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Ebert Reviews 'Silent Hill'
Last week, along with attending an 'epic' debate, Ebert had the time to take in Silent Hill. Did he enjoy it? Not so much. From the article: "Now here's a funny thing. Although I did not understand the story, I would have appreciated a great deal less explanation. All through the movie, characters are pausing in order to offer arcane back-stories and historical perspectives and metaphysical insights and occult orientations. They talk and talk and somehow their words do not light up any synapses in my brain, if my brain has synapses and they're supposed to light up, and if it doesn't and they're not, then they still don't make any sense. Perhaps those who have played the game will understand the movie, and enjoy it. "
Ebert is the only critic that I even read. I often disagree, but he's the most educated critic out there, AND he can let himself enjoy movies as they're meant to be enjoyed. He gave Mortal Kombat a well-deserved thumbs up, for instance. It was just a kung fu, game-based movie, but for a kung fu, game-based movie it was quite good. Good fight choreography, an interesting spin on the Bloodsport genre, and it didn't try to be anything it wasn't. Eberts the only critic that always recognizes what the movie is trying to be, rather than what he thinks it should have been.