Had a movie day with maternal unit yesterday. We watched “Silent Hill” and “V for Vendetta.”

“Silent Hill” wasn’t bad, it wasn’t as creepy or disturbing as I was expecting, although it certainly had its moments. Most of the changes made a certain amount of sense, given the constraints of time and the desire for appeal beyond the game fanbase. Having it rain ashes from an underground fire instead of White Claudia was a hell of a lot easier to explain, and they streamlined the “wtf happened here?” plot, which. Probably the wisest thing to do. But you ended up left with questions like, what was Dark Alessa? Was she some kind of vengeance demon? Simply the form chosen by the hand of god to deliver his judgement? Or was Christabella actually right and Alessa was the spawn of the devil, and that was her evil side made manifest? I’m kind of leaning towards either the first or last, given how things turned out. The ending was unexpectedly heartbreaking.

“V” on the other hand, I really really enjoyed, and find myself liking more each time I see it (yesterday being my second time). The “specials” included on the disc — all one of them — were pretty unspecial. It felt like lots of footage of everyone they could find saying roughly the same thing, over and over. But there was the pleasant surprise of Hugo Weaving in his skivvies, so it wasn’t all bad.

All in all, it was a pretty nice way to spend a Saturday, and I wouldn’t mind making a habit of it.