Satan of Silent Hll

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2006)

In semitic mythology the fallen angel (known as Satan) loved God. He loved God so much that when God created a man and asked Satan to bow to him, Satan refused. He'd kneel only in front of God himself and nobody else. That is why God casted Satan out. So if we follow through this mythology, Satan is God's most loyal servant, although misguided.
In many cases literature (Faust, Paradise Lost...) has recognized Satan as a sympathetic, deeply troubled figure. In the movie Silent Hill, Satan is portrayed extremely sadistic but also like a person who knows what it's like to be bullied. That is why Satan identifies so much with the unjustly accused little girl. And that is why Satan understands the mother too. In fact, Satan condemns people in this film in the same way like Jesus condemned those heretics in Jerusalem. The difference of course is that the motivation of Satan's actions comes from the girl's hatred. Hatred is Satans's fuel that burns as it's shown metaphorically in the movie.
The movie leaves you with a certain kind of justified feeling of Satan's maneuvers. I mean, I would like to believe that Satan prefers the most harvesting among the people who justify their evil actions with God's will. If you think this way, Satan does God's dirty work. With the kind of people as our leaders today, at least we should hope so.