tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post3630981285402190199..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: HITCHCOCK DAY: A TALE OF TWO PSYCHOSTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-81976913088289796362012-12-01T21:12:48.645-06:002012-12-01T21:12:48.645-06:00Boys, boys, I've only just finally worked up t...Boys, boys, I've only just finally worked up the courage after seven and a half years of blogging to review my first Hitchcock. I need to bask in that for a while before I start thinking sequel.<br /><br />Rick- My positive feelings to film are almost entirely abstract, and that extends to the costuming too: not "that is a dress which implies X", but "that is ORANGE".<br /><br />But I adore the hell out of Gerry, so de gustibus non est disputandum, I guess.<br /><br />I do not know that I would go so far as to say that I take it "seriously". It's weird. It strikes me as a highly experimental film that just <i>happens</i> to act exactly like one of the rock-solid classics of narrative cinemaTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-1216013502503819422012-12-01T19:35:57.356-06:002012-12-01T19:35:57.356-06:00Huh. Well, we certainly don't see eye to eye o...Huh. Well, we certainly don't see eye to eye on the remake of "Psycho". But then, I seem to be tone deaf to Van Sant's experiments. "Gerry" seemed to actively trying to piss off the audience. At least, that was my reaction to it.<br /><br />I'm surprised you reacted positively to the costuming, which was one of the aspects that actively irritated while I was in the theater watching it. Every character in the movie apparently shops at the same trendy thrift shop. From Marion's collection of polyester dresses to the used car salesman's nylon shirt. It was just another layer of stylistic weirdness that pushed me out of taking the project seriously in any way.RickRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060339578835099120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-10188018591094869492012-12-01T18:09:45.125-06:002012-12-01T18:09:45.125-06:00Count me as another who would love to hear your ta...Count me as another who would love to hear your take on Psycho II.<br /><br />Michael - Psycho III and IV aren't terrible films. They are by no means great, but they're very entertaining.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107667687751077093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-10607115971027072512012-12-01T17:49:35.199-06:002012-12-01T17:49:35.199-06:00Van Sant has actually, if IMDB is to be trusted, s...Van Sant has actually, if IMDB is to be trusted, said that he wanted to remake Psycho himself "so no-one else would", which leads me to assume that he intended the project to prove how redundant the act of remaking Psycho was - but of course, I haven't seen it, and a single soundbite is probably not enough to jump to that conclusion.<br /><br />Seconding the call that I'd love to hear your thoughts on Psycho II, as well.Chris Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07633087241215626035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-454713487947734942012-12-01T16:14:12.508-06:002012-12-01T16:14:12.508-06:00I would LOVE to see you take on Psycho II. By all ...I would LOVE to see you take on Psycho II. By all accounts, the rest of the sequels are terrible (I haven't seen them), but Psycho II is actually a really smart thriller that plays on the viewer's knowledge of the original in some very clever ways. I can't say in good conscience that it's "better" than Psycho, but I kind of enjoy watching it more, and I might even venture to say that Perkins is better in the sequel than in the original.Michael James Robersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222509781144948257noreply@blogger.com