Psycho

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Summary: I hate to say it, but the movie was better.
Review: The cliche that "the book was better" doesn't always hold true. Even while maintaining that almost all of the important elements in the movie Psycho are found in the book, all the changes made for the movie are changes for the better. The film was right to start with Marion (Mary) instead of Norman. Anthony Perkins is more engaging that the fat, middle-aged Norman we are presented with in the book. And none of the horrific stuff is the same without Hitchcock's masterful direction and Bernard Herman's unforgettable score. But still, it is a great book and well worth the read - even if you have seen the movie first.

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Summary: Awsome book!!!!
Review: This is a really cool book about a crazy gut who thinks he is his dead mother some times. It's a cool book. Shower seanne is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Bates is open for buissness
Review: This was an interesting piece of late 50s pulp fiction that is not bad, and ordinarily would not have been really remarkable, except it was the basis for one of the greatest horror movies of all time. I know what you are thinking; but this is Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"! Well, no it isn't. It is Robert Bloch's novel. The plot is the same as the movie; Marian Crane steals money from her boss, and runs away to be with her boyfriend. She ends up in a small rundown motel run by shy but odd Norman Bates (who is described as fat with glasses here). Well, the rest is history. The book is a little different in the level of violence that was in the book that was missing in the movie, and I thought that was pretty cool. The problem is that almost everyone in the world has seen the movie, so the end is kind of ruined. But it dose offer a little more insight into Norman; he likes books on voodo and hypnotism, as well as adult magazeens. He is a lot less sympathetic here than he was in the movie, but that is ok. It is a fast read, and it offers a little more insight into the movie.

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Summary: Probably more like 4 and 1/2
Review: Yes we all know that the book is not the same as the movie, yes Alfred Hitchcock was a wonderful and masterful director, and no the book isn't better then the movie. Admittedly so I did see the movie dozens of times before reading the book, and yes I think the book is great but the only reason why it is not better is because it does move a bit fast, if you ask me the best story would be a combo of both movie and the book, because the movie had such wonderful memorable lines where the book was more of a narrative, but the in depth look into the psyche of the psycho is portrayed so much better in the book, all in all both are wonderful and the book is a must read.

On one final note when they did the remake I was so upset that they remade the movie word for word that was ludicrous they should have made the remake a combination of the movie and the book throwing in all the missing pieces the book brings in, and still keeping all of the extra's that the movie added