Silent Hill

[Luna]

Silent hill - do not go and see - that has to have been the longest 2 and 1/2 hours of my lfe and the worst £5.60.

Its a disgrace that this movie was even allowed to be released - ive came home still wondering what was going on in it :angry: :angry: :angry: :mad:

[chance]

Was it really that bad?? Was it not even a teensy bit scary?

[Luna]

really chance bad is not the word for it - there are so many unexplained things in it and you never know whats going on all the way though it. even at the end you have no idea why it's ended or how

heres the trailer http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/silenthill/

[Bryan]

Silent hill - do not go and see - that has to have been the longest 2 and 1/2 hours of my lfe and the worst £5.60.

Its a disgrace that this movie was even allowed to be released - ive came home still wondering what was going on in it :angry: :angry: :angry: :mad:

5.60!? where do you go!? :eek:

I'm going to see this with my mates tomorrow

I doubt its scary as its only a 15...as a result i doubt the film can be as good as it would be with an 18 certificate. The trailer shows little narrative, but ill reserve judgement until I have seen it.

[di marco]

5.60!? where do you go!? :eek:

why how much do you pay? my local cinema is just over £5

[Meh]

Its got some pretty good reviews (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/) on IMDB

[Luna]

let me know what you think....and uummm please explain it to me afterwards

[Chloe-Elise]

I'm going to see this on Saturday, the trailer looks good and its got good reviews so far so...

[Bryan]

let me know what you think....and uummm please explain it to me afterwards

I found this a good film, but i had two toilet breaks and fell asleep at least once so i didnt follow the plot, neither did my friends (but they are dumb). I want to see this film again, as i now have found out what its about!

Superb horror! Superb CGI! Superb cineamtography! And by all accounts a superb version from the game!

Dahlia Gillespie had a daughter named Alessa. No one knew who her father was. Alessa was not liked by children or adults...a group of religious fanatics, led by Christabella, believed that this innocent was a witch and needed to be cleansed (that means killed)so that evil would not invade their community. Dahlia agreed because she was so fearful of this group and their promised damnation of her if she didn't agree. They burnt poor little Alessa, but the sacrifice went wrong and killed everyone in the cult...That's right, THEY'RE ALL DEAD...All of them are stuck in limbo...purgatory if you will. In this purgatory, Alessa's pain and anguish turn to hatred and a desire for revenge...Her hatred is so great that the bed ridden Alessa breaks off into two parts...Her dar side and everything that is light in Alessa. They don't want her light side to be overtaken by the hatred, so to protect her they take her to an orphanage...there is also another reason for this.

Rose and Chris Da Silva want to adopt a child. And although she's adopted, Sharon is Rose's daughter; She knew it from the moment she saw her...

But as Sharon gets older, she starts sleep walking and having nightmares about a place called "Silent Hill"...She is being called back by Alessa...the other part of herself, and she's supposed to bring Rose with her (because Rose is the one Alessa really needs)...so, Rose takes Sharon to the town of Silent Hill.

Along the way they meet up with a cop, Cybil Bennett, who is suspicious of Sharon's outburst...The movie even explains why Cybil would be so suspicious of something not that out of the ordinary; You see, in the past, she found a little boy dumped in a well by a psychopath and had to stay in the well with the boy until help came, to keep him from dying...so Cybil is probably almost paranoid when it comes to children...Cybil follows Rose and Sharon into Silent Hill an abandoned old coal mining town that is still burning underground...As soon as they enter the city limits, a ghostly figure of a girl runs out into the road in front of Rose's car and causes then to wreck...Could it be Alessa? Rose smacks her head hard...We later find out that Cybil wrecked and smacked her head as well...Hmmnn...

So, now they're in the town, so let's speed it up...Alessa's revenge is the darkness that turns everything dark and hellish...The siren on the church is to warn all the cult members to get to the church because the darkness can't get in there...Alessa sent her light part out so that she could bring someone back, like Rose, because Alessa needs Rose to take her into the church, because Rose can go into the church...where she can then finally get her revenge on those that mercilessly destroyed her...The only way that Rose could get into purgatory and help is by...that's right, by dying...Rose and Cybil both died in the accident. No Cybil wasn't needed by Alessa, she just basically got caught up in a bad situation. You can tell that they're dead because when Chris goes to the town with the cop, the town is abandoned, but completely normal and...this is the big one...Rose can run right through him...and at the end, that's why Rose and Sharon are still in the haze, but Chris is completely clear.

But no, there is a completely other level to this movie...Alessa was a sweet innocent that people decided was a hethen because she seemingly had no father...Sound familiar? The fanatics sacrifice her, but she comes back, almost as if resurrected...get it? She's almost crucified there at the end...there are rows of thorns (that would be the barbed wire) everywhere...So, those of you who love "The Chronicals of Narnia" because of it's deep religious message that comes from a Lion being resurrected by magic (and not a Heavenly Father)...and hate "Harry Potter" even though it is actually much more religious (in a poor boy being the savior of an entire people, but being hated by many simply for being who is and having to fight against an ultimate evil...sounds more like Jesus than C.S. Lewis' Lion to me)...You all should hate this movie, because it shows us what might have happened if Jesus had been pissed about his sacrifice and came back to seek revenge on those that killed him.

[alan45]

Didnt get a very good review in The Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tvandfilm/atthemovies/tm_objectid=16965667%26method=full%26siteid=94762% 26headline=silent%2dhill-name_page.html)

[Bryan]

Didnt get a very good review in The Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tvandfilm/atthemovies/tm_objectid=16965667%26method=full%26siteid=94762% 26headline=silent%2dhill-name_page.html)

I think ininitally its a confusing film... you need to have a great intelligance or a knowledge of the game... i didnt understand it...until id done some research on the net afterwards, which you shouldnt have to do with a film

its a good film, but not many understand it.

[Luna]

I think ininitally its a confusing film... you need to have a great intelligance or a knowledge of the game... i didnt understand it...until id done some research on the net afterwards, which you shouldnt have to do with a film

its a good film, but not many understand it.

im still confused!!!! :confused: :confused:

[Katy]

i think ill give that one a miss, not to great with confusing films.

Ive read a variety of mixed reviews. I think it depends on taste.