[DeadKennedys]

Overall, I'd say it's the pretty damn good execution of a crappy story.

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My favorite scene (besides pyramid head) had to be the flashback after the burning of Alessa, where Detective Thomas is cradling her in his arms and he just had that look on his face. Many parts felt like they were some indie movie rather than hollywood, like when the first arrive in SH and she descends that first staircase, and also when that elevator drops down the shaft.

Alessa with all the razor wire reminded me of the fight with Mary in SH2.


I wanted to see more of the underground coal mines where the "fires are still burning" (WE GET IT ALREADY!!), rather than some of the other locations they chose. In the opening where Sharon stares into the valley and it zooms down into the coal mines, it looked so badass, I wanted to see that more.

The Nurse scene reminded me of some interperative ballet the way they danced and swung their heads around. The sounds they made were great though. Awesome music.

I think the ending was 100% piss poor, like they were running out of film and the director said "I have to wrap this up in three minutes." I liked the cult members in the mining suits... I learned once that miners could use birds to sense a collapse before it happened or to smell gas leaks. Now they use canaries to sense when the darkness is coming. Some people seemed to be really confused about this. The link between their old lives of coal mining and their new lives in the darkness was very cool.

I did like the themes of guilt and judgement that were in the games and the movie, they did that pretty well.

Alessa's hate grew so much that she tore the town into two dimensions, one regular and another where demons would torment those who harmed her. I'll bite. But why would Rose be pulled into the alternate reality? And why wasn't Boromir? Why isn't Alessa dead by now? She's been in an abandoned hospital with no food or medical care for years. I guess we're just supposed to "go with it." And why was that nurse in red missing her eyes. Did Alessa take them for looking at her? Maybe I'm as dense as a stone but I felt like there were alot of plot holes.

This reminded me of The Grudge, and I hated The Grudge. More disturbing than children burning and Voldo in a bathroom stall is this trend among "horror (or what you want to call them)" movies of creepy little girls paired with storylines that are so poorly written that you're supposed to pretend like they make an ounce of sense. Just feels like it's been done before.