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[Abbbie]

I'll say this..
I went into Silent Hill ready to forgive a fair amount of things because I was psyched that someone had actually put the time and effort into making an awesome set and awesome costumes etc rather than just relying on CG. As far as cheesy dialogue goes, i was actually relieved that it only had a few lines that made me roll my eyes. But I THINK, if you put all that time and effort into making these awesome monsters...I want to see more of them, especially in the hospital. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one that was like "okay...you got past the nurses and then...WHAT? YOU MADE IT? THAT WAS IT? Obviously dark Alessa/The Reaper wanted/needed Rose to find her down there but in that case why have monsters try to kill her at all? In that case shouldn't she just have a free pass to wander around Silent Hill with nothing trying to kill her? Unless Dark Alessa/The Reaper doesn't administer that much control over those creatures..I honestly don't know. But I wanted more of a fight..or adventure, in finding that room. As for the 2 really gory scenes. I don't know, I thought they were really cool..i might have liked more...that said i'm fairly desensitized to gore.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Dude...Silent Hill's plot is not even that hard to comprehend. It might not be easy to understand at first, but, it is nowhere near as twisted as Killer7 is.

And about trusting the audience...Have you seen the critics,and other peoples take on it? A lot don't even grasp the basic outline of what is going! Forget the details we are discussing! The thing is, you can't really trust the audience to understand the movie. As much as that sucks, it is partially true, imo. You have to be able to present a storyline that is complex, yet, easy enough to be understood...for the masses to like it.

I'm not trying to defend the movies faults, but, honestly...this is a decent/good adaptation.

 

[Abbbie]

agreed. but can someone explain this to me?

Obviously dark Alessa/The Reaper wanted/needed Rose to find her down there but in that case why have monsters try to kill her at all? In that case shouldn't she just have a free pass to wander around Silent Hill with nothing trying to kill her?

i dont know if I'm dense or whatnot...

 

[BiPolarGod]

Dude...Silent Hill's plot is not even that hard to comprehend. It might not be easy to understand at first, but, it is nowhere near as twisted as Killer7 is.

And about trusting the audience...Have you seen the critics,and other peoples take on it? A lot don't even grasp the basic outline of what is going! Forget the details we are discussing! The thing is, you can't really trust the audience to understand the movie. As much as that sucks, it is partially true, imo. You have to be able to present a storyline that is complex, yet, easy enough to be understood...for the masses to like it.

I'm not trying to defend the movies faults, but, honestly...this is a decent/good adaptation.

The people that truly understand... come together to share ideas. Fanboy/girls or not. And those people.. reside here in GAF.

agreed. but can someone explain this to me?
Quote:

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Obviously dark Alessa/The Reaper wanted/needed Rose to find her down there but in that case why have monsters try to kill her at all? In that case shouldn't she just have a free pass to wander around Silent Hill with nothing trying to kill her?

i dont know if I'm dense or whatnot...

Spoiler

Reaper needed Rose to get inside the Church. After she got through the bottom part of the hospital, the Reaper used Rose as a vessel to cross that boundary. The whole argument here is, if Reaper controls all of the monsters of Silent Hill, why would she attack Rose, the only person capable of taking Reaper across the boundary? I believe that she didn't have full control over the monsters... but acted upon their own... besides Pyramid Head... who was obviously controlled (if not atleast somewhat) like when he ripped Anna's skin off at the church door.

 

[Bloodwake]

Silent Hill is good.

Screw the haters. (*cough* 1up *cough*)

This movie made me think, plus it also captured the exact atmosphere of the Silent Hill universe. I couldn't be more happy with this film, and I hope there is another one.

Sure, we could all complain about how it wasn't the best acted movie in the world, or how the score wasn't original (which I actually liked that point, the score from the games was more than adequate in the movie, and helped to capture the atmosphoere), but it is definitely not Uwe Boll bullshit. This is a film, and a good one. Thank god.

 

[cvxfreak]

If one were to ignore every enemy, ignore unneeded items and detours, and take shortcuts without making any errors, then I can see Silent Hill being finished in under 1:20.

 

[cvxfreak]

It took this person like 3 hours.

:lol That's not a speed run.

Not gonna watch the video, but:

- Skip the alleyway at the beginning after visiting it in the very beginning
- Get the three keys before going to the house
- Skip school locker room
- Skip collecting red liquid***
- Skip police station
- Skip Motel area
- Kill

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Cybil

***

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Although, collecting the red liquid would be shorter than killing Cybil, I think killing her is faster.

***

A speed run has got to be 1:45 at most for Silent Hill.

 

[Cosmozone]

There is something foul about language after what this writer has done with it.

That's a cool sentence. Remember the quotes from Avary where he said he would be killed by the fanboys if he fucked up? Now is the crucial time for him. Maybe he's now in a shelter somewhere, fearing the fans' wrath :lol

 

[Wollan]

What a great movie.

Spoiler

So... the demon who appeared at Sharons hospital bed. I guess that was Samael? She had to get the powers from somewhere. Of course, the movie's plot is totally different from the games where the cult want's to give birth to a God, Samaels incarnation on earth. If I remember it correctly(with Dahlia going rogue to gain all God favours of herself).

 

[brandonh83]

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In the game, Samael was born after Alessa and Cheryl merged. But in the movie he (or whatever the demon is) already exists. I guess that's what's confusing me, basically, the origins of the movie demon. Not that it really MATTERS, I'm just curious. In the game Dahlia and the cult burned Alessa as part of birthing god, but in the movie Christabella's cult burns her because they think she's a witch.

 

[SnakeXs]

Spoiler

In the game, Samael was born after Alessa and Cheryl merged. But in the movie he (or whatever the demon is) already exists. I guess that's what's confusing me, basically, the origins of the movie demon. Not that it really MATTERS, I'm just curious.

Spoiler

Either it was born of Alessa's hatred, or i t was dormant in Silent Hill, and Alessa's hatred served as a catalyst for it to become.

I think...

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Spoiler

With the way the cult acted, I wouldn't be suprised if they knew about the reaper all along. That and they were trying to keep him/her at bay by sacrificing and purging the town of Sin. They just messed up when they burned Alessa, and unleashed the ultimate evil that was laying dormint upon Silent Hill.

 

[BiPolarGod]

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I think the cult was kinda right. I mean, how did Alessa survive with skin like that? In the game she survived because she half a devil's soul inside of her. I'm going to assume she had half a devil's soul in the movie as well and coming into contact with her "other" self resulted in a complete manifestation or some shit.

Yeah we're always going to have the interpretation to ourselves though. I'm not still not sure if

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Alessa had the demon inside her already... or if the demon came to her. My guess would be that it laid dormant inside of her... and then after building up hate lying in the hospital bed for so long... it was unleashed. Sort of like a split-personality finally coming to light. Expect this one was from Hell.

haha

 

[Mr_Furious]

This thread goes all over the place and so I jumped to the end of it to ask this question (sorry if it was already explained):

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What's the deal with the detective that escorts the husband around SH and ultimately back to his hometown? He hasn't aged since the accident that scarred his hands 30 years ago (and no, it can't be his dad unless someone can explain the scars transfering from the father to the son).

 

[blindrocket]

This thread goes all over the place and so I jumped to the end of it to ask this question (sorry if it was already explained):

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What's the deal with the detective that escorts the husband around SH and ultimately back to his hometown? He hasn't aged since the accident that scarred his hands 30 years ago (and no, it can't be his dad unless someone can explain the scars transfering from the father to the son).

It wasn't explained for some reason. Maybe in the sequel we'll know, or maybe Gans will tell us in commentary.

 

[silenttwn]

You know, I recently looked at Kim Coates' IMDb entry. The guy is near 50.

Spoiler

So Gucci could've been 20 and been a cop for Silent Hill, which explains why he isn't that old looking in the present.

 

[G-Fex]

I saw it, I really really liked it a lot. I mean it was really good, and by far the best video game movie out there. Not bad at all. I just hope when the sequel comes along it's completely different and like mentioned tons of times before based on SH2 with James's character and not

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christopher looking for rose

I do like that Gans clearly even quotes SH2 when rose says to Alessa "You could be her twin." Which i s what James says to Maria in SH2.

 

[brandonh83]

Here's the conversation between Rose and

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Dark Alessa.

It might help discussion.

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Alessa: Don't be afraid. She won't hurt you. She needs your help.
Rose: Who is she?
Alessa: She is Alessa.
Rose: Then who are you?
Alessa: I have many names. Right now, I'm the dark part of Alessa.
Rose: Where's my child?
Alessa: She's not your child. She's hers. The little girl is what's left of her goodness. We hid her in safety, in a world outside this hell. Now the dream of this life must end, and so too must the dreamers within it. For over 30 years they've lied to their own souls. For 30 years they've denied their own fate. But now is the end of days, and I am the reaper.
Rose: What do you want?
Alessa: All we ask for is satisfaction.
Rose: Satisfaction?
Alessa: Revenge.
Rose: Why me?
Alessa: You chose. You chose Sharon. Christabella will find Sharon. She plans to purify her.
Rose: Oh God, no.
Alessa: Their blind conviction repels me from their church. [missing dialogue]
Rose: Just tell me what I need to do.
Alessa: Tell them the truth.

 

[Phranky]

It won't be. Far from it.

:lol

It was. I'm not going to go through this entire thread because I just can't be bothered, but my response to the movie is: What the hell was that about? Who the hell was that demon/reaper thing and why were they still stuck in limbo right at the end?

It didn't seem to make sense and the opening sequence (or 'let's get to the ultra weird Silent Hill shit as quickly as possible' bit) was poor. If you're not a fan of the videogames or are fully aware of their backstory (like me) then this movie doesn't make a bit of sense, simple as that.

I've spoken to the screenwriter (Roger Avary) personally before, but I'd really like to talk to him again and ask: wtf... Some sequences were of a really poor quality and needed a lot more thought put into them. The whole thing needed tightening up.

Still, thumbs up for Pyramidhead ripping that girl's skin off.

 

[brandonh83]

You didn't have to quote something I said from like a bazillion pages back, but thanks for sharing nonetheless.

 

[BiPolarGod]

:lol

It was. I'm not going to go through this entire thread because I just can't be bothered, but my response to the movie is: What the hell was that about? Who the hell was that demon/reaper thing and why were they still stuck in limbo right at the end?

It didn't seem to make sense and the opening sequence (or 'let's get to the ultra weird Silent Hill shit as quickly as possible' bit) was poor. If you're not a fan of the videogames or are fully aware of their backstory (like me) then this movie doesn't make a bit of sense, simple as that.

I've spoken to the screenwriter (Roger Avary) personally before, but I'd really like to talk to him again and ask: wtf... Some sequences were of a really poor quality and needed a lot more thought put into them. The whole thing needed tightening up.

Still, thumbs up for Pyramidhead ripping that girl's skin off.

If you're not going to take the damn time to read through a thread, to find answers to questions that have already been answered.. I don't think it's worth my damn time to answer them again, especially for you. I'm not a fan of the video games, and I'm not fully aware of the backstory and it made complete sense to me. Stop being an inconsiderate ass and just flip back to about page 12. Ta-da. Answers will be found.

 

[Phranky]

If you're not going to take the damn time to read through a thread, to find answers to questions that have already been answered.. I don't think it's worth my damn time to answer them again, especially for you. I'm not a fan of the video games, and I'm not fully aware of the backstory and it made complete sense to me. Stop being an inconsiderate ass and just flip back to about page 12. Ta-da. Answers will be found.

I really didn't want to read 10 + pages of silent hill fans defending a piss poor movie and deluding themselves thinking they're going to see a sequel to this mess.

 

[BiPolarGod]

I really didn't want to read 10 + pages of silent hill fans defending a piss poor movie and deluding themselves thinking they're going to see a sequel to this mess.

Not exactly piss poor movie if you have the mental capacity to understand it. Sure the acting was shitty. Sure some of the dialogue was poor. Am I a fan of the series? No, I dropped it after first game, in which I only got up to the elementary school. Do I really want to see a sequel? No, I'm quite content with what I've been given.

Maybe you're the one deluding yourself about whose tastes are piss poor.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Basically. I like SH and all, but I am a Resident Evil fan. Don't generalize please.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

here's the SH1 speed walkthrough video I downloaded. It will ultimately equal about a gig. They also have Silent Hill 2 and 3 walkthroughs. I should watch SH3's.

http://silenthillarmy.org/members/

They include all the cutscenes and stuff so it's pretty handy.

you fucken' numbnut, Himuro... how can you ruin SH1 and 3 with downloading 'speed walkthroughs'? Go to Blockbuster/Hollywood/Hastings/whatever and rent SH3 if you can't find it to buy. I'm sick of this "I can't find it" crap from you

Speed walkthroughs are obviously from people who have already played/beaten the games- part of the joy of the games, as you should know from playing SH2, is the exploring and figuring stuff out on your own. There are so many moments in SH1 and 3 that will simply make you either stop dead in your tracks and/or turn the other direction and run like a bitch. These kinds of things are unique to the individual playing- and it would be a damn shame if you ruin two awesome experiences by downloading these 'speed playthroughs'.

Go on eBay and get SH3, you lazy bastard!

 

[SnakeXs]

I really didn't want to read 10 + pages of silent hill fans defending a piss poor movie and deluding themselves thinking they're going to see a sequel to this mess.

Have your opinion all you please, but if you were that lost then that's your fault.

I went with 1 person who had never played the games, and she was pretty fine the whole way through, Silent Hill vagueness aside (She didn't mind that everything wasn't forcce fed to you, either).

I also know 2 people who saw and loved it, 1 never played any games, and 1 only played a bit of 3, I believe.

Sorry you didn't like, but really sorry you can't keep up with a film simply because it doesn't list events for you.

P.S. Not much advertising, 20M and #1 first weekend, a team that's really enthusiatsic about the movies and a director who's very passionate about the films and especially doing a part 2 = sequel's gonna happen. Sorry to burst your little bubble of hate.

 

[BiPolarGod]

Have your opinion all you please, but if you were that lost then that's your fault.

I went with 1 person who had never played the games, and she was pretty fine the whole way through, Silent Hill vagueness aside (She didn't mind that everything wasn't forcce fed to you, either).

I also know 2 people who saw and loved it, 1 never played any games, and 1 only played a bit of 3, I believe.

Sorry you didn't like, but really sorry you can't keep up with a film simply because it doesn't list events for you.

P.S. Not much advertising, 20M and #1 first weekend, a team that's really enthusiatsic about the movies and a director who's very passionate about the films and especially doing a part 2 = sequel's gonna happen. Sorry to burst your little bubble of hate.

Well said. Even if you dislike me because of my avatar. :lol

EDIT: I'm changing it just for you. haha

 

[Phranky]

Not exactly piss poor movie if you have the mental capacity to understand it. Sure the acting was shitty. Sure some of the dialogue was poor. Am I a fan of the series? No, I dropped it after first game, in which I only got up to the elementary school. Do I really want to see a sequel? No, I'm quite content with what I've been given.

Maybe you're the one deluding yourself about whose tastes are piss poor.

The dialogue being poor is indicative of the entire movie being, how shall I say this... not very good. You misunderstood when I said I didn't understand the movie, I understood the basics of Rose looking for her adopted daughter (the good side of Alessa), the hell of Silent Hill being a construct of the vengeful Alessa's imagination with the help of the demon, the inhabitants of Silent Hill torturing Alessa because she was a witch and their eventual demise at the hands of Alessa.

What isn't explained are a few major plot details such as what exactly was Alessa before she was burnt (I don't buy that witch thing), what was that Reaper (the whole 'Then I came to her' thing isn't a good enough explanation) and why couldn't Rose return to the real world at the end of the movie? The filmmakers are supposed to present these questions to us during the movie and then carefully give us the information throughout the movie so we can answer them ourselves. In the case of Rose not being able to travel back into the real world, we (the audience) should already be equipped with the appropriate tools (information/answers) needed to figure it out before it happens.

No half-way decent movie gives us 5-10 minutes of pure exposition (which is a major faux pas in itself) in the form of a flashback and then still holds back on the answers... You can't just say the acting was shitty and the dialogue poor to explain away all of that; the entire movie was badly constructed and I'm really not surprised that audiences were somewhat perplexed by it all.

When you have to rely on internet forums to explain important details (as most people have here) then the movie has failed. Or maybe my tastes are just piss poor, eh?

 

[Great Rumbler]

we (the audience) should already be equipped with the appropriate tools (information/answers) needed to figure it out before it happens.

I've found that quite often the movies that are talked about the most are the ones where you DON'T know all the answers with certainty by the time the credits roll.

 

[Phranky]

P.S. Not much advertising, 20M and #1 first weekend, a team that's really enthusiatsic about the movies and a director who's very passionate about the films and especially doing a part 2 = sequel's gonna happen.

Whether the team and/or director are enthusiastic about Silent Hill is completely irrelevant when it comes to deciding whether to invest in a sequel. The movie doesn't scream sequel to me, it's unlikely to manage it even with the money in it's first weekend.

 

[SnakeXs]

Whether the team and/or director are enthusiastic about Silent Hill is completely irrelevant when it comes to deciding whether to invest in a sequel. The movie doesn't scream sequel to me, it's unlikely to manage it even with the money in it's first weekend.

Did you just choose to read the parts you liked and quote me for the hell of it?

The movie is #1 opening week, it made 20M over that weekend. Not what I'd call shabby or a bomb by any means. Not to menton that video game movies tend to have solid DVD releases, but that's just assumption, the facts stand.

So, yeah, a movie doing "good enough" on top of the director very much wanting to do part 2 (which he's said many times, he couldn't have SH2s story and introduce the world of Silent Hill in the same movie, SH2 is his favorite and the one he would wish to make the most and he wants to do it) = it's gonna happen. Your little opinion doesn't mean much in the grand picture.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Whether the team and/or director are enthusiastic about Silent Hill is completely irrelevant when it comes to deciding whether to invest in a sequel. The movie doesn't scream sequel to me, it's unlikely to manage it even with the money in it's first weekend.

*Looks at the fact that this is Sony*
*Looks at the Resident Evil movies*

 

[Phranky]

Did you just choose to read the parts you liked and quote me for the hell of it?

The movie is #1 opening week, it made 20M over that weekend. Not what I'd call shabby or a bomb by any means. Not to menton that video game movies tend to have solid DVD releases, but that's just assumption, the facts stand.

So, yeah, a movie doing "good enough" on top of the director very much wanting to do part 2 (which he's said many times, he couldn't have SH2s story and introduce the world of Silent Hill in the same movie, SH2 is his favorite and the one he would wish to make the most and he wants to do it) = it's gonna happen. Your little opinion doesn't mean much in the grand picture.

What? For your information, the words "20M and #1 first weekend" did enter my brain; I know in a world where a sequel to AvP is in the works makes it seem like any movie that makes money in it's first weekend will warrant a sequel but that isn't always true.

I hate the movie because it was badly made, not because it was Silent Hill... if the script for the sequel is better and Christophe Gans corrects all the mistakes with the 2nd that happened with the first then I'd be happy with a sequel. I don't care for rabid fan boys of any type attacking me...

Your little opinion doesn't mean much in the grand picture.

Except I'm more informed about the inner workings of the industry than you are, I'm sorry if that seems arrogant but that's just how it is.

*Looks at the fact that this is Sony*
*Looks at the Resident Evil movies*

Resident Evil is a brainless action movie where the lead characters do no more than blast zombies, it's easy to market and to a Sony Pictures executive it's an easy choice to turn into a franchise. Silent Hill relies more on an actual story and so if you do get a sequel, it will be the only one.

 

[BlackTyrano]

Haha Phranky thinks he's important.

I don't understand where people got the idea that the monsters are directly controlled by Alessa or the Reaper. As far as I know, that wasn't true in the games, so why would it be true in the movie, especially with nothing substantiating it?

 

[SnakeXs]

Except I'm more informed about the inner workings of the industry than you are, I'm sorry if that seems arrogant but that's just how it is.

Just for kicks, and this will likely be my last on this subject here we go.

You said SH doesn't deserve a sequel, despite the fact that it did open up at #1 and make 20M. Your opinion seems to based on, well, your opinion, and not the facts. It not only made money (like AvP and RE), but it ALSO has passion behind it. Gans' goal is part 2. That's what he truly wants to deliver. If you really discount that for nothing, when it's a huge plus over other (using your frame of mind) "bad" movies that had 0 drive but performed at the same level, I dunno what to say.

So, to recount, AvP, RE, suck, make money, get sequels, you see them as ok. SH (to you) sucks, performs well, opens #1, AND has some people who really care behind it, and it won't get sequel attention? Like I said before, the only difference is you.

 

[BiPolarGod]

What isn't explained are a few major plot details such as what exactly was Alessa before she was burnt (I don't buy that witch thing), what was that Reaper (the whole 'Then I came to her' thing isn't a good enough explanation) and why couldn't Rose return to the real world at the end of the movie? The filmmakers are supposed to present these questions to us during the movie and then carefully give us the information throughout the movie so we can answer them ourselves. In the case of Rose not being able to travel back into the real world, we (the audience) should already be equipped with the appropriate tools (information/answers) needed to figure it out before it happens.

I'm sorry I'm not the type of person that likes movie ideoms shoved down my throat, barren of making any judgement of my own. Last time I checked.. filmmakers weren't required to do anything but make a movie that's enjoyable, makes money, and reaches out to certain audiences. Pleasing everyone is impossible. Obviously, we know which category you fall within.

 

[Cosmozone]

PA update on Silent Hill that hasn't been posted yet:

There's also an alternate version posted in the blog section:

Frame 1:

Tycho: Listen, I'll get my coat. I'll go see it with you.

Gabe: <i>No. You already had the critical after-movie talk. With
Blake. (ptoo)

I spit on his name!

Tycho: I don't know what you're talking about.

Frame 2:

Gabe: You know, you come out of there, high on <i>movie, and you're
talking about all your favorite parts. It's the <i>digestion.

Gabe: That's what I'm talking about. That's what I <i>want.

Tycho: You'll see. It'll be like I never even saw it.

Frame 3:

Gabe: Oh, man! How awesome was that part! The one with the <i>guy.
When he <i>emerged? Wasn't it cool?

Tycho: Yeah, I guess it was cool.

<i>Yesterday.

 

[momolicious]

so, it is number 1 in box office so far... soooo gans is gonna make a sequal? it seems like it didnt bomb. I hope he finds a better wrighter. and listens to all the critique

 

[EOGamer]

I really didn't want to read 10 + pages of silent hill fans defending a piss poor movie and deluding themselves thinking they're going to see a sequel to this mess.

In other words you skipped over the better part of the thread to avoid seeing opinions different from yours, so that you wouldn't have to deal with the reality that your opinion is just that, and that the universe doesn't revolve around you? Oh, ok, that makes sense. I'd hate to think you were just being a petulant trolling bitch. Anyway, good movie. fanservice galore, everything clicked for me. My favorite part of the whole movie was just Pyramid Head coming onto screen, hearing the dragging great knife and knowing it was him was really wicked.

 

[RiZ III]

saw the movie last night and I thought it was fucking awsome. True homage to the series.

 

[Mau ®]

RE:Apocalypse barely recouped its production costs when it was on theaters. After the international release, the DVD and UMD sales it was when Sony greenlighted not only 1 but 2 sequels!

 

[Son of Godzilla]

HOLY BEST F***ING HORROR MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

QFT.

I saw the movie earlier today. Never even touched a SH game before, only vaguely aware of it's similarity to RE and having wierdo endings. I'm still in awe. The one single fault the movie makes is the end of the hospital sequence, when it switches from exploration to exposition overload, but even then you are so wrapped up in the story of the place that it works.

But my God, the terror of it all. The way the darkness is handled is so overwhelming. And it builds momentum so beautifully, each night getting worse and worse, each day piling on more to the mystery. And it's been said, but Radha (?) did an utterly amazing job. The time spent on her exploring and reacting to the town is just one of the most unique experiences I've seen and the terror of the darkness wouldn't of been half of what it is without her. And Sean Beat totally rocked, though I didn't like leaving SH at first.

Although the movie does falter a bit when it actually takes time to explain (the rather obvious by that time) at the end, the ending is just great. Love how open it is.

Spoiler

I kinda assume that Rose and the cop both died in their initial crashes and were pulled/chased after Sharon into the purgatory/whateverthefuck that is SH.

 

[momolicious]

did anybody actually see an audience who didnt have bad reaction after the movie?

 

[EclipseGST]

my audience clapped at the end because it was awesome

 

[cvxfreak]

A Silent Hill timeline in case it wasn't posted:

http://silenthilltears.125mb.com/centuryone.htm

 

[John Harker]

So I don't know if anyone else follows this stuff but...

Monday's numbers are in.

$1,415,379

-69.1% / $484
$21,567,977 / 4

SH had the lowest dropoff from Sunday in about the top 10 - which is really good for weekly numbers - HOWEVER, one must note, it had the *LARGEST* drop off from Monday to Sunday (in fact, the ONLY movie to not increase from Friday-Saturday period) which is TOTALLY due to Fan Boy Affect (fanboys rushing out to seeing it first day, front-loading the box office, and not going in for repeat viewings = steep dropoffs week-to-week)

So while Mondays dropoff LOOKS promising for a weekly sales perspective, it is actually not that great considering its in a huge downward spiral since its huge Friday launch. (And yes, Friday launch was above expections - the dropoffs are killer)

So, expect > 50% drop off after this past weekend, probably $8-$10 million. $45 overall boxoffice likely. Sequal almost definetly (huge fanboy affect usually results in MASSIVE DVD sales - thats how studios make their money, anyway)

Just dont expect its box office run to actually impress anyone.

 

[Great Rumbler]

did anybody actually see an audience who didnt have bad reaction after the movie?

Well, the audience I saw it with [which was very small by the way] didn't really make any extreme reactions over the course of the movie and then just wandered out at the end. An older couple did ask me if I understood what happened. I shrugged my shoulders and claimed I didn't really, mainly because I knew it would take a while to explain and I was still digesting the movie myself.

 

[blindrocket]

I'm going to see it again next weekend.

 

[Insertia]

Saw it twice. I don't really understand the hate. This is the best true horror movie I've seen in a while. Would have been 1000% more ass kickingly awesome if the cult aspect was reduced and the movie centered around Rose and Cybil fleeing and fighting off the freaks of SH, but that's not what the game is about.

Cybil was awesome.
The little girls' acting was awful as Sharon. That or her character was written poorly. When she started 'meowing' under the tree and when Rose confronted her about the changed drawings...wow, I cringed. It's weird because she did a great job as Alessa.

oh, and what was Alessa's relationship to the

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nurse? The demon said she cared for her. I was told the nurse with the screwed up eyes was in the game.

 

[BocoDragon]

The little girls' acting was awful as Sharon. That or her character was written poorly. When she started 'meowing' under the tree and when Rose confronted her about the changed drawings...wow, I cringed. It's weird because she did a great job as Alessa.

Funny, that scene was a hit with my girlfriend :lol