The Reel Rejects - SILENT HILL (2006) – ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FUEL! – FIRST TIME WATCHING – REVIEW

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Starting point is 00:01:56 And without further ado, I want to just jump right into it. So Silent Hill, we are ready for you in three. two All right friends We just watched Silent Hill Silent Hill We watched Silent Hill

Starting point is 00:02:16 Couldn't even remember the title of it Really interesting movie Kind of a strange third act That I can't wait to talk to you about Yeah We'll do all that But I wanted to tell you guys a few things first First of all

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Starting point is 00:03:07 So we are going to get to the Patreon questions. But before we do that, Tara, just give me your general thoughts. How would you feel about Silent Hill? I mean, I liked it. I felt like you were really into it and then you were less into it. And then you need it. It's like in and out for me. Like I'm kind of like, did it need to be two hours?

Starting point is 00:03:30 I feel like I would be like, I really like this. if it was like an hour and a half and maybe the pacing. I get that they, we're not, I'm not trying to be like blast through this real quick. I don't, yeah, I liked it. I feel like I don't know how. I liked it. I kind of do the same way you do too.

Starting point is 00:03:52 There were parts I loved and then there was parts of, I do feel like it was kind of a purgatory. We are in heaven. Totally. I feel like there was cool stuff with the witches, obviously from Massachusetts. I'm very invested in Salem, which trials.

Starting point is 00:04:05 I know this was not that this was West Virginia, but I thought that the little girl did a great job. She was great. Sean Bean's character, who did not die, in fact, but in trying to really look into things. Some of the casting was kind of interesting. I thought everybody did a great job, but like you were talking about it a little bit

Starting point is 00:04:21 throughout very similar looks. I thought that they did a really good job with the weather effects and letting us know where we were when we were. That was kind of cool. But with the, like the everybody, the kill the witch mentality, that all made sense to me,

Starting point is 00:04:36 but then the way that everything kind of went down with murdering all of them or sending them all to hell because they, whatever it was, that's where it got a little convoluted for me. Totally. Me too. All right, so let's just answer some questions and see what does you guys have to say.

Starting point is 00:04:52 I think that this definitely worked for us, but not as well as maybe it could have if it was a little tighter. Totally. Let's get into this. Here we go. Z, B, K and D. I went into this. this movie blind having never played the games and being a huge horror fan when I was 13,

Starting point is 00:05:06 I had remained my favorite horror movie ever, since despite not really fitting into the horror classic genre, but being more of an action-packed like Resident Evil, Blade, or Underworld. Do you guys enjoy the style of horror? And do you think it did a good job balancing the scares with the action? I find it interesting that you put it more into action-packed. I thought there was like action in it, but I wouldn't compare it to those at all. But that's just, that's just me.

Starting point is 00:05:38 I did like this style of horror. I think that I thought the shots are really cool. The effects are cool. It definitely felt like a video game. And I liked that. I just, I'm not sure if the pacing was exactly right for me because I'm on the same page as you. Like when the girl comes out, she's in the bed.

Starting point is 00:05:57 She has a barbed wire arms and she's killing them. I was like, yeah, I wasn't quite sure. I wanted it to mean more, and I don't know that I, like, knew all the pieces that that was supposed to mean for us. I watched both Blade and Underworld for this channel, and I don't really see the comparisons. When you said, do you enjoy this style or do you think it did a good job balancing? This style was not an action horror for me at all. No, not. Me neither.

Starting point is 00:06:29 It was like cerebral, but... Yeah. Yeah, it's supernatural, obviously. So, yes, I think it worked for me, but just, again, I think there was a couple things we could have done to make it really work. Totally. Fellow reject, 2026 feels different. There's something about a new year that brings clarity.

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Starting point is 00:08:11 Thank you for sponsoring this video. Residence Z. Shejex. I did play the games before watching the movie and I can say it did capture the feel of them. That's awesome. Without getting into the lore of the monsters because we'd be here for hours. What was your favorite monster from the movie? Hmm.

Starting point is 00:08:26 Okay. So what was there? There was the like lobster look. insects on the ground. Oh, yeah. There was the guy who had like a... The triangle head. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:08:35 He was weird. There was all the ones that the cop was shooting at the beginning that like just had like that weird body when you first see them. Yeah. Maybe the triangle head dude, but I guess my favorite monster was Alice Cringe's character, the humans who were like, kill the witches. Yeah, the woman. Yeah. Totally. That's what I was in the park.

Starting point is 00:08:58 In what bed? Well, she was a mom. Oh, yeah, yeah. Her, her, her. She was pretty cool. Who are you talking about? Well, I was going to say that I don't think she would technically, she's not the monster because it's like she was saving her, but the Gillespie in the bed with the barbed wire,

Starting point is 00:09:18 I thought was a really good visual. I don't know what bed thing you're talking about. When she, you know, the burnt girl, when she has all the barbed wire. Oh, oh, Alyssa. Yeah, she looks like she's in a bed. I understand what you're talking out. I thought that was cool. But I think I would probably go with a triangle guy.

Starting point is 00:09:35 I thought that was really weird looking. Jay Rushden. Question, the main trademark of this movie is fog or mist? Ever been in town with fog or mist, you nearly blind? Yeah, less fog or mist, but snow when I was driving to the mountain of Vermont. It was like, it was freezing. It was so slippery. It was so snow.

Starting point is 00:09:55 You couldn't see an inch in front of you. Yeah. There's been fog here like crazy recently. You're not on the west side, but the west side's been like you can't even drive. It's like so thick that you can't see. Yeah. That's wild because it gets darker over here like in silver, well, in the, in areas. East side, yeah.

Starting point is 00:10:14 East side. It can get a little rough, but it's never like not see. But that's in towns when it's been colder. Yes, I've been there. Pierre the Reject, which video game horror series would you like to react to next? Have you both seen the Resident Evil movies? I haven't seen the Resident Evil movies. No, I haven't either.

Starting point is 00:10:33 One of my closest friends directed one of them, though. Oh, that's funny. So I kind of don't want to watch that here because I'm concerned. Yeah. I'm sure I'll like it, but just, you know, whatever. We don't want to get into the politics of anything. Yeah. Yep.

Starting point is 00:10:46 Okay. What would we like to react to next? I don't know any video game franchise. I mean, we are doing the last of us. We do the last of us. Yeah, that's great. Which is cool. I would love it if they made, like, the only video game I played was like Zelda.

Starting point is 00:11:01 15 years ago, left for dead. Like, oh, I'd watch that movie, but they didn't make a movie off of that. Maybe we'll cover Zelda together, a TV show, though, not a, you know, that's what they're doing in a legend. Okay. Final one, Richard the magician. This is trivia from Richard. Did you know that Silent Hill, that Silent Hill is based on the real town in Centralia, Pennsylvania. There was a mine fire still burning to this day.

Starting point is 00:11:25 as of 2020 only five residents remain holy crap that's actually scary like the fact that the mind why do five people remain there exactly i don't want to tell you you all should leave but leave that's wild dude how is it so burning yeah immediately you were like bodies i was like body straight up body we rain in ashes from the bodies yeah um sure all right so i think that in far as things that the she jigs are reacted to they're doing a second one of these, I think we'll probably cover that. I would look forward to seeing where this would go. Me too. And I think video adaptations in general are really difficult. You want to be true to your source material, but you also want to be entertaining. Maybe this would have been a little stronger if we had played the game. Overall, I think this worked for us, but not as perfectly as it could have.

Starting point is 00:12:13 But not a waste of time. If somebody asked you if you would recommend this movie, what would you say? I would say, yeah, if you're into horror and if, I mean, obviously if you, or even if you're video game player and you have not played this game from the second I saw some of these shots you're like, that looks like a video game exactly like it. So I think it'd be fun for any video gamers and anybody who likes horror

Starting point is 00:12:36 and then I'd just be like, yeah, pacing my bug you, might not. I'm with you. And look forward to you guys recommending more things for the Sheejects. We appreciate you guys and we'll see you next time. Later rejects. Bye. Looking to grow your investing skills and make smarter decisions with your money in 2026, join Hermione's Investing Fix, the twice-monthly Women's Only Investment Club, where expert stock pickers pitch ideas and you help build the portfolio. Since launching four years ago, our member-driven picks have outperformed the S&P thanks to smart,

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The Reel Rejects - SILENT HILL (2006) – ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FUEL! – FIRST TIME WATCHING – REVIEW

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