A terrible waste of time & money...

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2007)

...not MY time & money, because I had seen Brotherhood of the Wolves and already knew I didn't like the director's work-- but the time & money of everyone working on the film except for the director, who made it into what it is. Initially, I was tempted to give this movie at least 5-out-of-10, since Christopher Gans is just one of many new generation MTV-style directors who can direct action but not acting, and script plots but not people. But then it dawned on me that, instead of trying to be a scary and fun mystery/horror/action/thriller/etc. like Resident Evil, the director held back the pace and toned down the dialogue/music/sounds/etc. because he wanted Silent Hill to be scary and SERIOUS. So I must "fail" Silent Hill for trying too hard and in the wrong ways: 3-out-of-10 for creating lots of interesting visuals on the big screen, but putting them together in an uninteresting way.... the stylish B&W photography of the end credits was the best part of the movie for me.