It was possibly one of the *worst* movies I've ever seen. Even the utter hotness of Sean Bean couldn't overcome the craptastic nature of Silent Hill. The plot a) made no sense and b) relied entirely on characters being too stupid to live. And sadly, they did. The only person who showed a lick of sense was Sean Bean and his was an utterly thankless and ultimately pointless role that didn't further the plot -- not that anything really did -- and the whole thing ended on a high note of absurdity and gore.
Just...no.
And I say this as a person who loves movies based on video games and bad movies and implausible movies that go for the gore factor. Somehow, Silent Hill managed to take a perfectly good concept, decent actors, and some genuinely creepy imagery and make it all irritatingly senseless and so that you end up hoping everyone falls into a fiery pit of hell and dies horribly because then it will put you out of your misery at their rampant and all-consuming stupidity.
On the bright side, you will soon have quality entertainment starring Sean Bean, in the form of the new Sharpe, which I think is meant to be out on DVD soon.
In fact, I would recommend some Sharpe just to wash the badness from your mind.
It was just...God, it was boring. The closest thing I had to an actual thought was, "Man, Radha Mitchell got a really good aerobic workout filming this." They wasted the Bean! And Alice Krige, which, what the hell.
If I wanted two hours of mildly-stupid-movie-based-on-a-video-game fun, I'd just put in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, because with that I get zombies and Milla Jovovich kicking ass. But this? Feh.
Dude, it really was incredibly dull. Also? Everyone in that movie was too dumb to live.
So sad. I was looking forward to the movie, too, 'cause the game is nifty and I heart the Bean. But no, it was just mind-bogglingly dull and inexplicable crap.
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Date: 2006-04-22 06:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-22 06:47 am (UTC)Danke. I am very fond of this icon and also the wallpaper it came from.
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Date: 2006-04-22 07:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-22 08:11 am (UTC)It was possibly one of the *worst* movies I've ever seen. Even the utter hotness of Sean Bean couldn't overcome the craptastic nature of Silent Hill. The plot a) made no sense and b) relied entirely on characters being too stupid to live. And sadly, they did. The only person who showed a lick of sense was Sean Bean and his was an utterly thankless and ultimately pointless role that didn't further the plot -- not that anything really did -- and the whole thing ended on a high note of absurdity and gore.
Just...no.
And I say this as a person who loves movies based on video games and bad movies and implausible movies that go for the gore factor. Somehow, Silent Hill managed to take a perfectly good concept, decent actors, and some genuinely creepy imagery and make it all irritatingly senseless and so that you end up hoping everyone falls into a fiery pit of hell and dies horribly because then it will put you out of your misery at their rampant and all-consuming stupidity.
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Date: 2006-04-22 04:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-22 06:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-22 01:21 pm (UTC)You know I still have to see it.
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Date: 2006-04-22 04:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-22 07:50 pm (UTC)In fact, I would recommend some Sharpe just to wash the badness from your mind.
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Date: 2006-04-22 08:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-23 02:31 am (UTC)If I wanted two hours of mildly-stupid-movie-based-on-a-video-game fun, I'd just put in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, because with that I get zombies and Milla Jovovich kicking ass. But this? Feh.
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Date: 2006-04-23 03:24 am (UTC)So sad. I was looking forward to the movie, too, 'cause the game is nifty and I heart the Bean. But no, it was just mind-bogglingly dull and inexplicable crap.