I wish i took my tax returns

Rating: 1/10 (27 April 2006)

Firstly, i'd just like to say that this film, for me was something which was quite highly anticipated.. and i thought it would be worth the wait. When i first came to watch the film, i thought it looked quite promising, and the filming of it looked quite grim. And then.. the boredom kicked in.
The film simply took TOO LONG to make ANY POINT WHATSOEVER. It seemed to focus on the idea that "ooh.. it finds YOU" and spent simply too much time trying to establish the fact that Silent Hill is a grim, scary place. When you see some films, you notice that there's a device used to build up the tension - a "set up" shot .. i.e "a stir" or "something going on".. That was what the film was like about 60% of the way through.
Now, i have to admit that nowadays, filming something in good quality shots can be done so easily it's unreal - digital cameras and tripods as well as all the software that's out there.. But anyway, it was undoubtedly well filmed.
The point is, the film takes way too long to get to any point, and when it does make it.. you find it somewhat diluted and not putting across any real problem or reason. All of it seemed to pivot on the idea of the evil-ness of the town and it's residents, and, despite a few things here and there, nothing was really elaborated upon.
The weird thing also was, that the storyline seemed to waver a lot -- lots of info which was basically padded out at one time.. other times with nothing but useless banter about this and that.
If you're interested in something leaving you wanting more, this will deliver. If by wanting more, you mean either money back, sense or time.