Comments on: Autopsy http://www.gorepress.com/2009/08/07/autopsy/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:01:49 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah Law http://www.gorepress.com/2009/08/07/autopsy/#comment-204 Sarah Law Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:51:31 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=132#comment-204 Believe it, I didn't laugh. IMDb seems to agree with me about it not being a comedy. I can see it being played at midnight drive ins 'back in the day' too, but mainly because if it had been made 20 years ago, I'd think a lot more of it. It worked as a throwback movie but there are far better throwbacks out there that are more deserving of your 8 stars, Mr. Carruthers. Believe it, I didn’t laugh. IMDb seems to agree with me about it not being a comedy.

I can see it being played at midnight drive ins ‘back in the day’ too, but mainly because if it had been made 20 years ago, I’d think a lot more of it. It worked as a throwback movie but there are far better throwbacks out there that are more deserving of your 8 stars, Mr. Carruthers.

]]> By: Jamie Carruthers http://www.gorepress.com/2009/08/07/autopsy/#comment-203 Jamie Carruthers Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:08:16 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=132#comment-203 I rate films based on what they are, what they make of the budget, what they represent to the genre and how much I dig them. I fully loved this movie, as you can see by its placement in my top ten of the decade. I thought it was a fun throwback movie, and I refuse to believe that you didn't laugh when that tattoo'd dude was belt sanding the fingerprints off of the disembodied hands. I think comparing the extinguisher of Irreversible with extinguishers of films like this is a bit like comparing the ghosts of Poltergeist and Ghostbusters. They are just different. Autopsy is just a full ol' time, and I dug it like no ones business. I could see this playing a midnight all up on the big drive in screens back in the day, and then being remembered as a genre classic. I rate films based on what they are, what they make of the budget, what they represent to the genre and how much I dig them. I fully loved this movie, as you can see by its placement in my top ten of the decade. I thought it was a fun throwback movie, and I refuse to believe that you didn’t laugh when that tattoo’d dude was belt sanding the fingerprints off of the disembodied hands.

I think comparing the extinguisher of Irreversible with extinguishers of films like this is a bit like comparing the ghosts of Poltergeist and Ghostbusters. They are just different.

Autopsy is just a full ol’ time, and I dug it like no ones business. I could see this playing a midnight all up on the big drive in screens back in the day, and then being remembered as a genre classic.

]]> By: Sarah Law http://www.gorepress.com/2009/08/07/autopsy/#comment-201 Sarah Law Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:21:55 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=132#comment-201 Wow, I'll be honest, I think 8 out of 10 is extraordinarily generous for this movie. I didn't laugh once. In fact, until I just re-read your review, I didn't realise there was even any comedy involved. The gore was good though, I'll give it that but it just wasn't original enough to get anything more than a 5.5 from me. It was like they'd watched Irreversible and thought "hmm, yeah a fire extinguisher makes a good weapon. *yoink*." I think you and me just have very different ideas about our scoring systems. I gave District 9 an 8/10 because it was hugely original and brilliantly executed. Next to that, this doesn't come close. Wow, I’ll be honest, I think 8 out of 10 is extraordinarily generous for this movie. I didn’t laugh once. In fact, until I just re-read your review, I didn’t realise there was even any comedy involved.

The gore was good though, I’ll give it that but it just wasn’t original enough to get anything more than a 5.5 from me. It was like they’d watched Irreversible and thought “hmm, yeah a fire extinguisher makes a good weapon. *yoink*.”

I think you and me just have very different ideas about our scoring systems. I gave District 9 an 8/10 because it was hugely original and brilliantly executed. Next to that, this doesn’t come close.

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