Actually, Rose's personality and role in the story is identical to that of Harry. Like Harry, she is willing to do anything for her child, and spends the film uncovering Alessa's story and acting as the lens through which the audience learns about the cult. The only thing they changed was the character's gender (and, as an aside, personality was far from being the only reason for the change. The writers also felt that they wanted a matriarchal world showcasing different types of motherhood - which they could not do with a male lead).
Alessa's story is very similar to her game counterpart. In both canons, she is gifted with psychic powers from an unknown source, is abused by the priestess of a fanatical religious cult, is bullied by her classmates, is burned alive in a religious ritual that leaves her alive but suffering from horrific injuries, is responsible for everything that happens in the alternate realities, is responsible for the monsters (all of whom symbolize some aspect of her life), she splits herself into multiple people (including the protagonist's daughter), causes the car crash that starts the story, leads the protagonist to clues about her life, and eventually recombined into a "rebirth" that the protagonist takes home with them. Is every single aspect the same? No. But as shown by the list above, a great deal of Alessa's story remains intact.
Pyramid Head does have a place in the movie canon. He is symbolic of both Alessa's fear of men and religious oppression. It's actually very likely that she dreamed him into existence from a painting seen inside the Grand Hotel, featuring religious fanatics wearing tan skirts and cone shaped hats. Remember, James Sunderland does not exist in the movie canon, so there's no roadblock to giving PH to Alessa, as there would be if the movie were meant to be kept within the exact canon of the games (something that no movie adaptation has ever done). The monsters seen in the game were swapped out for those whose symbolic relation to Alessa could be easily discerned by viewers, without requiring extra scenes showing that Alessa liked The Lost World or was scared of dogs to explain them.
Whether you like the motherhood theme or not has no bearing whatsoever on the film's relation to the game.
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marcus_stokes2000
9 years ago
The main argument they kept on making about having Rose instead of Harry was that Harry was behaving femininely, and the first thing they mention was caring for his daughter.
Never heard of the idea of 'motherhood types' before here.
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JKristine35
9 years ago
Gans actually mentions the matriarchal theme quite frequently. The production notes go into detail about how every female character fits into a mother or daughter narrative, with some of them even encompassing both. (Rose to Sharon, Dahlia to Alessa, Christabella to her flock, Cybil to any child she meets, etc).
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koffeenkreame41-1
9 years ago
Actually, Rose's personality and role in the story is identical to that of Harry. Like Harry, she is willing to do anything for her child, and spends the film uncovering Alessa's story and acting as the lens through which the audience learns about the cult. The only thing they changed was the character's gender (and, as an aside, personality was far from being the only reason for the change. The writers also felt that they wanted a matriarchal world showcasing different types of motherhood - which they could not do with a male lead).
Alessa's story is very similar to her game counterpart. In both canons, she is gifted with psychic powers from an unknown source, is abused by the priestess of a fanatical religious cult, is bullied by her classmates, is burned alive in a religious ritual that leaves her alive but suffering from horrific injuries, is responsible for everything that happens in the alternate realities, is responsible for the monsters (all of whom symbolize some aspect of her life), she splits herself into multiple people (including the protagonist's daughter), causes the car crash that starts the story, leads the protagonist to clues about her life, and eventually recombined into a "rebirth" that the protagonist takes home with them. Is every single aspect the same? No. But as shown by the list above, a great deal of Alessa's story remains intact.
Pyramid Head does have a place in the movie canon. He is symbolic of both Alessa's fear of men and religious oppression. It's actually very likely that she dreamed him into existence from a painting seen inside the Grand Hotel, featuring religious fanatics wearing tan skirts and cone shaped hats. Remember, James Sunderland does not exist in the movie canon, so there's no roadblock to giving PH to Alessa, as there would be if the movie were meant to be kept within the exact canon of the games (something that no movie adaptation has ever done). The monsters seen in the game were swapped out for those whose symbolic relation to Alessa could be easily discerned by viewers, without requiring extra scenes showing that Alessa liked The Lost World or was scared of dogs to explain them.
Whether you like the motherhood theme or not has no bearing whatsoever on the film's relation to the game.
This. I thought and still believe it's the closest adaptation to the game we've could've gotten, only change is the main character from the original game was Harry Mason and in the film it's Rose DeSilva. SHR wasn't anywhere as good as this film IMHO.
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