Haters be damned, this movie is great.

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

In the past few days, a series of negative Silent Hill reviews have surfaced on the net. "It's a video game movie, therefor sucks" "I didn't understand it". Statements of this nature. I come here today to add my own statement "This is the best movie of 2006" Before you assume that I'm just some stupid Silent Hill fan (though the true ones rarely are stupid), who just 10ed the movie to up it's average, I'm a film student and have studied film for many years now. Of course opinions are going to differ on what makes a good movie, but for me, Silent Hill had it all. To me a movie needs good acting, good story, and good art design, all of which Silent Hill produced.
I'm probably somewhat biased however, because in every sense of the word, I am a Silent Hill nut. Many of the choices I have made in producing my own films have been based off of the video games.
Silent Hill really is a different kind of movie, and I think many people go in expecting one thing and seeing another. I get the feeling that many people are walking in, expecting a gore-fest horror movie, when really you are getting a story of motherhood, made up in that uncomfortable (but excellent) feeling a movie like Jacob's Ladder gave you. Also, this really is a movie that makes you think. There are many subtle touches to the film that many people won't pick up on their first viewing (SPOILER: like how the rapist janitor was also played by the person playing Red Pyramid, adding to the sexual aggression of his role).
Silent Hill is a beautiful work of art on so many levels. First off, just on it's own, it is amazing. I haven't seen a movie set it's mood so well in years. The art direction alone makes this a milestone in my own personal movie history. Secondly, this is an event to celebrate, as the first "video game" movie to have true artistic integrity.
Not everyone will like Silent Hill, but I have the feeling many people will.