Looks good, tastes like crap.

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2006)

I went to see Silent Hill because a few of my friends from work were going and asked me to come. I had seen the trailer and some of the scenes looked pretty interesting. I should have just watched the trailer.
The movie starts off decently with a young girl sleepwalking and murmuring something about silent hill. This is a plausible start to any good horror movie. However from then on it takes a most implausible turn. The mother of this child (Sharon) decided that taking this kid to the town may be a good idea. Once she gets to the town she gets confronted by a police officer and for some reason unbeknownst to the viewer she decided to outrun the cop on an abandoned road into a ghost town. Now it may be just me but that seems like the most impractical thing anyone could ever do! And that's just the beginning of the movie! The rest of the movie is just as stupid and confusing. A lot of unanswered questions are uncovered and a lot of the scenes seem tacked on so that the plot, which is way to confusing, will make scene. Also a lot of the movie just feels kind of hokey. A lot of stereotypical horror movie stuff happens that could have maybe been mixed up a bit.
Lastly is the actual good in the movie. The one thing I found that made it worth watching was some of the visuals. The scenes when rose is in the darkness and the town takes on a creepy underworld like feel are interesting to watch and look really slick. Also the whole concept of the darkness falling ever hour or so preceded by the air-raid siren was an interesting plot device, but that is pretty much all there was. The only other good thing I can say about it is some of the music was very fitting for the movie.