Gans not directing Silent Hill movie sequel, actress Radha Mitchell says

Fine with me. I loved the game but the movie was pretty awful, even by extremely low game-to-movie standards.

Oh dear god please, no. That movie was awwwwwful, even dragged my girlfriend to the theater for it. We're big on scary movies, thrillers, etc., but this was just really lousy. Especially the goretastic crapathon of a finale at the end of a flick.

However I could see a SH2 *if* they actually stayed true to SH2 the game. I think that could actually lend itself to a movie if done right, but definitely not any sort of continuation of that first movie. :x

I had a friend who told me for months how this was going to be awesome, in the face of my mounting pessimism. He defended their stupid decisions, like replacing the male character with a female ("Men don't feel that kind of emotion for their children", they said) - then sketching in that horrible Sean Bean character. He kept insisting that given the pedigree of the writer/director it would be the best videogame movie ever made ...

... then he fell asleep halfway through it. Me, I just kept laughing at how horrible it was.

First one was kinda allright. Some bad acting here and there, but overall not that bad. I think the change indirectors is always a scary move, though.

I hope they make a second, the first one was pretty fun, closer to Snakes on a Plane than Saw. It was enjoyable overall and even a bit freaky. Pyramid Head stole every scene he was in. I liked it. Clearly it wasn't good by general movie making standards, but it was high budget B-movie. I didn't watch it to be enthralled by the movie, I watched it to have a good time, and I did.

This movie could have been a LOT worse. Sure, the story was botched and the characters were at times... boring and had the occasional bad line...

But they got two things spot on, getting the eerie and unsettling soundtrack AND nailing the atmosphere of the games.

I recommend checking out this review, I've pretty much come to share the same opinion as this person, albeit less irked about how it turned out:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/new-guys/phelous/5877-silent-hill

Am I the only one who wanted Rose and Cybil to get together and run away from Silent Hill with Rose's daughter? I was torn when they killed Cybil because she was so awesome. :(

I thought the movie was pretty good... then again, I like any adaption of source-to-film movies as long as they don't turn out like Children of Men and The Golden Compass.

I thought the first movie got the visuals right. Which is the only thing it got right. They were spot on Silent Hill's look and feel....The story however, leaves MUCH to be desired as the last half hour of the movie completely destroys any of the mysticism from the original game's plot. It also gives a very weird and unsatisfactory twist in the end that doesn't make much sense to the audience.

Whoever wrote the script to the first film needs to NEVER write another script again. I was hoping for a translation of the first Silent Hill game's plotline which included the master demon Samael not some convoluted story about some tortured little girl's ghost wanting revenge. While that twist could have worked it was so poorly written into the plot that you're not even sure why the story is taking place at all when it's all over. If they do a sequel I hope they do a fresh story and completely ignore the first movie's plotline. And for god's sake get someone who can actually write a good script. Perhaps Christophe Gans not being involved is a good thing since (if I remember correctly) he was heavily involved in fleshing out the weak plot of the first movie. I do have to give him credit on capturing the essence and the atmosphere of the games. Those special effects and creatures were very well done!

@Rein

Yes children of men was an AWFUL movie.

as long as pyramid head is in it.

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