Saw it yesterday...
Without going indepth, the movie sucked. The first hour was basically the lead character running around shouting "SHARON!" That may stay true to the game, but it doesn't work in a movie. It dragged on an on, and the dialogue was horrible. During serious scenes people in the audience were laughing because of how shitty the writing was.
I give it a 3/10.
Hmm....I actually liked the movie alot. I never played the game, but i did watch my friend played the first part until the end and it always creep me out. The movie did the same, It scared the shit out of me. The scenery were true to the game, I hear the director was also a huge Silent Hill fan, so it was very much like the game. Though i can understand from people who didnt play the game, that the plot itself must of been off but to us that have seen or played the game, it couldnt have been more accurate to our tastes. The special effects were awesome. I definitely reccommend it and give it an 8/10.
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i love the scool, and hospital alot. My fav. scene were the nurses. It looked like they were about to break into some Michael Jackson thriller moves. And when they were slicing each other neck off, that was just awesome. The other scenes were just too gory for me.
I thought the movie rocked and the games rock too its jsut one of them movies i could go and watch over and over agen im off to see it again cant wait even thoi seen it once lol
but i agree with windu at the start she did run around endlessly shoutin SHARON! but apart from that it was kool and the gory scenes make it stand out from most of the other movies which try really hard to make there movies scary so id giv it 8/10 aswell 🙂
I am going to make this simple:
I loved:
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The monsters
The gore
The gamelike flow of the storyline
I hated:
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The actual storyline
The ending
Unanswered Questions:
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Why would the husband EVER stop looking for his missing wife and child?If the main character is teleported to Silent Hill, why couldnt she be teleported back when they helped the evil girl get her revenge? The evil girl obviously knows how and there is a way to get out of Silent Hill since she dropped the baby off at the orphanage.
If the cult people have never been to the CORE and back alive .. how did they know where the CORE was? what the room number was?
How come the little girl was deemed a witch? Was it just because she was fatherless ? If so why does she have these super demonic powers now ? ?
I loved it, however I was enthralled with both saw and saw II so I was bound to like it to begin with.
As far as being true to the game I have only recently bought Silent Hill the game and plan to play all four since seeing the movie. However, I have a friend who knows a lot about the game and thought it was great. (His review can be found at: rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?p=8468352#post8468352 )
There is a point to the dialogue, the simplistic sentences and unemotionalness...contribute to the emptyness feeling of the ash world in the film
Zilverz's Unanswered quesitons:
1. sure a husband wouldnt stop looknig that quickly (thou its not clear how much time passed) however when u lose a loved one theres a point where u have to move on
2. Who would want to teleport her back? Alyessa (the burned girl) "made a deal with the devil" this led sharon to be left at the orphange . I think the only person with the power to teleport is the "devil" and why would she care to send rose back? besides its a good cliff hanger.
3. Its purgatory its pretty damn supernatural betcha they could feel the evil logic doesnt really have to apply to the t.
4. She was deemed a witch because she was fatherless. She has these super demonic powers because she "made a deal with the devil" remeber how the little girl in the core was telling the story and was talking about how she came to alyessa?
"i have many names" the devil the grim reaper whatever you want to call her she gave alyessa the powers, but its really not all that supernatural being as they arent in the real world.
Originally posted by hily
Zilverz's Unanswered quesitons:
1. sure a husband wouldnt stop looknig that quickly (thou its not clear how much time passed) however when u lose a loved one theres a point where u have to move on2. Who would want to teleport her back? Alyessa (the burned girl) "made a deal with the devil" this led sharon to be left at the orphange . I think the only person with the power to teleport is the "devil" and why would she care to send rose back? besides its a good cliff hanger.
3. Its purgatory its pretty damn supernatural betcha they could feel the evil logic doesnt really have to apply to the t.
4. She was deemed a witch because she was fatherless. She has these super demonic powers because she "made a deal with the devil" remeber how the little girl in the core was telling the story and was talking about how she came to alyessa?
"i have many names" the devil the grim reaper whatever you want to call her she gave alyessa the powers, but its really not all that supernatural being as they arent in the real world.
Hily, thank you for your attempts at answering some of the mysteries. Unfortunately, none of the responses satisfied me. I think the only way to save this story, would be to make a sequel and clean up the mess.
Furthering question #2:
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For a girl hell bent to get revenge on the cult because of there terrible acts on the innocent. The girl sure is a hypocrit by dragging the innocent to her world and just leaving them there after they have served there purpose. How can you have that strong of a drive/conviction if you dont show it in other elements.
the burned girl wanted revenge for the cult's acts on her however prolly doesnt have the power to send them back. her drive and conviction was hatered of those who hurt her not necessarily saving innoocent people.
the devil im sure doesnt care who dies and wants to make sure those in the cult who did die in the fire realise that they are dead. And since she had different motives im not sure shes a hypocrite
a little help on the way.
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The cult burned Alyssa because they thought her a devil spawn. While being burned, the fireplace turned over setting the hotel on fire (ie: the special room 111) Alyssa made it out alive and was put in the hospital (the core) where she met the darkness. The darkness gave her the powers for revenge, thus striking the town ablaze. Sharon was created when the power was given to Alyssa (splitting good and evil). The fire must have spread afterwards and the city was evacuated. Since all the buildings were in too much need of repair and so many people lost lives, no one would dare go to the toen. Sharon was taken to the Brahams Orphanage to protect her from the cult and, since she was part of both worlds, the streets leading out of town was closed by the darkness in order to keep the cult and anyone else dumb enough to get caught, in. If you go to the website for the movie, you would see the Mayor of Brahams daughter went missing when she and some friends ventured too far into Silent Hill on a dare. He then closed off the town and placed barracades to keep others out. When Sharon had the walking dreams, Rose took her to Silent Hill to correct the problem. They were met by Officer Cybil when Rose stopped at a gas station for directions. Cybil had a previous problem where a man abducted a young boy and took him to Silent Hill and dropped him in a mine. She followed in and emerged to apprehend Mrs DeSilva thinking she would kill Sharon. When Rose and Sharon made it through their turmoil, they ended up still being in the spirit world when they got home. You will see Sharon look to the camera and smile before going to her room, thus showing that she was inhabited by either the darkness or Alyssa or both when they were in the church at the finale of the cult. Mr DeSilva goes to look outside because he is startled and notices the SUV parked in the driveway. This will hopefully lead to a sequel with Mr DeSilva as the antagonist, as he tries to find his wife and adopted daughter, while dodging the police and another world full of surprises. Hopefully the director will have read feedbacks from audience and put a better finish to the sequel (if there is one). Time will tell.
If there are any more questions, feel free to PM me.
those were some good explainations. I even further dislike the films storyline.
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The grim reaper finally gets revenge on the cult who was responsible for crippling Alyssa, many years ago, with the help of mrs desilva and now her and sharon are going to get tourmented ? It doesnt make sense.. There is no reason for it and doesnt posses a logical flow. Why is mrs desilva not furious at the end? She is acting all calm.. when she should be back at the core cussin homegirl out.
The camera work, lighting and set design are top notch.
The acting, dialogue and story line are among the worst in the history of man. When you watch a movie and starting thinking that maybe Keanu Reeves isn't such a bad actor something is seriously wrong.
... and the Silent Hill theme was only played during the closing credits
I saw a few people in here giving it bad reviews. I cannot stand when people come in and say 'the movie sucked' and then don't justify why they disliked it. So just to the people who haven't seen it, Don't listen to the children in here. They probably just didn't understand the movie and hate it for that reason.
Originally posted by Brodrick
I saw a few people in here giving it bad reviews. I cannot stand when people come in and say 'the movie sucked' and then don't justify why they disliked it. So just to the people who haven't seen it, Don't listen to the children in here. They probably just didn't understand the movie and hate it for that reason.
... because it was an incredible complex and innovative story line 🙄
I really liked the movie. For one thing it was very straight-forward, and I never felt cheated by the vague ending. In fact, if anything it helped the movie because different people can come up with different and interesting conclusions. In my opinion it took a lot of guts for the director to leave that kind of ending, and it made me feel satisfied.
And by far the monsters were the highlight of the movie. Some of the best visual imagination I have seen in a long while. And very unsettling too. Those screaming ashen children freaked the hell out of me when the first one's yellow piercing eyes showed and it emitted that scream. God what a freakish scream. Hearing it in surround sound at the theater only made it even more scarier. My girl gripped my arm when that happened. And I loved/dreaded each time that foghorn sounded, because each time something cool would happen, like that Janitor guy. And Pyramid Head was truly great too. He was just in the movie long enough to have two great scenes, and short enough to leave you wanting more. The only thing that bummed me was what happened to the Anna character, but then again I have a thing for redheads =P