Silent Hill spoiler-free review

[drewbear]

Okay, so I went to see Silent Hill today and, as someone who's never played the games or even watched someone else play them, I was very impressed. Everything was just about perfect, from the plot down to the editting. I few things I particularly liked were the use of white as one of the predominant colors, which is quite rare in most American horror movies, and the fact that the traditional happy=shiny-see-the-survivors-are-safe ending... was given that extra little twist that offered at least 3 separate explanations. Finally, I really liked how they combined the psychological horror aspect with the gore aspect so seemlessly.

So Silent Hill is an A+ horror flick and a must-see for fans of well-done horror.

Comments

[reset-smith.livejournal.com]

*high-fuckin-five*

I'm glad you liked it. I've been listening to fans of the series dump on it all weekend, thanks to the various LJ communities to the games. If someone who hadn't played the games enjoyed it, then there's hope for mainstream America. ;-)

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

That icon always kills me. I know that the source is from America's Nex Top Model, but what the hell was happening to cause that... face?

[fuzzbearmark.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review

[phearmymaddan.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately it's that gore aspect that's probably going to keep me from going and seeing it. For whatever reason, over the past few years I've become more.. empathetic.. to what I see on the screen (both games and movies) and that sort of thing just doesn't do me well anymore.

Good call

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

The gore in this movie is not gratuitous and there are parts of this movie that will distress and anger you.
It is the bloodiest movie I've seen in a while and every drop of blood is actually justified and not for the sake of gore itself. I'd forgotten that the French did create the Grand Guignol.

SWEET JESUS I KNEW THERE'D BE ONE

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

I knew there had to be someone on my friends list that had never played the game. Thank you. I was curious if it really was a good movie or if I was just overwhelmed by the "catering to the fans" that worked out so damn well.

Re: SWEET JESUS I KNEW THERE'D BE ONE

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Well, *I* liked it, but I also knew something about the games going in. Not a whole lot, no, but I knew about Pyramid Head and how it was structured more like a quest than a traditionally survival-oriented horror movie.

Also, I've been seeing some oddly aggresive antipathy towards the movie by some gamers/fans. Essentially, they seem to feel like the games were oversimplified and "dumbed down" for the mainstream audience. You know: the usual rabid fan complaints.