Silent Hill Again - Phelous

[@TanukiPunk]

Okay, this wasn't touched upon in the discussion about Harry, but, there is another layer to Harry saving his daughter. For starters, it was to show that Harry genuinely cared for his adopted daughter vs how Cheryl's biological mother treated her, which was with greed. This was to show how blood relations might not love each other and how adopted children could be loved, and, for it to be a man, it's pretty bold. Men are barely shown to be caring for their biological children. Caring for an adopted one, how terrible. This is even bigger in Japan due to reasons, at least according to Koji Suzuki, the guy who wrote The Ring.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Tam Browning ^^^ this is why I've always said this change is a spit on the character of Harry and dads everywhere

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

agreed.

[@ZestyZinny]

Rose: "Sharon, you want to go to Disney World for your birthday?" Sharon: "SILENT HILLLLLL, SILENT HIIIILLLLLLLLL!!!"

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Gary White when I first heard her screaming I for some reason thought she was screaming violet hell

[@MissMedeiros]

**Sharon

[@antoinelk00]

"Have you've seen a little idiot who didn't think ahead when writing their script? Short, black hair, and reached the intellectual maturity of 7" I actually died laughing to this so many times

[@FuugaNatsu]

... is it wrong that I find the way Dena says "Shut up Phelous" really funny? I don't know why, it just makes me crack a grin every time I hear it.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

the director, Christophe Gans, took a look at the original draft of the script which had Harry Mason as the main character and believed that the concern Harry was showing for Cheryl seemed more like that of a mother. Plus, he didn't feel people would be comfortable with a man screaming or bawling his eyes out in hysteria. So he changed the character to Rose instead. There you have it: an old-fashioned, ignorant, sexist believing emotions and concern for one's child is the domain of a mother. What pissed me off the most about this change is that, excluding the misandric context behind it, what we have here is creative lazyness. If the director was so red faced about Harry "acting like a woman" then maybe he should've actually WORKED ON IT MORE. You know, write it so Harry expresses fear and panic in a different way. Men do have those emotions, Chris, even if they appear subtle. But he didn't. He took the easy route and had Harry changed. I really loved Harry Mason in the game and would've enjoyed seeing his story play out on screen. If anything, it would've attracted an audience of devoted fathers because Harry's a great positive role model. Nope. Status Quo and Sexism truimphs over competant storytelling and creative risks.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

durrr

[@Jrez]

He said himself there's no political correctness in Silent Hill.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

lol whats that got to do with my comment though

[@Jrez]

I haven't decided, it's either an excuse or an explanation.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

hes probably just a liar then

[@vectorequinox6202]

This feels like one of those adaptation where the studio doesn't know that there is source material and think it was just a script some guy sent to them.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I love Dena's random pictures of Henry Townshend. I know _that_ feeling.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I didn't realize there was a Silent Hill video where Dena and Phelous joined forces to wail on the first Silent Hill movie. This is awesome!

[@3pdepravity79]

This is the fastest I have heard Phelous talk! This must have ten times the words than any other review!

[@TheOuroborosDragon]

I laughed my ass off at the "Alvin Wesker" part. And yeah, I greatly enjoyed this review since it sums up my problems with the movie.

[@iKadaj]

So in other words, SCENE-INTERRUPTING SEAN BEAN

[@Roadent1241]

Danny Cam not just me that said that then XD

[@BonnieRobertsonsg94]

SCENE INTERRUPTING BEEEEEEAAAAN!!!!!!

[@jamesoblivion]

SEAN INTERRUPTING BEEEAAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Yee

[@jessaminehaak8253]

Having just watched your first Silent Hill movie review I'd JUST been thinking "wait, they didn't change it to a woman because they think only a mother would be that attached to their child, right" and I'm eminently disappointed to find out that I guessed correctly as to why they changed it.

[@BK-jn9cp]

Man that's kinda funny now..."you can't just have a movie where you have a character running around silent .." Lol when a quiet place just LITERALLY did that

[@RabbitHole20]

Boy, Phelous seems to have the MOST cameos in his entire show.

[@joewitmer3502]

I love Phelous’s videos on silent hill and resident evil! Theyre my favorite

[@sonadowfangirl30869]

I think the movie could've been alot better if it wasn't made to be directly based on Silent Hill 1, but just Silent Hill as a whole. That would've given alot more creative freedom and it would be welcomed alot more.

[@dragonmaster613]

Much like Resident Evil tried.

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

I loved the Quantum Leap reference. I also love that classic Silent Hill ps1 music.

[@FarelForever]

Cheers for Cyborcat making an appearance :D

[@manat31790]

I'm not sure what's up with an idea of men can't be loving and compassionate in people's mind. Courage and determination to protect someone are basically masculine ways of declaring love and care. Even if they didn't believe in a masculine parental love, they could have easily framed him as a knight in a shining armor. Henry from Part IV also comes close as such heroic person. Sure, he's just trying to get out of his room, but seeing people dying around him causes him to become more heroic and determined to stop Walter by protecting and saving Eileen.

[@kendit5445]

Pft, everyone knows men can't love and fathers are all heartless machines. They just aren't magical holy life-givers like the blessed womyn. And there is nothing wrong with letting your child get set on fire if you love her.

[@misterbubbles6389]

Because nothing says "I love you" quite like ensuring your child is kept alive in unending abject pain and suffering for years on end to make her give birth to your cult's god.

[@pandorasangel2747]

And mothers are overly emotional beings! This gender swap was sexist towards both genders at the end of the day x.x

[@StCerberusEngel]

@@misterbubbles6389 Nothin' says lovin' like a loved-one in the oven! XP

[@T5ComixCartoonz]

5:24 I'm pretty sure the only reason they made Cybil so antagonistic in the film (where she wasn't in the game) is because that's the only way Hollywood knows how to write cop characters. Unless they're the main protagonist, they're almost guaranteed to be written like total jackasses who are needlessly antagonistic for no reason other than because that's a tired Hollywood trope.

[@raymondfisheriii791]

They’re NPC cops. They’d always be lawful neutral

[@nomduclavier]

'Mother of God' is the name of a nearby primary school so every time it comes up I think 'ohh, so that's what they're up to in there'.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

theotokos is an epithet for Mary as the Mother of God. Due to the Trinity concept. Unless you're in silent hill!

[@WinterSteele]

I kind of liked "Silent Hill," but that may be because I've never played the games. When I first saw it, it was like watching a standalone horror movie rather than an adaptation of another work.

[@temptationspiper]

'Deennaaaa? What are YOU doing he-' 'Shut up Phelous.' I love her.

[@laurabXOTWOD]

I could have forgiven all the problems with this film if someone at some point would've said "Huh? Radio? What's going on with that radio?" 😂😂

[@flicsavali8975]

I'm in particular more mad about the name change :P

[@phelous]

Cheryl Law Cheryl? Is that Cheryl?

[@flicsavali8975]

mm too busy vanishing in the fog to answer... sooorry!

[@nonh1]

+Phelan Porteous “Phelous” Why are you talking so fast in this video? You were on a deadline or something?

[@phelous]

So true.

[@nonh1]

***** Well, at least YOU replied.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Even worse than the Sean Bean character being needlessly shoehorned into this movie is that he didn't even get to die.

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

This movie did one positive thing - it had Sean Bean actually live for once.

[@clarencetuurngait7628]

he died in the sequel

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Clarence Tuurngait no he didn’t

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Also National Treasure

[@JYJnKumi]

I still adore this movie. I was born in 1990 and grew up playing Silent Hill - to the point I learned how to read Japanese just so I could play the Silent Hill: Play Novel on the GBA. When this film came out, I was 15 and actually had to get my brother to buy me and my friend two tickets to go see it. While both of us were miffed on some of the changes (mainly Cybil), it was still a really good adaptation. Some stuff didn't make sense (like the name changes and the bloody Sean Bean scenes), but the parts with Rose were really nice. The environment was spot on and it did give you that "alone" vibe like you get in the games. It's a good film if you understand it's based on the first game and not a replica - not like what Silent Hill: Revelation tried to be...and bombed for that reason.

[@mastermarkus5307]

+JYJnKumi You could say it's a good movie, but it is _not_ a good adaptation, by definition, as it doesn't really adapt the source.

[@deadmaster9360]

Yeah, no, this movie fails at an adaptation.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

why did you play an 18+ game when you were that young? why did your parents let you ply an 18+ game at that age. you clearly didn't even understand the content at that age.... otherwise you would be pissed about the changes in the movie, too. "it looks good" isn't an argument for a movie...

[@JacobCMayer]

Kids can understand dark shit. The only real trouble is they may not understand things in regards to sex and particularly sexual urges due to not reaching puberty, but Silent Hill is a game I understood as a teen and I could easily see a 9-year-old understanding it. And honestly, save for the gore, the game could have easily been PG-13 if a movie (not that I mind the movie being R, but still). Many kids play M-rated games while young. I even played an AO one as a teenager (though it was Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, which is M uncut now, and I didn't even realize you could get interactive sex scenes). Also, having a different opinion on this film does not mean they were too young to understand it. The gender swap thing has to do with societal sexism that many are oblivious too and the rest is just them having a different opinion, one plenty of people who watched the movie as adults have.

[@dusksentry5836]

the sound effects of that gadget thing from the beginning are the sound effects of the raw-shocks from SH shattered memories. silly Canadian man thought we wouldn't realise....mwuhuhuhuhuh

[@phelous]

What? It's the sound effects from the hand link from Quantum Leap...

[@highwayw8971]

Phelan Porteous Wait, your Canadian? Is that why you actually get snow? No fair. Also, if you were to make a Silent Hill movie, what would you do with it? I've been curious for a while now. Would you base it off the original, or a later game?

[@dusksentry5836]

i choose to remain ignorant, porteous!

[@roisinjo6155]

Anyone else start dancing every time the barking dogs come on the screen? Original review included! *bark bark bark, bark bark bark, bark bark bark bark bark!* :3

[@satans_minion_6668]

I love the silent hill movie

[@skyhazel6205]

I saw the movie before playing the games, so it was a pretty confusing transition. I couldn't understand why they changed the main character to "Harry" from Rose, or why they changed the atmosphere to "spooky" from laugh out loud comedy.

[@Shenaldrac]

"Look at me... I'm burning." Hi Burning, I'm Dad.

[@UltrashadowGames]

Why did you made me this way? Why why why?

[@mustekkala]

"Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of all children", pretty much a straight quote from the movie called The Crow. So basically they ripped off that movie with that mother is God scene.

[@Zomdra]

That quote doesn't originate from _The Crow,_ it's by an 1800s novelist called William Makepeace Thackeray.

[@conyo985]

The biggest mistake of the film was not sticking closely to the source material. It should have been Sean Bean being the lead as Harry Mason. No pyramid head since that's a Silent Hill 2 monster which was born from Jame's mind.

[@gracekim1998]

SEAN (Scene) INTERUPTING DOG! XD Ok that description of Phelous is hilarious XD

[@fireruby544]

Maybe, given the plot, they thought that if they used the names from the games, *that* would piss fans off.

[@KIRA-EL]

Touche Phelous

[@MorganKCloud]

Kira Lawlet I would have expected a rhyme, will there not be one this time?

[@I-didnt-ask-you]

Fun Fact: The town of Silent Hill and its backstory (from the film at least) is based on the American town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

[@redrum623az]

Burako Shimazaki really?? is it a folk lore??

[@I-didnt-ask-you]

l0zerzer0 The town of Centralia (sorry if I misspelled that) suffered a tragedy in the 1960's I believe when a garbage fire was blown by a strong wind blowing some of the lit debree into a coal vent. Beneath the town were miles of coal mines and it lit them on fire. All attempts to snuff it failed, so they condemned the town and declared it a hazard zone. All but 11 or so residents abandoned the town as roads cracked from the heat and toxic gases and ash came up from the ground. The fires beneath the town burn to this day 50 years later and are expected to burn for at least another 50. Ash and smoke still can be seen throughout the town. It's a sad story but very fascinating! Check it out if you can!

[@Darkslayer289]

That's very interesting. A bit sad, but it's better to abandon it than to try to save it in vain.

[@ReilaKun]

It definitely was in the movie. However in The Book of Lost Memories, as well as the instruction manuals for Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Homecoming, all have stated that the town is located somewhere in New England.

[@jojotrin3042]

There's still like 5 or so ppl living there who wont leave. The mine fire is supposed to burn for the next 800 years.

[@RichardWatt]

Ooh! I got this one! Silent Hill Interrupting Sean Biehn!

[@anikmonette2140]

Silent Hill was the movie who introduced me to the horror genre! Still, funny review...

[@AndyManX1226]

"You could be her twin." I think that might be a Silent Hill 2 reference, for when James first meets Maria.

[@mrmusickhimself]

I thought it was "Mother is the name for God on the lips of all children". According to our lord and savior Brandon Lee that is.

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

Goodbadflicks does a great review of Silent Hill. A lot of things were explained about the crazy shit in the movie.

[@MarvelousPhilly]

"Shut up, Phelous."

[@SamsarasArt]

Lol Alvin Wesker

[@lwanco1018]

2:50 Captain Cold what are you doing here?

[@gracekim1998]

EH!

[@snowmanMK1]

Your bring sexy back!! 🇬🇧

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

14:25 - 14:45 Does Phelous have neighbours? Sometimes I wonder what they might think of him if for example like right now he runs around with a flashlight screaming. XD

[@dmoore6903]

as terrible as this movie was this was my first introduction to silent hill so that did some good.....but after I played the games I realized the movie sucked and I've never looked back

[@SyberiaWinx]

I was under the impression Alessa DIDN'T die, just got pulled into the Otherworld.

[@Canada1994]

I know of this small town in Pennsylvania where they threw their trash into an old abandoned coal mine and it caught fire and the town was abandoned and the fire still burns to this day even causing cracks to break on the earth's surface. Was the coal fire and abandonment of Silent Hill inspired by this?

[@johnmarkcorpuz1860]

11:35 is that the actor who played Bennett in Resident Evil:Afterlife?

[@NebLleb]

Well, we're getting another Silent Hill movie. Considering that the new film looks to be somewhat more faithful to the game it's going to adapt with a few alterations given the format (Silent Hill 2 and its Remake, which makes sense considering Silent Hill 1 and 3 were already loosely covered by Christophe Gans and M.J. Bassett in the former's first and latter's only foray into this iconic town), maaaaybe third time will be a charm and we'll get a movie that marries the visuals, sound design and recreated music of the first film with a good script and engaging characters? I dunno, man. I just think about this stuff.

[@TheSkully343]

Did this episode just explain the origins of Phelous D1?

[@lwanco1018]

+TheSkully343 Yep

[@gracekim1998]

Yay! Origin story!!!

[@themiraculous0447]

Sean bean would've been a great harry :/

[@gracekim1998]

Ah THIS is the origin! Oooooooh!😜🥳 also SEAN (Scene) INTERUPTING DOG! I love how Rose Taylor is in the background 😜 nice detail there Eh it’s a fun little review and skit😎 31.1.22

[@TheSatanicGamerFromHell]

when you said: "oh good" at 3:03 you reminded me of the time christian bale had a break down and said Oh good for you XD

[@Jrez]

I am overall slightly satisfied with the first Silent Hill film. Part of it is from how incredibly low the bar is set for faithful film adaptations from video games. However, I think the general vibe of the film is right. The atmosphere is spot on in many scenes and what's important to me is that the musical score from Akira Yamaoka matched. Obviously many of the changes I don't disagree with, there are some stupid references which I still like, and the plot definitely was off.

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

The movie tells you that the cult members all died in the fire. It WAS a purgatory. Their souls couldn't be reaped because somehow the church was protected from Alessa's power until Rose snuck her in. But it is very clear they were already dead.

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

J Dee Carter wow that that's a great point there you sure got me

[@KhayJayArt]

J Dee Carter proofs?

[@YMasterS]

@@KhayJayArt why not ask OP for proof too?

[@matthewhancox4389]

If you want a good movie where Jodelle Ferland plays an evil little girl and involves witch burnings, I recommend Paranorman.

[@gracekim1998]

I knew it! You ARE a time lord!🤣 31.1.22

[@ShiddyShad808]

Can anybody tell me the song that starts at 1:25?

[@JohnDoe-uf3lj]

Just Phelous’s theme song in a chip tune form.

[@gweegweezoozoo]

Brad did a better silent Hill and it wasn't even silent hill.

[@deadmaster9360]

Paranoia?

[@Creepsandwicheater]

did Brad play p.t?

[@jeremygarcia25]

Harold p penisman i turned my parents in where is my huge reward D:

[@smb-c3po]

Another great video Phelan. Oh, well, at least they tried! What's with the Doctor appearing in my dreams? What could it possibly mean?

[@gracekim1998]

no one cares

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

@@gracekim1998 and yet, here you are 7 years later.

[@natknutson1482]

YAY FRESH PRINCE REFFERENCE

[@Yoxiv]

It really is a shame how badly the movie dropped the ball. While you can see the attention and care the makers put into everything from recreating some iconic scenes and making pretty good use of the music (even if some tracks felt tacked on, like they just took a "Greatest hits" list made solely of the OSTs from the games), the whole package is like a poorly made cake, a clumsy mishap that should have taken more time to refine itself. I remember seeing the movie in my senior year, and being on the fence with the whole thing. While I could barely understand the changes, it still managed to feel more like an adaption compared to the Anderson Resident Evil films which were pretty much just "My hot wife, featuring the douchebag-ified versions of Resident Evil characters and monster!" One thing I should point is (and I'm guessing Phelous does know or understand the concept himself), it's not dimensions that the town has, but more like layers that depend on how much influence the corrupted powers of the town is exerting. When it's just foggy, things are beginning to be affected, but it's still more or less the normal world. Then when it gets dark, shit is going south and only goes further depending on whatever is causing the events (as seen with the final levels of both the original and third games being full of impossible layouts and physics). Of course, I would imagine Phelous has seen or at least heard of Twin Perfect, so I won't get into a huge stint like those guys did back when they were a thing. However, the abandoned town aspect from the movie did make me think of a complete missed opportunity for its plot; having Alessa send out Sharon/Cheryl away from the town. While they only briefly talk about the evacuation when the fire broke out, it feels like that should have been the time for Alessa to send away her other half. But nope, the movie had to have a 30+ time gap so it could be set in the present day even though the year barely plays a role in what Rose is able to aside from using a GPS and her husband googling the fucking town.

[@AtrocityEquine01]

Honestly Phelous, this film is a bit closer to the source material (Parent trying to find lost kid, the atmosphere, the unsettling nature, and of course the otherworld transitions) than it *ever* is to the sequel and the Resident Evil films. I'd take Not-Silent Hill over those films any day.

[@pprandomnpz]

So i recognized custom girl 3d there; that s depressing...

[@deadmaster9360]

* 3D Custom Girl. I have said game, it's pretty boring.

[@pprandomnpz]

3Dカスタム少女 if you want to be more precise since it was never released translated (officially at least). Yeah it was boring as all hell

[@gracekim1998]

Is this where ‘the nightmare becomes reality….’ Gag comes?🤔 31.1.22

[@sirwilhelmh.y9749]

+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous Do you think this movie jaded you against Homecoming? I noticed you really disliked the combos dispite the similar mechanics in Downpour which you seemed to enjoy more. Or is it a persona thing of your character ragging on it?

[@kd8663]

"short black hair." or "short, black hair." Because Phelan is kinda huge.

[@deadmaster9360]

Alessa was 14, so she was never aged. Cheryl was 7.

[@DarksideEXE]

Both of these movies were a mess, one changing things from a great story for no reason with stupid changes, and the other trying to be more like the games, only to either miss the point, just throwing references in for no reason other than "SILENT HILL! THIS IS SILENT HILL!", or messing up the continuity of their own films. This would be like if the sequel to resident evil after it's different story in the first one, tried to just be...Resident Evil...3...My god they ripped off that crappy Resident Evil movie.

[@slitherywriter1711]

4:05 #SilentHillgasm

[@scitechian]

@12:20 Rammstein - ein Mensch brennt Rammstein - ein Kind stirbt

[@AncapOtaku]

We need a resident evil game about Carl redfield taking down wester's evil cousin Alvin wester

[@jackolas2007]

Is that a printoff of Rose Tyler behind your shoulder?

[@jackolas2007]

+Radagast ohh nevermind, I always skip the skits at the beginning, I guss the time travel expalins it :)

[@josezavala9342]

O.o uuuuhhhh

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

This guy looks exactly like Phelous. Must be his second cousin.

[@DarknessIsTheTruth]

Why didn't they just cast Sean Bean as Harry Mason?! (As the protagonist, I mean.)

[@trevorhensley3185]

CAPTAIN COLD WAS IN A RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE?!

[@AzeraV]

Crap. Just realized my new rescue puppy looks very much like the mass murderer....so not letting her use my computer any more.

[@classyredneckcinema9327]

phelan heres some kool info cheny kley from darkness falls was orgional suppouse to play harry from silent hill one but they went with a female instead. I was trying to find the link i read a couple years back but cant sorry its said he died in 2007 at like 34

[@bobbynick5358]

I think everyone knows pyramid head belongs to Jame's subconscious for punishment and shouldn't appear anywhere else etc etc, but in my opinion about the "dimensions theory" was kinda silly, I thought the town or area was slowly being spread and possessed by the demon god, And this movie wasn't worth the 14.99 sale price when it first came out... lucky I didn't bought the 2nd film

[@deadmaster9360]

The different dimensions are cannon. Normal world, Fog world, and the Other World.

[@bobbynick5358]

Dead Master from the original writers notes?, or Konami and fan theories notes? as fan theories, as just that... theories

[@phreakazoith2237]

Pyramid head became SH's posterboy so he has to have cameos again and again doesn't he?

[@beyond-the-terror4078]

You should really do a review on SH Revelation! (if you haven't already) XD lol

[@phelous]

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[@beyond-the-terror4078]

Oops I've already watched it xD Thank you anyway, love your reviews.

[@ExAid21]

i like pyramid head

[@phreakazoith2237]

There is light and there is darkness about this adaptation. Maybe it did not help that the franchise was brewing for some time when they made the movie cause they tried to add later stuff that did not really fit into a SH1 movie. And then making a sequel to a multi-ending game...quite a task. I would have loved a movie based on SH2 cause it was mostly a standalone.

[@Lilpopochan]

Yeah there's other bad adaptions but there seems to be a curse where they do unnecessary changes to every one, like this with Sharon & Rose. At least it doesn't have an overpowered Mary Sue being the centre of attention like the Paul Anderson series

[@CyberSpider35]

Most disgusting thing about this godawful stupid movie is that some silly people thinks it's canon and start to confuse another insisting what's in the game ashes fallen instead of snow and Sheryl is Alessa's Daugther and not part of her soul. Man, I hate Cristoph Gans.

[@cheezdoodle96]

Sacré bleu, Николай!

[@michaelbuehler3897]

It could of been a lot better, but it could of been a lot worse.

[@Chrisjbennett89]

I still think the nurses are creepy oppose to sexy. It's just the whole seeing a dead corps bare skin is creepy. Though I agree the scantily clad nurses don't make sense to the main characters in this film.

[@starlimitz2]

Why not review the first three Silent Hill games?

[@carucen]

Have phelous rew lord horror movie xD ( :

[@ferrir0227]

10:15 - 10:25 I'm sorry but what?? Dahlia did not BURN Alessa, Dahlia performed the impregnation ritual which frightened/hurt Alessa, triggering her latent powers of Telekinesis to rupture their houses Boiler, causing an explosion and fire. This IS supported in the documents you find throughout Silent Hill 1 (the newspaper article detailing the explosion is currently only found in the EU/JP version of the game in Nowhere...). You're obviously going off the crap they detailed in Silent Hill Origins where they 'redacted' the article about the explosion. Being that game was not developed by Team Silent, I wouldn't count it as a proper telling of the events that occurred during Silent Hill 1. If one would accept that as canon, then have fun knowing that in SH BoM every event in the SH series is due to a magical Death Note that people write in. Wish I was kidding.... Other than that, great review Phelan.

[@MforMovesets]

Aww come on, it wasn't bad. It looked good. The "Rose is in Silent Hill, her husband is at the same spots but doesn't see Silent Hill" thing was interesting. It aged better than Tomb Raider, which was also once said to be a good videogame adaptation. And it's non-CGI for once, unlike the two RE movies (you know... the REAL RE movies, not the ones with Alice).

[@anikmonette2140]

MforZorro | Movesets I love the Tomb Raider movies, even if they didn't aged well...

[@charondusk5608]

Agreed. For a videogame adaptation, an area notorious for being bad movies, it's one of the better ones. Revelations, on the other hand...

[@gracekim1998]

Your ‘argument’ isn’t even an argument 🤦‍♀️

[@digitalshinigami8441]

I can agree with all you complaints minus the whole witch burning cult thing. i mean ill admit they could have handled it allot better but I dont see a witch burning cult as something out of the realm of possibility for silent hill, had they written it better it could have still worked in the context of the film even with it following the first games story. I like the movie regardless of what anyone says, though I will admit I watched it before ever playing any of the games. I have beaten most of the main titles by now (just need to beat 4) and coming back to this movie I can definitely see what they messed up but this movie is what inspired me to play the games in the first place and in that sense ill always have a bit of nostalgic love for it. wouldn't recommend it to fans of the games but I would to people looking to get a basic idea of silent hills atmosphere and concept to see if silent hill is something that interest them

[@Aqua-Marine-UK_1991]

smelly hill