Silent Hill 2 - Movie Confirmed

[バンブーブレード]

Thats where the studio execs came in, originally his little side story wasnt in the movie, but the execs thought that a male character should be added in since every other video game to movie adaptation have female leads. Studio execs are morons, and everytime they stick their nose in and mess with a movie, it ruins it completely.

I concur.

[Vorador]

The silent hill movie was one of the best video game movies ever.
It captured the look and fell of the game and thats whats important. Hopefully they'll fix some of the plot problems from the last one.

This.

I also think if they were going to do a direct movies from one of the games it should be Silent Hill 2 or even 4. Silent Hill 2 had an all around superb story IMO that doesn not require any in depth explanation from previous games or those after. Silent Hill 4 though different, is another I think that could be done in the same way.

[BLSR1]

A problem with adapting SH2 directly is that we all know how it ends.
The surprise twist that cements the story is already well know.

[Vorador]

A problem with adapting SH2 directly is that we all know how it ends.
The surprise twist that cements the story is already well know.

True, but if one of they were going to follow one of the games in a movie Silent Hill 2 would be the best one, but that's just my opinion.

[DarkMemories]

A problem with adapting SH2 directly is that we all know how it ends.
The surprise twist that cements the story is already well know.

To be fair, we know the surprise twist, yes, but we don't know how it ends.

They could go with any of the endings: Leave, In Water, Maria, Rebirth, etc...

[Vorador]

To be fair, we know the surprise twist, yes, but we don't know how it ends.

They could go with any of the endings: Leave, In Water, Maria, Rebirth, etc...

The Rebirth ending could be a very nice surprise.
Spoiler:

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You don't really get to see what happens in the game, you only get James rowing in a boat towards the island. They could finish and add to that ending.

[YamiYumes]

Honestly, I would much rather them take in a completely new direction than trying to incorporate 2 into the story of 1...which is essentially what they would be doing with that.

2 stood away from the rest of the games, which is part of why I loved it so much. Not to mention, in the beginning you had NO idea of what James' relationship was with his wife. If they adapted the movie to be almost exactly like 2, there would be a loss of that mystery.

Not to mention, the tragedy would be completely missing. Since we followed Rose throughout the first movie, there's really no way Sean Bean's character could have...ya know, killed her and gotten dragged into the town.

A sequel's all well and good...but really, I hope they try and make it original cause if they try and incorporate the actual game of 2 into it, I see a major clusterfuck. There's no way they'd be able to tie it in the ways that made SH2 an amazing game and still keep the essence of the first movie in tact.

But that's just my two cents, and hopefully this post made sense cause I'm writing it at 4 AM with absolutely no sleep :B

[aris13]

Silent Hill 2 Writer Roger Avary Sentenced to One Year in Jail

[Canas Renvall]

Uuuuuhhhhhmmmm....

This could be rather damaging to the final product's outcome.

[Mr_Zombie]

Wasn't he in jail already not so long ago?

[Rombie]

He was charged awaiting final sentencing, which is what is reported above.

[Darkmoon]

Well, if this is based on 2 after all the prison section is either going to be cut completely or involve a lot more shower rape than I remember. I must admit, I'm, rather hoping this means we'll get a new screenwritter.

And if they read this I have low, low rates people. I'd be a steal.

[Skunky]

Some new info on the 2nd movie:

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=12891

Not much revealed, although it's a worry that they seem to think the next film needs to be more 'mainstream' and easier to understand, so non-gamers will like it.
Sounds like a dumbing-down to me...
Also, there dosn't look like many of the people involved in making the first film will return, which is a shame. Personally I thought they did a pretty good job recreating the style and atmosphere of Silent Hill. It was much closer to the games than any of the RE movies.

[Darkmoon]

...they can dumb it down more? Well, shit. I felt one of the big draw backs of this one was that it was simplified too much. Changing the cult to loony Christians, for example. Cutting out Sammael and the Old Gods. Taking out the Lisa and Kaufmann storylines...

Christ, I hope this doesn't end up as a Silent Hill 2 movie. 'Hi. I'm Jannette. I shot my husband through the face with a shotgun and I'm not sure why I'm in this creepy town with a giant thing with a funky hat cutting off my clothes so I spend the movie in my bra and panties. OMG, they have a half off sale in that abadoned shop! I'm sure the giant scary serial killer won't follow me to a sale!'

Of course, even worse will be a Silent Hill 3 game...which they seem to be going for, from the sounds of the crap at the end. A dumbed down Silent Hill 3? What the hell can you cut from that game without making it a royal clusterfuck of dumb? And how can you even do it when the character in the lead role is stuck in another world at the end of the first movie?

Gah!

[Enrico Marini]

What the hell can you cut from that game without making it a royal clusterfuck of dumb?

Flowers grow from manure, as long as Harry isn't abruptly killed for no good reason, it'd get a thumbs up from me.

I'd laugh if the whole Silent Hill 2 movie plot twisted at the end, and the main character was roger avery getting punished for his sins.

Silent Hill 2 the game would make an awesome movie but we know how that one rolls so it wouldn't necessarily be anything new. Though if it stuck
true to the game, I'd still watch it.

Though the new film would probably be about the Bean Machine getting his wife and daughter back. Again if Bean had a major role, I'd watch it. The plot would probably be along the lines of Sean getting accused of killing his wife and daughter and some how in depression, ending up in Silent Hill then into otherworld.

...they can dumb it down more?

Don't tempt fate there.