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A lot about Silent Hill, miraculously no spoilers.
Silent Hill was fantabulous. I'd read some negative things about the plot - critics thought "WTF is going on with this nonsense", while hardcore fans thought "stupid freaking info dump aghagagaggagh". But I felt that the explanation level was pretty perfect, much better than the "._. what" I was at after getting only vague vague clues for the whole game in SH1. I was all prepared for a lame pandering block of exposition when the obvious scene came, but it was well-done and didn't ruin the flow at all.
Heh, having spoiled myself beforehand about what happens during Pyramid Head's second appearance, I thought it was going to be The hardcore gory moment in the film (aside from the ending) that was all "OH GOD WHAT DID HE JUST DO THIS IS NOT RIGHT" for the audience but after seeing all that had happened in the first half of the movie, it was just all in a day's work for the P-man. =P
Anyway, I think the movie was perfectly done for a casual fan like me. The atmosphere, both visual and audio, couldn't have possibly been better. I also really liked that I was able to discuss with my friends afterwards about what various aspects of the film could mean, just like the deep amounts of symbolism in the games. The ending climax was the only thing that slightly disappointed me - I thought it was a bit over the top and unnecessary, plus the CG at that point gets just fake-looking enough to break my immersion. Director Gans watches just a tad too much anime, I'd say XP
Must watch again at any available opportunity.
(P.S. not enough Pyramid Head)
Heh, having spoiled myself beforehand about what happens during Pyramid Head's second appearance, I thought it was going to be The hardcore gory moment in the film (aside from the ending) that was all "OH GOD WHAT DID HE JUST DO THIS IS NOT RIGHT" for the audience but after seeing all that had happened in the first half of the movie, it was just all in a day's work for the P-man. =P
Anyway, I think the movie was perfectly done for a casual fan like me. The atmosphere, both visual and audio, couldn't have possibly been better. I also really liked that I was able to discuss with my friends afterwards about what various aspects of the film could mean, just like the deep amounts of symbolism in the games. The ending climax was the only thing that slightly disappointed me - I thought it was a bit over the top and unnecessary, plus the CG at that point gets just fake-looking enough to break my immersion. Director Gans watches just a tad too much anime, I'd say XP
Must watch again at any available opportunity.
(P.S. not enough Pyramid Head)
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I feel pompous saying it but I agree; I'm pissed off at all the fans that are too stubbornly hardcore to accept anything other than their ideal vision of a SH movie and are saying it was a piece of crap not worth the time or money. Maybe I'm too visually oriented a person but I enjoyed the
Hillhell out of it because it was such a beautifully done video game come to life.And I don't agree with the people who said the acting was horrible =\ There were flaws, sure, but was I the only one who empathised with what these people would have been *actually* feeling, instead of slinging around golden movie quips? I think the Silent Hill universe places a lot of emphasis on the fact that the characters involved in the stories are very *real*, *ordinary* people, so of course they're going to be incredibly freaked out and not saying/doing the cleverest or most logical things.
I didn't like how angry Allessa was, she's supposed to be sweet and lovely!
Sharon sure is, and I'm glad they never had her waver from that. But can you blame Alessa for having darkness inside her after what happened? I'm sure that the evil entity she bonded with amplified her negative feelings a lot more than the little girl would have had herself, too.