Return to Silent Hill

i don't even read reviews anymore because when i see a score of less then 5 and then i go see the movie and it turns out to be really good like the movie Melania i just give all movies a 10 now because there is only gay bashers reviewing these now and not even worth looking at reviews anymore when people give a movie a 0 wich is impossible for any movie to be a 0... the movie has to be non existent to get a 0 and therefore has to at least get a 1 but i have only seen maybe one movie in my life that is so horrible that is deserves a 1

Christophe Gans is an aficionado for the original game series, which led him to spawn the first Silent Hill movie adaptation in 2006, a movie that tried hard, showed a lot a passion, but deviated a bit from the game. I get it, it is hard to adapt video-games to the big screens (or books for that matter) — does anyone remember Milla's Resident Evil? —, but it is possible, and Directors and Screenwriters do, should have liberty of spinning outside canon. It so happened that Gans' Silent Hill (2006) was somewhat an enjoyable film. Following his same passion, he spawned, 20 years later, Return to Silent Hill. (We are going to pretend that Silent Hill: Revelations from 2012 didn't happen.)Like most Silent Hill games, continuity is only implied, never forced or granted, so don't try to tie this movie with its predecessors; most games didn't maintain solid progress, instead opting for little hints here and there, and the only thing connecting all movies so far is the lore and infamous city. Gans' Return to Silent Hill focuses on the events of the video-game Silent Hill 2, so the premise is strong: when James Sunderland gets a letter from his long lost love prompting him to go to Silent Hill, he decides to follow his heart, leading him to the doomed town of Silent **** might fall into two categories of audience here: you either know the video-game or you **** you know the game, you will quickly recognize the care and passion into the details. Gans tries to re-enact most key scenes, from camera angle to recognizable moments. You will also note that the movie plot deviates ever-so slightly from the game plot, twisting some of the characters in an interesting way and changing the darker theme of the game into a pure Romantic love thematic **** you don't know the game, this is a movie about a guy that is losing his mind and goes into a town where everyone seems to also have lost theirs. The town also seems to be alive and trying to **** them into a hellish nightmare. James' drive is love, but also confusion and denial. Psychological horror done right.Regardless of your audience fit, you should notice some plot holes too. Some characters seem to be there for the sake of bloating the story — one in particular is just there because he was in the game too, but that is about it; the other, or others, just bloat for real. And the whole psychological plot is flawed without a concrete **** all culminates in an ending that is true Silent-Hillian, so if you got confused, you never played the games for ****'s go technical here. The CGI is acceptable and the ambience is creepy and satisfying. Cinematography was the key highlight of this film, and I enjoyed all scenes overall. You might feel that the acting is off, but that is because all Silent Hill games have weird character interactions, so I think that was intentional. Everyone feels off or lacking social abilities, but that is because everyone is getting consumed, I will leave it at that. Overall, nothing to complain here.Return to Silent Hill is yet another ohmage by Gans. Like the original movie from 2006, this one is clearly another passion projects, and Gans' care pays off in delivering a solid experience. Like most video-game adaptations, though, things might feel off or weird, but the Silent Hill franchise is also that. You won't be bored in this film, nor awed.

Adaptation similar to the first movie. Some parts they nail others totally miss the mark. Interesting adaptation if you aren't expecting the quality you see from remakes nowadays. Oddly artsy at times.

My Silent Hill heart is broken only good thing about this movie was the soundtrack and Mary

I felt very good for a couple minutes of the movie, started to like it even, and then... Imagine a precious scene in the videogame, that will very sutily tell you something very important about the plot. In this movie such scene is bluntly shoven straight to the face and doesn't actually matter, because movie forgot that it changed (or removed) a part of the plot that leads to that scene. Lots of fan service to lure you in, and mostly unskillfulness later.