my pulse doesn't change

Rating: 4/10 (15 May 2006)

I played the game(s) and was so nervous about seeing it on the big screen.. the trailers made big promises about how the film will look and feel and in the end it looks the same but it feels so lame. the movie more than 2 hours long and that's about one hour to much. almost every single shot in the first half is to long. the narration is very cheap and the dramaturgy is, i would simply say, bad. the most important parts of the story are told by dialog and most of the time you haven't got a clue about what's going on. I think that's the biggest problem of the whole movie. the horror-sequences well made and look and sound really disturbing but because there is no logical (in the reality of the movie) cause for them to happen you're not scared, you don't feel suspense you don't wanna scream to the actors, you just think: man, that looks damn nice but what the f*** is it all about. this feeling stays the whole movie and because of this problem the whole movie doesn't work. i'd say the movie is worth his money if you wanna see and hear some cool effects and get a little glimpse of hell, but if you wanna see a compelling and thrilling movie you simply won't get it with silent hill