Shawn's pick #2 on our NetFlix list was Silent Hill. We watched it after supper. It's about 2 hours long--1 hour and 45 minuets too long. Joen05 (Intermission at Work) said that watching someone else playing the game is better than watching the movie.
I played the original game for PS1 (what, it's not like it's Atari) all the way to the end. Here's a quickie on the game: Moody, creepy, foggy. It was as frustrating as any Resident Evil game. if you've ever played, you know what I'm talking about. Find the clue so you can get the doorknob. Run six miles to find a clue so you can run another six miles to find a key for the doorknob, the knob needs a red jewel, etc etc.
The Resident Evil zombies are busy ones, indeed. I never did understand why they needed all those doorknobs, jewels, and whatnot. But, this is Silent Hill we're talking about. I hate puzzles but was intrigued by the storyline so I kept going back to the store to peek in the strategy guide because I refused to pay $19.99 for it and we didn't have internet. I haven't had to peek in a real paper guide since we'd gotten online!
The game had like, 30 endings based on your performance, or random, or who cares. I played once and got a crappy ending. I didn't save the little girl. She died. I invested HOURS of my LIFE in that stupid game and got a lousy 30 second ending.
So....the movie felt about just as long as the game. Mom instead of Dad, a cop wearing pleather pants (really) but it had the same creepy, foggy feel of the game. The movie started off slllloooowwwlllllyyy. I didn't see most of the last half hour because the gore freaked me out. I have a pretty thick stomach but stuff like this disturbs me.
When the red head is on her way to the chapel and that dude picks her up and grasps her skin--I closed my eyes. No need to see anymore. And the last 30 minutes was FULL of stuff like that. Shawn would begin to explain it to me and I would stop him. I watched very little of Saw 3, as well. Same gross issues. Churning stomach...
I can't believe anyone could have the kind of sick mentality it would take to come up with this stuff. And Shawn is sitting next to me going, "Whoa!"
He makes fun of me all night. "It's all fake! No one is actually being ripped in half!" he says. I accidentally opened my eyes during that part. Disturbing. Very disturbing.
I realize it's fake, of course. But it messes up my head. After I saw The Ring, I couldn't sleep with the TV on for three nights. I was paranoid the TV would come on all by itself. And I had a nightmare that it did and that creepy chick came crawling out of the screen!!!!
That jerky motion freaks me out, man. For real.
After I saw The Ring, all the lights in the house were on every night for three nights.
Tonight, the house is lit up pretty good. Oh, and I'm a little peeved at Shawn for making fun of me. See if I help him and his bum knee into the shower. Ha!
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