WTF: Silent Hill: Revelations (SPOILERS)

Okay, ready to hear me bitch? I am actually going to start out quite positive. For those who know me, I was going into this movie as critical as ever. After the first film fucked up, I can say I was eager to see how this one would turn out. I haven't played completely through the third game, but I did read a very detailed plot summary to check out the ending and whatnot. So I went into the movie knowing what to expect, basically, what to look for and compare and contrast.

I am going to be completely honest, the beginning of the movie really drew me in. The action was intense and the creatures of Silent Hill were wicked in the best way possible. That same fear I felt playing Silent Hill at night, with the lights turned off and surround sound system on, was the same intensity I felt during the movie. The fact that this film even came close to capturing that fear really impressed me. The first film hardly scared me at all, and it seemed too light and feathery. This movie, just in terms of lighting, was more dark and gory. I loved it.

The ending, well the ending is where things are supposed to get real fucked up. But in this film, this is where the film FUCKS up. It seems like they put all this passion and hard work into the first part of the movie, and as it winded down, they just wanted to get it done and over with. In the game, there is the coolest part when Heather vomits up the evil deity in fetus form and Claudia eats it and births the new evil deity. Heather must defeat it. So cool, right?

Well, this is how the film ends. Apparently, it is announced that Pyramid Head is Alessa's guardian (Alessa is the evil part of Heather and creator of the Darkness in Silent Hill). Claudia, who never ate a fetus that Heather NEVER vomited, turns into a creature after touching this golden key with the Silent Hill crest on it, and proceeds to whack the shit out of Heather. Pyramid Head steps in and blocks the hit and fights for Heather.

BULLSHIT! Pyramid Head is not a fucking guardian, saint, or anything of the sort! Pyramid Head is a manifestation of James' guilt of his wife's death  from the second game! He is BAD! Bad bad bad! By doing this, they may as well have chopped off Pyramid Head's penis and gave him a pillow to throw around rather than his blade. The boss fight lasted...oh not even two minutes...and I swear it looked like a bitch-slap fight. Even the decapitation wasn't that cool. I sat through all of this depressing shit to watch a couple of creatures bitch-slap each other? And watch a badass symbol of Silent Hill become a pussy? Vincent, who dies in the game, survives in the movie and becomes Heather's new boy toy. All is happy...bleh.

Douglas, the private investigator, hardly played a role. In the game, he has a huge role and makes it all the way to the final scene. In the film, they killed him off almost immediately and I sat there wondering, "Why even introduce him if you aren't going to develop his character?" It was completely senseless. People who haven't played the game are probably wondering, "Who the hell was that and why was he in this movie?" If only they knew...Even if you took it as a movie by itself, he looks like he won a walk-on role in some cheesy internet contest.

BUT...the movie quickly made up for it at the VERY end. Heather and Vincent are walking out of Silent Hill, and despite endangering her life for her father, she seems completely and oddly cool with the fact that he decided to stay in Silent Hill to look for his wife (from the first film). As they are walking, they flag down a semi and hitch a ride with the driver. He introduces himself as Travis Grady. I nearly jumped out of my seat.


I let out a hearty laugh...no one else laughed. Travis Grady was the semi driver from Silent Hill Homecoming who picked up Alex Shepard to bring him into town. The next one had me really laugh.


I notice as they are driving, sirens are coming in the distance. I just figured they were going to investigate all of the deaths and weirdness of Silent Hill. Lo and behold, in between these sirens was a prison bus. Fuck yeah! I threw my head back in laughter...and no one else laughed. I wanted to turn around and say, "Come ON guys! It's that bus! From the last Silent Hill game!" It was Murphy's prison bus from Silent Hill Downpour, which cleverly explained the discontinued falling ash in that game (the ash stopped falling when Heather and everyone escaped and the creature was defeated). In Downpour, it is only fog and the "otherworld" never shows itself. It was this film that made it make sense to me. It blew my mind, and I applaud them for that.

Overall, I am pretty satisfied. Despite the pussy fight and ending, the very ending left a good taste in my mouth and the intensity of the fear and creature design blew the first Silent Hill out of the water. As a diehard Silent Hill gamer, I can openly say I highly recommend this movie to other gamers. It is quite entertaining when you aren't analyzing the shit out of it.