Nothing Short of Amazing!!

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 2006)

For people who've seen this GAME or have PLAYED it, would most likely understand this movie. Most of the critics and opinionators giving this movie a bad review have most likely not seen or heard of this game. I waited between 3 to 5 months for this movie to come out when I read the game was being turned into a movie, and I thought it was right under amazing. The way the camera moved, the creatures, the storyline of the movie pretty much followed 3/4 of the game, although not to rain on any parade, the fact there was maybe a few things from the second game that were in it, I hope to see in a second one, that is if it comes out. The movie was a good adaptation to illustrate and show what the game was about, and to tell the story. You might have been able to tell the cgi stuff, but that alone looked pretty good, but trying to put the game into movie perspective without losing the kick it has as a game was done so much better than I thought. This movie in my opinion portrays the game(I believe it was based throughly on the 1st one, there is currently 4 out with a new 5th one starting up, very very well, and makes other video game movies look OK or like they tried. I did not encounter any plot holes that I recollect, and the only person that was not given any background info about that we hardly know of is Pyramid Head( his name from the game Silent Hill 2( the guy with the metal pyramid looking thing on his head)) although the ending for some people might be hard to understand or follow. I think this movie will be given half bad rap due to the fact, 1. people might not have played the game. 2. they might not care for the amount of horror or scaryness in it. 3. Plossibly all the gore. 4. And thinking it's just another teenage blood and guts movie. But some of those things are WHAT MAKE THAT GAME THAT GAME. When this was to be made, they didn't want to make it like every other movie where you were able to actually understand, they want to put you see a determined mom in a state of courageous desperation, with it really not stopping once. That is what gets you waiting for the next time IT starts up again or keeping your heart racing, with you pinned to the edge of your seat. I know I was. There have been over 250 million copies of each game currently out, sold, and it's the the scariest game series on the playstation(2). And to see people that play that game, that are fanatics, that have all the different ones, and who get sucked into the sound, music, atmosphere, stories, and the characters see that this has been turned into a movie, make it more that totally exciting to them. I'm happy I saw it and it was well worth paying. I'm GOING TO SEE IT A SECOND TIME. I don't think they could've done any better. I very much applaud Director Christopher Gans and Konami.