Boxing day

Why is it called boxing day? Is it a day we're supposed to unbox presents, box people up on the streets or parade around in boxers?

Morning: Alarm rang. Peered out of window. It's freaking raining again.

Back to sleep.

Woke up later in the morning and watched Silent Hill on DVD.

Silent Hill

Like most video game adaptations, this one didn't really catch on with the general public. However, fans of the video game would appreciate how true it captures the creepiness of the game, complete with all the small details such as the noise of shoes against the metallic grille floors and the quirkiness of Dahlia Gillespie.

However, the plot in its entirety is pretty absurd, to put it politely. It gets so weird and lame in the second half it starts to disappoint. I'd rather they save the viewers' time and their own efforts and tone down with all those pseudo-logical explainations. When you watch a horror movie, all you want is the horror eh?

A little disappointed they didn't do that creepy static sound effect when the mosters come around, or attempt to recreate any of the flying monsters in the original.

Overall? They captured the horror of the game series really well, but as for its value as a movie by itself, not much.

Grade: 3/5