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Sure looks like Heather, but then again, visual fidelity to the games was not the 1st film’s problem.
A few weeks back, the topic of for the first episode of Thumb Wars was game to film adaptations. In the course of that discussion I raised the idea that simply regurgitating the plot points from a game would not be enough for such films. That they needed to a have a strong take on the properties and be able to bring something new to the table while also being careful to stay true to the spirit of the original. And while I did not actually mention the 2006 film Silent Hill at the time, it still remains a strong example of this idea in action. The live-action Silent Hill film managed to get so much right and even find a potentially interesting new take on one of the classic Silent Hill tropes, that being the relationship between children and parents. Only the film planned to look at it from the perspective of a mother, something the games have yet to do.
Where problems began was that a number of times in the film, changes where made to the original story not because of some strong idea on the part of the director or writer, but more seemingly simply for the sake of changing things. These changes had a cumulative effect and by the time the film’s dreadfully cliche ‘twist’ ending occurs, the entire affair more or less had collapsed in on itself. In many ways, a film like Silent Hill is far more frustrating and aggravating for me than say a Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li or House of the Dead because, unless those steaming piles of crap, it had real potential. Well now Hollywood is taking another shot at bringing Silent Hill to the screen, this time via the story and setup of Silent Hill 3. And as with the first film, judging by the newly release trailer only, they seem to be producing something fairly respectful to the game upon which the film is based on. At least at first glance. Check out the trailer below and see for yourselves.
So yes, aspects of that trailer actually look pretty damn good and true to the source material and it’s just enough to fill you with hope… Until you remember that the same was true for the trailers for the first film. Also, watch the trailer a couple of times and you will likely start to notice certain oddities that could bode ill for the final film. Particularly pay attention to *sighs* Pyramid Head (I know, I know, he is the supposed ‘mascot’ for the series but I really wish they had not felt the need to shoehorn him into the film) and some of the antics he seems to be getting up to. I am not saying to completely write the film off yet but I know I for one will be going into with a definite degree of skepticism. Prove me wrong filmmakers, please prove me wrong. For good or ill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D arrives in theaters on October 26. Stay tuned to Blistered Thumbs for continuing coverage of all Silent Hill related news and be sure to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
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Looks bland. It’s missing the eerie.
Heather is my favorite protagonist. The movie portrays her similarly to the game but not in a way I like.
I guess kinda red eyed and freckled just wouldn’t get people in them seats. Shame.
I know this is just a pet peeve… But why is everything game-related a revelation or revelations nowadays? It’s really becoming the most over-used subtitle of the decade.
Well, at least this couldn’t be as bad as the comics, right? I know Phelous and Dena hated the Silent Hill movie, but at least it was more faithful to the source material than the crap that Linkara reviewed every October.
I thought the first silent hill movie on its own was good but if i had to compair it to the Silent hill lore well :/ then it kinda reminded me of the first Resident evil movie so i always tried to get it out of my head to compair them and just think of the silent hill movie to be based on the game verry losely…
This looks intresting, it seems like the amusement park will be in there ;P i always liked those levels, and personally i know alot of people always pick the second game as a fav. but to me Silent Hill 3 was always my fav. story,
so i’m kinda looking forward to it. trailer looks ok, and yeah they’ll prob end up making vincent a love intrest instead of the weird creepy guy but eh, we’ll see i guess…
so far i’m intrested more then i thought i would be so.
SPOILER:
Sean Bean dies.
Well, of course! The man is a two-legged spoiler whenever he is on-screen.
I’m just excited it’s being released in October for halloween audiences. You never see horror movies in theatres for Halloween anymore. It’s always in August or january.
I don’t major in business, but I’d think a good business practice would be to actually release horror movies during the month of halloween. More people would go see them, regardless of how bad, just for the novelty of a scary movie in October.
People also tend toward horror in the winter and late fall; they get sort of sick of all the cheery holiday-themed programs (thus a rise in horror rentals and marathons on certain TV channels).
Conversely, the same effect is seen in October; people rent Christmas to mix up with the horrific.
I actually liked the first Silent Hill movie, but I saw it back in the day when I knew next to nothing about the franchise (other than the basic premise and the main character of SH1 was male). Though I also know some Silent Hill fans who liked it, so maybe that’s not it?
From what I saw the second part may end up being decent too, so let’s hope they don’t fuck up.
Sheesh poor Silent Hill, between the bad games, the universal studios attraction and this it is being whored the fuck out. Sad to see this is what americans do when they get a hold of a foreign IP.
Well, at least the main character is the same gender this time.
It could be worse… But I’m not about to trust them. It’s up to them to surprise me.
Silent Hill does have great potential for adaptation, but, as I expressed in the previous Thumb Wars episode, I believe that an important aspect of a good adaptation would be respect for the source material.
This trailer doesn’t show much.
I’m sorry; I’d love to love a Silent Hill film, but this insulting mix n’ match practice would need to stop.
Is Heather… a high school student? I’m not all that connected to the series lore but… is that right?
… AS IF HIGH SCHOOL WASN’T HARD ENOUGH!
CRAZY INSANE NURSE MONSTERS WITHOUT FACES TRYING TO STAB ME!
PYRAMID HEAD TRYING TO CHOP MY HEAD OFF WITH HIS GIANT SWORD!
AND PROM IS TOMORROW!
Also, what’s with the nurses? Is the surprise twist ending that Heather is a closeted lesbian? Does Pyramid Head’s appearance mean that she’s a closeted lesbian who has apparently killed someone?
That’s what Pyramid head was supposed to signify right? I forget.
Also my friend who actually IS into Silent Hill tells me that Vincent is supposed to be an asshole and… like… not the love interest.
Also was the world around her turning into The Other World despite the fact that she wasn’t in Silent Hill yet? I’m not sure the town can do that.
… The only thing you noticed was Pyramid head?
Heather is listed as being 17 years old in Silent Hill 3, so her being a high school student seems about right. We never see her in school in the game, but she does definitely look to be a teen.
Yeah, the changes to Vincent are odd. It brings up specters of the Resident Evil movie, where there is a character named “Spence”, who has almost no relation to Oswell E. Spencer from the games.
As for the whole “transforming into Otherworld” aspect, I think they said that as early as Silent Hill 3, the influence and power of the town was spreading outside of Silent Hill itself. Heather wasn’t even in Silent Hill and she encountered monsters in the mall she was at. Silent Hill 4 and Homecoming also take place in different towns before moving to Silent Hill later.
Well okay, that’s two things. But the monsters really bother me. I mean, those are supposed to be Jame’s monsters right? (Save their inclusion in Homecoming and, Uh, Trucker dude.)
They signify things. Different aspects of the character’s psyche. Why does Heather’s Silent Hill have Nurses and Pyramid Head? Didn’t Silent Hill 3 have monsters? I’m pretty sure it did. Might be wrong. Fairly sure that was a thing in there though. Monsters that could have been used in this movie.
The problem is that Pyramid Head and the Nurses have become so iconic and so popular for their design and inclusion in SH2 that they basically became mascot monsters. Granted, this is throwing out what they were supposed to represent, but it’s simply become the imagery of Silent Hill; creepy, oversexed nurses and a big guy with a huge knife and a red pyramid for a head are now the face of Silent Hill, as much as we’d like to protest otherwise.
That being said, Nurses were in Silent Hill 3, representing something different; Heather’s hatred of hospitals. And I did see a very different creature at about 1:49, one I don’t believe has ever appeared in any Silent Hill game.