Can't...not...post...

Here we go, with some faves I've seen of late:

The Holy Mountain. An incredibly fucked-up, nonetheless fun as hell to watch movie. It's written and directed by Alexandro Jodowrosky, who collaborated with my hero Moebius on Le Incal, and later on a series of short stories called Cat's Eye (not to be confused with that Stephen King compilation flick with Drew Barrymore). To be honest, there's not much of a story to it, but it's great fun to just look at.

Versus. Ryuhei Kitamura's live-action anime. This thing is non-stop in your face double-Magnum flesh-eating fury, and it sucks you in from the very beginning.

Dead Or Alive, Dead Or Alive 2, Audition, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, Happiness of the Katakuris. Er, anything by Takashi Miike. Don't think for a second that any of these films have much of anything to do with each other (even DOA and DOA2). Miike is quite simply astounding, and NEVER does what you would expect. GO watch these films now, with no preconceptions, and you'll be suprised with what you find.

From Beyond. More correctly "H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond", this is the dusty gem that came right after the Re-Animator and before the other HPL films cooked up by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna.
This thing is deliciously fucked, full of freaky latex monsters, funky purple lighting, and wicked performances by Jeffrey Combs, Linnea Quigley and one of my fave zombie-killers, Ken Foree.

Battle Royale. Fukusaku's incredibly dark and action-filled movie about Japanese schoolkids being forced to eradicate each other on a deserted island. Some of the scenes are simply amazing (my fave being how in a few minutes a gaggle of best-friend schoolgirls go from being almost too pleasant to wanting to kill each other outright), and if you're into action or black satire, you'll love this one.

Anyways, that's all I'll post for now -- mebbe more later. 

Long and boring. Don't see it. 

nothing good in it all? 

Hulk does punch a dog in the penis. But it's not worth the price of admission. 

fair enough pushplay.

I dont know how many of you collect dvd's but I've bought quite a few recently due to shops having sales from overstocking etc and was wondering if anyone had suggestions to add to my current list which is here : http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=nitin

I've tried to keep a reasonable balance between fun mainstream stuff and other more intelligent stuff. And yes, it's mainly hollywood stuff.

I almost certainly plan on including the following at some stage but what about anything else :

-exorcist
-adaptation
-big lebowski
-edward scissorhands
-full metal jacket
-midnight run
-the thing
-trainspotting 

Maybe...

Die Hard 3
Dark City
This Is Spinaltap
Wallstreet
Boiler Room

That's all I can think of. I have an easier time looking at a list of movies and saying which I like than comming up with title off the top of my head. 

I'll take a look at those, the only one I've seen is dark city which is quite good. 

You saw Die Hard 1 but not 3? You really missed out. 

Hay, I LIKED Hulk! It was a cool drama as well as the standard comic-book thrill-ride. And the ILM stuff was a lot better than most have made it out to be, too. I'd like to see a sequel, with Hulk taking on the Thing, or something cool like dat. 

I think the problem with the movie is that you can't identify with the protagonist. Bruce is so quite and reserved that you don't get a good feel for who he is as a character, and the Hulk barely says Jack-all. When the Hulk is on screen you want to feel his rage and his energy, but it just doesn't come across. And you could walk in after the first 45 minutes of the movie and the movie will still make the same amount of sense. That much of a movie shouldn't be irrelevant. 

He's SUPPOSED to be like that -- all bottled up and repressed. That's part of the Magic Hulk Formula, after all. Besides, I think Eric Bana did a great job with what he'd been handed. And as for the Hulk, he does had some rage moments, but yah Ang Lee chose to show more of Bruce beneath the green skin, humanize him to a greater degree than had been done before. Altho, he does kick a great deal of mutant poodle and helicopter butt in the movie ;) 

You can still delve into the mind of repressed characters. Usually involving metaphors. A couple of stuffed toys don't cut it. 

So then what, make more room for psychoanalyzing Banner and eliminating scenes of Hulk bashing and smashing -- not to mention Jennifer Connelly screentime? C'MON. Go watch Five Easy Pieces or something... 

Somebody recommend me some dark movies! I've seen Dark City, The Crow, and Sleepy Hollow, and I'm set to watch Donnie Darko and The City of Lost Children pretty soon. Any recommendations for dark movies? 

Dust Devil and Picnic At Hanging Rock - both have an emphasis on spooky atmosphere and beautiful cinematography. Though the term 'dark' can't be taken literally in either case; both have a supernatural element that is most prominent under the heat of a blazing sun. 

I'm saying there wasn't enough Hulk smashing scenes. 

Dag, then go finance a Hulk mini-series then. That way you can have all the psychological introspection and sweeping action scenes together. A movie's only got ninety minutes, unless Peter Jackson's involved ;) 

I had mentioned Gothic, Ghost Story and the original version of The Haunting as nice dark films - without them being too whacked-out, anyways. But my connec had begun to fuck up and it didn't work, but hay -- there you go =) 

I had mentioned Gothic, Ghost Story and the original version of The Haunting as nice dark films - without them being too whacked-out, anyways.

Whacked-out is good. :D 

A movie's only got ninety minutes

The Hulk was way over 90 minutes. Don't you agree that the first half hour at least needed to be a hella lot shorter? 

movies with dark atmosphere I take it rather than just plain dark movies?

If so, try these out :

batman and batman returns if you havent seen them

blade II (though it's really a mindless popcorn flick)

blue velvet

ring or ringu

the game 

movies with dark atmosphere I take it rather than just plain dark movies?

Either one, really.

Thanks for the suggestions. 

Donnie Darko !!!

I love this movie with the rabbit !!!
With the tehory of schtroumf :)
And the paper in ass :))) 

Is it worth seeing ringu? 

different style, essentially same story. I prefer the visuals in the english version but the jap version is more creepy.

RPG,

well all of fincher's stuff then including panic room.