Silent Hill movie Options

[unitself]

Wow. I am very surprised that no one has posted anything about this yet...
This was the best video game to movie translation I have ever seen. Hands down. AND it was a damn fine movie too boot!
Seriously!
They nailed everything about Silent Hill: the look, the sounds, the "holy shit what the hell is that thing?!!", even the music was straight from the game.
I highly recommend this movie to any horror fan and if you're a Silent Hill fan, then RUN to the theatre and see it.
One caveat though - This is one gorey friggin movie. Much more so than I ever thought it was going to be. Super violent, too. I guess it was to be expected seeing that you are running for your life beating things down with a pipe or blasting them with a shotgun, but when you see it on screen it's much more so! Just a slight warning.

Silent Hill movie - Two thumbs up!

ps: I'd say more, but I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't see it yet.

[Kari]

I'm not a huge fan of the Silent Hill series (Though a fanatic of survival horror anything); truth be told I've only played SH1, SH3, and The Room, so you'd think I'd dig it, but I really wasn't blown away. It hit me on a mediocre level. Possibly the product of expectations too high.

I thought it was a little more on the cheesy side in terms of dialogue and characters. The way cult members were portrayed in Otherworld struck me as just plain rid0nkulous, like something you'd see in a haunted house. Alessa was the only exception; she felt really high on the creepfactor scale. Rose was forgettable -- where the hell was Harry?

On the positive side: exceptional camerawork (I'm not a professional director or anything, but talk about reminiscent of the game!), special effects, and general recreation of the feel of the games.

Oh well, to each their own!