brandonh83
Banned
maximum360 said:
Welcome aboard! I'm glad to see a lot of people liked it, I really do. Normally I would only care for my opinion and not give a damn how much it makes, but I really want a sequel.
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"Silent Hill" - Afterparty Discussion Thread ***SPOILERS***
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Welcome aboard! I'm glad to see a lot of people liked it, I really do. Normally I would only care for my opinion and not give a damn how much it makes, but I really want a sequel.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Ceb said:Otacon lives in both endings. We already had this discussion back when MGS2 came out.
Exactly. Why do people think Otacon dies in the Meryl ending? :lol
Weekend Forecast (in millions)
1 Mission: Impossible III
(4,054 theaters)
$63.3
$63.3 / 1
2 RV
$10.3
$30.2 / 2
3 Hoot
(3,018 theaters)
$8.5
$8.5 / 1
4 United 93
$6.5
$21.3 / 2
5 Stick It
$5.7
$18.1 / 2
6 An American Haunting
(1,667 theaters)
$5.7
$5.7 / 1
7 Silent Hill
$4.5
$41.5/ 3
8 The Sentinel
$4.5
$32.4 / 3
9 Ice Age: The Meltdown
$4.3
$183.6 / 6
9 Scary Movie 4
$4.1
$84.1 / 4
10 Akeelah and the Bee
$4.0
$11.3 / 2
1 Mission: Impossible III
(4,054 theaters)
$63.3
$63.3 / 1
2 RV
$10.3
$30.2 / 2
3 Hoot
(3,018 theaters)
$8.5
$8.5 / 1
4 United 93
$6.5
$21.3 / 2
5 Stick It
$5.7
$18.1 / 2
6 An American Haunting
(1,667 theaters)
$5.7
$5.7 / 1
7 Silent Hill
$4.5
$41.5/ 3
8 The Sentinel
$4.5
$32.4 / 3
9 Ice Age: The Meltdown
$4.3
$183.6 / 6
9 Scary Movie 4
$4.1
$84.1 / 4
10 Akeelah and the Bee
$4.0
$11.3 / 2
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Oni Jazar said:
M:I3 is going to miss that mark by a wide shot ... it only had 17 million on Monday. Which is a disspointment, it was actually damn entertaining. JJ Abrams is fantastic. Plus, there were a bunch of LOST easter eggs in it
SH did around 1.3 million... so I suspect it will meet estimates at around 4 million. Should top off around 45-46 million.
rockman zx
Member
John Harker said:there were a bunch of LOST easter eggs in it
Really?, I only know the one in the credits.
brandonh83
Banned
tegdf said:
I saw it, she was playing poker or something. :lol
And I'm satisfied with Silent Hill's box office so far... could have been a lot worse. Also, yeah, Mission Impossible III was freakin' awesome and I wish it would have made more, but who knows, it just opened.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
rockman zx said:
Off the top of my head, a couple minor characters had roles in it (like the Pilot from episode 1 was at the party, the fake name given to Ethan was Kelvin (the name of the guy in the hatch with Desmond), The Hanso Foundation being mentioned in the credits, etc. I think there was another tiny one or two, but it slips my mind right now
momolicious
Member
lets hope christopher gans listens to all the criticisms carefully
brandonh83
Banned
Hopefully not the storytelling criticisms. I don't want a stupid sequel.
Prince of Space
Banned
Yes, even the storytelling criticisms.
brandonh83
Banned
I don't know, I personally liked actually having to think about the story, rather than having it all hand fed to me. Out of every horror movie that's been released in the past, oh, 15 or 20 years, none have provided the after discussion quality that Silent Hill presented. I know a lot of people had beef with the plot and the writing, but I've personally had tons of great discussion concerning it, both here and on other boards.
momolicious
Member
its not the story its just the pacing, some bad dialogue, and flow of the movie
brandonh83
Banned
I had no problems with the pacing. I'm sure you probably thought it was slow, but I'm glad a lot of the scenes in the movie "took their time." I hate it in movies when it just goes from scene to scene in the blink of an eye, especially when I'm enjoying looking at it. I just thought it felt like Silent Hill and the cinematography was beautiful. I'm not implying the movie was perfect -- hell no -- the script could have been somewhat more polished, some of the acting was drab (but not too much or too often, imo), but for a videogame adaptation that I thought could never possibly be even remotely halfway decent, I was satisfied.
Prince of Space
Banned
I personally didn't care for the changes to the cult, and I HATED Alessa's exposition scene. They really should've rewritten the script so that Christopher finds out the histroy of Silent Hill.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Prince of Space said:
Nah, one of the best things about the movie was how helpless Boromir was. I don't think they should of bothered explaining anything. Or perhaps developed Dahlia(?)'s character a bit more.
About the ending and the different theories regarding the fate of Rose and Sharon, I just watched the scene in the church and these are Rose's own words:
How can Cybil, Rose and Sharon enter a limbo, and interact with people that are dead, if they are not dead as well? Then again, Dahlia survived the fire and she somehow ended up inside that limbo as well, perhaps she killed herself?
How can Cybil, Rose and Sharon enter a limbo, and interact with people that are dead, if they are not dead as well? Then again, Dahlia survived the fire and she somehow ended up inside that limbo as well, perhaps she killed herself?
brandonh83
Banned
Don't take it literally. Rose was the one saying the dialogue, and if she was dead, which I don't think she was, she doesn't know it. Neo was also in limbo at one point in Matrix, but he wasn't dead. It's just used as a term to describe another existence outside of the real world.
Looks like Silent Hill is coming to Blu-Ray on August 22!
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...ts/Sony_Preps_Silent_Hill,_RV_for_Blu-ray/110
Shame it's only single-layer.
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...ts/Sony_Preps_Silent_Hill,_RV_for_Blu-ray/110
Shame it's only single-layer.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Oni Jazar said:
Wow... that box art sucks ass!
August huh..... that's almost late enough to buy, then wait for PS3....
brandonh83
Banned
Who cares about cover art, I just want that hot thing in my player.
brandonh83
Banned
Sounds awesome. Can't wait to see this thing on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Whichever one prevails. :lol
But the cover should've had Sean Bean on it with the bottom saying "One Does Not Simply Walk Into Silent Hill"
But the cover should've had Sean Bean on it with the bottom saying "One Does Not Simply Walk Into Silent Hill"
ImNotLikeThem
Member
I was hoping for alternate endings damnit. It's not Silent Hill otherwiseinthezone said:
brandonh83
Banned
It actually has more content than I thought it would... and you guys expecting alternate endings on this DVD, Gans said a few times that the first release would just be a "bare-bones."
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
inthezone said:
You're more likely to see trailers for Switch and Cheaper By The Dozen 2 on the disc than anything pertaining to the games..... As an owner of several game movie DVDs I know not to get my hopes up for any relevant special features.
Sure, you might see a puff piece on SH, mentions that it's based on "the hit game series!", with clips from the movie. Nothing to get excited about.
brandonh83
Banned
Oni Jazar said:
Yeah, I failed to think about that one.
Konami opens Silent Hill Shocking House
Due the japanese movie release of Silent Hill, Konami opens only for short period the Shocking House, therefore were nurses in the style of the game with bandages walking through the streets followed by the Pyramid Head and the producer Akira Yamaoka.
more pics:
http://www.gfdata.de/archiv06-2006-gamefront/1809.html
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
$47 million domestic box office... right on what I predicted
I expectt around ~$20 million in the remaining international markets still left, so in the end, it can crawl itself to $100 million globablly... On par with Resident Evil 1.
Expecting big DVD sales, we'll see a nice profit and most likely a sequal guarenteed.
I expectt around ~$20 million in the remaining international markets still left, so in the end, it can crawl itself to $100 million globablly... On par with Resident Evil 1.
Expecting big DVD sales, we'll see a nice profit and most likely a sequal guarenteed.
brandonh83
Banned
Wollan said:
That's what I was thinking... too bad I probably won't have a Blu-ray source until later next year.