Luckily enough, one of my 'Net acquaintances lives right next door and has been going in taking photographs of the sets they’re actually building. While I can’t post those photographs, I can link ya to this site:
. . . where someone’s made a photographic tour of the dilapidated downtown, without ANY modification from the film crew. It’s not hard to see why they chose the place, and I think it’ll make a pretty good Silent Hill without any real work needing to be done to it. The potential for screwing up this movie is high, but I’ve unfortunately got pretty high hopes for it.
Cookies for everyone who gets all the little Silent Hill references in the photo commentaries
I don’t forsee that, unless they go all House of the Dead on us. Davis Films is partially responsible for the fine Resident Evil movies, and the director is the same guy who brought us Brotherhood of the Wolf. This looks like a winning team to me.
:victoly: SILENT HILL…MOVIE?! YEEEEAAAAAAH!!! My wish has been granted!!! I live in Europe, does anyone know when I’ ll be able to watch it? Thanx! I’ m sooo happy! Yay! XD
It’s not just doing the fog, it’s doing the fog <i>right</i>. The fog of Silent Hill is as much a character as your protagonist, and seeing as how we’ll be spending a lot of time with it, it had better be beleiveable. Soundwork on this one’s going to be hell too. They’ll need to dampen all the dialogue to simulate the effect of the fog, for one thing, and they’ll have to be able to set the mood with a minimum of music. Silent Hill should be silent.
The good news is they’ll have plenty of time for exposition during the door-checking scenes.
Here’s a question though; if there isn’t a Hospital/School/Apartment Complex/Amusement Park section, will you be dissapointed? I’m unsure. I don’t want this movie to get by on the merits of it’s intereactive forbears.
Now, what they need to do is find the most demented shit they can come up with, and bring it to life there
Cause Silent Hill usually involves little children killing stuff, or being killed.
In other words, dementia at its best
One stall has to be closed yet there be nobody in it. And just as the protagonist leaves, there has to be a single, unnerving sound like a plank of wood clattering to the ground.
Most certainly, this needs Pyramid Head in it. Also, I could forgive them for leaving out an apartment block, factory, hotel and maybe even a school as long as there’s a hospital in it. Personally, I didn’t rate the Resi movies. I thik this would benefit from a surreal Jacob’s Ladder approach rather than being an action movie. They could even ditch the guns and i wouldn’t mind. (wrapping a plank of wood around the glistening monstrosities’ head’s was always much more fun) If they didn’t go with the OST, then music from Godspeed You Black Emperor would suit perfectly.
Touche with the Bathroom request. but only if the truly evil stuff goes down in the girls’ side. (as usual)
“Cheryl’s my little girl.”
