EXEcution
04-23-2006, 01:08 AM
I say YAY!
To start off after seeing Silent Hill yesterday my hopes for future game adaptations have greatly risen. Not only does the movie stay true to it's video game roots but it's also presented in a a believable manner, unlike Resident Evil or Doom. The visual style is very impressive, the film is shot beautifully, and the CG effects are some of the best I have ever seen. However the script isn't too great and some of the lines are nearly laughable.
Silent Hill starts off very slow and the overall pacing of the film is kinda elongated. At one point I sat through about 20 seconds in pure darkness no dialogue just some sound effects, and near the end there was a scene where the entire screen was white for about 15 seconds before someone started talking. Some of the acting is also not-so great and I was expecting to see a little more action.
However the movie redeems itself with a well though out plotline and a decent cast. The little girl was pretty creepy near the end when she explained what was really the story behind Silent Hill. For those who haven't played any of the games (I've SEEN the games and experienced them but I never actually played through one). For the most part the story of the film is taken from the first two Silent Hill games, and certain elements of SH:3 and SH:4 are also there.
As stated before the hellish "creatures" of SH are all there. Including the infamous Pyramid Head, probably the creepiest/weirdest thing in the movie. Unfortunately his part is relatively short and he is not the main villain of the movie and doesn't really fit in. Overall the movie wasn't too scary, there were a couple gruesome parts but nothing made me jump out of my seat. My favorite part was the Fog-World transformation into the Otherworld. The raw and rusty industrial look of... well.. hell was done really well.
Silent Hill does have a twist ending. I though it was very sad yet clever,and it made me like the movie even more. As far as video game adaptations go Silent Hill is the best one I've ever seen. As far as horror movies go, it's not overly graphic, it does biuld up some tension, and it's not overly predictable. And as far as movies go in general i would give it a 7.5 on a scale of 1-10. I think the characters could have been established better in the beginning of the film and the script could have been more coherent and realistic.
To start off after seeing Silent Hill yesterday my hopes for future game adaptations have greatly risen. Not only does the movie stay true to it's video game roots but it's also presented in a a believable manner, unlike Resident Evil or Doom. The visual style is very impressive, the film is shot beautifully, and the CG effects are some of the best I have ever seen. However the script isn't too great and some of the lines are nearly laughable.
Silent Hill starts off very slow and the overall pacing of the film is kinda elongated. At one point I sat through about 20 seconds in pure darkness no dialogue just some sound effects, and near the end there was a scene where the entire screen was white for about 15 seconds before someone started talking. Some of the acting is also not-so great and I was expecting to see a little more action.
However the movie redeems itself with a well though out plotline and a decent cast. The little girl was pretty creepy near the end when she explained what was really the story behind Silent Hill. For those who haven't played any of the games (I've SEEN the games and experienced them but I never actually played through one). For the most part the story of the film is taken from the first two Silent Hill games, and certain elements of SH:3 and SH:4 are also there.
As stated before the hellish "creatures" of SH are all there. Including the infamous Pyramid Head, probably the creepiest/weirdest thing in the movie. Unfortunately his part is relatively short and he is not the main villain of the movie and doesn't really fit in. Overall the movie wasn't too scary, there were a couple gruesome parts but nothing made me jump out of my seat. My favorite part was the Fog-World transformation into the Otherworld. The raw and rusty industrial look of... well.. hell was done really well.
Silent Hill does have a twist ending. I though it was very sad yet clever,and it made me like the movie even more. As far as video game adaptations go Silent Hill is the best one I've ever seen. As far as horror movies go, it's not overly graphic, it does biuld up some tension, and it's not overly predictable. And as far as movies go in general i would give it a 7.5 on a scale of 1-10. I think the characters could have been established better in the beginning of the film and the script could have been more coherent and realistic.