A remake thats exactly the same as the original

As the psychiatrist says at the end of the first Psycho(but not the second, half of his lines were cut)....

"YES..and NO!"

On balance and for the most part, Gus Van Sant kept every scene and every shot and every line intact from the original.

Except where he didn't. Which was a LOT.

Consider: Van Sant removed ONE ENTIRE SCENE from the original: Sam and Lila meeting on the steps of the Fairvale Church with Sheriff chambers and his wife. (Why cut this? Did Van Sant think it was an unnecessary scene? Untrue.)

Consider: Because over the years the "shrink scene" at the end was considered too long and boring by some critics and internet fans...Van Sant had actor Robert Forster deliver the entire speech and -- then cut it in half in editing.

Consider: Van Sant CUT a lot of lines from the original, in just about every scene.

And he CHANGED this line:

ORIGINAL: Detective Arbogast: If it doesn't jell, it isn't aspic, and this ain't jelling.

REMAKE: If it doesn't jell, it isn't jello...and this aint jelling.

And:

Additional shots during the Arbogast murder:

A blindfolded woman in a bra, on a bed.

A calf in the middle of the road seen through a rainy windshield.

A long look at the shadowy face of Mother coming down the stairs.

Plus Arbogast gets slashed three times, not just once.

And so on and so forth.

Overall, Van Sant's Psycho DOES keep a LOT more of the original script and shots than most remakes do. But he cannot say it was EXACTLY the same. At all.

And it seems like everybody missed the biggest insult: he changed the HOUSE. Arguably the most famous house in the history of movies and he brought in a NEW version. Its like putting a giant bowling ball out in a field and calling it"The Washington Monument."