Great movie with a small but crucial weakness

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2006)

I have been fan of the Silent Hill game series for years now and I played all the games for several times. I was observing the movie progress since it was announced and I was euphoric about any news that were revealed concerning the movie.
So finally the movie was released here in Germany. I was picking the opportunity and going to the cinema two days after it started running here. The first fifth part of the movie I was impressed but then disappointment came over me. I really enjoyed the visual transformation but I got confused with the story and all that. Then I went out with a quite irresolute look on my face.
But I was thinking about the movie and discussing with so many persons, I don't even know how long. And so I decided to watch it again. Well, I went in very relaxed, drank some beer and tried not to concentrate that much on details. Lo and behold, the movie was much more impressive. I was enjoying the first half so much, I can't even describe. The story was far away from the original but that didn't mind because it was still great. The effects and all the monsters were superb as they could get.
But in the second half the strongest weakness of the movie showed up again. The story was way too confusing to enjoy all the beautiful effects around there. All the important facts were packed into one hour of movie and a normal person gets really overstressed with all that.
So what do we have? An enjoyable movie that is nothing important to normal persons and a great movie that inspires fans of the series to think over all that. I myself am deeply impressed now though I still get excited about all the confusing in the second half. I REALLY do hope that there will be an extended edition that will show some more story in the nightmare world of Alessa. Because that was missing, some cruel tension within all the information.
Watch the movie and like it or don't like it.