tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post3942387661566420512..comments2024-03-27T17:57:27.840-04:00Comments on Final Girl: amazon one-star reviews: PSYCHO (1960)Stacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-13842121591867599972014-05-29T13:45:59.287-04:002014-05-29T13:45:59.287-04:00"Child's Play"? Really??? My eyes ..."Child's Play"? Really??? My eyes got the aids just from reading that.<br /><br />I guess Hitchcock really was the Uwe Boll of his generation.<br /><br />I also love the part where the 1-star reviewer feels the need to mention that he's really, really not interested in cross-dressing in prison. Methinks thou dost protest too much, oh dainty little one-star bee-yotch.vwstieberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395579204736233808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-14176079440189640162014-05-11T18:09:18.052-04:002014-05-11T18:09:18.052-04:00"i can name many way better ones like childs ..."i can name many way better ones like childs play"<br /><br />I know this film has its fans, but when it was the VERY FIRST thing to come to this reviewer's mind I just...man. I don't have the words.Dead In Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426312288937714574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-20161210782448425442014-05-10T21:51:40.266-04:002014-05-10T21:51:40.266-04:00Unless you're really not a fan of "old mo...Unless you're really not a fan of "old movies", I don't see how someone could say that any of the sequels are better than the original. Like you said, though, Part II is super terrific. I love it- it's waaaaay better than one would rationally expect. For all its faults, Part III is a lot of fun and I dig it. Heck, I just watched Part IV and was surprised to find it's not as bad as I remember. All in all a really solid series, which is surprising since the first film certainly didn't need any sequels.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-37002755430639142702014-05-10T20:06:27.362-04:002014-05-10T20:06:27.362-04:00We can now add 'liking Psycho' to the list...We can now add 'liking Psycho' to the list of ways you know whether or not you have aids. It ranks right up there with your hand being bigger than your face.<br /><br />As for the modern day horror fans not enjoying Psycho, I see your point. However, I do not understand film aficionados like Quentin Tarantino and Harry Knowles stating that "Psycho II" is much better than the original. That being said, "Psycho II" rocks as well as a sequel to one of the greatest movies ever made can. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548468568645800735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-91042491113992126712014-05-10T19:49:04.878-04:002014-05-10T19:49:04.878-04:00Watched an absolutely beautiful-looking transfer o...Watched an absolutely beautiful-looking transfer of 'Psycho' with my sister the other day; didn't know an old movie could look that good. (Also, she'd never seen it before).<br /><br />Long story short, she absolutely loved it! And she normally refuses to watch anything made before 1990 or so.<br /><br />I see Psycho as being sort of Pulp Fiction-esque, in that it basically breaks down into three or four extended vignettes: Marion Crane stealing the money, ending up at the Bates Motel, and being murdered; Norman covering it up, at which point our sympathies switch almost entirely over to him; Arbogast investigating Marion's disappearance; and, finally, Lila and Loomis following in his footsteps, confronting Norman, and uncovering the truth.<br /><br />It fools you a bit, because the main "chapters" are presented in a linear fashion (as opposed to movies like 'Pulp' that skip around in time), with each one very straightforwardly spinning off from the last. But I think part of what puzzles people about the film is that it essentially loses any semblance of a main character at about the halfway point, only following Norman, Arbogast, or Sam/Lila for relatively short periods of time.improperenglishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199044799477959589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-10674256346903907902014-05-10T14:27:19.493-04:002014-05-10T14:27:19.493-04:00My thinking is that Psycho is on the line between ...My thinking is that Psycho is on the line between movies like Pacific Heights, Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Fatal Attraction, House of Sand and Fog and movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Motel Hell, Halloween and Friday the 13th.<br /><br />Now, for me that's no problem, I go into Hitchcock usually expecting more subtle horror like in a Rope, Rear Window, or Shadow of a Doubt. However, nowadays those would likely be placed in the "suspense thriller" genre. Psycho doesn't quite fit in that genre, too much overt horror, but long stretches of the movie are like that.<br /><br />But for me the best part was when the reviewer mentioned AIDS.vampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660319794133128873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-571797611967336382014-05-10T13:53:39.759-04:002014-05-10T13:53:39.759-04:00I can totally see how genre fans who prefer modern...I can totally see how genre fans who prefer modern day gore-n-fast action flicks would HATE <i>Psycho</i> and wonder why it's considered a classic. Marion Crane isn't killed until about 50 minutes in, whereas for the past thirty+ years of slashers if there's not a death in the first ten minutes (and one every ten minutes after that) it's considered lame.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-36831137747591407972014-05-10T13:38:25.926-04:002014-05-10T13:38:25.926-04:00That one-star review is...something! It exists.
W...That one-star review is...something! It exists.<br />When I wrote about "Psycho" on my blog, I was surprised how many people really dislike it. I loved it but I think a lot of people can't deal with how different it is from slashers made in the 80s and 90s. Maybe I was prepared for it because I saw "Peeping Tom" before I saw "Psycho?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-11385818308503327232014-05-10T13:30:36.376-04:002014-05-10T13:30:36.376-04:00I used to be a Morman. I even went on a two year m...I used to be a Morman. I even went on a two year mission when I was 19. Morman missionaries always come in twos. One time my missionary partner and I knocked on an old lady's door. When she answered she asked us if we were the "JeNovas". My partner responded, "No... We're the Normans"<br /><br />Now, either she was scared half to death because she thought she had just opened the door to a couple of Bateses, or she was just really annoyed. Either way, she slammed the door.Miskatonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458189434988263478noreply@blogger.com