good on it's own, but strays from game

Rating: 6/10 (21 April 2006)

just got back from seeing it and i definitely don't regret going, but the plot was kind of all over the place, for starters. dahlia was turned from a villain to a victim, and the entire reason for existence and motivation behind the cult is different. there was also a duality sequence while Chris searched for his wife and daughter, that compared the real silent hill and the one Rose was experiencing, that just felt like filler. this also means that you were taken out of silent hill a lot, which should never happen because it takes destroys the atmosphere around the hellish town. on its own, it felt a lot like a haunted ride at an amusement park, in that it was a fun ride that tries to creep you out, but just doesn't. it wasn't a horrible flick, it just had little in common with silent hill. the use of Yamaoka's music was a good idea, for the most part, and the setting was recreated really well. i just wish the plot was more like the game, or they could have called it something else and left it only reminiscent of a game called silent hill. bottom line, cinematography good, roger avary bad.