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This proves that you can do a shot for shot remake of a classic and produce a piece of sh-t because what made the original so good was the performances and direction.
Pathetic!
Posted By: evil_ash86 at 12:56am, October 17, 2009
you call this a remake? it's more of a duplicate! it's the same exact thing, same story, same acting, some murder scenes and body count and same dialouge. the only difference is that it's in colour and has a different cast.
i think Gus Van Sant only did this was so that there would be a colour version. well, if that's the case, then why not just re-release the movie in coulour.
Come on guys. This movie isn't THAT bad. i mean sure, it's not as good as the original, but that's because no one can make remake as good. At least they didn't completely change and ruin the story (ex. house on haunted hill), although i do agree about some other acting seeming a little forced.
i actually thought this movie was fairly decent. it was meant to be a shot for shot remake of the original and all things considered it was good!
trivia
anne heches buttons in the scene before the shower match the curtain
there are several gay references in this movie which i felt were well placed
i wonder if anne heche had an trouble with the straight love scenes considering that she was in a relationship with ellen degeneres at the time...
A weak film to say the least. Vaughn can't touch Anthony Perkins performance as Norman Bates. If they wanted to do something fun with this, they should release the original in color. They could make some very slight touch-ups with the kill scenes. Since the blood was done with chocolate syrup in the original, they could go back & change the color to red. I think the original would be fantastic in color. Give the detective a visual stab wound as he's falling backwards. That always bothered me. You see the blood on his face, but his shirt is clean with no stab wound. I think it would be great!!! Pass on this one & watch the original!!!
i think this should have been remade but with new kills and scenes this is just shit and complete of it if they wanted to make a shot for shot remake then leave the original alone its a good thing they kept the music but COME ON!
Awesome poster. Putrid movie. Inexplicably, Gus Van Sant honed his talents in on making a shot-for-shot remake of an undisputed classic. Vince Vaughn is miscast, Anne Heche is miscast, Julianne Moore is miscast, Viggo Mortensen is miscast... the whole film is miscast. There is no point to this film. It's dubbed as a shot-for-shot remake, yet Van Sant interjects some odd imagery in some scenes that defeats the whole promise of the film--which was questionable to begin with. The scene where Norman watches Marion undress and jump in the shower is taken to a vile low in this one. When folks--including myself--get worked-up over Hollywood re-visiting DAWN OF THE DEAD, TEXAS CHAINSAW, HALLOWEEN, and FRIDAY THE 13TH... i always remember that the worst has already been perpetrated with the existence of this movie. Complete crap.
Posted By: TheBurning at 2:54pm, February 15, 2009
Gay Van Sant ruined this movie. It should've never been remade. It was just like the original with a few homosexual images added into this peice of crap movie. Showing Viggo Mortensen's ass. What was the point of that.
Although this movie isn't as bad as the rating I gave it, I rated it so low, because Gus Van Sant failed to add anything to one of the greatest movies ever made. He basically did a frame by frame reshoot of Alfred Hitchcocks masterpiece. I believe that was his goal, but that leaves me asking the question, then whats the point? Also as much as I like many of the actors in this movie, they all seemed to be trying to hard to emulate the original actors to much. Because of this the lines often seem unnatural or poorly delivered. If you've never seen Psycho do yourself a favor and just stick with Alfred Hitchcock's original.
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