Serious Review from a Serious Silent Hill Gamer

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2006)

Personally i didn't feel that the movie was perfect. A perfect video game/ comic book rendition has yet to be created. For us gamers/comic book readers that look at these films and think, "How badly are they going to crucify this one...." I think this movie wasn't THAT bad. Yes the acting was dry, the plot was weak, and the Husband's role was rather pointless. The special effects were very well done, the creatures stayed true to the game series, and the environments were 100% believable. Hollywood has a good way of putting a spin on certain franchises that will allow them to make a quick buck from die-hard fans and fans of the genre alike. With this movie as IMDb says in the trivia this was done with the husbands character. But my stance is that at least they didn't TOTALLY f&@# it up...it was decent for a Video game movie and I think it may only TRULY appeal to fans of the game. But it's really a step in the right direction for game/comic book movies. Video Game movies may only be a step behind great Comic Book translations like Spiderman and Sin City....and i'm just happy to see progression. I won't deny that I wish Silent Hill was done AFTER this progression.....but it was done decently at least...hey look on the bright side...it could have been done by Paul WS Anderson...he's a GREAT! director.....