Silent Hill Movie Sequel Getting Made Despite Hate Mail

[IanBrazen]

Im the biggest silent hill fan i know and i absolutely [HEADING=2]LOVED[/HEADING] this movie.
I cant believe how many fans rejected it, that really pissed me off bad. one guy went on for ten minutes about how they changed the little girls name from from Cheryl to Shannon. that is one of the most petty arguments Ive ever heard in my life.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Well considering only gamers know anything about Silent Hill, yeah, you have to make a movie for the gamers, fucking dumb ass hollywood, also I watched the first movie, couple things they fucked up on, Harry Mason wasn't in it, it failed right there, also as nice as it was to see Pyramid Head they should have kept him out till the second movie, he's like the big star of the show, so what are they gonna do in the second one to make the girls scream, probably nothing, and I swear they better put fucking James god damn Sunderland in the second movie!!

If you're any sort of fan of the Silent Hill series, then you know that continuity doesn't actually matter.

If you paid any attention to the movie beyond your desire for fan wank, you'd realize that it was -extremely- faithful to the TONE of the movie. It had the right shots (Rose's first walk through the alleys was down to the camera angles out of silent hill), the right concept of a world created by the psyche of an individual, and that constant creepy undertone of 'what the' that pervades the series.

If they just retold the videogame's story, it'd been a steaming pile of wtf; Silent Hill's story makes for a fine video game, but it's too disjointed, too many elements that don't really make sense.

It wouldn't have been a good idea to retell the first story either, because there'd be no surprises. Instead, it took the basic concept 'Alessa is in a hellish world created by some other power, and the protagonist's daughter is in this world, and the protagonist must find her' and changed the 'why' part of the equation. By making Dahlia into a sympathetic woman rather than the villain, they changed the tone of the movie; it became about motherhood, and as such, you couldn't have a male Harry Mason serve in the role of the wandering seeking parent.

Also, by having a different protagonist, that is a clue-hammer to the face of the videogame fan-dumb that it's a different story, so don't be surprised if things are completely not the same.

Okay fine, but next time put a guy in a guy's role (if not Harry Mason at least put in a guy cause it was a guy for the first game)

 

[Generic_Dave]

I liked the first, and I'd be willing to see another.

No matter what you say, no matter what anyone says, Silent Hill is THE best Movie adaption of a game out there. FACT!

Now, while that sobering thought settles into our brains, I actually quite liked SH on its own grounds, and as a horror film found it vastly superior to most horror films of the past few years...[eyes "Nightmare on Elm Street" suspiciously]...

Forget eyeing suspiciously, I'm flat out pointing at it.

And hey, Hitman wasn't bad.

Okay, you've forced my hand. I point and shout.

I dunno, I never got through it. Tried to watch it on the plane to New York once,
but I fell asleep. I woke up about half way through the flight and started
it again. I fell asleep again. Both these event constitute the only times in my
life I have ever slept on a plane. I draw my own conclusions from this.

The movie, by those simple standards, was too over-the-top and flashy (Game: Pyramid Head smashes someone's head over a TV about twenty seconds before we get there, and menaces the player from behind an impassable gate. Movie: Pyramid Head rips the skin off a random woman and flings her at the fleeing crowd.).

Have to say I thought that was hilarious, I couldn't remember the last time I laughed that hard
when I saw that in the cinema, though there were not many other people laughing. So maybe its just me then...ahem...

 

[Bloodeye]

I liked the first one so I'm hardly in tears over this. Although the first one did have the almighty Sean Bean in it to prop it up.

 

[robandall]

The first film was ok and seeing pyramid head rip that girls skin off was enough to make me watch it again. That said, as a homage, it fell well short simply because it couldn?t reproduce the same atmosphere as the game. A lot of 'fans' felt the point was missed but seem to have been on the internet for too long to be able to articulate themselves without devolving into infantile fulmination (I know, good word right).

The atmosphere I felt when I played the game can be summed up in two words - constant dread. If I wasn?t having heart palpitations actually in dark word I was constantly on edge about when I would descend back into it. While there was some horrible shit in the movie and there were some very unnerving parts (the nurse scene for example) these moments of tension gave way all too quickly. The movie just couldn't deliver trepidation and horror of the same intensity and for the same length. To be fair to the movie these are probably just issues with the format - you can't have exhausting periods of tension that fit into a properly paced (and by that I mean ?highly consumable?) 90 minute film. The levels of immersion possible in a game are also difficult to match in film as you're not in direct control the protagonist.

The respective antagonists also created a massive gulf between the two mediums. Borrowing heavily from Yatzee - Silent Hill the game was always about a disembodied, omnipresent evil - something ancient, singular in its base malevolence. The influence of a demon god. The film was about a disgruntled girl and putting a human face on things scales down the scope, and the horror, enormously. It's facing evil *itself* verses coming across a child from Bernardo's (not intending to advocate or belittle child abuse, of any fashion, in any way). A girl being the embodiment of evil may have been shocking and hard to comprehend back when Carrie was released but it?s pretty commonplace in entertainment these day ? especially to the gaming/internet community.

The character you play in the game forces you to struggle. He invokes feelings helplessness through his own ineptitude - he's not a commando he's a housebroken father and the tension built by his inability to physically cope with the horrors around him was yours to feel as you forced him forward. Again, that level of immersion and, more importantly, personalization is difficult to induce in film.

While typing this novel out I realized the film was always destined for failure (in the eyes of fanboys) if it wanted to be a financial success. With that in mind you've got to give the film, and its upcoming sequel, a break. The film was never about Konami trying to bring another chapter of their franchise to their fan base - they release *new games* for that. Davis Films/Tristar/Whoever saw a good IP and wanted to use it to make a film to appeal to the mass market and did so. Obviously with a modicum of success.

I think the 'fans' would have been much better served with a film with a cast of 6 people shot on a shoestring with just enough money for 2 - 3 CG transitions to the dark word (which the new Freddy film seems to do very nicely). Even if it good it probably would've gone straight to DVD - sold 12 copies - been ripped the first day of release and been watched via a D/Led .mkv by the majority. Ensuring that nobody would try anything like it again. Gotta love that internet community!

 

[UnSeEn60]

Being a BIG fan of the Silent Hill series, I figured I would hate the film, but was pleasantly surprised about how decent it was. Sure, it's not brilliant, but I think it does a pretty stellar job of capturing the town and its slimy denizens. I wouldn't mind a sequel.

Off-topic: when I saw it in theatres when it came out, I noticed that, in the front row, a family had brought their three small children to watch the film. During the trailers the kids were laughing and playing...however, about thirty min into the film, the kids were dead silent. I think I heard a few whimpers when Pyramid Head made his cameo...fucking classic.

 

[DayDark]

I kind of liked the first one as well, but then again, I haven't played the games, IMO it was a pretty good horror movie.

 

[The Random One]

Eh, the first film was okay. Didn't really like how it looked at the scary and otherworldly things and just up and said 'well, THIS is why it happened!' Although I liked their explanation for it, the idea of a dark world of death is one I've played with often.

Anyway, people who are complaining about the movie are probably thinking the franchise is stopping a 'real' SH movie from being made, but I think SH is fine-tuned to being a videogame. You can't get much better than that because then you have to start using videogame things that only work on that scenario. Just ask Yahtzee.

 

[Akalistos]

First, i encourage anyone to see what a fan thing about this. Watch out, that guy swear more than an Sailor with is genitalia caught in the chain of the anchor.

http://www.rageaholic.8k.com/

He mostly right, the one responsable for every thing that wrong in the first one has more on his plate now. So we can expect a Super Mario Bros caliber movie. Yay!!!

I'll so trilled, but not as much as this guy.

 

[Akalistos]

Sorry for being late to this party but WHAT THE HELL?! IT'S CALLED AN ADAPTATION FOR A REASON, BUTTHOLE. If you're not gonna respect the base material, then don't bother!

We expect at least to keep the major theme. It wasn't really explain how Alessa could bend the town, but the "god" have something to do with it. Removing that aspect and change it to witchcraft because the writer think (and i'm para-phrasing here)you're too dump to understand piss fan up. I can ride a artistic change here and there, but when your making something like that the essence of plot must still be here. Take THE DARK KNIGHT, it good because it keep the core elements, and satisfy the fan by keeping true to the original character. It not Hard. In fact, i'll would give all the game to Sam Raimi and tell him to adapt it. I'm sure without a doubt he would change some stuff, but it would have been 500% better than Silent Hill the Movie. And it not great but i like it. I worked at a video Store when it came out and i rented it a few time. Than i catch it on the Movie channel. And own it.

Beside, like i said in my post, the one that wrote, direct and produce the film is the guy that think your stupid and he must dumb the new one down and make a TWEEN film out of it.

Edit: Beside i can't argue with you... I just can't compete with someone that call other BUTTHOLE. I'll go now.

 

[Johnmw]

Wait, gamers hated this movie?

I loved it.

My thoughts exactly. Love the games loved the film, they're totally different as befits two different mediums of storytelling.

 

[arcticphoenix95]

wait..........silent hill 2 THE MOVIE............if they use the game's atmosphere and it's storytelling..........kids and adults will FREAK THE FUCK OUT.

 

[arcticphoenix95]

but remember zp's "ghostbusters" review........................

 

[Radelaide]

The first movie entertained me... and in the end isn't that what a movie is supposed to do?

Twilight entertained me, but not in the way it was meant to. Being a female, I was meant to squee and wet myself at the site of Edward. Having a brain, I lol'd so hard that I made Twihards call me a "stupid *****" for not understanding such brilliance.

Movies are meant to entertain in a specific way. But hey, as long as you get a kick out of it

 

[likalaruku]

Well, if it bombs, Hollywood is a little poorer & other directors will be further discouraged from attmepting game movies. That's a win.

 

[brunothepig]

I didn't mind that movie. Though Ive never played the games, and it certainly wasn't an excellent movie or anything.
Although, has anyone tried faithfully recreating a game into a movie for the gamers? I don't see why that would alienate movie goers. When someone tries that, and (if) it bombs, then you could use that as an excuse.

 

[DracoSuave]

By making Dahlia into a sympathetic woman rather than the villain, they changed the tone of the movie; it became about motherhood, and as such, you couldn't have a male Harry Mason serve in the role of the wandering seeking parent.

Okay fine, but next time put a guy in a guy's role (if not Harry Mason at least put in a guy cause it was a guy for the first game)

It wouldn't have worked, see above.

You can't stick a male character in and call it about motherhood, now, can you?

That IS a central theme of the movie.