Silent Hill director is a gamer, fo' real

I always thought he was a pretty good pick. Brotherhood of the Wolf was dark, scary, wierd, and vague. Just like Silent Hill!

I hope he does the game justice. I have been waiting far too long for the creation of this film. So long that there is no way it will live up to my expectations. I'm still hopeful though :)

Maybe this will be the first good Video Game to Movie adaptation. I always thought that the Silent Hill games could make a very good movie.

If this guy was a fan of the games and played them before making this movie then we may just have hope yet.

I gotta say... I'm not generally one to get caught up in hype, but I'm pretty stoked about this movie.

As soon as I found out Christophe Gans was directing this, I wiped a bit of sweat off my brow. This guy is a huge fan. He's not just played the games, he's played them to completion. Christophe says that about 1/3 of his life is spent playing video games. When he played the first Silent Hill game, he liked it so much, he actively sought out to get the rights to make a movie out of it. That's the kind of person we need directing movies based on games; Somebody with some respect and understanding of the source material. They're even using Akira Yamaoka's music for the film!

Yeah, it's too late for me friends..I'm totally psyched for this flick.

P.S. Early signs indicate good things for this movie. Apparently, TriStar said the movie was great and did not require any changes. This is going to be Christophe's directors cut that we will see at the theaters. They then told him "Think about a sequel".

Hell yeah! If it ain't Uwe Boll it has too be good!

Yes! Uwe Boll's days are numbered! Hallejua!

I put up a few more excerpts from the Fangoria article. Another one of my favorite bits that really shows Gans' love and respect for the game:

The emphasis on evasion rather than fighting back is what Gans feels makes the game so terrifying - and in turn, the movie as well. “In Resident Evil, when you’re afraid, you can shoot a zombie and you’re satisfied because you destroy what you fear,” he notes. “In Silent Hill, you never stop being afraid. It’s a much more uncomfortable concept, because the game is about isolation and loneliness. You’re isolated not only physically, but morally. When you have to beat the shit out of a poor, screaming monster and crush him to the ground, I believe it’s morally very, very uncomfortable, and certainly not heroic.”

Yeah he played the game but A. was he any good at it and B. can he direct a good movie.

Rico, did you read the previous comments? Gans directed "Les Pacte des Loupes" aka Brotherhood of the Wolf, as well as a great adaption of Crying Freeman. His directing credits really aren't even at issue.

So far, the director is well-known and the trailer looks excellent. It has a good cast, decent budget and the active participation of the original creators. I'll hedge my bets and be cautiously optimistic about it's success...but we're not even in the same zip code as Uwe Boll. Hell, not even the same CONTINENT.

Wow, Peter, those are some great comments.

"When you have to beat the shit out of a poor, screaming monster and crush him to the ground, I believe it’s morally very, very uncomfortable, and certainly not heroic.”

I might just have to link your site for my site.

Gans pretty much has that game nailed. I've never been able to put my finger on it, but he's got it. It really does isolate you in a moral way. Sometimes playing Silent Hill has almost made me feel like a bad person. Now I know why!

Yeah, I was really impressed with how intimate Gans' understanding of the material was. I'd love to just scan the whole Fango article and post it, because it's full of such great material (which is truly a beacon of hope for us gamers who get our hearts broken time and time again by studios), but I also have too much respect to shaft Fangoria like that, because it's not like their sales are soaring already (though they have been on the rise).

On a side note, in addition to already being asked to do a sequel to Silent Hill, Gans' has been approached to take on another flagship film of a franchise game. Though Gans' isn't allowed to reveal what game, he said it isn't for Konami, which unfortunately means no MSG.