10-26-2012, 11:49 PM
Silent Hill Revelations.
I actually liked the first movie. This one was a disappointment.
Most scenes flew by; the pacing was all over the place. The dialogue was completely awful. Unsurprisingly, Heather wasn't anything like her game self. I didn't hate her, but their attempts at making her sympathetic didn't work too well.
Having teenagers instead of adults probably hurt the movie, especially with Heather and Vincent's characters changed so dramatically. They were rather generic. Vincent's I've-Known-You-For-A-Day romance was really pathetic, regardless of backstory (I might've gagged had it not seemed so one-sided).
As far as antagonists go, Claudia sucked and came in too late (and was in like, what, two scenes?). The dark Alessa scenes were so awkward, carousel or otherwise. I know to expect Pyramid Head fanservice whoring but wow, they still outdid my expectations. I wouldn't have minded so much, because I rather like him despite being overrated, but
Their attempt to reconcile the plot from the first movie and the third game made no sense even if you know them both, which must've been terrible if you know neither.
But I was expecting all of that. What surprised me was the poor images and lack of cool moments. Some of the monsters/visions were so cheesy we had laughing fits. The ones that did look good barely got to do anything because the plot moved so quickly. I didn't even really like the nurse scene, which should have been neat...
The only thing I wanted from the movie was to get to see crazy stuff happen. An eye candy movie, y'know? But none of the moments stood out the way they did in the first movie. With Silent Hill's usually great monster designs, this is just unacceptable.
I'm not burning with contempt, I just feel rather dull. Everything about it was rather dull.
/an Angie review
I actually liked the first movie. This one was a disappointment.
Most scenes flew by; the pacing was all over the place. The dialogue was completely awful. Unsurprisingly, Heather wasn't anything like her game self. I didn't hate her, but their attempts at making her sympathetic didn't work too well.
Having teenagers instead of adults probably hurt the movie, especially with Heather and Vincent's characters changed so dramatically. They were rather generic. Vincent's I've-Known-You-For-A-Day romance was really pathetic, regardless of backstory (I might've gagged had it not seemed so one-sided).
As far as antagonists go, Claudia sucked and came in too late (and was in like, what, two scenes?). The dark Alessa scenes were so awkward, carousel or otherwise. I know to expect Pyramid Head fanservice whoring but wow, they still outdid my expectations. I wouldn't have minded so much, because I rather like him despite being overrated, but
Their attempt to reconcile the plot from the first movie and the third game made no sense even if you know them both, which must've been terrible if you know neither.
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SpoilerBut I was expecting all of that. What surprised me was the poor images and lack of cool moments. Some of the monsters/visions were so cheesy we had laughing fits. The ones that did look good barely got to do anything because the plot moved so quickly. I didn't even really like the nurse scene, which should have been neat...
The only thing I wanted from the movie was to get to see crazy stuff happen. An eye candy movie, y'know? But none of the moments stood out the way they did in the first movie. With Silent Hill's usually great monster designs, this is just unacceptable.
I'm not burning with contempt, I just feel rather dull. Everything about it was rather dull.
/an Angie review
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