What do you think of the movies (1st and 2nd). I just realized I never watched them before, and they're pretty popular movies, and the Pyramid Head brought my attention to it, so I might have to find them and watch them sometime.
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Silent Hill
- Thread starter The Sum of Awe
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I haven't seen the newest SH movie, but I plan to. I saw the first one.
Being a fan of the games, I was disappointed with the first film. I thought the effects and the acting was good. But the scripting couldn't save it, IMO. The games all scared the **** out of me, to the point where I at some point would chuck the game controller to the husband and yell at him to finish the game while I hide behind the couch screaming.
I've seen that there's a Silent Hill "Haunted House" or something like that in Universal Studios....I think. I am absolutely sure it would give me a heart attack and make me mess my pants through and through if I went inside.
Being a fan of the games, I was disappointed with the first film. I thought the effects and the acting was good. But the scripting couldn't save it, IMO. The games all scared the **** out of me, to the point where I at some point would chuck the game controller to the husband and yell at him to finish the game while I hide behind the couch screaming.
I've seen that there's a Silent Hill "Haunted House" or something like that in Universal Studios....I think. I am absolutely sure it would give me a heart attack and make me mess my pants through and through if I went inside.
Sha'irullah
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I am a super big fan of the video games and have played them for a while and the first movie is without a doubt good and ONLY movie based from a video game to be considered a success.
It consist of some very spiritually enlightening concepts but most of this has been dumbed down in the film to promote religious paranoia instead.
The second film was based from Silent Hill 3 (video game)/ SIlent hill 3 is viewed as the best in the series although the movie does not do it justice and is entirely off. Do not expect much from the 2nd film but the first one is very good. Playing the video games might help you though
It consist of some very spiritually enlightening concepts but most of this has been dumbed down in the film to promote religious paranoia instead.
The second film was based from Silent Hill 3 (video game)/ SIlent hill 3 is viewed as the best in the series although the movie does not do it justice and is entirely off. Do not expect much from the 2nd film but the first one is very good. Playing the video games might help you though
I've actually heard that the movies sucked big time and don't do justice to the games at all.
But Silent Hill 2 is a VERY tough act to follow, as I understand. (Haven't finished it, yet.) It's considered by many to be one of the greatest games of all time, and one of the few mainstream examples of seamless blending of story and gameplay.
But Silent Hill 2 is a VERY tough act to follow, as I understand. (Haven't finished it, yet.) It's considered by many to be one of the greatest games of all time, and one of the few mainstream examples of seamless blending of story and gameplay.
What about Mortal Kombat? That's pretty much the only video game movie I've ever seen that I actually thought was good(as far as video game movies, go, that is).
Sha'irullah
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Mortal Kombat films in the 90's did not due the serious justice AT ALL! It is a very violent video game and uses excessive amounts of shock gore and the film did the polar opposite. I am not a big Mortal Kombat fan but the film missed base 1 which is a failure unto itself. All Street Fighter films have not even portrayed the main characters sadly.
Silent Hill came the closest to portraying a video game and although it was not perfect it came extremely close especially when compared to the flops Hollywood has done with video games-to-movies.
Silent Hill was more emotional and psychological then graphic(although it was). And the movie surely came close. It stuck to the script although it had a twist by using a female character.
But what else can one ask for?
Sha'irullah
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Very far from torture porn as I have seen quite a bit of it
. Watch machine-girl or Robo Geisha, just any Tokyo SHock movie in general. After watching any of those films you will understand what "torture porn" is . Good films none the less
Alceste
Vagabond
Very far from torture porn as I have seen quite a bit of it
Good films none the less
Ouf, sounds like a porn sub-genre I would rather not know about.
What I mean by torture porn is that the audience is supposed to be titillated or excited by watching people be tortured to death. There's no sexual element to it. Just the glorification of grisly, horrific murder.
That kind of thing doesn't scare me, it just grosses me out and makes me sad about human nature that we would imagine such things and want to share them with others.
Sha'irullah
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I know exactly what you mean by the word. The issue is that Silent Hill is not recognized by anybody as torture porn, not even the second qualified. The amount of death portrayed in the film is extremely low. Horror is my overall favorite genre and guro(Japanese gore) is my favorite foreign genre. Silent Hill did not even occur as mildly "torture-pornish".
Now the Saw film are true torture porn
, and some of the worst films released to mankind
Alceste
Vagabond
I know exactly what you mean by the word. The issue is that Silent Hill is not recognized by anybody as torture porn, not even the second qualified. The amount of death portrayed in the film is extremely low. Horror is my overall favorite genre and guro(Japanese gore) is my favorite foreign genre. Silent Hill did not even occur as mildly "torture-pornish".
Now the Saw film are true torture porn
Yeah, seeing a child roasted alive on a spot and a woman ripped to pieces from the inside by barbed wire. That's not gross at all, right?
I love scary movies, but I don't enjoy watching people be tortured to death or find that scary. I'm saying the torture porn elements of the first film made it a crap film, IMO.
Otoh, if you aren't into seeing that, you could probably fast forward those scenes without missing anything. They're completely gratuitous and do not advance the plot.
dawny0826
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You know, I usually hate horror movies for this reason. I don't like torture at all and haven't seen a lot of popular horror films for this reason. I passed on all of the SAW movies. I refused to watch that horrible movie about the gross people in the Hills who raped people (Hills Have Eyes, I think). Can't go there. I don't like zombies either.
But, the plot to this one was very interesting to me. For one, my ex-husband had played the video games, so I was well aware ofthe concept. It was an interesting story and I was interested in seeing how they interpeted the video game and brought it to the screen. The costume/makeup/set/special effects - the whole artistic climate to the movie kept me glued.
It was an uncomfortable movie, though. It genuinely bothered me and I found parts of it hellish. But, that was the point...that transition from normalcy/hope to hell.
Not one that I've ever watched alone.
Overall, it is one of my favorite horror films and that has surpised me, considering my tastes in horror movies.
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Okay, it missed the violence, but everything else was perfectly intact. It's certainly the only video game movie I've ever thoroughly enjoyed.
...you didn't realize that there's a Dead or Alive movie, did you? THAT'S the most faithful adaptation of a game I've ever seen.
I only speak from what I've heard. I never actually saw the film, and don't particularly intend to because of it's reputation.and although it was not perfect it came extremely close especially when compared to the flops Hollywood has done with video games-to-movies.
Silent Hill was more emotional and psychological then graphic(although it was). And the movie surely came close. It stuck to the script although it had a twist by using a female character.
But what else can one ask for?
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Sha'irullah
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Torture porn by definition is excessive use of violence and torture. What you have see is a typical Chinese period romance actually. I am surprised you would call that excessive violence when there are numerous more movies that actually are violent. Never occurred to me anyone would consider Silent Hill violent since it has always been regarded as the opposite in both video game media and film.
All I can say is that if you believe it to be torture porn then you have not seen rel torture porn
. I am sorry to say this but you ain't seen nothing yet. I can drop a 100 movie list on you in 5 minutes
Alceste
Vagabond
You know, I usually hate horror movies for this reason. I don't like torture at all and haven't seen a lot of popular horror films for this reason. I passed on all of the SAW movies. I refused to watch that horrible movie about the gross people in the Hills who raped people (Hills Have Eyes, I think). Can't go there. I don't like zombies either.
But, the plot to this one was very interesting to me. For one, my ex-husband had played the video games, so I was well aware ofthe concept. It was an interesting story and I was interested in seeing how they interpeted the video game and brought it to the screen. The costume/makeup/set/special effects - the whole artistic climate to the movie kept me glued.
It was an uncomfortable movie, though. It genuinely bothered me and I found parts of it hellish. But, that was the point...that transition from normalcy/hope to hell.
Not one that I've ever watched alone.
Well, I do think that apart from those two scenes I mentioned, it was pretty good. Creepy and uncomfortable. Graphic depictions of violence just ruin movies for me. One scene like that, for me, is enough to put me off the whole thing. I disliked reservoir dogs simply because of the cop scene, for example.
Another thing that can put me off a whole movie is graphic rape scene.
Sha'irullah
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DOA is considered ecchi meaning it is under softcore porn in Nihon. The movie was faithful indeed to the franchise which was rare but also the reason it was not well received since DOA has always been the "Rumble Roses" of 3D fighting games.
You made me geek-out also, so I just broke my new years resolution
DOA is considered ecchi meaning it is under softcore porn in Nihon. The movie was faithful indeed to the franchise which was rare but also the reason it was not well received since DOA has always been the "Rumble Roses" of 3D fighting games.
And that's a sign that you need to use a different D20 for your future resolution checks.:jester5:
Dat action... so tempting for horror-flick'ers...