REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER (2024) – Second Part of Zack Snyder’s STAR WARS Knock-off A Notch Below Part One

I enjoyed last year’s REBEL MOON- PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE (2023) more than most other folks did.

I certainly didn’t love it, but Zack Snyder’s STAR WARS knock-off which was heavily derivative of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) wasn’t the disaster it could have been. It was generally entertaining, and as a Netflix original, the price was right as I didn’t have to pay for a movie ticket to see it. Its biggest drawback was it ended smack dab in the middle of its story. Sure, with Part One in its title, that was kinda expected, but to end the story before the hired group of assassins get to defend the peaceful farmers from the military threat at its doorstep was a definitely a downer.

Now comes Part Two, which like Part One, suffers from the get-go with a ridiculous title, as this time it’s REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER (2024). Not only is it a mouthful, but what the heck is a scargiver? I don’t know about you, but the first word I thought of upon seeing scargiver was caregiver. Not exactly an image that makes me want to run out and see this one. I mean, Scaregiver sounds better than Caregiver. Anyway, it’s neither of these. It’s Scargiver, which sounds like Cargiver which sounds like a Publishers Clearing House contest. See how much of a distraction this title is?

Anyway, REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER suffers from the same problem the first film did, only in reverse, as this one starts up smack dab in the middle of the story, which could be a good thing, but unfortunately in this movie it isn’t, and that’s because without a solid build up (for that, you have to watch the first movie) this one opens in lethargic fashion.

We get a brief “previously on REBEL MOON PART ONE” summary at the outset, which works well for TV shows but not so much for feature length movies. Why is that? For starters, movies, regardless of Part One or Part Two or even Part Nine in a title, should be standalone stories. If they’re not, they suffer. That’s the secret to good movie making. You want your movie to stand on its own, regardless of where it may be in a series.

So, we get a few brief seconds of backstory before we see our heroes return to their farm planet, or farm moon, as the case is here, to celebrate their victory over the evil Realm. There’s main character Kora (Sofia Boutella) a stranger to the moon who adopted the people there as her own, and she’s the one who led the mission to assemble the hired soldiers they would need to defend themselves in the first movie. She’s also mysterious, with more back story than ten characters, as she is the titular Scargiver, based on a crime she committed in the past.

There’s Gunnar (Micheil Huisman), the leader of the farmers who’s also in love with Kora, and then there’s the hired killers they assembled for protection: Titus (Djimon Hounsou), Nemesis (Bae Doona), Tarak (Staz Nair) and Milius (Elise Duffy). The celebration is short-lived when they learn that the evil villain they thought they killed at the end of the first movie, Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) has been brought back to life by the dastardly Realm, and he’s once more bringing his deadly forces with him to wipe out the rebel moon. In fact, the bad guys will arrive in five days!

Which gives our heroes five days to train the peaceful farmers and turn them into fighters to protect their homeland, in scenes which will finally make good on THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (and before that THE SEVEN SAMURAI) storylines. Once the training is done, the bad guys arrive, and the big battle for moon supremacy is finally waged, taking up the entire second half of the movie. And all of this sounds better than it actually is.

I enjoyed REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER a little less than Part One. One reason is the characters were more interesting in the first movie when we first got to know them. Here, they’re less so, as they train the farmers and then fight. Also, the main relationship between Kora and Gunnar isn’t all that interesting, mostly because Sofia Boutella and Michiel Huisman don’t generate a lot of onscreen chemistry together.

I was also less impressed with the cinematography this time around. In part one, Zack Snyder framed some cinematic shots which were grand in nature. There are still some shots like that here in part two, but fewer. The action scenes are also less exciting than the ones in the first movie. Part of this, I can’t help but feel, is by splitting this movie into two parts, you don’t get the benefit of a building storyline. Had this been one movie, the climactic battle sequences here would have been supported by the previous scenes, and this climax would have been more exciting. It’s not so here, mostly because before the climactic battle, there’s just the training-the-farmers scenes. The pacing and build up just don’t work.

Sofia Boutella is okay here as Kora, and while we do get a couple of more reveals about her character, most of her back story came in the first movie, and so she comes off as a much more superficial character this time around. Why does this matter? For starters, it’s not like REBEL MOON PART ONE is etched in our collective consciousnesses, so if this film doesn’t give us the necessary information, we have to go back to the first film for that, and that’s just not good storytelling.

The same can be said for Michiel Huisman as Gunnar. However, and this is a good thing, the opposite is true for Djimon Hounsou as Titus. Hounsou was barely in the first movie, but here, we finally get to see him do more as Titus, and as always, Hounsou doesn’t disappoint.

But he’s about the only one of our heroes who doesn’t. The rest only enjoy small moments and don’t really get to strut their stuff. Even Ed Skrein, who returns as the ultra-villainous Atticus Noble, is less effective this time around, mostly because our heroes already killed him once in the first movie. There’s no doubting that they could do it once again.

And Anthony Hopkins once again provides the voice for the mysterious robot with the unfortunate name of Jimmy. At least in this second installment Kora starts calling him James, which is somewhat better. And just who is this shadowy droid who was trained to protect the now dead king and is troubled about his mission to serve and protect humanity? Why, it’s the noble robot named— Jimmy.

And look over there! It’s his cousin, the mighty droid —Timmy.

Anyway, I digress.

The screenplay by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten is okay. It does a serviceable job telling its story but puts little effort into establishing the characters since the thinking seems to be that they were introduced in the first movie so why bother here? The dialogue was also better in the first installment. I just found the entirety of Part Two to be much more of a bore compared to Part One.

And the fight and battle scenes are all pretty standard, which is to say, they’re not bad. They’re not endless redundant scenes of carnage. At least the editing here was good, but these sequences aren’t breathtaking either.

Overall, I enjoyed REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER somewhat less than part one. I still think these films are entertaining enough to be enjoyed, and it’s fun to watch a space saga that isn’t STAR WARS! That being said, I can’t say that I’m excited about the next installment, as this one ends with our heroes discovering that there is yet another job for them to tackle, and they’ll tackle it together! So, it looks like there will be a REBEL MOON PART THREE, no doubt with yet another mouthful of a ridiculous title.

But back to PART TWO, I give this insallment two stars.

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RATING SYSTEM

Four stars – Perfect, Top of the line

Three and a half stars- Excellent

Three stars – Very Good

Two and a half stars – Good

Two Stars – Fair

One and a half stars – Pretty Weak

One star- Poor

Zero stars – Awful

REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE (2023) – Zach Snyder’s Star Wars Knock Off in Spite of Ridiculous Title Fairly Engrossing

I’m not a big fan of Zach Snyder’s work.

That’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed some of his movies. I liked WATCHMEN (2009) and the bizarre but visually striking actioner SUCKER PUNCH (2011). MAN OF STEEL (2013) was okay, but I did not like the over-indulgent BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016) or JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017).

All this being said, the trailer for his latest movie, REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE (2023), made it look fairly interesting and a heck of a lot better than the god-awful trailer for James Wan’s Aquaman sequel AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM (2023), which made me not want to see it at all. At least not at a movie theater where it opened this weekend. The dialogue in the AQUAMAN trailer alone was so trite and cliche it nearly induced nausea. I’ve also had my fill of superhero movies. Unless they look exceptional, I’ll be taking a pass.

Speaking of movie theaters, REBEL MOON is also a Netflix original, meaning during this very busy and expensive time of year known as the Christmas season, I could watch the movie from the comfort of my home and save some money in the process, which is what I did, choosing to watch REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE, in spite of its long and ridiculous title, instead of trekking to the theater to see AQUAMAN 2.

REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE was originally pitched by Zach Snyder to George Lucas to be part of the STAR WARS franchise. Snyder wanted to make an R-rated STAR WARS movie. The project was never greenlighted, and I can’t imagine Disney/Star Wars folks were all too keen about an R-rated installment. The story here in REBEL MOON has R rating written all over it, yet ironically, strangely, and sadly, the film is rated PG-13, which works against the movie since there are some dark things happening in this story, but they’re all watered down.

It’s the story of yet another group of rebels taking on a much more powerful empire led by bullies and wannabe dictators. I’m actually glad this wasn’t a STAR WARS movie, because the STAR WARS universe tends to repeat this same story over and over again, the little guy vs. the all-powerful empire. It’s been done to death.

Still, David vs. Goliath stories on their own are usually fun. I mean, who doesn’t want to root for the little guy who is fighting for justice and survival?

Here, as the movie’s title suggests, it’s a peaceful farming community on a moon that is threatened by the all-powerful militant empire who arrive and in a scene which could have been lifted from the Negan days of THE WALKING DEAD (2010-2022) promptly land on the moon, murder the farmers’ leader in public, and announce that they will be back in a few months to collect all their harvest; in short, they’re taking everything. The evil leader, Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) looks and acts like he’s a Nazi from outer space. He’s sufficiently icy cold and villainous and channels a Cillian Murphy vibe throughout, especially if you’ve seen Murphy in PEAKY BLINDERS (2013-2022).

The dastardly Noble leaves a small force of evil soldiers behind to keep the farmers in line, and they promptly get busy in the pillaging and raping department, but before they can get very far, a young woman Kora (Sofia Boutella) steps up and single-handedly takes out the militant bad guys. It turns out, that Kora used to be a soldier of high rank, even becoming the personal protector of the young princess, but she became disillusioned with the evil empire and deserted their ranks, settling in with the moon’s farming community to start a new life.

Kora tells the farmers that their only chance of escaping the empire is for them to fight, and to fight, they will need an army, or at least some warriors. So, she and fellow farmer Gunnar (Michiel Huisman) set out to find some. With the help of an opportunistic pilot named Kai (Charlie Hunnam) they travel around space assembling their team of warriors who hate the empire, a team of folks with such names as Tarak (Staz Nair), Nemesis (Bae Doona), Bloodaxe (Ray Fisher), and General Titus (Djimon Hounsou).

Hmm, a group of a warriors who assemble to protect a peaceful group of farmers from a band of outlaws? If this sounds to you like the plot of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) (2016), you’re right! Snyder said this story was influenced by SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) which was the source material on which THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN was based.

Which brings me to one of the biggest flaws of REBEL MOON. Now, with PART ONE in its title, this shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, but still… imagine if you will, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN with its story of the seven training and protecting the farmers, and then the much-anticipated confrontation with the bad guys where the seven and the farmers make their stand… never happens, because you have to wait until part two! I don’t think you’d have much of a movie.

Well, that’s kinda what happens here. Oh, there’s a confrontation all right, but it happens before the assembled warriors get to the moon. One of the characters afterwards even says, “Gee, it’s too bad we didn’t get to fight for the farmers.”

You think?

I expected the PART ONE in the title to be a problem, but not like this! You’re going to have to wait until PART TWO to see THAT part of the story, I guess.

Anyway, believe it or not, REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE really wasn’t all that bad. Its story, in spite of the aforementioned flaw, generally entertains, especially during the first half. The movie has a strong start, and the early scenes when the militants first descend upon the farming community are intense. These are the sequences that would have been even better had this been an R-rated movie, as it would have better set the stage for the second half of the film.

The second half isn’t as good, as its mix of STAR WARS tropes with THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN storyline is mediocre and then suffers a huge blow when the movie ends before these warriors even get to defend the people they set out to protect.

The visuals are also really good. Zach Snyder’s space/fantasy cinematography is pretty darn good. There are some visually stunning shots, and the battle action is all expertly handled, and while it’s certainly not brief, the action doesn’t go on forever either.

The cast is really good. Sofia Boutella makes for an intriguing lead with her performance as Kora, the woman who knows firsthand the true evil of what they are facing. She’s also convincing as a kick ass warrior. While Boutella had the misfortune of playing the female mummy in the deplorable Tom Cruise movie THE MUMMY (2017), she also starred in ATOMIC BLONDE (2017) and HOTEL ARTEMIS (2018) where she fared much better.

I like Michiel Huisman a lot. He gave excellent performances in the underrated horror movie THE INVITATION (2015) and on the Netflix TV show THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018). Here, he makes for a believable and sincere green farmer Gunnar.

As I said, Ed Skrein makes for a despicable villain as Atticus Noble. He’s chilling throughout, even as he plays a character who is nothing more than a cliched World War II Nazi villain placed in an outer space adventure.

Charlie Hunnam is fun as the self-serving space pilot Kai. While Hunnam has been respectable in a number of movies, my favorite Hunnam role remains motorcycle gang member Jax Teller on the TV series SONS OF ANARCHY (2008-2014).

Sadly, Djimon Hounsou is largely wasted as General Titus, as he gets very little screen time. In fact, none of the “warriors” in this one ever really get to do much. They each have an introduction sequence, but that’s about it. And in the most ridiculous piece of casting, Anthony Hopkins voices a droid. What makes this so ridiculous is the droid’s name is… Jimmy. So, in the end credits, we get to see: And Anthony Hopkins as the voice of “Jimmy.” Why stop there? Let’s go with Ian McKellen as the voice of “Billy.” And Patrick Stewart as “Bob.”

The screenplay by Zach Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten is okay. The dialogue throughout isn’t bad, and the characters in spite of being generic STAR WARS wannabes, are fairly interesting. Likewise, while the story is nothing new, its David vs. Goliath plot is generally captivating. The weakest part of the screenplay, as one would expect by the movie’s title, is that it ends halfway through the story.

That being said, REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE could have been a heck of a lot worse. In terms of STAR WARS movies, I liked it better than SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) but not as much as ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016).

And better yet, it didn’t make me regret my decision not to go see AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM.

As such, I give REBEL MOON: PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE two and a half stars.

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RATING SYSTEM

Four stars – Perfect, Top of the line

Three and a half stars- Excellent

Three stars – Very Good

Two and a half stars – Good

Two Stars – Fair

One and a half stars – Pretty Weak

One star- Poor

Zero stars – Awful

THOR: RAGNAROK (2017) – Colorful Superhero Adventure is the Best of the Thor Movies

It’s no secret that I love the Marvel superhero movies.

And while I have enjoyed the THOR movies, I’ve preferred the IRON MAN and CAPTAIN AMERICA films.  They’ve had more life, and I just haven’t been a fan of the THOR plots which have taken place in the doom and gloom of Asgard, Thor’s home world.

Until now.

THOR: RAGNAROK (2017) sheds its seriousness within its first few seconds, and immediately becomes as playful and humorous as a GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY movie.

A lot happens in THOR: RAGNAROK, so the less said about the plot the better.  The very evil Hela (Cate Blanchett), the first-born of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), which makes her Thor’s older sister, sets her sights on conquering Asgard in order to make it her own, and it’s up to Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to stop her.  But this is a fight that Thor cannot win alone, and so he enlists the aid of the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), the warrior Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Heimdall (Idris Elba), his estranged oftentimes evil brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), and even Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch).

The result is an action-packed often hilarious adventure that entertains from start to finish.

The best part of THOR: RAGNAROK is its lively script by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost.  Evidently, the writers were influenced and inspired by the John Carpenter action comedy BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986), a flick that is not among my favorite Carpenter movies, as it’s downright silly at times, but that being said it’s still colorful and entertaining, and it stars Kurt Russell.

Now, I can easily see this influence.  In fact, even before I knew of this connection, while watching the movie, I felt that this THOR film was playing out as if it had been directed by John Carpenter.  And Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in this film reminded me of Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton character in BIG TROUBLE, from the over-the-top dialogue like “because this is what heroes do,” to the moments where the bravado and boasts come back to hit our hero in the face.  In short, it’s fun to see Thor not take himself too seriously.

The dialogue is fun throughout, the situations exciting and comical, and the characters are all well-written and fleshed out.

Also, like most Marvel superhero movies, THOR: RAGNAROK boasts a cast that has no business being in a superhero movie.  The combination of superior acting and strong writing creates both lively characters and compelling situations.

Chris Hemsworth can pretty much play Thor in his sleep these days.  He owns the role. And while previous THOR films haven’t been among my favorite Marvel movies, it’s not because of Hemsworth.  He’s always been excellent as Thor.  And he’s just as good if not better here.  He dials things up a few notches on the humor meter, which isn’t completely surprising, since he’s always given Thor humorous moments. Not only is he funny here, but he’s completely believable as a hero strong enough to tangle with the Hulk.

Speaking of the Hulk, the giant green guy is the “guest Avenger” in this film, and Mark Ruffalo is back once again playing the character.  This time around we see more of the Hulk and much less of his alter ego, Bruce Banner. This is also the first time that Ruffalo is voicing the Hulk.  In previous movies, it’s been Hulk veteran Lou Ferrigno providing the voice.  Ruffalo does just fine, and I actually preferred his voice this time around.

As I said, Tom Hiddleston is back as Loki, Thor’s villainous brother who continually shows up in these Marvel movies like a bad penny.  Now, I’ve never been a fan of Loki in these movies, so it’s saying something about THOR: RAGNAROK that this is the first time I’ve really enjoyed Loki.  Hiddleston seems to be having a good time playing him, and we get to see Loki taking stock of his character, as he joins forces with his brother to take on his evil sister.  It’s fun to see Loki fight for the common good while still not shedding his darker side.

Cate Blanchett is icy cold as Hela.  She’s the first major female villain to appear in one of these Marvel superhero films, and that’s long overdue.  In general, the Marvel movies tend to stumble with their villains, who are usually the weak link in the stories.  Not so here. Blanchett’s Hela is a formidable foe for Thor and friends, and she’s both sexy and evil when she’s on screen.

Even better than Blanchett is Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie.  Her tough warrior heroine would give Wonder Woman a run for her money.  She was one of my favorite characters in the movie.

Jeff Goldblum chews up the scenery in a scene-stealing performance as the Grandmaster, and his arena of death is right out of a John Carpenter movie.  I half-expected to see Snake Plissken show up.

It was good to see Idris Elba get more significant screen time as Heimdall, and Karl Urban also provides solid support as Skurge, a character who finds himself drafted by Hela to be her local enforcer.

I could keep going, as there are still more solid supporting players here, including Anthony Hopkins as Thor’s father Odin, who’s more enjoyable here in his brief screen time than he was in the previous two movies, and Benedict Cumberbatch, who’s on hand briefly as Doctor Strange.

Director Taika Waititi has made a colorful, action-packed superhero tale which fits in perfectly with the Marvel universe.  It’s closer in tone to a GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY movie than a THOR movie, but that’s okay.  From its opening scene where Thor battles a giant villain and things don’t go as planned, to Thor’s first meeting with the Hulk and their subsequent banter, it gets the humor right.

The action sequences also do not disappoint.  The battle in the Grandmaster’s arena is a good one, as is the climactic showdown with Hela.

For most of the movie Thor is without his hammer, and he sees this as a disadvantage, and he questions his strength without it, but his father Odin tells him otherwise, which provides Thor with a telling and powerful moment later in the film.

But other than this, there’s not a lot of seriousness here. THOR: RAGNAROK is all fun and games, and this is a good thing.  It’s the perfect Marvel vehicle.

It’s easily the best of the THOR movies.

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MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES: PSYCHO (1960)

Anthony Perkins has some things to say as Norman Bates in PSYCHO (1960)

MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES:  PSYCHO (1960)

By

Michael Arruda

“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”

 

So says Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in PSYCHO (1960), Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece shocker, the film that changed the way people take showers.

Welcome to another edition of MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES, the column where we look at memorable quotes from the movies.  Today we look at PSYCHO, the classic thriller starring Anthony Perkins as everybody’s favorite cross-dresser and knife-wielding maniac, Norman Bates.  The film also stars Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and John Gavin.

There are a lot of neat quotes in this movie, most of them coming from Perkins’ Bates.  So here are some of the better ones for your reading pleasure, quotes from PSYCHO, screenplay by Joseph Stefano, based on the book of the same name by Robert Bloch.

Some of my favorite exchanges are between Anthony Perkins’ Norman Bates and Janet Leigh’s Marion Crane, after she makes the fateful decision to stop and spend the night at the Bates Motel.  Speaking of which, she should have known immediately that the place was trouble, as soon as she asked Norman her initial question.

MARION CRANE:  Do you have any vacancies?

NORMAN BATES:  Oh, we have twelve vacancies. Twelve cabins, Twelve vacancies.

 Run for the hills!  Run for the hills!

But alas, Marion doesn’t run away.  She spends the night.  Her last night alive, as it turns out.

But before she takes that fateful shower, she accepts Norman’s invitation to join him in his office for a small simple dinner.

NORMAN:  You eat like a bird.

MARION (looks at the stuffed birds in the room):  And you’d know, of course.

NORMAN:  No, not really. Anyway, I hear the expression ‘eats like a bird’ is really a fals-fals-falsity. Because birds really eat a tremendous lot. But  I don’t really know anything about birds. My hobby is stuffing things. You know – taxidermy.

Run for the hills!  Run for the hills!

Just before this dinner get-together, Marion overhears an argument between Norman and his mother up at the main house.

MOTHER:  No! I tell you no! I won’t have you bringing some young girl in for supper! By candlelight, I suppose, in the cheap, erotic fashion of young men with cheap, erotic minds!

NORMAN:  Mother, please…!

MOTHER:  And then what? After supper? Music? Whispers?

NORMAN:  Mother, she’s just a stranger. She’s hungry, and it’s raining out!

MOTHER:  Mother, she’s just a stranger! As if men don’t desire strangers! As if… ohh, I refuse to speak of disgusting things, because they disgust me! You understand, boy? Go on, go tell her she’ll not be appeasing her ugly appetite with my food… or my son! Or do I have tell her because you don’t have the guts! Huh, boy? You have the guts, boy?

NORMAN:  Shut up! Shut up!

And then later at dinner, Norman tries to explain his mother’s behavior to Marion.

NORMAN:  It’s not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven’t you?

Run for the hills!  Run for the hills!

Some of the more intriguing exchanges occur when Marion’s boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin) and sister Lila (Vera Miles) talk to Sheriff Chambers, as they investigate Marion’s disappearance.

SHERIFF:  Your detective told you he couldn’t come right back because he was going to question Norman Bates’ mother. Right?

LILA:  Yes.

SHERIFF:  Norman Bates’ mother has been dead and buried in Greenlawn Cenetery for the past ten years!

SAM:  You mean the old woman I saw tonight wasn’t Bates’ mother?

SHERIFF:  Now wait a minute, Sam, are you sure you saw an old woman?

SAM:   Yes! In the house behind the motel! I called and I pounded, but she just ignored me!

SHERIFF:   You mean to tell me you saw Norman Bates’ mother?

LILA:  It had to be, because Arbogast said so too. And the young man wouldn’t let him see her because she was too ill.

SHERIFF:  Well, if the woman up there is Mrs. Bates… who’s that woman buried out in Greenlawn Cemetery?

Who, indeed?

And of course my favorite quote of the entire movie might be its last line, as Norman sits in a prison cell, thinking thoughts in his mother’s voice.

NORMAN (as Mother):  They’re probably watching me.  Well, let them.  Let them see what kind of a person I am.  I’m not even going to swat that fly.  I hope they are watching— they’ll see.  They’ll see and they’ll know, and they’ll say, why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly!

 

Well, that’s it for now.  Thanks for joining me on MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES, the PSYCHO edition.

Thanks for reading!

—Michael

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