SILENT HILL... A Deeper Impression.

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

I Loved the movie so much that I went and saw it twice just to make sure I didn't miss anything. Sure enough I found plenty of things I missed the first time around. It was very much like playing the Silent Hill games where you have to play them 2-4 times just to get the story and then the message.
Unlike horror movies of modern day & the past, Silent Hill is not something our society will enjoy or even understand by the masses. There is no sex scenes, no slasher movie elements, not even young REALLY unknown actors like the movie DEATH TUNNEL. Silent Hill requires too much thought (where American society wants every thing just handed to or done for them) and secondly a lot of cultural beliefs of the Japanese angels, demons, hell, heaven, purgatory, the soul, etc... that American society has had limited, to no access too. Basically this is caused by our society being very closed minded due to our religious beliefs in the past having a huge impact on society today.
This movie has a deeper message which we all need to figure out for ourselves. the concept for silent seems to be how the player see it at the time he/she plays the game. Same goes for this adaptation to film version of Silent Hill. So ya I basically see this move as a simple test to show modern society how closed minded, self centered, and fake we really are as human beings in this plane of existence. We really don't know what happens to us after we die do we? Will we create our own heaven/hell or be reborn? The list goes on & on!
Special Effects = 10 (Top notch!) Plot/Story = 8 (The "Cult" & the "Demon" was changed for the US) Acting = 8 (Few moments of shame but over all very pleasant) Music = 8 (Seemed a bit out of place sometimes.)
Midian's over all score = 8.5 of 10 (Definatly NOT a waste of time or money! Go see SILENT HILL now!)
SCORE KEY: 10=PERFECT to 1=WASTE OF TIME
In closing, this version of Silent Hill is what Team Silent Hill wanted it to be. TEAM SILENT HILL & SONY approved it and enjoyed it according to an interviews and filmmaker's blog. Not to mentioned the fact that the movie has been set up to continue on to a SH 2 like story. The world will grow just like the games. I didn't understand parts in the first Silent Hill until I played Silent Hill 2 & 3. All I can say is if I could change 1 thing about the movie I would have kept the original cult concept. But maybe in the future with a Gans/Avery/Team Silent Hill sequel you will see me eat those words.
Midian Midianad.com