My 2nd review was only about the good news. I'm reposting it having fixed all the mistakes to remind us of the good news.Your sanity is a breath of fresh air to me. Thank you for posting. I've been slowly drifting away from this forum due to starting to feel like the only guy who actually likes these games/films, and being looked down on for it. Your post is pretty much the same as I feel about this whole thing so it's nice to see that I'm not entirely alone in my sentiments.
Bassett and SHR3D are taking a lot of flak. [I've never played games but think the first Silent Hill is the most underappreciated movie of the decade].
Part II; the good news.
OPINIONS
I'm tbonesays and I approve that retcon.
So I loved the mirror scene. Deal with it my pretties.
Heather’s facebook joke provided some comic relief necessary in any film that tries to be serious. Why no shot at myspace?
SCENES
Everyone seems to single out the nurses scene as one they like. There’s a lot of symbolism and representation there.
2nd place goes to the spider head scene. I’m guessing that it means something specific to the gamers. [I’m not one]
Heather walking in to the great white void of Silent Hill was lovely. While copied directly from Gans’s first film, I can never watch that scene enough.
Silent Hill is/was/was still very cool looking. I suspect a lot of art came from the games, but the cinematic graphics work because they stop just short of being over the top.
The hugging scene was meaningful, although way too loud. As mentioned by the other poster you need to know they were referring to the first movie after Rose surrenders to Alessa.
TOUGH ACTIN
Deborah Unger has that character down perfectly. Now if we only got to see her more…
The Private Investigator guy worked up until
Sean Benn does great when the script gives him character to work with i.e. Act 1. But . . .
Clemens stole the show. My expectations sank after the classroom rant, but she turned it around. But her lively method acting saved the film from disaster.
FINALE