Raziel's Reviews

[Queen Sarafina]

Just made dinner

grilled cheese sammies, french canadian pea soup, and a glass of cold milk <3

 

[X.xtHeMaRcHhArEx.X]

scabby your cat is super cute lol xD

homg that sound soo good xD

i had some grilled lemon pepper chicken with some rice and a glass o lemonade xD

omg my girly cat hates Mcstinker my fatty cat he's cool though xD  

[Reaver Of Souls Raziel]

This week on Raziel's reviews, I was torn between reviewing Silent Hill and Knocked Up; considering my current condition, either one would have been fitting. Although, since I have a tendency to lean more towards the horror genre (not that watching Katherine Heigl be a pregnant b***h wasn't scary) I will be reviewing Silent Hill.

Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror games created by Konami. The film follows a mother, Rose, who takes her troubled adopted daughter, Sharon, to Silent Hill, the town the girl cries out for while sleepwalking. After being knocked unconscious in a car crash outside the town, Rose awakens to find her daughter missing and the town engulfed in an alternate reality of fog and falling ash. While searching for her daughter, she faces surreal reality shifts and monstrous creatures while uncovering her daughter's connections to the town's dark secrets. While moving around the town trying to find her daughter with the help of a cop named Cybil. Rose keeps seeing her daughter everywhere even though it is not her, but a girl who looks just like Sharon though Rose has no idea why.

Now, I've been hearing mixed reviews about this movie - mostly from fans of the game series. I myself have never played any of the Silent Hill games and when I first watched this movie, I had completly forgotten it was based on a game. Can someone who is a fan of the games tell me why a lot of the other fans do not like this movie?

I certainly enjoyed the movie, even if I have never played the games. To me, that is a mark of a good game-based movie, that even people who have never played the games can enjoy it as well as understand it.

I did however recognize Pyramid Head right away and damn, he was one big, bad monster - he was like Jason Voorhees on steroids! Even his hockey mask and machete got an upgrade. I can see why he's the poster boy of an already terrifying game franchise.

But the most terrifying monster in the movie, I find, is this woman right here.

Alright, for those who haven't seen the movie already, major spoilers coming your way.

Christabella here is a cult leader, the leader of a cult that apparently burns little girls whose mothers had them out of wedlock... pardon my language, but that's ******** up, no?

Everyone knows I'm all for hating stupid, religious bigots like the Sarafan, and wow, I really hated this woman. There was a real grim satisfaction watching her getting raped by barbed wire while her followers were slaughtered like sheep all around her.

The ending was great, but at the same time, it left me a bit confused...

It took me a while to realize that Sharon, Rose, and Cybil probably all died on the road before they came to silent hill. I don't know if this is canon or if there are any other theories out there, but it seems to me that's what happened.

Before we go, my main would like to add that one thing she didn't like about the movie was seeing Cybil be burned alive... she really liked her.

R.I.P smexy police lady

 

[QhaZomb]

Most fans don't like the movie 'cause it
pretty much butchered the SH1 plot, which is what it was based off of.

They also didn't like that Pyramid Head was there,
complaining that he's supposed to be just for James.

I'd go into how I disagree on that, but I don't want to steal Raziel's spotlight.

 

[Reaver Of Souls Raziel]

No, go right ahead, I really wanted to hear why the fans got their knickers in a twist over this movie.

I'd also like to hear your thoughts on it as well, discussion is always welcome here.  

[X.xtHeMaRcHhArEx.X]

A WITCH! -does that weird point- Dx

lol sorry it had to be done xD i Agree with Kitty, i liked the movie even though it didn't go by the game, and sure their were some parts that were like '....' but, then again what movie based off of video games are ever accurate? >_>  

[QhaZomb]

Okay, let's see if I can get this typed up
in a way that makes sense...I'm bad at wording things.

Okay, Pyramid Head in SH2 was created out of James' subconscious
desire for punishment. PH's look is based off the hoods worn
by the executioners of the Order.
(A Mr. Jimmy Stone of The Order wore a red hood and was nicknamed the "Red Devil")
PH himself an executioner, and the embodiment of punishment.
A lot of people argue that other people who would "need" a punishment
demon wouldn't cause PH to be...well, PH. Saying only James would
since he saw the painting "Misty Day" when he and Mary went to Silent Hill on vacation,
and thus based PH's image off the figure in the painting.
I don't really agree on that.
As I said, PH is the embodiment of punishment, performing acts of violence
against protagonist and monsters alike, but he is also a victim,
being forced to wear the helmet.
PH struggles and tugs at the helmet in SH2, and
In SH: Homecoming, you can see in one ending that the inside of the helmet
is lined with spikes like an iron maiden.
In Homecoming, he was "summoned" to punish
protagonist Alex Shepard's family and the rest of Shepard's Glenn
for leaving the Order and refusing to sacrifice Alex to the town's gods.
In the movie, Alessa created him to punish the cult that burned her and turned her into a monster.
I say PH isn't just part of James, but part of the town itself,
changing his form accordingly to match his victims.

.....did that make sense?

 

[Reaver Of Souls Raziel]

Yes, it did make sense, thank you for explaining that to me.

I had always been confused because I had a friend who played the game and told me about how PH represented Jame's repressed sexual desires... but then he shows up in other games that don't involve James and I'm all like wut  

[QhaZomb]

The all the games after SH4: The Room
are made by different companies, not Konami.

Homecoming was by some American company, and they
borrowed heavily from the movie when making Homecoming.

Another reason fans argue about PH.

However, a good thing about SH, is that a lot of it is left
for the player/viewer to interpret.

 

[Reaver Of Souls Raziel]

Ahhhh, I guess I should do a review soon... but review what exactly...? =__=

I need ideas.  

[QhaZomb]

I'd say Repo!, but then Hatter would fuss.

......

Ya ever gonna do the Grindhouse movies?

 

[Reaver Of Souls Raziel]

I will when I can watch planet terror again.  

[MadxHatterxTeapot]

I won't fuss! XD Razzy can review it if he wants to. I just would be disappointed because I haven't seen it.

Oh! I have one to request for you. It's an 80s horror movie, it's kind of crap but I LOVED it and I don't often say that I love 80s movies unless they are really good like The Breakfast Club.

It's called: Happy Birthday to Me.

If anybody has seen anything of Little House on the Prairie it stars the older sister and it's really pretty up to par.

Kind of cliche but it's enough to keep you guessing. o.o I think you should see it, review it.

Because I LOVED this movie. The ending ******** with my brain. xD  

[ArkRaptor]

Oooh! Oooh! If you're doin' 80s horror movies,
review Reanimator! And maybe Bride of Reanimator!

I LOVE those movies~ <3