The Darkness Is In B-151!

Rating: 1/10 (29 April 2006)

I hope everyone reads this.
It is extremely safe for me to say that Silent Hill was, by far, the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. Not only was the plot structure downright awful, it was severely repetitive throughout the movie. The acting was atrocious; the main character did not react to any of the "darkness" scenes as properly as any normal human being should. I feel completely embarrassed for the people who took part in this movie. They tried to make it seem as though the "monsters" in the darkness scenes were gross, but, on the contrary, they were quite uninteresting and dull. I thought Silent Hill was a ghost town. Half the movie goes by and suddenly there are lots of people around the town. Where did they come from? Nobody knows.
I must admit, some of the visuals were intriguing, but none of them made me jump out of my seat. The trailers put out in commercials for this movie made it seem as though it would be really scary. I was expecting something to jump out at me at least once during the movie, but, there was nothing. The actors in the story were so poor. Actors on daytime television could have blown them out of the water any day of the week. The beginning was okay, but it was almost as deceptive as how the commercials portrayed the movie. I thought I was in for a surprise. This was the most unpleasant surprise I have ever experienced. The movie lasted for way too long: 2 hours and 7 minutes of utter torture. My sister and I went to go see it on April 29th, 2006 because we were bored. I wish I had stayed home and driven nails through my eyelids for fun.
Anyways, all throughout the movie, they placed obscure religious quotes as if the audience were supposed to understand any of them. I consider myself to be an intellectual guy. However, just because you know what any of those quotes mean does not prove that you are smart. It means that you are religious. A previous thread I had just read said that this movie was for an intellectual audience (I know in the guidelines it says for me not to mention other's comments in my review, but this is important and it is specific). This movie is really meant for people who like to view superficial speculations of hell and gore and violence and is for immature kids. The police officer's script in the movie was so weak. Every so often, you would hear her say "What the f**k..." as if it makes her character seem strong. That is such a lame way to develop a character. Furthermore, the ways some people died were mind-bogglingly ridiculous and absolutely shallow. If the movie was supposed to be depicted as trivial and grossly awful, the directors achieved their goal. Please, I am begging you, do not see Silent Hill. I am upset that my sister had gift certificates to the movie theater and invited me go to. I did not pay and I wanted to ask for a refund of 2 hours and 7 minutes of my life.