This movie was great and i'm tired of the haters.

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2006)

First of all, what you need to know about this movie is that
1). It's supposed to be a series; and
2). It's NOT supposed to be scary.
The games were never that scary, and they never tried to be. Silent Hill has always been wrongly labeled as "Horror" even though it was never supposed to be horror per se. It's supposed to be disturbing, and it's supposed to make you uncomfortable. The movie did this perfectly and if you did not play the games, you should not see it. Most of the people who hate this movie didn't play any of the games and therefore will be confused. The movie was filled with so many references to the games. Even the possible 'toxic fumes' explanation was a reference to the first game in which the worst ending was a concussion dream explanation. Much of the dialog and visuals were all references to scenes in the game, and even the camera positioning was supposed to remind you of Silent Hill 1 and 3. As for the series remark, Christopher Gans is planning one or more sequels, so the direction of this movie wasn't supposed to answer all your questions. Again this is just like the games in which, even after 4 installments, there are still many mysteries. The first movie in a series is never the best. All in all though, not only did this movie look great and give many things for fans to enjoy, but it has a much better story then people give it credit for and all of the characters are well written, well performed, and sufficiently explained. If you have played and enjoyed the games, go see this movie, you will like it. If you have not, you may still enjoy it. Don't go into the theater making the mistake of expecting a straight horror with monsters jumping out at you and scenes trying to make you scream. Go in expecting to be disturbed. The atmosphere of this movie is great and there are hardly any downfalls to this amazing movie. This is by far the best video game-movie adaptation and one of the best movies i've seen in years. 10/10