it was a bad movie I though for sure it would be good but that is only my opinion

Being unique individuals, our tastes in movies esp horror movies are different also. No two people will agree that the same movie which one liked would be liked by the other. Some people prefer a more realistic story, others like visuals, narration, atmosphere, characterisation, acting, sound effects etc. All the categories into which movie-making can be divided, can be evenly distributed into the choices of the viewers too.

Coming to Silent Hill, and comparing it with other recent game-to-movie adaptations, I would say its a much much better offering. The tenseness and the atmosphere have been more than adequately handled, and I loved the way sound has been used in the movie. And most of the monster sequences were actually good, although the movie could have done without the Sean Bean character (dont think it was in the game either). The story stayed faithful to the game, and the pace of the movie was excellently perfect. I would give it a 07/10, just cuz it has its share of flaws too...

I have already mentioned the first weak point, second has to be the sequence nearing the climax where so many explanations have to be given for the movie to move into the next frame...maybe the makers thought that this should be done for people who didnt play the game, but 90% of the people who went to see the movie have either played or knew about the game before. Unsaid stuff in movies is rare, like the climax of Se7en...but I guess they all cant be THAT perfect...

But compared to House of the Dead, Resident Evil 1 @ 2, and the rest...Silent Hill sure comes out a winner by a mile...

Hopefully Uwe watches the movie and takes notes...

I still think Resident evil was a pretty decent movie... Both of them in fact.

RE1 was good...definite 07/10 movie...but RE2 fell below 1's standards...they wasted a perfect group of characters by a really weak story...

Nemesis looked much better in RE3 the game, and everytime he popped onto my screen I was like "f*** he's back n I gotta take him out again!" but in the movie...blah...

I thought RE2 was better than the first movie actually.

Yeah, poor old Nemesis in RE2 looked like they took The Toxic Avenger and stuffed him in Patrick Stewart's old Borg suit...

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oh my god, i thought it was so bad i wanted to gouge my eyes out ! only one other movie has ever done that to me... *bows head in shame*... "honey" with jessica alba.

RE2 sucked...period. RE1 was a way better offering.

Strangely, recent horror flicks dont have horror in em anymore. Just watch em for the cgi and sound effects, and the action, what with Blade, Underworld, RE1 & 2, Van Helsing, HellBoy, Amityville(new), Freddy vs Jason, Alien vs Predator etc. redefining the genre.

Thought horror meant scary. Something which would scare the pants off the audience. Are the makers running out of steam? or is the genre gonna be merged into Action/Sci-Fi?

I havent seen a single recent movie which has made me scared. Last one which had that effect on me was Se7en's climax, and that was quite a while back.

Thought the Creeper held some promise, and hoping pt.3 will make some horror sense...

i thought RE1 was entertaining .. and RE2 was poop.
I wont elaborate why because I've done so in about 3 other threads.

The majority of the movie you mentioned arent even intended to be horror. The majority are action movies, pure and simple, with a few elements of horror. The only real horror on your list is Amityville, Freddy vs Jason, and MAYBE Alien vs Predator. The rest, despite having horror themes such as zombies, vampires and demons, are strictly action. Horror movies are still being made, they're just going downhill. Action filmmakers are realising that horror sells, and adding themes to their movies, often with some degree of success. I dont really kow where Im going with this, I just wanted to point it out...