I got the story, the story didn't get me

Rating: 4/10 (9 October 2006)

I never played the Silent Hill video game, but several scenes in the film made me feel like I was sitting in front of my VGA monitor. Too much CGI. Can we go back to effects from the eighties please? They may not have been perfect, but at least they never distracted from the film.
There is something that all films depend upon to be entertaining and that is suspension of disbelief. The CGI in this film coupled with the over explained story ruined that suspension for me. Any film that deals this much with dual realities, multiple people representing a single being, and ultimately, we're talking about burning witches at the stake?... I mean really, who cares??? I did get the story, I guess the story just didn't get me.
However, I thought the town looked cool and the siren made for eerie ambiance, but the second half of this film just bored me to tears. For that reason, I give it a four out of ten, and that it being generous.
-Michael