Silent Hill on Blu-ray...why all the hate??

[horrorfreak889]

To tell you the truth, I am just stunned that people found silent hill to look bad on bluray. Its one of my favorite movies, so i decided to RENT it at blockbuster on blu to see if its really as bad as everyone on this site says it is. I put the disc in and my friends and I were blown away at how great the picture quality is. it is very sharp, colorful and spot on. I found no flaws. It was probably one of the better transfers I have seen for a horror movie.

[Ranger-R]

Not only is it good creepy movie, Its the PCM soundtrack that impressed me, alot of use of the rears and overall sound.

[sinister184]

silent hill got a pretty good review from HDD. 4 stars for video and 5 for audio. blu-ray.com hasnt done a review but from what ive seen i was also impressed with the title. prblem with the title is most parts of the movie are very dark and black and you need a LCD that can handle blacks or it will look pretty crappy

[Ice2Dragon]

The only reason I loathed it is because of the lack of extras.. which suck.

Other than that, its a five star movie, and top notch video and audio.

[Jesterkeeters]

One of my favs....

[DaleDark]

Originally Posted by Ice2Dragon

The only reason I loathed it is because of the lack of extras.. which suck.

Other than that, its a five star movie, and top notch video and audio.

I concur, the only reason I'm still holding onto my DVD copy is the lack of extras. Anyone know if the German import has any of the special features? Typically, I try to avoid the double-dip (or triple-dip in this case), but I bought my blu used over a year ago for $10, so I won't be out too much, and I've definitely gotten my moneys worth.

[owa]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

I concur, the only reason I'm still holding onto my DVD copy is the lack of extras. Anyone know if the German import has any of the special features? Typically, I try to avoid the double-dip (or triple-dip in this case), but I bought my blu used over a year ago for $10, so I won't be out too much, and I've definitely gotten my moneys worth.

I have the US version and the German import but I haven't tried to view the extras on the import. Most of the time I don't bother trying b/c I can't read the menus and sometimes the extras on the imports don't work (on region A players even if the movie does).

I'll try it now to see if I can tell what it has for the special features (if anything).

Edit: Don't think it does. Looks like scene access is the only thing it provides.

[Ice2Dragon]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

I concur, the only reason I'm still holding onto my DVD copy is the lack of extras. Anyone know if the German import has any of the special features? Typically, I try to avoid the double-dip (or triple-dip in this case), but I bought my blu used over a year ago for $10, so I won't be out too much, and I've definitely gotten my moneys worth.

The import has a much cooler looking artwork I know that for sure -_-V

[DaleDark]

Originally Posted by owa

I have the US version and the German import but I haven't tried to view the extras on the import. Most of the time I don't bother trying b/c I can't read the menus and sometimes the extras on the imports don't work (region A).

I'll try it now to see if I can tell what it has for the special features (if anything).

Edit: Don't think it does. Looks like scene access is the only thing it provides.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll just wait for Sony's eventual SE on blu (probably to coincide w/ the release of Silent Hill 2).

[DaleDark]

Originally Posted by Ice2Dragon

The import has a much cooler looking artwork I know that for sure -_-V

I agree. The teaser poster for SH is one of my favorite movie posters ever.

[johnnyd1]

Originally Posted by Ice2Dragon

The only reason I loathed it is because of the lack of extras.. which suck.

Other than that, its a five star movie, and top notch video and audio.

Pretty good movie. Lack of extras on any movie doesn't bother me ! Never watch 'em.

[Denzelio]

You should just be great-full you can buy it on Blu-ray.
It's not available for Region B yet(except for Germany), Universal owns the rights to Silent Hill in Australia(no Universal Blu-rays announced for release here yet )..

[Mermen79]

To confirm once again, the German release also features no content beyond the film. Not even a trailer.

[Sky_Captain]

The German has one of my favorite HiDef transfers. The detail is amazing.

[Clark Kent]

The current domestic BD of Silent Hill is just okay. It came out very early in the lifecycle of Blu-ray before I think Sony had a firm grasp of transferring and encoding a great disc. I know the HD DVD version looked superior to it going off reports. I bet this title would look incredible if it was released again with the current state of knowledge, though of course this is a very unlikely title to get a double dip.

[Marcusarilius]

It still looks pretty good and has very dynamic SQ. I would double dip on this if later released with a few up-grades. Great Creepy Film!

[HeavyHitter]

I've been wanting to pick up Silent Hill on BD - has anyone heard if this will be re-released with a new encode/transfer? When is Slient Hill 2 coming?

Also, does the German release look that much better?

[SDon1969]

For one of the earlier BDs, I thought Silent Hill looked and sounded great!

[davidxiphoid]

ahh I may have to this one up! I also love this flick but was scared away from the blu by all the seeming negative reviews of the pq.

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by johnnyd1

Pretty good movie. Lack of extras on any movie doesn't bother me ! Never watch 'em.

Bothers me. The dvd version should never have an advantage over the BD version. never.