Silent Hill (2006)

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The eerie and deserted town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Mitchell) flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers -- and ignoring the protests of her husband. (Sony Pictures)

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Directed By: Christophe Gans

Written By: Roger Avary

Starring: Sean Bean, Kim Coates, Radha Mitchell, Alice Krige, Deborah Kara Unger, Jodelle Ferland, Laurie Holden, Tanya Allen, Nicky Guadagni, Eve Crawford

Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror

Country: Canada, France, Japan, USA

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Silent Hill belongs to 24 collections

1. Certified weird (collaborative: moderated by Dreamer - 47 stars)

2. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 29 stars)

3. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)

4. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)

5. Based On Video Game (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)

6. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)

7. Roger Ebert: Your Movie Sucks (collaborative: moderated by Shmendrek - 4 stars)

8. Top 1000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 3 stars)

9. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)

10. French director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)

11. IMDB Ratings (collaborative: moderated by notyou)

12. IMDB - 2013-10-05 (collaborative: moderated by oldestman)

13. Setting: countryside, small town (collaborative: moderated by tipar)

14. Available on Divicast (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx)

15. Sporadic's Blu-Ray/HD-DVD/DVD Collection (public: Strive)

16. Owned (BD) (public: bizarre_eye)

17. Owned (DVD) (public: bizarre_eye)

18. sample rankings (public: Yuma7)

19. Horror/Suspense Movies I Own (public: Lord Moe)

20. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 36 (public: PeaceAnarchy)

21. Movies I Own (public: Farzan)

22. P. Watched List (public: nnraiden)

23. Disturbing surreal (public: Bawdabaw)

24. Unofficially Beating The World Record For Most Films Watched in a Year (public: EsperHart)

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Stars	User	Rating
5	doctor7	67 _48th
The movie really captures the look and feel of the Silent Hill game franchise perfectly. Though I've played the games I can see that while Silent Hill does work well as a video game, it doesn't work quite as well as a movie. There are some dialog problems and I'm sure that people unfamiliar with the games will undoubtedly be lost or confused at certain things. Still, it looks and feels great.
5	Paxton	60 _36th
Most of the points are from the excellent experience I had watching this in the theater with my wife who, with her head buried in my chest, squeezed my hand so hard a nickel popped out.
4	Chujo	60 _28th
The first film to accurately capture moderna adventure video game archetypes - cigarette lighter as useful source of light, unusual items as keys to hidden areas, whited out 'congratulations' screens making way for expositionary 'ending' sequences, even needless backtracking causing pointless peril. The hysterically melodramatic opener threatens to immediately derail the film, but once the action moves to the draw distanced, post apocalyptia of Silent Hill, the movie picks up considerably.
2	whomperize	70 _64th
I dug the movie. Easily the best video game movie. It has a really slow creepy feel and does capture the elements of the game quite well. Biggest complaint: MORE PYRAMID HEAD!
2	SmooveJ	80 _38th
Decent atmospheric horror, although to understand what's going on, playing the games is basically prerequisite.
2	ozymandius10	39 _4th
Though this is a decently faithful adaptation from the video games (which is a rarity from that genre), it's still just a poor/half assed effort. The story is bad, and the ending is even worse.
2	renatoromero	74 _37th
better than what most people say it is. If The whole "real world" part of the plot was cut out, it would've been a much better film. But it still works nonetheless the way it is.
2	KasperL	80 _86th
The best video game adaptation so far. The visuals are jaw-lowering incredible.
2	Cornica	50 _23rd
Gans managed the nail the atmosphere of the games, and there's some visually stimulating camerawork. Avery murdered the script though, full of over-the-top cheesiness and wooden characters.
1	MartinTeller	89 _92nd
My inner fanboy tingled with joy over seeing so many familiar locations, characters, creatures and scenes from the games. The movie was spot on too, and most importantly the atmosphere was perfect. Kudos to Gans and his crew for understanding the spirit of Silent Hill and bringing it to life so faithfully. Unfortunately, it does shed a harsh light on the fact that the story of Silent Hill (like most J-horror) is a hodgepodge of meaningless mumbo-jumbo.
1	billydixon	7 _21st
This was a decent movie but after seeing it only certain scenes stood out.
1	Mento	65 _39th
An excellent game-to-movie conversion, though it can't do the entire story justice with the running time permitted. Parts may be a little inaccessible to those who haven't played the game.
1	auritech	67 _57th
Although the movie gets off to a very awkward start, halfway through the film it gets very interesting and remains incredibly visually stunning. Not quite as spooky as the game, but that probably wasn't the intent. I also liked the ending.
1	teknicolor	54 _42nd
The tension build up and subsequent release was gut-wrentching. I don't like "scary" movies too much, but I enjoyed this one. Needs more pyramidhead!
1	Chuchaqui	65 _24th
A lot better than I expected it to be. Atmospheric.
1	Mentaculus	68 _48th
I am re-ranking this because the film's experience completely changed for me this go-around, in a very positive way. Admittedly, some dialogue is rock-bottom, chia-pet-speaking dumb. But the film nails its desired tone of depraved, shit-and-blood eroticism. The narrative trajectory is, of course you guessed it, obvious - but I'll ask this: what is the film saying about women here?
1	Manhatta	35 _14th
The best video-game adaptation thus far. Some cool monsters, and an interesting story, but terrible acting and a scene that insults your intelligence by explaining everything. Sean Bean's scenes are pointless and were obviously tacked on. This had a lot of potential and it was mostly wasted.
1	Barthalen	65 _45th
The first half was definitely impressive; some of the most hellish imagery and cool camerawork I have seen in recent horror flicks, and it just oozed evil atmosphere. A shame that as soon as the other villagers enter the story the tone really shifts and the movie never recovers the tension it had built up before.
1	ZachReviews	30 _12th
Pryamid, The Nurses, and the Lying Figures all should not be even near this movie. They are representations of James Sunderland's damaged psyche. Why in the world would they be causing chaos for a woman who simply lost her child? I understand that these monsters are given reasons, as they're connected to the girl Alessa, but that's not what Silent Hill is. Silent Hill is subtle, disturbing, and lost. This film is none of those things.
1	bof	44 _19th
A not-bad basic premise that wastes way too long on random CGI shit and characters who seem way too unsurprised by said CGI shit, before getting to the heart of the underdeveloped story and an actually pretty effective finale.
1	bakcheia	15 _22nd
What?
1	gokcanz	40 _12th
* Casting, Acting : 4 * Script : 4 * Directing, Aura : 3 * Ease of Viewing : 4 * Naked Eye : 5

Average Percentile 36.38% from 5162 Ratings