Anatomy (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Anatomy (Special Edition)
Movie Review: An Okay Picture.
Summary: 2 Stars
Viewed: 5/05
Rate: 4
5/05: The many twists and the long-winded story have drowned Anatomy into a sea of mediocrity. There were lots of mind-boggling aspects throughout the film, leading me to believe that Anatomy was coming off at the seams. I thought there was a lack of fluidity in some sequences, forcing Anatomy to rush by skipping some steps. At few points, Anatomy created specks of energy and picked up the pace to attempt for momentum. Then, it died out. Anatomy reminded me a good deal of Extreme Measures but tried too hard to evolve as German Scream. Because of the weak development in the second character, Anatomy failed. Franka Potente wasn't too bad, but the rest of the characters were so-so. I liked the concept, but the direction was lacking from Stefan Ruzowitzky. He should have depended more on style with lucidity than to speed ahead yet be so modern. The quick camera movements occurred through Anatomy too often; that was not a good constitution of a horror picture either. I don't consider Anatomy as a horror film but rather a gruesome look at the reality of being a trained to be a doctor.
Movie Review: EURO SLASHER
Summary: 2 Stars
ANATOMY reminded me of some of those European horror flicks of the seventies like TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE or SUSPIRIA. Franka Potente (who gained American notice in the two BOURNE movies) plays a brilliant medical student who stumbles upon a covert medical society which actually goes against the Hippocratic oath. This society has a renegade faction that is performing autopsies on patients who aren't dead! The movie moves a little too slowly for my tastes, and its dubbing takes somewhat away from the movie in that most of the voices all sound alike. The identity of the villain(s) is pretty easy to identify and once the movie establishes their identity, it just turns into one of those chase the heroine around in the dark films that culminates in a shoddy ending, and with sequel written all over it. (ANATOMY 2 was made a couple years later). It's comparable to our teen slashers, but because of the foreign aspects, it seems a little cheesier.Movie Review: ack, dont watch while eatting....
Summary: 2 Stars
Although this is a horror, the scary live-autospy didnt take first seat here. I felt through out the entire movie that it wasnt its major theme. Im not a big fan of Potente, and never saw her other movies, but im a huge fan of medical thrillers. The "scary scenes" were done so that the audience only got to watch the poor humans face as he contorted as he was beeing cut, not much else, so this wasn't really that scary.this felt more like one of those scary wanna be teen flicks, and the secret AAA! society wasn't talked about or shown much! This is a pretty weak movie in my opinion, although it had my mom gasping, but shes a bigger scardy kat then anyone else out there. Most of the movies was about mediacl students chasing each other with scalepels and sedatives.......
Movie Review: Same-Old Same-Old Horror Flick
Summary: 2 Stars
After seeing Potente and Furmann together in Tom Tykwer's riveting "Princess and the Warrior," it was a bit of a novelty to watch them slum their way through this Hollywoodish teen horror film. Unfortunately, that's no reason to see it--beyond its one or two sparsely distributed gore sequences, it doesn't offer anything very disturbing or engaging. By now I've accepted that American film-makers believe that every modern horror tale must have a mediocre college romance plot at its center, but when exactly did the Germans pick up on the habit?Movie Review: Watch out for the doctor
Summary: 2 Stars
Good idea, but somehow the film doesn't get under your skin. It's nice enough to watch it once but it doesn't haunt you - well, with one exception: Gretchens plastinated body did shake me. But then, it's all been here before in "Waxworks" and other oldies, and the bad, bad doctors aren't exactly new villains. So, if there's absolutley nothing on the telly one evening and all your friends are out, it may be allright. Otherwise not.