Great for fans, others........may get confused? (Spoilers!)

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2006)

I went into this film pretty hyped. I'd seen the trailers, the 60 sec clip, the posters, its fair to say i couldn't wait, and....i wasn't disappointed! For starters the film looks incredible (thanks to Ganes's amazing visual flair), and fan's will notice endless references to all the games. The story was an amalgamation of all of these (if I'm wrong i apologise as i cant remember every detail of every game), i was constantly smiling over the amount that i recognised. However, the film is not without faults. The dialogue can at times be testing, sometimes only being slightly better than that which is in the game, and Sean Bean couldn't seem to keep to one accent? And the 'Pyramid Head' character only appeared twice. I was interested in how his character was used, in Silent Hill 2 he is more of an inner demon, a representation of your characters inner torment, in the film however he is mearly a tool for death (not that I'm complaining as every time he appeared was definitely high point!), and i really wanted him to pop up one more time at the end, maybe to cull the townspeople who were trying to escape through the door!? But alas, he didn't. Some of the camera angles used are identical to the games, along with music and set pieces, all of which look and feel stunning! I did however feel that when watching the film, that i was only one in the audience who really liked it? Not that they were laughing or talking through it, but the general vibe in the cinema seemed low? Friends that i went with were split in two, some enjoyed it, others hated it (but thought it looked nice). Overall, i feel that fans are going to be pleased the most, others may get confused or bored, or find it hard to keep up with the constant changing of dimensions/silent hills (even though the people i went with had not played the games, they still understood it)? If your a fan, go see it! If not....go see it! It definitely did the job for me, but one thing i will say.......IT NEEDS MORE PYRAMID HEAD!!! ^_^