As far as videogame movies go,
Silent Hill wasn't really that bad. In fact, for the thirst forty-five minutes, it was actually pretty fun, and if you allowed yourself to ignore the niggling issues only a purist fanboy could have and pretended that the "scary little girl" cliché wasn't being used, it was a decent enough flick.
Naturally, that
cannot be accepted, so Hollywood is having another crack of the whip in an effort to make sure we get a truly despicable
Silent Hill movie. That's right,
Silent Hill 2 has officially been given the green light.
The news
comes with word that screenwriter Roger Avary and producer Samuel Hadida have signed on to make the film. If all goes to plan, the movie will be shot next year by Davis Films once
Resident Evil: Afterlife has successfully ruined everybody's lives. Davis Films is also working on the
Return to Castle Wolfenstein movie.
This will doubtless be based on the
Silent Hill 2 videogame, possibly with a returning Sean Bean looking for his wife.
Silent Hill 2 is among my favorite games of all time, so I fear that my purist fanboy rage may not be contained for a second outing. We shall see. I am really not very hopeful that lightning can strike twice and we'll get yet another bearable videogame movie.
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12:20 PM on 09.15.2009
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It was two hours of local community theatre actors shouting 'OOOOOOOOOH! BURN THE WITCH! BURRRRRRN! OOOOOoooOOOOoooooh! WE ARE ANGUSIHED! BUUUUURRRRN THE WITCH!'
Consider the other end of the spectrum; Paul W.S. Anderson, a self-proclaimed video game fan, made a Resident Evil movie that was barely watchable. The sequel was not directed by him, and it was somewhow worse.
Wish they hadn't spent so much time faffing about during the first two acts only to rush the third. Either way, much better than most of the half-assed video game movies out there.
That does remind me though: Gans did say he actually cut out a lot and wanted to release a director's version. What happened to that?!
It was awful.
I do not look forward to the sequel.
My heart looks up at me with puppy dog eyes as if to say "please don't beat me" at the very thought of there being a follow-up to Silent Hill.
The world will morn this day.
Truly.
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The first movie was an absolute turd. My poor heart couldn't take Silent Hill 2 (the game) being raped by Hollywood.
Oh, and Hollywood is a business. Stop getting your hopes up that they will give you what you want and you will never be disappointed.
I agree the first wasn't bad, that scene is what makes it silent hill, that whole "He how cast the first stone" stuff and sure Hollywood is a business but if they can appeal to people to what is "Silent Hill" to the general audience and make it good(Cause the orginal "Silent Hill 1/2 were Great)it can reach a greater audience and more money. So the better it is, the more money it can make.
but this? C'mon if you're going to do a movie of my favorite silent hill of all time, at least use the original characters!
Hope they change everything for the 2nd.
As for the sequel, if they get Sean Bean on board, I'll be happy. It has been proven that every film ever is better with the addition of Sean Bean.
Never gave a shit about the games.
not sure about this