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Summary: Better than the original
Review: Boy this movie puts Hitchcock and Bloch to shame. Vince Vaughn's accurate portrayal of Norman Bates should garner oscar attention, some great ensemble acting by all.OK, if you've read this far, you don't get it do you? Say this aloud: Ess You Sea Kay Ess Now go look at another movie, will ya?
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Summary: Absolutely Horrible!!!!!!
Review: The 1960 version of Psycho is one of my favorite movies of all time, but this remake is pitiful. This was seriously one of the worst movies ever made. Vince Vaughn's acting was the worst acting that I have ever seen. He seemed like a little kid in 7th grade. That fake laugh of his was absolutley pathetic.
I hope that people in the film industry will learn from this and don't even try to remake the classics. ...
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Summary: Get the original
Review: I watched this re-make immediately after having seen the original and was very surprised and disappointed to see how EXACTLY alike the two are, and yet how horrible this version was compared to the original. Since I saw them back-to-back, I can point out the annoyances in great detail.
1. The casting is horrible. I hate the new Norman Bates; he is completely idiotic and unbeliavable. Julianne Moore is about the best this film has to offer and sadly, that isn't much because she is confined to using pretty much the EXACT SAME DIALOGUE almost word-for-word (I'm not kidding) as the original. Anne Heche is good in her role, too, but besides these 2 women, there isn't much here.
2. Because so little was changed from the original, it is completely unbelievable that the movie takes place in the supposed "1998" - 99% of the dialogue is exactly the same and some words and phrases that were accepted because the original was made in 1960 are not acceptable here because they told us it takes place in 1998.
3. The acting itself is both robotic to the original and annoying at the same time. Amazing how they were able to pull that off, but with the exact same script, I can see how it happened.
In short, this movie is definitely not worth seeing, if you are going to see the Psycho movies, begin with the original one made in 1960 and work your way up. This re-make is a waste of time. Which reminds me, even the run-times of the movies are almost identical; the same exact scenes happen at or around the same times on the clock counter on your DVD player.
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Summary: A so-so remake of a film classic
Review: Marion Crane (Anne Heche) steals $400,000 from her boss and flees from Phoenix, AZ, to California to meet with her boyfriend Sam Loomis (Viggo Mortensen). Along the way, a heavy rainstorm forces her to seek shelter at the Bates Motel, where she meets Norman Bates (Vince Vaughan), an odd fellow who enjoys stuffing birds, is very devoted to his mother, and hides a twisted little secret. Gus Van Zant's remake is only so-so at best. Most remakes try to update the film, adding new technology or bringing some of the themes up-to-date. Van Zant's remake is shot-for-shot with the only changes being that the film is entirely in color and that he's added a few non-sensical images to the murder sequences. With some of the scenes, the viewer can tell they were shot either in front of a green screen or in front of a movie background, making it appear very stagy and dated. Also, the color takes away some of the menace that is created in the original black-and-white. Most of the cast does an admirable job, including Anne Heche as Marion Crane, who portrays the nervousness and anxieties of her character extremely well. Vince Vaughan is miscast and over-the-top as Norman Bates, making him too menacing and too unsympathetic. The supporting cast is okay with Julianne Moore, William H. Macy and Viggo Morensen. One other good point of the film is Danny Elfman's presentation of the Bernard Hermann score. No changes to it, but it does prove how important music can be to setting the mood for a film, and that urgent violin strain in the shower sequence still causes chills. But overall, this movie remake is only so-so.
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Summary: WOOF!
Review: UGH...! Did a remake of the original horror/suspense classic have to be made? These are NOT even the original cast (although I understand that they'd be pretty old now considering the movie's 40 years old) Also, the acting was very cheesy, stupid, & crappy & Anthony Perkins is the ONLY TRUE Norman Bates instead of some other guy who doesn't even come close to fitting the picture. Another problem is that it's just not even scary WHATSOEVER! All they did is colorize it in order to give it a more 90s style look but the dialogue is all same ol' same ol' as the original "Psycho". Besides, people don't even talk that way anymore! Time has changed A LOT over the years yet they try & give it a 60s look. I know that some movies should be left alone while others sometimes REALLY need a remake. ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is an example because while the first version was good, the 2003 version actually turned out to be even better due to that the cript is NOT the same but still with some similarities) "PSYCHO" on the other hand did not need a remake at all! As another reviewer here stated, IT'S ALL BEEN DONE ALREADY!!!! Very crappy & just pathetic! Don't waste your time & get the original version of this instead!
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Summary: PSYCHO SOMATIC?
Review: Sure, it's not as good as the original. Vince Vaughn is not Anthony Perkins, and yes, he was probably miscast. Anne Heche fills Leigh's shoes okay; Viggo Mortensen is just like John Gavin in his somnolence; and Williah H. Macy digs in to Martin Balsam's role. Julianne Moore puts some unusual spunk in the "featured" role, and Van Sant did make it frame for frame. But still, the story and the production are still chilling and I'll still think of this every time I step into a shower. Better than the irreprehensible BLAIR WITCH PROJECT!!!
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Summary: How could they?!
Review: I don't understand this current trend of remaking old films. It is one thing to update an old Shakespeare play to modern times, but to remake a classic movie, seems sacrilege. I'm sure its worked at times, as I enjoyed the U.S remake of the Ring. It wasn't the best movie ever made but it added cultural relevance to the original movie. Since the original was made in Japan it related more to their culture and I feel they did a good job at interpreting it to be made in the U.S. The remakes of Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and (soon) Dawn of the Dead get it all wrong however. Usually there is a commercial intent involved, with throws a wrench in the already existing vision of the original film. They seem to select actors who do not match up to the original casting, like in this case Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. Someone like Crispin Glover (not that he would accept such a travesty) would have been a better choice. The "modern" touches to these films that are added seem even more dated than any timely references in the original films. These remakes have no soul, and are essentially worthless.
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Summary: This Film Makes Me Feel Good!
Review: This movie is great and strange! In the beginning there's a woman who is the main character. She steals very much money and drives to a motel. She's killed by the owner and he drives her car to the lake. He doesn't know about the money. The owner is the main character the rest of the film. All the other characters think that he has a mother but it can be seen that he has killed his mother and now he's both mother and son. He plays both roles. He kills people (or actually he in her mother's role)! There's much blood! Eventually he will be in prison...or will he...I think he didn't end up in prison...madhouse is a better place for that kind of person. This movie made me understand very much about myself.
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Summary: a poorly made scene by scene remake
Review: horrible remake and it goes frame by frame scene by scene like the original, its not a tribute at all. Vince Vaughn, im sorry, does not even close resemble what a great and powerful job Anthony Perkins did in the original. and the other cast like Viggo Mortensen, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy and Philip Baker Hall do annoyingly horrible. this one should of stayed dead
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Summary: put blood on the knife
Review: psycho is a great movie--both versions. people who complain about this version are being overly defensive. however, i don't care if this is a remake or not--they should put blood on a knife that stabbed someone!! not doing it is S-T-U-P-I-D!!!
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