Silent Hill

Contemporary horror film. Done with great visual panache but by now there is no longer any pretense of real world context...it's purpose is to frighten with hideous CGI imagery. But when placed in this artificial reality why would the audience care about what happens to a character? She's just another toon and everybody knows you can't hurt a toon...

I can see where there is a market for scary date movies and this one is probably as good as most at delivering. But it's not cinema.

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