When I look at reviews, I frequently find that movies that are extremely disliked, and extremely liked, simultaneously, by different viewers,sometimes turn out to be classics.Some movies,by being ahead of their time, or for various other reasons,engender strong opinions to one extreme or another (check out "eraserhead's" reviews).
But sadly,in this case, "silent hill" does not follow this trend.It was so flawed scriptwise that my "suspension of disbelief",which should be allowed in fictional works of art,could only hold me for about 30 minutes,after which time,I walked out.
I found, in that short time, six actions in opposition to the actions of rational human beings,mainly involving the mother:
1.Mama drives her very young daughter,in opposition to her husband's wishes,in the middle of the night,to a dilapidated ghost town, in an attempt address the problem of her daughter's sleepwalking,on the basis of her daughter's repeated vocalization of the name "silent hill",without first seeking professional help.
2.Mama's desire to accomplish this ridiculous task is so strong that she is willing to endanger both her, and her daughter's lives, by engaging the police in a high speed chase, in the rain, no less.
3.Papa,during these critical first few hours,in which he takes such steps as to suspend mama's credit card,leaves his phone unattended, so that mama gets a recorded message when she tries to call him for help.
4.When mama is in handcuffs, both her and her police chaperon are attacked by a no-armed sub-human beastie.Instead of her responding " do you believe me now officer?", which would have put a nice coda on her previous desperate attempts to sway the cop over to her side,she bolts, handcuffs and all.
5.At the roadblock,when the fuzz asks for some form of background as to why the wife left, who she is with, etc... all hubbie can do is to stupidly repeat "let's start looking",while turning his head rapidly toward the dark ground under the bridge.
6.How did that girl tied up in the bathroom stay there undisturbed all this time.Did no one ever go to that town ever again?This is probably addressed later,but I wasn't waiting to find out.I hope the writers enjoyed their pot.
But sadly,in this case, "silent hill" does not follow this trend.It was so flawed scriptwise that my "suspension of disbelief",which should be allowed in fictional works of art,could only hold me for about 30 minutes,after which time,I walked out.
I found, in that short time, six actions in opposition to the actions of rational human beings,mainly involving the mother:
1.Mama drives her very young daughter,in opposition to her husband's wishes,in the middle of the night,to a dilapidated ghost town, in an attempt address the problem of her daughter's sleepwalking,on the basis of her daughter's repeated vocalization of the name "silent hill",without first seeking professional help.
2.Mama's desire to accomplish this ridiculous task is so strong that she is willing to endanger both her, and her daughter's lives, by engaging the police in a high speed chase, in the rain, no less.
3.Papa,during these critical first few hours,in which he takes such steps as to suspend mama's credit card,leaves his phone unattended, so that mama gets a recorded message when she tries to call him for help.
4.When mama is in handcuffs, both her and her police chaperon are attacked by a no-armed sub-human beastie.Instead of her responding " do you believe me now officer?", which would have put a nice coda on her previous desperate attempts to sway the cop over to her side,she bolts, handcuffs and all.
5.At the roadblock,when the fuzz asks for some form of background as to why the wife left, who she is with, etc... all hubbie can do is to stupidly repeat "let's start looking",while turning his head rapidly toward the dark ground under the bridge.
6.How did that girl tied up in the bathroom stay there undisturbed all this time.Did no one ever go to that town ever again?This is probably addressed later,but I wasn't waiting to find out.I hope the writers enjoyed their pot.
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