yodelling champions on honeymoon. And we weren't supposed to know that Norman was getting hot watching Marion undress, so we get to hear an unpleasant-yet-laughable unzipping sound followed by rhythmic pumping courtesy of Norman's five-digit friend.) But other than that, the majority of the film is watchable. But one of my favorite things they kept in was Norman's constant consumption of jelly-beans or gummi-bears or whatever was in the paper bag after he murdered.
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Summary: Psycho (1998)
Review: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho made an impact on all audiences around the world. Director Gus Van Sant is here to give you this word-for-word remake to make you forever take showers with the curtains open. Starting off in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, December 11th, 1998. The beautiful MARION CRANE (played by Anne Heche) has rented a posh hotel room with her boyfriend, SAM LOOMIS (played by Viggo Mortensen), during her lunchbreak. Marion has to get back to work, while Sam has to get back to Fairvelle. Marion gets back to work a little late, but lucks out in knowing that her boss, GEORGE LOWERY (played by Rance Howard) is late himself, for he is in a meeting. In comes George Lowery, following a businessman named, Tom Cassidy (played by Chad Everett). He walks over to Marion and begins telling her about his 18-year old daughter tying the knot. He hands Marion $400,000, the money Mr. Cassidy will be using to buy his daughter a house as a wedding present. George invites Tom into his office and tells Marion to bank the $400,000 until the following Monday. Marion asks George for permission to take the rest of the day off because of her supposed headache and goes on her way. While in her bedroom, Marion packs a suitcase and changes clothes. She so temptingly stares at the $400,000 and tries to restrain herself, but not for long, for, in one quick movement, she steals the $400,000 and heads out to her car. Seems as though that Marion is on her way to Fairvelle to see Sam. While at a red light, she notices George crossing in front of her. Unfortunately, he notices Marion, but Marion, as worried as she is about having being noticed, continues on her way. She drives into dusk until pulling over to sleep. The next morning, Marion is awakened by a suspicious cop. She nervously talks to the cop and goes on her way, as the cop follows her. She pulls into a dealership and requests to trade in her car for another. She makes her decision rather quickly and pays for it with her car, plus $4000. She drives on her through the morning, afternoon, and into dusk. Suddenly, it's starts to storm. She gets off a main road and finds The Bates Motel sitting quietly off the highway as if it were hidden from it. She gets out and sees nobody in the office. She looks up and finds a sinister looking house and notices, through a window, an elderly woman walking about. She beeps her car horn until someone comes running out. He finally comes to Marion's aide and takes her inside. The man who took Marion inside the office is NORMAN BATES (played Vince Vaughn), a seemingly-sweet young man, who owns both the house and motel. He checks Marion in to cabin No. 1 because 'it's closer in case you want anything'. Marion says she wants sleep more than anything, except maybe some food. Norman invites her to the house for some sandwiches. As he goes off to make the sandwiches, Marion hears a woman, viciously yelling at Norman. The woman is the elderly woman Marion saw and it turns out that the woman is Norman's mother. Norman yells back and comes back into Marion's room. The two have supper in Norman's polar, which is located in the back of the office. The polar is decorated with stuffed birds. Turns out that Norman's hobby is taxidermy. They have a brief conversation, leading to Marion wanting to get some sleep. She goes off into her cabin and gets ready to take a shower. She steps in and begins washing herself. While in the middle of her shower, the curtain opens to reveal a dark figure of an elderly woman. Marion turns around and screams in fright as she is murdered in cold blood. The woman disappears and Norman comes in to erase the crime. A week later, a young woman runs into Sam Loomis' store and demands to talk to Sam. Sam comes out and walks over to the young woman. The young woman is LILA CRANE (played by Julianne Moore), Marion's curious sister. She tells Sam what Marion had done the Friday before. As Sam and Lila are talking about it, a private investigator by the name of MILTON ARBOGAST (played by William H. Macy) comes in and begins talking to Sam and Lila about Marion. He goes off to investigate and comes across Norman and The Bates Motel. He questions Norman, but claims that Marion stayed overnight and left early the next morning. Arbogast then sees Norman's mother and asks to question her, but Norman refuses. Arbogast calls Lila and Sam, gives them the news and goes into the house to question Norman's mother, only to be killed by her. Lila and Sam have been waiting for Arbogast to return for three hours. Sam drives up there, but finds no Arbogast, but only Norman's mother. He drives back to Lila and they visit SHERIFF AL CHAMBERS. Al and his wife, ELIZA CHAMBERS listen to Lila and Sam's story of Marion's disappearance and of Arbogast's disappearance. Sam says that when he went up there, he too noticed Norman's mother. Both Al and Eliza make them aware of the death of Norman's mother that happened ten years earlier. Sam is certain of seeing Norman's mother in the house. The next morning, Lila and Sam drive up to the motel and decide to check in as man and wife, in order to search the motel. They are checked in by Norman. They settle in and begin searching Cabin No.1 and find that it was occupied by Marion. Sam tells Lila to take the job of questioning Mrs. Bates, while he distracts Norman. Lila enters Norman's fruitcellar, only to see that Mrs. Bates is dead, as the real killer is finally revealed. Watch this remake and be terrified of showers all over again.
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