I do not even know where to start with Silent Hill Revelation. Should I talk about how bored I was through 90% of it? No? Okay. Then let's start by discussing the plot because I guess it's important to mention what this movie is about, even when it really isn't about much of anything.

Silent Hill Revelation is inspired by the events in Silent Hill 3 (you know, it's a video game). Except...It's not. I can't explain the differences without giving away spoilers for either the movie or the game, so if you are really curious, go look up a plot synopsis for the game and I'll tell you what the movie is about. Members of a cult are searching for Heather, for reasons I won't even begin to explain here, and they kidnap her father so that she will go to Silent Hill to find him.

The movie follows the game enough to irritate fans of Silent Hill 3 with its inconsistencies and confuse people who have never played the games so that they cannot put together what is going on. I have never understood why people take so many liberties when making movies based on video games. Why bother if you are not going to stay true to the source material? It is not like this movie was just inspired by the Silent Hill mythos, it is clearly based on Silent Hill 3. And they could not have changed the storyline to make it more understandable to people who have not played the games because if anything, the movie makes even less sense.

I will give them credit where it is due. They did a nice job of showing the relationship between Heather and Harry and the Lakeside amusement park segments stayed close to what was depicted in the game. It would have been nice to see the Borley Haunted Mansion included, but it's not as if that is relevant to the plot, it is just a fun (terrifying) little section from the game. The soundtrack was great, but that should go without saying.

There was also this exchange, which is probably the only part of the movie that is even worth noting. When prompted to share information about herself with her new classmates, Heather says, "Let me make this easier for you. This is the fifth school I've been to since I was eleven. Me and my dad, we move around. So I do this. A lot. So don't bother trying to remember my name because I'm sure as hell not going to remember yours. Don't talk to me, we won't be friends. I won't IM you, or Facebook you or tweet you. Read your blog. And whatever you're thinking of saying or doing, don't bother because I've seen it before and I'm just guessing here, but I don't think there are too many original thinkers in this room. And by the time any of you have found out anything about me that's worth knowing, I'll have moved on." Vincent is then asked to introduce himself, to which he replies, "Are you kidding me? I can't follow that."

As for the negatives? Well. The whole movie is basically one long negative. I constantly found myself wondering when it would be over because it did not hold my interest at all. Again, they changed the story for no reason other than the fact that they thought they could. The ending was anticlimactic, even with its references to other games in the series. But there is one semi-major issue I had and a MAJOR, world-ending issue I had.

The semi-major issue was Pyramid Head. He makes another useless appearance as if he's the only important enemy who has ever been in this series. They don't even explain why he's there, what he signifies or where he came from to begin with. People who haven't played the games probably wonder why he is there and it is never explained in either movie. They just include him because he "looks cool" and they assume the fans want to see him.

My biggest issue was Vincent. If you don't already know, Vincent is my favorite character from the entire series. He is a villain who is in NO WAY a teenage love interest for Heather. He's not even kind to her, he plays mind games with her to make her think she is killing people rather than monsters. In the movie [SPOILERS], Vincent is still part of the cult, but he is clearly not the same character he was in the game. Why even include a character named Vincent in a movie clearly based on Silent Hill 3 then? Just create a new character for Heather's unnecessary love interest. I do not understand what their reasoning was, but as a huge fan of the series and that character, it annoys me more than anything else they have done in either movie.

Still, I don't hate Silent Hill Revelation as much as some other people seem to. It is definitely not the worst video game inspired movie I have seen, but I'm not impressed. I want to see a  fan made movie because they seem to be the only people who know how to handle it properly.

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