Silent Hill movie

Wow, this movie has actually caught my interest.

I have never played Silent Hill but this doesn't seem like just another cheaply made Video Game Movie.

I might have to check it out.

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I won't be looking at any of those clips (movie's less than a week away), but I am glad to hear that the opionions have been favorable.

But now I'm wondering if including the original music from the games and putting them in the movie is the greatest idea. Don't get me wrong, the music in SH 2-4 can easily pass in a film, but the problem is the songs themselves. Practically all the music in the SH series is context-sensitive to the games they were made for. The song used in the trailers, for example works great at the situation it was originally intended for (the piano melody played when you meet Angela in the hotel), but the question is whether it can work in a totally seperate story and situation.

I was all for Yamaoka's music being used, but to have the entire soundtrack consist of previous music? It almost feels like a way to save money. I would have preferred a whole new soundtrack composed by Yamaoka.

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Any movie/show with Tanya Allen in it.. Is gonna have great acting in it..She is extremely talented in my opinion..

It's sad though, I don't like horror movies.. Yet this is one of her big time movements in her career.. Sux that I wont watch it. Unless of course I find a date that wants to go.. Cuz that's always a score..Otherwise I'm probably not gonna be motivated to go.

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Clips look good, but

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I dislike the way the cult members talk. It's laid on a little too thick from what's shown, no subtle creepiness.

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Originally Posted by a_nal

I won't be looking at any of those clips (movie's less than a week away), but I am glad to hear that the opionions have been favorable.

But now I'm wondering if including the original music from the games and putting them in the movie is the greatest idea. Don't get me wrong, the music in SH 2-4 can easily pass in a film, but the problem is the songs themselves. Practically all the music in the SH series is context-sensitive to the games they were made for. The song used in the trailers, for example works great at the situation it was originally intended for (the piano melody played when you meet Angela in the hotel), but the question is whether it can work in a totally seperate story and situation.

I was all for Yamaoka's music being used, but to have the entire soundtrack consist of previous music? It almost feels like a way to save money. I would have preferred a whole new soundtrack composed by Yamaoka.

Well earlier in production Gans said they were taking 200 tracks that Yamaoka had composed for the SH series that includes not only music that was included in the games but also alot of unused tracks too. So in that regard there will be some "new" material from Yamaoka in the film while Jeff Danna has also provided some additional cues to compliment Yamaoka's tracks as well as edit Yamaoka's work for the film.

Besides, having Akira Yamaoka's music remixed to 5.1 isn't too shabby either.

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But now I'm wondering if including the original music from the games and putting them in the movie is the greatest idea. Don't get me wrong, the music in SH 2-4 can easily pass in a film, but the problem is the songs themselves. Practically all the music in the SH series is context-sensitive to the games they were made for. The song used in the trailers, for example works great at the situation it was originally intended for (the piano melody played when you meet Angela in the hotel), but the question is whether it can work in a totally seperate story and situation.

You're right, but I think you might be a little pessimistic about this. I mean, I didn't really like promise (reprise) used in the TV trailer (Reminded me too much of Angela) But I think they can definately pull it off. i.e. One of the movie clips featured the piano part of "Innocent Moon" during a conversation between 2 characters, and another clip actually played "Letter ~ From the Lost Days" in the car! (If you've played SH3, you'd know that this played in a car with Heather & Douglas)

So I personally think they'll do a great job with music. (Pray they'll put in "betrayal" for PH, that would kick ass)

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I was all for Yamaoka's music being used, but to have the entire soundtrack consist of previous music? It almost feels like a way to save money. I would have preferred a whole new soundtrack composed by Yamaoka.

Hmm, I actually really like it like this, cheap way out or not. It's very nostalgic for me when I hear that.. (I've definately smiled when Black Fairy was played for a few seconds in a trailer)

This movie couldn't come any sooner. =D

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Someone linked me a quote from a SA member, claiming that he's been working on a site or blog for one of the actresses. He said that, due to the inside info that she's been sharing with him, that this movie is going to be quite graphic, to the point that there may be some last minute censorship. He said it's even possible the movie will be banned in certain places.

I'd link to the post, but SA hasn't been working for me lately. What do you think if this proves true? I never considered the SH series too graphic, as it gets most of its disturbances from the imaginations conjured up from the freaky, hard to make out images. Perhaps most of the graphic content mentioned has to do with the freaky background objects, and not actual gore.

Anyone know how soon before some early impressions or reviews come in? I'm all set to watch this as soon as it comes out, but I'd like to hear some positive feedback to dispell any fears I have left.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by a_nal

I was all for Yamaoka's music being used, but to have the entire soundtrack consist of previous music? It almost feels like a way to save money. I would have preferred a whole new soundtrack composed by Yamaoka.

I am glad they are using old music. To be honest, I think he's been getting progressively worse since SH2.

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Personally, I think he's getting better. From SH2 to 3, his style of music for the series has been less psychedelic horror and more modern, MTV style music. But with SH4, he mixed the two genres together, making the music more dark and depressing. Room of Angel is the perfect example of this fusion.

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I heard there's a pretty graphic scene in the film from a previous interview.

Gore hounds should be pleased, it said.

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It described a scene where a crowd is running from monsters at a point in the film, and a child falls behind and suffers a gruesome death. No details, but I can imagine what that would look like.

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Anyone know what trailers will be attached, or what.

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I'm guessing the Omen remake. Other than that, nothing too notable I guess.

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Personally, I think he's getting better. From SH2 to 3, his style of music for the series has been less psychedelic horror and more modern, MTV style music.

And that's a good thing? Although I did like room of angel.

But in my opinion, we need more dissonance, and less music. Like this track from SH3. The first time I heard it I was caught in a narrow hallway with a slurper and a split head dog and I nearly pissed my fucking pants. They came out of nowhere and this track started playing immediately. The sounds are what made it so scary.

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And that's a good thing?

It is and it isn't. I was saying that with the first two sequels, it seemed he was leaning too much toward modern music and not so much on pure noisy horror. But with SH4, I feel he achieved a good middleground.

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According to Coming-Soon.net, they're not screening it early for critics

That's always a bad sign, but I'm not giving up hope. I pray it has to do with the last minute censorship like you mentioned, but who knows. Regardless, I'm catching it early tomorrow night with my film professor, so hopefully I'll be home in ample time to tell you all how it is!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Could be to protect a twist. Early impression that are leaking to SH-forums and SA from non-fans are glowing.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Badass. Have any examples or links?

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Originally Posted by Talbain

I heard there's a pretty graphic scene in the film from a previous interview.

Gore hounds should be pleased, it said.

Spoiler:

It described a scene where a crowd is running from monsters at a point in the film, and a child falls behind and suffers a gruesome death. No details, but I can imagine what that would look like.

I heard about one scene where:

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A young girl catches fire and is completely immolated. Apparantely the makeup for her burns is really realistic and disgusting. Don't know if that's the same scene.

The only Silent Hill I've played is the second one, and this movie looks absolutely amazing. As far as video game movies tend to be.

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My husband and I went to Seattle today and, amongst other celebratory measures taken to ensure the proper historical notation of our 22 consecutive years of conjugal joy, observed a trade screening of the movie Silent Hill, based (and I have no idea how loosely) on the video game of the same name. The movie is also somewhat riveting, at least it was to me, and my husband (who is possibly a more discerning viewer than I) agreed.

The movie's plot revolves around a young girl who does dangerous things when she sleepwalks, her adoptive parents, and an eerie ghost town whose name she whispers in her sleep. This mysterious town, where coal mines still burn underground, is awash in the ashes of the past, and the little girl carries a dark secret that takes her mother deep into a labyrinth seething with lost souls wandering terrible hallways of buildings that seem to turn on the hinges of more than one plane of existence.

Here you can never be completely sure if what you see is occuring now, or is some hideous replay of events that occured 30 years prior. Are people themselves, or hellish reincarnations of these tormented creatures whose ignorant choices made a lifetime ago continue to perpetuate a wrong that can never be made right? How far out does the circle extend? Where are the lines, and when have you crossed them?

The movie is frustrating in some aspects. Its backstory is somewhat vague, and the ending makes you start wondering aloud after you kick it around for a while. What are we seeing, exactly? Who is dead and who is alive? When did they die? My husband and I tossed these questions around, and wound up deciding we would need to see the movie again and look for clues we might have missed, or misunderstood, the first time around.

The movie is more creepy than spooky, with some disturbing images and a few over the top gore shots near the end, but all in all, I think it's worth a couple of hours of your time. The acting is decent, and the atmosphere is properly set with dramatic weather shifts to accompany scene changes. It's a bit choppy, and a little over-dramatic, but aren't all horror movies, to some extent? I would recommend it over some of the sludge that slops around this time of year, when the blockbusters haven't been hauled out into the bright summer sunshine yet, and the indie snootfests have mostly worn out their welcome.

I mean, it ain't no Ice Age 2, but, you know, not EVERY movie can have a couple of wooly mammoths, a sloth, a sabre-toothed tiger AND two opossums.

It's probably just as well. I don't think this movie would have known what to do with the opossums.

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(...) we won't be seeing any reviews until Friday, apparently, because Sony has it on hardcore lockdown. BUT, I can give you this quote that came straight from my friend's mouth.

"The few people in the tiny theater I saw it in had to sign agreements not to talk about it until the release date. I'll tell you this though. It'll blow your f---ing mind. Easily the greatest video game adaptation ever made and one of the better films so far this year. Better than the Underworld or Resident Evil dreck Sony has been putting out"

They did also tell me not to hope for something as completely majestic as Brotherhood of the Wolf in terms of character development, but to expect to want to see it 300 times in theaters.

I might want to share that this is also coming from a person who has never even heard much let alone played the games...but this is a very critical person in the horror genre and I trust they're telling me the truth and it's going to be a lot of fun.

Oh yeah, those scenes Gans talked about where Rose is wandering around just like in the video game? I'm not quoting here but expect a lot of slow parts and a lot of super speedy parts. And when I brought up the fact that there's scenes of this video game wandering around collecting stuff and solving puzzles, they said that it doesn't take away from how great the film is.

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Originally Posted by a_nal

Personally, I think he's getting better. From SH2 to 3, his style of music for the series has been less psychedelic horror and more modern, MTV style music. But with SH4, he mixed the two genres together, making the music more dark and depressing. Room of Angel is the perfect example of this fusion.

for me I think SH3 OST is the perfect one, because even if I love all the singing track, it still a silent hill OST so we still need some weird and really "intense" music. SH4 for me it's like final fantasy Tactic (or crystal chronicle) they should have only called it SHL the room and continue with silent hill 4 on ps3. I don't know how to called that but he was kind of different.

I still want to hear Melissa Williamson (or any other names she may have now) because I love her song in the SH 3 and 4 OST but still keep the other track like the ones in SH2 or 3 ^^

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New and fun interview with ROGER AVARY, Silent Hill's main writer!

JoBlo's interview with ROGER AVARY

Well, gotta sleep soon so I can get all my energy up for the Silent Hill Advance Screening tomorrow! :biggrin:

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I just bought the first SH video game yesterday. I'm going to watch the movie friday, then play the game saturday. I might get myself a sandwhich inbetween now and then as well.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Don't expect the game to be filled with answers since it wasn't tought-out to be a series at this point. Also, the movie's scenario is compromised of the the 'Questions' from the first game and the 'Answers' from the third game.

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I just got back from seeing the movie, and I was surprised with how good of a movie it was.

I was expecting NOTHING good going into it (much like I did with Resident Evil movies) but the movie had a lot to offer, and with it being something over 2 hours long, it was great to sit through.

The deaths were great to see, finally a movie where I just sat and watched and said "Dude, that is some fucked up shit!" to myself. With the most brutal deaths. The movie did great with sound and how it is used, much like the game, I liked how they pretty much used subject matter from all the games within the movie.

I don't want to give much away, so I will end what I saw with this, but it was a good solid video game movie. The ending, I hope when someone else see's it can explain it to me, because I didn't understand the ending AT ALL.

EditJust saw the review a few posts up, and they pretty much hit the nail on the head and I agree with most of it. There were a lot of parts which were very overdramatic (mostly what I saw between the girl and the mother in the beginning). There were a few other things, but I didn't notice as much as that.

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