Can you post those reviews, if they're spoiler-free?

Aside from brutal, was it scary? That's the most important thing.

I am not good at writing interesting reviews, so I might if I edit this post tonight, but not sure how likely that will be.

I can't say the movie was that scary, it had a few jumps here and there. The gore was good, that was overdone as well in most parts. The sound and how they used it was great, but never really scary, but most moments I was wondering "What is going to happen next?".

I guess I can say this, but I don't want to give it away, but it's not really a spoiler, but just incase

The games were never scary to me, just had a lot of disturbing images and a few jumping parts, which is exactly what the movie offered.

My dad is pratically begging me to see this movie with him. He's been on a horror movie kick the last year or so - watching basically anything.

I must admit, its going to be weird going to a horror movie with my dad.

http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.p...content&id=902

First "official" review of the movie up on The Horror Channel. 4.5 out of 5 is not too bad :)

So fucking pumped to see it tonight!

You think YOU'RE the only one excited about tonight?! Man, feel those nipples! :edgartpg:

damn I have to wait till saturday night ; ; I guess till sunday I'll try not to come here XD

4.5 out of 5 is "not too bad"? :rolleyes:

I may be able to see it early tommorow, hopefully.

Stop worrying about the reviews, man. Most of them are biased. There's one that came out from an England newspaper and the woman gave it two stars saying she didn't understand the story because 'there were too many plot-holes'. ;-)

I'm not concerned at all about reviews from critics. What I'm looking for is opinions from people who are fans of the games. They'll be the real judges of this film.

No midnight previews or anything tonight :( So i'm going to see it tomorrow about 1.30, early as I can get to as I have a dentist appointment...ugh!

My friends and I got our tickets for the 10:45 show tomorrow night. Seriously can't wait to see it -- I've been replaying all 4 games over the past 4 nights in anticipation.

A poster from Bloody-Disgusting gives a favorable review.

The post sounds a bit fanboyish, but it's a good start.

I've been following the news on this movie for a long while, and I can't wait to see it. It may be a bit masochistic since I'm a huge wuss with horror movies and will no doubt be scared pantsless, but that's the fun of it. Sadly, it'll be a week or two before I can thanks to end of semester school work, but it sounds like it'll be well worth the wait.

Could someone give me an overview of how the first game ends though? I played it, but before I could beat it the US postal service ripped my memory card out of its envelope and destroyed it. Partially my fault for mailing it during the time when they were all paranoid about anthrax and lumpy packages. :( I have SH2 as well, but I still plan to finish that someday.

Hey there!

Just came back from my screening of Silent Hill! I'm pretty speechless right now since this is one of the first Horror movie in a long time that doesn't take the viewer for dumb-bells.

I must warn EVERYONE who's planning on watching it that they need to understand the mythology of the town of Silent Hill to understand the movie and ESPECIALLY the ending (which, by the way, has nothing to do with the many endings of the original game). I'm a hardcore SH fan and even I had to pop the pieces back together during the amazing credits.

So, if you have ANY questions, fire away!

Yes, seriously plan on not liking it if you don't know the mythology. This movie was made for us fans, and people who haven't played SH 1 or 3 will hate it.

The people I were with absolutely hated it. They also didn't understand the mythology behind it. Me? I felt neutral about it. I was EXTREMELY impressed on many levels, and on others, disappointed. I give it a 6 out of 10.

Pros -

1. INCREDIBLE visuals. Production value is through the roof. Best production design I've seen in any horror movie, PERIOD. It is spot-on to the game, and aside from that, it just looks amazing on it's own.

2. Great soundtrack made up of previous SH music. Fits it perfectly

3. Awesome gore when it happens

4. PYRAMID HEAD!!

Cons-

1. Story is way too convoluted and very poorly delivered, even for us who know what's going on.

2. Not enough scariness.

3. Placement of creatures is too spotty

4. Not enough Pyramid Head :(


Overall, the atmosphere is what makes this movie work. Visually and aurally, it's unrivaled in horror. It's just as fucked up as the games, the story is just not as tight or as well-delivered. The mythology is just too much to handle in a 2 hour flick. Give me a movie based on SH 2 and we have a winner. That story could easily work in a 2 hour time frame AND be kick ass.

Still, a damn good video game adaptation none the less.

Although to be honest I do not recall the story for any of the games being in-your-face obvious. A lot of it was ambiguous and metaphorical and to understand it you had to think through it, read around, talk about it, etc. I didn't understand Silent Hill 3 at first and Silent Hill 4 is still confusing to me. Silent Hill 2 has to be the most straightforward of all the games, but even then there are aspects which take some time to think through.

Since I've never really played through Silent Hill, I will go in there somewhat "cold" (but not entirely, since Silent Hill 3 alludes to the original a lot) so to speak and I'll see if I can make sense of the plot.

If the story truly is convoluted, I feel the movie will be lost to the critics unless all the other aspects greatly make up for this.

It simply doesn't deliver it as well as the game does. It does a decent job at getting it across in 2 hours, but for a story THAT deep you really need a full 10+ hour game to do it.

Again, could someone fill me in on what is the basic gist of the end of Silent Hill 1 (or link me to somewhere with a good explanation of the mythos)? I'd like to go into the movie knowing at least that, since I only got about halfway through the game before my memory card was destroyed by the postal service.

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/f...ill_plot_b.txt

Check that out for all your SH 1 plot info.

The more I think about it, the more I think that the movie should have seriously been a game.

And also, as it flows through my head more, the character of Dahlia is much different that in the game. You'll understand when you see everything unfold.

Your review disappoints me greatly. :(

Well, I'm still set to see this around noon tommorow, so hopefully I'll enjoy it moreso.

I just found this:
http://www.absolute-playstation.com/...walkshill6.htm

I just beat the first SH game for the first time tonight, and I found that I barely knew anything in that analyis. Where is all that information coming from? Surely we're not supposed to infer all that about the cult and the demons from the story of the game, which barely tells us anything. Did I miss some chunks of story somewhere, or is this information coming from other official outside sources?

Did you play Silent Hill 2-4?

Also, much of it is speculation.

See, I think this is true with a lot of games, but I have to say I feel that this is not true with Silent Hill. The depth comes from the little things, but the actual plot in my opinion is pretty concise so much that you can sum it up well enough in a paragraph.

I guess I mean to say, the plot doesn't have to be convoluted. Stick with the basics first and develop as much as possible.

Man this movie was great, me and 5 friends went but we never played the 1st game and yet we all loved it. Could someone explain the ending though plz?

I'm going to the 6.20 show. Im running home, getting changed, walking into town, buying snacks then going to watch it.

I have been reading opinions and the seem to be mixed. I suppose you will just have to see it for youself.

I have been waiting so long for this so i'm hoping it will be good. I'm a big fan of Silent Hill games. I have 1 to 4 but i haven't played 1 yet, i just never have time. I hope it won't mean I won't enjoy the movie as much, although i do kinda know the basics.