Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

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Originally Posted by ElvisForever

Not to start a war but what is cool about it?

So many shots were changed, the story was changed, the inflections was changed, and the acting was terrible. I went with an open mind, and I came out just bewildered how so many great things in the original could turn out so bad, I will never know. It takes away so much and adds nothing.

When "Norman" was getting "relief", i thought, what nimrod would watch some girl that pops in out of nowhere. Probably the first person he has seen in weeks (months?), much less someone that actually looked good, and then you have an eppileptic fit spoiling what you see? The voyeur is one who can't complete. Vaughn honestly looked like someone that just hates, nitnone that is "ashamed" and turns.

Anway, sorry for that, and not to crap on what you like, but there are so many parts that just come out bad. To me it wasn't an interesting experiment, it was a failure of an experiment. It was also one that didn't stick to the goal. The worst offender was the parlor scene. Vaughn just did not have it. If you have not seen the original at least 20 times, than in the words of Tarantino what comes out as a comparison is gibberish.

Ok done. I like the psychiatrist scene and think that it is essential to the movie, so what do I know.

A failure yes -- but definitely interesting. Not necessarily a film I'd want to revisit again, personally.