by Justin from Detroit1 » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:23 am
I'll post my review from another site....
Bart Fargo wrote:
I saw the 12:45 showing, and it looked like Silent Hill, it sounded like Silent Hill, but it didn't feel like Silent Hill.
There were several neat scenes, and the whole movie was well-made, but for me it just didn't really rise above the thought of "Nicely made, expensive horror movie, with a few guest appearances from Silent Hill monsters."
I really lost my connection with the movie about the time [spoiler]we got to the hospital. The nurses looked like they were all just hanging out there waiting for someone to shine a flashlight on them so they could spasm around for a while. By the time we were all reunited in the church to burn Cybil (who should have been dead already after the pounding she took. It sounded like they were stomping on cantalopes.) I was ready to leave. It didn't get better after that.[/spoiler]
It looked great, the sound effects were nice and disturbing, and there were some cool scenes. But other than that, I was not very happy with it.
Admittedly I am a serious fanboy of the series, and I know that to tell the story as it was in the games would be challenging at best for a two hour movie, but this just isn't what I was expecting at all.
That is basically exactly how I felt. It seemed like it was a horror movie with a few random SH monsters thrown in. Seeing a total of about 40 seconds with Pyramidhead wasn't enough either, I feel. By the time they got to the nurses I was already somewhat bored and annoyed by the movie, but upon seeing the nurses I thought "sweet, this could change it". Then they started break dancing, and that was basically the endof it for me. The rest of the movie I found I was forcing myself through, just to see it, but not really enjoying.
Then all of a sudden, oh look, the lady they severly beat the hell out of with big flashlights in the face is fine and yelling! Sweet! Then look, crazy barbed wire..... great.
Like I said, and a few others have said, it felt like a horror movie with a few cameos by SH monsters, not like a Silent Hill movie. I wasn't really creeped out by any of it, nor worried that the next scene was going to make me jump out of my seat. I love horror movies, easily have over 75 horror DVD's, but this movie didn't put me in the "horror atmosphere" as most seem to do. It isn't a TERRIBLE movie by any means, but one I would consider renting when it came out on video instead of wasting $9 to see it in theaters.
I'll post my review from another site....
[quote="Bart Fargo"]
I saw the 12:45 showing, and it looked like Silent Hill, it sounded like Silent Hill, but it didn't feel like Silent Hill.
There were several neat scenes, and the whole movie was well-made, but for me it just didn't really rise above the thought of "Nicely made, expensive horror movie, with a few guest appearances from Silent Hill monsters."
I really lost my connection with the movie about the time [spoiler]we got to the hospital. The nurses looked like they were all just hanging out there waiting for someone to shine a flashlight on them so they could spasm around for a while. By the time we were all reunited in the church to burn Cybil (who should have been dead already after the pounding she took. It sounded like they were stomping on cantalopes.) I was ready to leave. It didn't get better after that.[/spoiler]
It looked great, the sound effects were nice and disturbing, and there were some cool scenes. But other than that, I was not very happy with it.
Admittedly I am a serious fanboy of the series, and I know that to tell the story as it was in the games would be challenging at best for a two hour movie, but this just isn't what I was expecting at all.
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That is basically exactly how I felt. It seemed like it was a horror movie with a few random SH monsters thrown in. Seeing a total of about 40 seconds with Pyramidhead wasn't enough either, I feel. By the time they got to the nurses I was already somewhat bored and annoyed by the movie, but upon seeing the nurses I thought "sweet, this could change it". Then they started break dancing, and that was basically the endof it for me. The rest of the movie I found I was forcing myself through, just to see it, but not really enjoying.
Then all of a sudden, oh look, the lady they severly beat the hell out of with big flashlights in the face is fine and yelling! Sweet! Then look, crazy barbed wire..... great.
Like I said, and a few others have said, it felt like a horror movie with a few cameos by SH monsters, not like a Silent Hill movie. I wasn't really creeped out by any of it, nor worried that the next scene was going to make me jump out of my seat. I love horror movies, easily have over 75 horror DVD's, but this movie didn't put me in the "horror atmosphere" as most seem to do. It isn't a TERRIBLE movie by any means, but one I would consider renting when it came out on video instead of wasting $9 to see it in theaters.