Silent Hill movie wasn't that bad.

[Ryan Griffiths]

I thought the director made some brave decisions regarding the continuity from the game, but I think it works.

Changing Harry Mason into a woman was a great idea - you genuinely feel worried for her well being, which if I'm being politically correct in saying - is what the director was going for. A female protagonist who can show that full on maternal instinct to save her daughter, even from a fate worse than death? Spooooky.

I thought some of the graphics in the film were good, but it definitely looks older than it is.

Also - I believe this is THE ONLY FILM WHERE SEAN BEAN SURVIVES!...ever.

He dies in EVERYTHING. His career is built around him dying, I bet he was shocked when he read the script and saw that he doesn't die in the end =P

 

[velcrokidneyz]

I just finished watching it all the way through for the first time. Just to be clear, I have not played the games but am aware of the story and have seen enough of it to get an idea. I think the set pieces and the feel were spot on and from a standpoint of just seeing it as a film I loved it. The barbed wire was awesome.

My girlfriend and I were arguing over it though and she says she hates it because it isn't like the game. When did it ever claim to be a direct representation of the games? It was BASED on the game universe and used things from the games to make it what it was but it was a different story. It never was Silent Hill the Game: the Movie or something like that. I enjoyed it immensely. (And yes I am going to play the games, I am trying to find copies around town.)

Thanks for telling us....


...3 years on

and?

 

[Chester Rabbit]

No it wasn't bad I guess. Although some things happen that you can just call bs on like the mom all of a sudden becoming GI Jain and it being under acted and well... Okay I guess if you really want to you can nit and pick it to the bone. But accept that they took some creative license with the source material and move on to my biggest gripe about it.

Which is, it wasn't a good horror movie. This movie should have made me want to turn on every light in the house when I got home instead I was able to turn off every light and have a good night?s sleep.
Everything was just to Hollywood(looking at you children scene)and was trying too hard to be scary and disturbing. Like we all know that janitor scene was supposed to make our skin crawl, but really I was just sitting back going, yeah that looks creepy, it's not though.

 

[Savo]

It was alright. It wasn't that faithful of an adaptation and managed to slaughter the tone of the original story, but it managed fairly well regardless.

One thing that I can't get past is that it has simultaneously some of the best and worst examples of horror filmmaking I can think of. There are times that it is just dripping with atmosphere, but then the cheesy-ass CGI monsters show up and ruin it. For some reason, the creatures just look off in the film. They worked well in the game, but they don't translate so well to the screen.

I did like the references to the Silent Hill series. You get the feeling that the director is high-fiving the hardcore fans with all the little tidbits in there that only long-time fans would get.

I vastly would have preferred a straight adaptation of the original story. It was a bit thin and would have to be padded out to reach two hours, but it could work. Imagine a Silent Hill film that felt like Jacob's Ladder or Lost Highway... just the thought is getting me excited.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I watched it before I played any of the games, and I quite enjoyed it.

But why the fuck was Mr Angular Features there!?

 

[Pearwood]

It has a very good look, the effects were amazing in some places. The plot was dodgy but no more so than dozens of other horror films I can name. I'd recommend it as a rental, you won't want to watch it more than once but it's ok.

But why the fuck was Mr Angular Features there!?

For the trailer.

 

[yaydod]

I think the movie was decent, not great but it is not a bad movie, if you want bad go watch cube zero after watching cube and cube2.

This topic makes me think a bit about the Prince of Persia movie which is decent too but doesn't copy paste the story from the because how the hell your going to transcribe the stuff in the game to a movie without making a really bad movie. Even if the game has "the best story EVAR"it won't work in movie since a game is interactive where you can give allot more info through flavor text, explorations, etc..

So yeah a movie based from a game will most likely be a spin off of the original story to fit the medium on which it its showing.