"It Will Be All Right" ... I Don't Think So

Rating: 2/10 (13 March 2007)

By now, you've probably read a plethora of reviews that give the basic outline. No point rehashing it. Suffice to share this little snippet of conversation between my husband and I at the end of our Silent Hill experience.
Me: I kind of lost it when it got to that really silly bit.
Hubby: And which particular silly bit would that be?
That sort of sums it up.
I'm not going to make any disclaimers about not having played the game. That's irrelevant. A movie should stand alone. This one was  well  silly, and illogicalalthough I suppose logic isn't really all that important in a horror movie.
On the plus side, the cinematography at the start was really quite beautiful, and the transition into Silent Hill was excellent. There was a certain degree of suspense in the beginning (in spite of the lack of logic), and the concept of a relatively modern-day Ghost Town had me intrigued. Unfortunately, it turned into a horror-melodrama of the over-acted variety. By the time it reached the aforementioned "silly bit," I was rolling my eyes and doing work on my laptop.
Strangely enough, I found the ending relatively satisfying (and I don't just mean because the movie was over). The final minute or two provided a good, if not totally original, ending to a movie of this type.
I don't think I'll be taking any more trips to Silent Hill.