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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...