Imagine standing on the side of the road and hoping to catch a flake in your hand but you realize it is not snow flake its ashes. 40 years after the town was burnt it is still full of smoke and ashes. That is the start of the silent hill. Well not exactly the start but from where the main story starts. The small town is being haunted by a small girl, she controls everything. If you are in silent hill, during the day it is your day but when it is dark its Alyssa’s world you are in.
She only needs to take revenge from the people that put her in a bed by burning her alive, but she survived. Her hatred for the people of Silent Hill grew so much that she is blinded by it. Her hatred was fueled by an evil little girl. There are so many things that are unexplained in the movie that people might find it hard to grasp. Like people are thinking that she is dead, but do u smell dead people. Yuck! I see dead people is good but smell? It’s would be more like smelling the evil Ash character from Evil Dead 3 – Army of Darkness. Eeks!
Now according to some readings found on the internet I have found out that some of my questions were answered. Like how come Rose is in the same place as her husband and still they do not see each other but he smells her perfume. People would say that she is dead. But how do you explain the bodies not found. Every dead peoples body are found. Well in extreme cases like having the legendry “Predator” in the forest then it is a different case. Now according to the readings there are supposedly three dimensions to this story. First the real world (where her husband is), second being the silent hill with ashes and mist and the third being Alyssa’s world, stained in blood and full of rust.
People have their own perception as to what the story was. One of my friends said that he had watched the movie three times and says that Rose had died in the end of the movie where she is stabbed. Now if that is the case how come the husband didn’t see her in the movie (prior to the stabbing) while both were in the school scene? Apart from that there are so many views that people have. It is also said in one write-up that the little (evil) girl is Satan in disguise which is true if you watch and listen to the movie closely ( "I go by many names").
My View: The Satan wanted the souls in hell for him so he helped Alyssa to try and kill the people one by one. He was able to give her powers beyond belief (love the barb wire scene in the end). In return he wanted the misplaced souls. The people in Silent Hill were trapped in the second dimension (3rd paragraph) where everyday before dark they are given a warning that the darkness is approaching (air raid siren). After darkness Silent Hill changes to Alyssa’s world and there is havoc. Satan had brought Sharon into Silent Hill because Alyssa looked exactly like Sharon when she was burnt. (Burning was because the people thought that Alyssa was a witch and in those times witches were burnt alive.)
Now with Sharon some where is Silent Hill, Rose wanted to get her back and she was prepared to go to any length (beheaded nurses and the red pyramid) even though she didn’t battle the red pyramid. As always Satan couldn’t get into the church where the people of Silent Hill took shelter at night. Satan needed a transport and Rose is the only one in sight. So he uses her as transport and makes the way for Alyssa to take revenge. After the finale the second dimension is still present because Alyssa’s mother is still alive and so is Rose and her daughter Sharon. The third dimension is not shown may be it is still there may be it is gone who kn
All in all I think Silent Hill is a good movie and if I were to give it stars I would give it 9 out of 10 for the suspense and horrific scenes and 6 out of 10 for acting. I guess that sums up my perspective of the movie. Now all your comments will be heard but don’t wait for my reply because I m not bothered.
Full artical/story can be found on this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_%28film%29
Now if you havent seen the movie get of your chair put some makeup on ur ugly face and go watch the damn movie!!! Its a must see.
1 comment:
Man, I can't believe some people are too dumb to understand Silent Hill. The guy who saw it three times is a mutual acquaintance..and also a naive dumbass when it comes to recognising layers in movies like Silent Hill.
I was thrilled and intrigued by the movie. Although after reading thru forums I found out there were three dimensions, I kinda still consider them two as there was reality, and then purgatory/hell with a shifting between purgatory/hell in that demons came to torment the residents of purgatory from time to time.
And yes, to all those who haven't seen it, do so..and also appreciate it..because you will never see the like again.
I'd rate it 9/10 for thrill factor/video game thematic background...and 8/10 for the overall acting because some characters were just props for the main characters of Rose, Cybil, and Sharon.
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