To all the negative posters...

Rating: 9/10 (21 April 2006)

I just returned from watching Silent Hill to find many negative comments on this review board. I have to say I'm quite shocked at the attention spans of some of the users on here. To all the people who "didn't understand" the ending or thought it was there to "just set up a sequel", here's the rundown (it's CLEARLY explained in the plot if you were paying attention).
----SPOILERS---- 1. In the ending, Rose and her daughter (Alessa) can't see the father because even though they've returned home, they are still in Alessa's nightmare. You don't escape from Silent Hill. Hence why there's still fog, even when they're in the house.
2. If memory serves me, this predates the "Creepy little girl" phenomena and the little girl has ALWAYS been an important aspect of the story arc. The whole thing is based around the nightmares of this little girl who is the mother of God.
3. Please don't review this if your idea of horror is Freddy vs Jason and you've never played the games. This movie isn't for you.
---END SPOILERS--- Now for my review. It'll be truncated, I promise.
I thought the acting WAS a little off, but then again, it's no worse than the first SH game. "Radio? What's going on with that radio?" popped into my head at one point during the movie. Everything else was true to the game in every aspect I could imagine. The atmosphere was PERFECT, as were the monsters and the CG "Dark world" transformation scenes. This movie is FOR THE FANS only. I can't stress that enough. The whole time walking out of the theatre I kept saying to myself, "Man, if you've never played the games you'll HATE this movie".
My only major gripe with this movie (and hence the 9) was the plot. I'm still scratching my head and my mind is racing trying to connect the various monsters with their reasoning for appearing. As any fan knows, some of the monsters are based off of the main character's inner demons and sins. I just couldn't place the existence of the numb bodies and roaches in the game, and seeing out of place monsters from both the first and second games kind of ruined it for me, plus the lack of the "Alessa is the mother of god" left me a little bit puzzled and kind of justifies the argument that it's a rig rip off if one were to not know the plot.
But all in all an amazing addition to the franchise and will definitely hold a spot on my silent hill shelf when it's released on DVD/