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4/25/2006 5:22:58 PM

"ULTRAVIOLET"

We can agree that this is a waste of film.

4/25/2006 5:37:56 PM

Saw it last night, and 3 words sum it up prefectly...."what the fuck"

4/25/2006 5:41:11 PM

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""ULTRAVIOLET" We can agree that this is a waste of film."

Unless you like to masturbate to Milla Jovovich, of course.

4/25/2006 11:03:07 PM

^and who doesnt?

4/25/2006 11:05:12 PM

soooo ultraviolet wasnt good?

4/25/2006 11:09:07 PM

That's the understatement of the year.

4/25/2006 11:28:50 PM

No, Ultraviolet was AWESOME.

It was WAY worse than Silent Hill, but much more enjoyable.

4/25/2006 11:40:31 PM

In a "they can't be serious, this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever watched" way. I could only stomach it by laughing like crazy the whole time.

4/25/2006 11:41:30 PM

Well, yeah.

I'll take hilariously over the top awful over general sucking any day.

[Edited on April 25, 2006 at 11:43 PM. Reason : ]

4/25/2006 11:42:51 PM

i liked this movie

4/27/2006 1:13:11 AM

I just got back from watching Silent Hill, never played the game. I haven't read the thread so these things may have already been pointed out, but whatever.

This movie was absolutely horrible. It was a nonsensical hogepodge of horror movie cliches and poorly rendered CGI. Bad kid actor & her stupid drawings? check. Grizzled truck stop employee warning against travelling to scary town? check. White woman investigating shit that she has no business investigating? check. And just when I think the movie couldn't get more ridiculous, the blonde bitch swings on a fucking rope over a pit. Next she should try throwing a barrel. Oh yeah and she also tucked that knife in her boot. I don't remember if that happened before or after the rope swing but for god's sake who does she think she is.

Not to mention that the evil kid left clues for Rose to follow. CLUES! Like this is Scooby Doo or some shit. That might have been from the game, and the puzzle bit often works well in video games. But dammit, the clues and Rose's decision to follow them made no sense at all. It was like old school Batman - "How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people? Hey I know, Sharon's in the hotel!"

The movie dragged on far too long. Director should've cut out 30 minutes of running and yelling "Sharon." I'll be damned if I know why the mom was always running and why she never got tired. And why the fuck was she carrying around a Bic lighter? There's no way she's a smoker with stamina like that.

Oh and I like how the dad had to bribe that truck stop guy with a money clip of hundreds to find Silent Hill when there's a sign for it on the fucking highway. Hah, sucks for you dad.

The zombie kids in the beginning seemed like little more than an excuse to get Radha Mitchell's coat off so you ravenous fanboys could get some wet-tshirt action. Actually forget just the zombie kids, I'd say that statement pretty well sums up the entire film.

4/29/2006 1:26:34 AM

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"How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people? Hey I know, Sharon's in the hotel!"

This is one of the top ten funniest things ever said on the internet.

4/29/2006 1:40:47 AM

4/29/2006 1:47:22 AM

See, Nerdchick is on our side of this argument.

4/29/2006 1:49:24 AM

You know why?

BECAUSE SHE'S AWESOME.

4/29/2006 1:49:47 AM

Seriously.

4/29/2006 1:51:46 AM

although I will say that there were a few parts that actually bothered me

those were the barbed wire in the crotch, the sexy zombie nurses, and the hint that the janitor had molested creepy kid version 1.0

4/29/2006 1:55:27 AM

i dont think the it felt all that cliche compared to other movies. they use white women, cuz lets face it, no one will sympathize with a man and using a minority doesnt work as well for ppl to identify with. thats more of a defense of all horror movies than just this. the kid is the only strong cliche that im getting tired of, but they didnt have much of a choice.

the cgi wasnt all that bad either.

it wasnt a great movie, but i think you've picked out some of the pretty dumb things to whine about otherwise (oh no she rope swung or the dad missed the sign in all the rain since he had no clue where to go).

4/29/2006 9:02:27 AM

well there are plenty more things to whine about if you're interested

I've never seen a cop uniform that was so tight and sexy. What did Rose's car hit and why isn't there a dent? The boxes in the records dept are all burnt (nothing wrong with that per se, it's just really corny). How in hell did the dad know which file to look in. WTF was up with the detective's hands and why was he the same age when he rescued the kid back in the 70s. Rose must've been wearing some hella comfortable boots to do all that running. Why were the townsfolk wearing those weird costumes.

Why did the kid run off once the car crashed? Why didn't the parents just lock Sharon's door once it became obvious that her sleepwalking could be dangerous. Why did Rose think it would be a good idea to take Sharon to Silent Hill in the first place, especially against the advice of a grizzled truck stop employee. Apparently she hasn't seen very many horror movies.

The dialog between Rose and the cop was some of the worst I have ever seen in a movie. My farovite line - "Looks like there's been a fire." You don't say.

4/29/2006 11:49:57 AM

some of those things fall back into my original statement, but some are more valid. i agree it had a lot of retarded instances that many movies fall into (oh look here's that file i was randomly looking for). some are just lazy filmaking, some are cuz no one wants to watch the dad look for 30 mins for the files (or cut back later, would reduce continuity).

im more of the "i dont give a shit about the plot in a horror/action movie" camp though, so those types of things dont bother me, even though they are dumb.

4/29/2006 6:27:34 PM

The game makes so much more sense. The stuff they removed from the game's story is what actually makes it make so little since. They added and subtracted so many characters and story elements. That cult member that got skinned isnt in the game, the nurse has a large part, and all the girls clues leading Rose around arent there. In fact Rose isnt in the game at all. The cults motives are completely different in the game and Cybils character is a helpful cop instead of some resident evil reject. They just tried to mix things from the first 3 games and it didnt work. Pyramid head is in the second game only and he serves a very specific purpose which was completely lost in the movie. They made Dahlia's character into a hobo when she actually plays a role like Christabella. It was just a jumble of stuff they thought would be cool, and being a fan of the games I feel disappointed with the movie. Pretty much all the questions about the plot people are asking are explained so much better. So it seems cliche...but the game is so much better.

4/29/2006 6:45:52 PM

Lezard is most definitely right.

4/29/2006 9:28:23 PM

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"WTF was up with the detective's hands"

They showed you- he was one of the good guys who tried to help the burned little girl. So he touched the hot metal bar of her bed to help her get out and that gave him those hand scars.

4/30/2006 12:12:29 AM

It was a good movie for the kind of movie it was. People who don’t like zombie movies, horror movies, or allow for some mystical license in movie dealing with the borders of life & afterlife shouldn’t waste their money seeing movie types they don’t like. I mean there were several standard horror/mystery movie elements also found in this movie, but how can you go to see a movie of this type and not expect to see the very things that make it categorized this way?

I liked the 3’s in it… real world, limbo, hell… 3 realizations of the girl… original burden, good part, & demon/devil in the form of the girl… I haven’t played the game but the triangle head guy seemed to fit the christian tripartite theme. (& someone else said in this thread he represents odd sexual desires, which would tie in with the lesbian theme)

I liked the ambiguity of death, or just unconsciousness as a way of transferring physically to the afterlife area. The “don’t you get it, you’re in limbo” thing that the protagonist says to the ppl in church was revealing. It makes some sense that she couldn’t just drive her suv out of limbo. The lesbian attraction, the mother carrying the demon’s evilness into the church, the mother killing some of the church people with a knife, the little girl’s looking at the demon at the end even though the mother told her to keep her eyes clothes seem to suggest that they’ve earned themselves some time in limbo.

4/30/2006 12:17:17 AM

I like zombie movies.

I like horror movies.

I love mystical license in dealing with the borders of life and the afterlife.

Silent Hill just sucked.

4/30/2006 12:32:09 AM

i liked silent hill

4/30/2006 12:42:40 AM

Monster info from wiki

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"Several creatures from the games make a big screen comeback in the Silent Hill Film. All of the creatures except for one are present in the games. The creatures in the Silent Hill movie were evidently a number of the townfolk that were transformed by Alessa's nightmares and dark energy. Gray Children (Silent Hill 1) - Represent Alessa after the cult burnt her nearly to death. These children do not wield knives like they do in the game, but instead are blackened and smoldering; using their hands to grab and drag any victim. They emit a high pitched shriek and are first seen swarming Rose when she chases an image of Sharon, similar to what Harry experienced in Silent Hill 1. Creepers - (Silent Hill 1 and 2) - Thousands of these crawl around Pyramid Head in Midwich Elementary School where he first finds Rose. They are later seen swarming Silent Hill Cult members and finally crawling through the hole made by Pyramid Head to attack Cybil and Rose. They are originally seen in Silent Hill 1 and 2. Nurses - (Silent Hill 1,2, and 3) - React strongly to light and wield knives; their heads look disfigured and almost monsterous. They wear suggestive clothing and stick together in groups. Rose turned off her light to try to sneak by them. In an attempt to stab her they ended up cutting and stabbing each other instead and were stopped when Rose turned on her flashlight and set it down, running away while they swarmed the light. (Note: the movie representation looks closer to the Bubble Head Nurses seen in Silent Hill 2) Lying Figures (Silent Hill 2) - One of these faceless armless demons attacks Cybil, spraying her with hot ash when she was trying to arrest Rose. When Rose gets away and Cybil kills the creature she notices that there are many others wandering in the edge of sight. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2) - Created out of Dhalia Gillespie's guilt of allowing the Cult to take and burn Alessa. He hunts down the Cult members and anyone else it sees. Some speculate that Dhalia has some control over him, as she points toward one of the cult members, Anna, right before the Pyramid Head kills her. However, it is unclear if her pointing was indicating Anna as a target to the monster, or if she was effectively telling Anna "look behind you." This theory could be challenged, as Pyramid Head did not appear behind Anna until after Dhalia gestured at her using the same guesture the cult use when declaring someone a witch. An image of the Janitor, seen on a poster for the movie.Janitor - A creature created specifically for the film. The Janitor was discovered by Rose in the Midwich Elementary School washroom. He resembles a man bound by barbed wire, wearing a ripped Janitor's uniform with the name "Colin". He's discovered in the same bathroom stall where a janitor named Colin raped young Alessa years before. It is presumed he was transformed into a monster by her nightmares. After the shift to the otherworld he escapes his confines and crawls towards Rose, tounge lashing up and down, and feet still bound to the back of his head in such a way that he can no longer stimulate himself sexually. When he touches the wall it decays and holes appear that spawn creepers. Alessa (Silent Hill 1) - When the dark one fused with Rose it gained passage into the church where it raised Alessa, still in her hospital bed scarred and disfigured. She was surrounded by moving, twisting barbed wire she could control, and she used it to get her revenge on the cult members. (Note: Alessa was the final boss of Silent Hill 1 if the bad ending was received, but looked much different. She used electricity to kill Dhalia and attack Harry rather than barbed wire to kill Cristabella and the other Cult members. Her appearance in the film closely resembles the Mary/Maria end boss in Silent Hill 2.) "

"Pyramid Head is invulnerable to any weapon in James' arsenal, though his attacks do slow it down. The fight scenes are timed so that if James stays alive long enough the fight is over. This fact is not revealed to the player and seems to be a deliberate attempt to have the player waste ammo."

He was defeated by waiting him out in the movie too.

4/30/2006 12:53:02 AM

again, while i dont think this was the best movie, i did enjoy it. i dont understand the heavy negative criticism it got though, which is why i keep coming back to defend it.

it was a lot more thought out than 90% of other horror movies, despite a few cliches. it was a bit long, but i thought that added some to the atmosphere.

4/30/2006 11:02:39 AM

The movie was good. People are just complaining because they had to pay for it

4/30/2006 12:41:31 PM

I generally pay for my shitty movies and see the good ones for free.

Suck on THAT.

4/30/2006 12:43:03 PM

i dont understand what she hit with the jeep driving there

at first it looked like she hit something and wrecked, but really, she just stopped in the middle of the street and passed out

4/30/2006 12:46:10 PM

she may have in the real world, but she woke up in the alternate reality of silent hill

so it doesnt really matter

4/30/2006 12:58:31 PM

WORST

MOVIE

EVER

4/30/2006 5:00:00 PM

oh man I've been reading the reviews on IMDB. I should've known better

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"For everyone who has seen or is going to see or is thinking of seeing silent hill, do not go into it thinking ohhh its going to be a scary movie,,, because its not suppose to be. Its for intelligent drama based crowds who like good visuals, story line, acting, and mystery. This isn't doom and this isn't resident evil, this is a well written drama/mystery that happens to be very disturbing in its visual and story. People who have not played the game go see it with an open mind and not look at it as a video game movie because even without the game it could stand on its own as a great movie. So that said, if your looking for pop crap gore then don't see silent hill, if your looking for a memorable movie you well think about for years to come then do see silent hill. WELCOME TO SILENT HILL...."

acting? AHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

4/30/2006 5:04:36 PM

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"Its for intelligent drama based crowds who like good visuals, story line, acting, and mystery."

Oh.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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"So that said, if your looking for pop crap gore then don't see silent hill, if your looking for a memorable movie you well think about for years to come then do see silent hill"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Oh god it hurts to laugh this hard.

[Edited on April 30, 2006 at 6:17 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2006 6:11:21 PM

i've never played the SH video games, but the movie sets did have a strong video game level feel.

4/30/2006 6:22:59 PM

i agree it wasnt really pop-gore, despite it being bloody. memorable and well acted...not so much.

4/30/2006 6:37:55 PM

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"the movie sets did have a strong video game level feel."

in the akward way. so many random shots of them like doing some jump across a building in a videogame-esque way. it was lame.

4/30/2006 6:58:54 PM

What a bad movie

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"I just didn't feel like the movie was complete or cohesive at all. "

4/30/2006 11:45:03 PM

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 11:31 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2006 11:28:53 PM

I had played SH 1 3 and 4 prior to seeing the movie, and I'm in the process of playing SH2 to pick up the rest of the pieces in the puzzle. As a video game movie I was impressed and pleased with how many little things I recognized from the games. I can't remember any other video game movies that were so well connected to the game. Yes, there were pieces that were taken and added to make it easier to tell the story, but some things have to be forgiven for the sake of film making. I loved the scene with the nurses, because I think they did a great job with them as far as mannerisms and movement. Having seen Pyramid Head in action in the game, I'm aware of his interesting sexual nature, but don't see how movie-goers who haven't played the game would really know anything about him other than the fact that he's dude with a tetrahedron on his head and a really big knife.

5/3/2006 5:23:44 AM

hes a half naked guy attacking a lesbian-ish pair that seem to be running away from a man... so it seems to fit even if it was hard to pick up on. i like that movies dont always try to straight up copy their inspiration. a direct plot copy of x-men comics into movies would have made it bad, but i really liked the way they went. i haven't played the SH video games, although i've played similar type games, and was pleased with the movie. maybe the extended eddition dvd will make the plot more understandable for those who didn't get it the first time round.

5/3/2006 9:10:06 PM

The thing about all silent hill games and the movie is that the only storyline is brought by the characters that fumble into the town. I have never walked away from any of the games with even a close idea of what exactly happened or WHY THE FUCK things are so fucked up. Never new about the fires under the city(maybe due to lack of not playing the first game).

I came into the movie not expecting to know why things happened the way the did. And therefor I was not dissapointed with any confusion I felt.

5/3/2006 10:35:14 PM

i went and saw it. I was so confused. I didnt understand why all of a sudden the deamon could get in the sanctuary through the women. And why did it matter that the girls looked alike? And where were they? purgatory or something?

someone help please.

5/4/2006 11:37:41 AM

1. The demon got in that way because that's the way the writers wrote it.
2. Sharon is Alessa's daughter.
3. They're in Alessa's mind or some retarded shit like that.

5/4/2006 11:47:18 AM

But how did Alessa, in her very ugly and deformed state, manage to get someone to sleep with her?

5/4/2006 11:51:23 AM

i thought they said something about the girl splitting into two entities: the good and evil versions of Alessia

i could be wrong

5/4/2006 11:56:04 AM

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"But how did Alessa, in her very ugly and deformed state, manage to get someone to sleep with her?"

The school janitor put his wee wee in her hoo hoo.

And then she turned him into a barbwiretoiletstallmonster.

Of course, she would have been way too young to bear a child. But, you know, you keep putting all these hormones in beef and chicken, shit like this is bound to happen.

5/4/2006 11:58:59 AM

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"i thought they said something about the girl splitting into two entities: the good and evil versions of Alessia"

They did.

5/4/2006 12:07:40 PM