Very well done but some flaws

Rating: 7/10 (22 April 2006)

As a rabid fan of the survival horror genre of video games i have to say silent hill stands out as the only game i refuse to play with the lights out and thats saying something. Now many of you reviewing this movie use references to resident evil and other game based movies but i don't believe its a fair comparison. Silent Hill was something special it scared you down to the core it went down to a primal fear the fear of the unknown and the dark it showed how this emerging art form could be used to its fullest extent and for the most part the movie captured this.
Where the movie truly shines is where it followed the games. From the great cinematography to the music and sound effects. (My friend and I checked they even got the rhythm of the footsteps and breathing right) Everything they took from the games worked.
Now to what didn't work SILENT HILL IS NOT THAT GORY good god i don't need to see someone being burned alive the entire time my god and for crying out loud Cybil isn't even real in the first game shes a manifestation why couldn't they have kept that just have her about to be burned then poof disappear but no. OK now the barbed wire bit dear god lets see how much blood and gore we can cram into 5 minuets OK go cmon that isn't what silent hill is about you don't see anything like that my god if this came out when i was younger and when my parents first bought me the first game they would have taken it and destroyed it.
I'm rabbling OK look go see the movie but like leave after an hour 45 you wont miss anything and yes more pyramid head damn it