spoiler includedalfred hitchcock brilliant and innovative adaptation of robert bloch novel be an amazing film and unlike anything previous . every shot and every camera angle and every nuance be perfect . he do not just break the rule and he make up a whole set of new one . here the spoiler represent there be absolutely nothing new and different and or original about this movie . gus van sant doesn not just pay a homage to hitch and he rip off every idea and and do so in a less original and more conventional manner . i do not have anything against gus van sant before i saw this movie . i like drugstore cowboy and i think my own private idaho be a very interesting film . the question burning in my mind when it come to the remake of psycho be and why do you do it and gus . in my mind and there be only two reason to do a remake represent 1 ) the original be a good story and but the movie suck . 2 ) the original be a good movie and but someone have think of a fresh and new approach to the material . neither one of these factor be at all present in the gu van sant version of psycho . apart from the fact that it be in color and and there be one scene in which there be a montage of disturb imagery relate to the title character possible inner dialogue ( which i find unnecessary ) and there be nothing new here . furthermore and i find the casting leave something to be desire . anne heche be okay a marion and but she lack a certain vulnerability that janet leigh portray in the original . i do not feel a sympathetic towards her character and because the choice she face seem far less constrain a a woman in today society and a oppose to the choice she would have face a a single woman living in the early 1960 . vince vaughn get a few laugh with his rendering of an incredibly naive norman bates and but i feel that anthony perkins time and nervous and haunted look be much more effectively creepy . the only performance that i enjoy good than the original be the character of lila crane and play by jullianne moore . she be excellent a usual and and bring a new strength and intelligence to the character . to be fair and there be some beautiful camera work and especially during the famous bathroom scene in which van sant take advantage of his use of color to show the murder in vibrant shade of crimson . and yet and during the whole film i have this irritating sense of deju vu . haven not i see this somewhere before . oh wait and i have see this somewhere before . nearly every scene seem to be copy shot for shot from the original . one almost get the feeling the director make this film a a school project . see and i can make a hitchcock film and too . if you haven not already and go see the original . it hold up over the year and and beat this bit of mediocrity and hand down . you would not be disappoint .