a sophisticated idea turned generic and cheesy

Rating: 4/10 (24 April 2006)

Now let me first give you my review as a person who might have never experienced the video game:
The story begins with an enthralling and unique turn of events unlike any movie. As the movie progresses, the visual effects are stimulating and different, but the story becomes generic and cheesy. What began as a smart thriller has turned into a lame witch hunt. All of the sophisticated ideas are simplified into boring concepts that are only laughable. The entire story begins to crumble at the foundation, and near the end, most of the audience has given up any emotional connection to the events. The very end, however, brings back the sophistication only seen in the beginning of the film and rarely seen in the middle. All in all, it had a very unique concept that was lost in the effort of trying to make a story EVERYONE could connect to because in the end, it was only VERY cheesy.
Now as a longtime fan of the game my review is almost the same, but the movie is even worse for fans of the Silent Hill game. Gamers enter the theatre already understanding the complexity of the Silent Hill stories and although many will be GREATLY satisfied visually (and the music was also fantastic because it held true to the music of the game and also added very beautiful melodies to the score) the story is changed in a way that only a fan of the Salem witch trials would be satisfied. The plot becomes VERY basic and by the end of the movie, most fans will just pretend that the movie never happened. The story and dialogue are way too cheesy to be taken seriously which is very different from any of the Silent Hill games. MY OVERALL REVIEW (OUT OF 10 STARS): -PERSON WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED THE GAME: 5 STARS -FAN OF THE GAME: 3 STARS