Movie marathon!...ok not really

Went to PS to watch Silent Hill then 4.30 by Royston Tan with Lestari. Upon coming out of the station, was plesantly surprised to be accosted by Xi-an who was off to watch King and the Clown with her classmates. Chatted with her for a while before meeting Lestari at the GV ticketing counter. Out of the 2 movies, I preferred Silent Hill for a rather superficial reason, the special effects :P. Despite the savage mauling the critics gave it (2 out of 5 stars), I thought it was a pretty decent movie. The storyline was intriguing, never mind the logic loopholes, (its a scare-fest after all), the CGI was convincing, the acting was relatively well-executed and the atmospheric music set the eerie mood throughout the entire movie. Let's not forget the cringe-inducing yet necessary gore which I felt was tastefully inserted. The ending was a bit of a let-down though, not that most horror movies have conclusive or happy finishes. We left cinema 4 only to enter cinema 6 for 4.30. True to its arthouse film nature, the film had MINIMAL dialouge and many long sweeping shots of emotive actions (Xiao Wu with tears streaming down his cheeks, the Korean tenant contemplating whether to smoke) .But it acheived the purpose of exhibiting the loneliness and occasional deviant behaviour that stems as a result, that Xiao Wu suffers from. Some things in the film are left unexplained, like why the Korean tenant leaves without tell Xiao Wu and why there is school in December, but there are fragments of hints to allow the viewers to make their own decision. The poignant ending, which I will not disclose, does provide some sense of closure to the story, though not to the multitudes of queries and thoughts in my mind...