Horror Silent Hill

[Cmill216]

The Village isn't bad at all. The ending threw me for a loop. That's for sure.

 

[Cmill216]

I reckon his best movie since Sixth Sense. Signs = meh. Unbreakable = unbearable...etc

Unbreakable....don't remind me. I PAID to see that in the THEATRE. Damn you, M. Damn you.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

It took me like 11+ watches to flesh EVERY TINY DETAILED THING to make sense of THE WHOLE movie. Adrien brody was excellent...as was Bryce It was also good to have a female lead in a M Night movie...somewhat refreshing.

 

[Cmill216]

Bryce was GREAT in The Village. That's why I'm excited to see her in SM3 (and she'll be more dolled up, as well).

 

[Mr.Webs]

Mmmm...Bryce Howard.

Anyway, who is talking smack about Unbreakable?? Still say it's the best superhero movie yet.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

cmill

I've only seen bits and bobs of it but found it boring

I like the concept though of

Spoiler

him being indestructible, but water can kill/hurt him

. Though we've seen that with Superman

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I still haven't seen Unbreakable.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I still haven't seen Unbreakable.

I highly recommend it.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I guess if you're a diehard fan of Night, you should watch it. It's very comic booky. That's another upside.

 

[Cmill216]

I guess if you're a diehard fan of Night, you should watch it. It's very comic booky. That's another upside.

Edit. Nah. I take that back.

 

[Master Chief]

The ending of Unbreakable ruled, but man, the "train scene" was overrated.

 

[zer00]

I love Unbreakable. the ending was :smokes:

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

:smokes:?

 

[zer00]

Don't look at me like that

 

[zer00]

oh my god

That custom is like sweaty sex but with more attitude

 

[Cmill216]

oh my god

That custom is like sweaty sex but with more attitude

I love Sam.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Is that furreal?!

 

[zer00]

As real as a monkey's erect penis when it sees Shara Michelle Gellar






village blew

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

You blow.

 

[zer00]

...cacthy

 

[Bishop2]

I hate M. Night Shyamalan. The Sixth Sense had nothing going for it except its ending, and once you know that, it just flat-out had nothing. Unbreakable was directed like it was a horror movie despite the fact that he claimed it was a "real-life comic-book superhero film." It was sure disturbing as hell for a superhero film. And Signs? Man, Signs had nothing going for it at all. Three strikes and you're out. I didn't even bother with The Village.

Regarding Silent Hill, though... I know you guys have posted the Penny Arcade comics, but did you read Tycho's review that goes with it?

It's very, very mean. I very much disagree with him, but I'm going to share it anyway.

You might have seen people say that this was a good movie, or a faithful representation of the game, and I would urge you to disregard anything those people say in the future about movies or, indeed, any other subject. Silent Hill: The Movie evokes the games without accurately expressing them - to the extent that the movie succeeds at all, it is because director Christophe Gans has mastered the series' visual lexicon. It was weighed down by a faulty script, a terrible kind of smudge across the sheet, but brilliantly directed. It is in this way that it most closely mirrors electronic gaming in a general sense, though (ironically) not Silent Hill, in that it is the sterling execution of a poor narrative.

It's alright if a person wants to enjoy it, so long as they do not lie to themselves and others about the film in aggregate. One can exert their will and emerge from the film with whatever nutrients exist in that barren place. In the same way that a telescope cannot be made to examine itself, I believe that writing in a way can't be used to examine the dialogue of this movie. There is something foul about language after what this writer has done with it. Roger Avary, who PR flacks were quick to establish as one of our own, should go to prison. Not forever now, just for a couple hours, so that he can feel what it was like to languish in that dark theater.

The story for the first Silent Hill is what I would call "complex." It is not ready-made for the mass market. It is ambiguous in some ways. In short, it is the sort of story that a person like Roger Ebert might assume doesn't exist anywhere in gaming. This movie won't change his mind, because much of the subtlety and perhaps even the core ideas have either been stripped out or "seasoned" to appeal to the idiots they imagine will watch this thing. I say "idiots, etc." because this is a movie that feels the need to repeat two and three times what is really the most basic Goddamn information. There is no trust whatsoever in the viewing audience, which is to say you, aside from he absolute assurance that you will be snared by the carefully created mythology that this is "the faithful videogame translation."

The concepts communicated by the second game are far more digestible, and would require no idiot scribe to chew every detail to a paste and then spit it in my mouth. If Silent Hill must, must be a Box Office Entity, there are ways to manage it that do less violence to what it represents.

I can only hope that the PA fans won't be blinded by this review.

 

[zer00]

Yeah I said I disagreed with it. but most people disagree with alot of his views

 

[Bishop2]

Thats the thing Keanu was nothing like John Constantine, thats why people hated it.

Huh, that's funny. I remember it getting a very warm reception right here on this very site when it came out last year. And people were especially impressed with how true Keanu was to the character in spite of the fact that it was moved to LA and changed to an American tale for no reason other than budget.

 

[Master Chief]

He was a good American portrayal of Constantine. It's just that the British John is so much more kickass.

 

[Cmill216]

Huh, that's funny. I remember it getting a very warm reception right here on this very site when it came out last year. And people were especially impressed with how true Keanu was to the character in spite of the fact that it was moved to LA and changed to an American tale for no reason other than budget.

I know nothing about the Hellblazer comics, but I liked Constantine the film (and Keanu in it).