I know the mods might get irritated if I make another silent hill thread but....

[dream431ca]

Is it me, or is this the first time I have seen a movie strike a huge conversation between people who have played the games, and people who have not? I have one particular post to show you that might interest you and has spoilers in it:

**SPOILERS BELOW**

Having never played the games i found it unbelievable that I understood this movie so much more than those who have played them. Spoilers ahead but not major ones. This movie is more brilliant than people are noticing, and has a lot more religious influence than you may think. Aside from all the quotes, crosses, and churches you see in the movie there is symbolism through out this whollle movie right down to everyone's names. First and foremost, this movie is about heaven and hell, but is mainly themed around the relationship of mother and child, and constantly references the madonna, the virgin mary. Even the names of the main characters, Rose and Sharon,..."Rose of Sharon" is another name for the madonna. Cybill, bringer of truth. Christabella beautiful chirst and so much more. It also weighs heavy on the number three as a reference to the trinity. There are three ghosts of Alessa the demon responsible for silent hill. The father, son, and holy ghost. They all represent a part of Alessa, but are seperate. Then there are the three dimmensions which reference Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. The real world is the world where Christopher Dasilva is in. To me this world represents heaven. It is the world that Rose, Sharon and Cybill leave behind to go onto their personal journeys. Then there is the gray world. The neutral world between black and white. The area where sould wait to be judged. This is what i interpreted as Purgatory. Finally there is the dark world. Hell. The area where nothing but truth is revealed. (all the monsters in silent hill were once real people who were residents of silent hill but have been difigured to show their true selves. Only truth is revealed in Silent Hill which. Pyramid Head, one of the monsters in this movie, A pyramid has three sides, another reference to the trinity, reveals truth, sometimes more literal that figurative. for instance the scene where he strips anna of her wickedness (those who have seen the movie know what i'm talking about) then there are all the barb wires (crown of thorns anyone?) i could go on forever about everything in this movie. I just can't believe people are sooo blind to how brilliant this movie really is. It was beautifully shot and the ending, wow. i understood the ending. let's if you do. It's shakespeare. It's open to many different interpretations, and may mean something different to each and everyone. but there is no wrong answer about silent hill. it is a place where truth is revealed.

Point blank think of this movie like eating. You don't want someone to chew your food for you and spit it out for you to swallow. That's what this movie is. It's up to you to take in what is there and make of it what you feel is truth.

i could go on forever but here's just a tidbit

**END SPOILER**

And that post came from someone who never played the games, which is striking, since that most people who have never played the games, gave Silent Hill a bad review because they "didn't understand it", which is a lame excuse.

Most movies that come out now kind of spoon feed you the information. Silent Hill lets you put your own thoughts into it and come up with your own interpretation of the movie. I feel this movie will be discussed for a while among people..which is a good thing...and that's why I respect Silent Hill so much. It's not just another movie..thank god.

 

[Asuka]

I agree 100%. Its like i said i dont think many people are ready for this movie. Its amazing how they showed the world and story yet people say stupid shit like it doesnt make sense/retarded ending/etc etc..

People can be so stupid sometimes. People expect another retarded simple horror movie and complain when there isnt anything worth while, when they finally get a good movie they bash it because it doesnt make sense.

 

[$kelet0r]

i understood it was bashed becasue it was mediocre

 

[xcellerate]

A pyramid has three sides

i don't know what kinda ****ed up pyramids are in your world, but last time i checked, a pyramid has 4 sides, and a bottom (5 sides technically)

http://www.korthalsaltes.com/foto/Cheops_pyramid_Egypt_3.jpg

 

[Lt. Drebin]

i don't know what kinda ****ed up pyramids are in your world, but last time i checked, a pyramid has 4 sides, and a bottom (5 sides technically)

http://www.korthalsaltes.com/foto/Cheops_pyramid_Egypt_3.jpg

Three-sided pyramids can be built. I think he was only refering to Pyramid Head having a three-sided pyramid for a head.


Anyway.....a lot of different theories are brought up by that poster. Whether or not the movie developers actively pursued this level of imagery and insight is another issue all together. It could be a case of someone looking a little too deep....who knows. Interesting perspective to say the least. I'm definitly anticipating the DVD release with some director's commentary.

I truely believe that Silent Hill is going to end up being one of the most underrated movies of the year.....maybe longer. It's not without it's flaws, but most critics say they can't follow what's going on and it's based off of a video game....therefore it must be crap. The acting is sometimes spotty, it can be confusing, but it's not a movie worth <30% on rottentomatoes.com. That rating is just showing a bias toward video game adaptations. I went in with little to no expecations and I came out very pleased. It's simply not as bad as what critics are telling the movie-watching universe. That's sad.

 

[JellyWorld]

i don't know what kinda ****ed up pyramids are in your world, but last time i checked, a pyramid has 4 sides, and a bottom (5 sides technically)

http://www.korthalsaltes.com/foto/Cheops_pyramid_Egypt_3.jpg

Pyramids can have any number of sides you want. Pyramids essentially are made up of a n-sided regular polygonal base, and n triangles with each side of the polygon as their base and a point directly above the center of the base polygon as their third point.

 

[mortiz]

Pyramid Head does infact have a 3 sided Pyramid.

 

[KagePrototype]

I made an exception with the other thread, but we don't need another to discuss this.