You have to give it to the film and to the people behind it: they seemed to actually try to make a good movie. It could have been just a shameless cash grab to ride on the wave of the game's success, but you just feel there was passion behind it. Unfortunately, passion is not always good enough.
Granted that this movie is a hard to one to adapt, with the game's confusing and complex story and creatures that are hard to make look good in real life. But that's not just it. The script is bad and the acting of everyone involved is equally bad; the make-up and special effects and CGI may have looked good at the time (as many critics upon the movie release release will tell you), but they just look cheap and bad executed today. For instance: Rose and Cybil have scratches and blood splattered on their body throughout the whole movie, but you never actually see they getting hurt or dirty, the blood and the scratches just appeat out of nowhere. Also these marks are never done in a way that makes them look messy or disstressed, the characters just go throughout the whole movie looking hot and sexy despite them.
However, it has its good moments. They chose to film the action sequences in angles similar to the ones in the game and it actually looks cool, so it makes for good cinematography. Also, in the topic of adapation, it follows videogame logic, but with a good explanation in the end as "the demon" tells Rose it left clues for the purpose of her understanding Alessa's pain. Finally, the end is METAL as hell. Kudos to them for not holding back and actually being able to replicate Silent Hill's very particular hellish creepines and violence that made the game so unique.
Review by faggurgleBlockedParent2024-03-29T05:51:50Z
You have to give it to the film and to the people behind it: they seemed to actually try to make a good movie. It could have been just a shameless cash grab to ride on the wave of the game's success, but you just feel there was passion behind it. Unfortunately, passion is not always good enough.
Granted that this movie is a hard to one to adapt, with the game's confusing and complex story and creatures that are hard to make look good in real life. But that's not just it. The script is bad and the acting of everyone involved is equally bad; the make-up and special effects and CGI may have looked good at the time (as many critics upon the movie release release will tell you), but they just look cheap and bad executed today. For instance: Rose and Cybil have scratches and blood splattered on their body throughout the whole movie, but you never actually see they getting hurt or dirty, the blood and the scratches just appeat out of nowhere. Also these marks are never done in a way that makes them look messy or disstressed, the characters just go throughout the whole movie looking hot and sexy despite them.
However, it has its good moments. They chose to film the action sequences in angles similar to the ones in the game and it actually looks cool, so it makes for good cinematography. Also, in the topic of adapation, it follows videogame logic, but with a good explanation in the end as "the demon" tells Rose it left clues for the purpose of her understanding Alessa's pain. Finally, the end is METAL as hell. Kudos to them for not holding back and actually being able to replicate Silent Hill's very particular hellish creepines and violence that made the game so unique.