Movies, I watch moving pictures
Here is what I would not recommend: "Hardware" (1990) directed by Richard Stanley. This is a simplistic, science fiction film about a robot killing people in a dystopian future nowhere near as nuanced as the setting in Bladerunner. The movie itself is not too bad. But I will share here two vital elements wrong with the film. Most importantly, length. Hardware does not need to be as long as it is. I don't mean to brag, but I fell asleep for several minutes during the middle of the film but I was still on top of everything happening in the story when I woke up. Yup, I'm like a film savant over here. The second and perhaps equally important element screwed up in Hardware is characterization. Who in Hell are these people and why should we care? You'll never have that answered. More to the point, you'll probably stop caring. Or not. Shit, this is the generation that made "Twilight" successful and then into successful movie adaptations. Maybe characters having defining traits is no longer important in this age when a loose grasp of what constitutes irony is considered a key to getting humor?
Anyhow, vastly superior to this largely irrelevant sci-fi piece is what led us to tracking down a copy. I refer to the documentary "Lost Soul" (2014). It was on Netflix or Hulu or someplace. I don't even care about Hollywood or actors or that jazz, but Lost Soul was interesting. And whoever made it got it to build, which is a narrative structure most documentaries lack. I don't want to share any more in case you want to see it and be surprised. Lost Soul is largely about Richard Stanley.
Here is what I would recommend: "As Above, So Below" (2014). I missed seeing this in the theater, but it's decent on the small screen. And yeah, in a lot of ways exactly what you would expect to occur happens. (Horror movies do tend toward being predictable.) A few part of it are ridiculous, but not much more so than a frequent horror enthusiast would expect. Also, while largely a found-footage, point-of-view style film, it does not religiously abide this conceit. If you are a person who feels nauseous from unnecessary camera/frame shaking, then you might still get through this movie. Over all not so impressive as "Sinister" was, but a nice offering and watchable.
(I still might prefer "The Descent" over AA,SB. But then there are not enough horror movies with all female casts or set in the bowels of the Earth.)
Anyhow, vastly superior to this largely irrelevant sci-fi piece is what led us to tracking down a copy. I refer to the documentary "Lost Soul" (2014). It was on Netflix or Hulu or someplace. I don't even care about Hollywood or actors or that jazz, but Lost Soul was interesting. And whoever made it got it to build, which is a narrative structure most documentaries lack. I don't want to share any more in case you want to see it and be surprised. Lost Soul is largely about Richard Stanley.
Here is what I would recommend: "As Above, So Below" (2014). I missed seeing this in the theater, but it's decent on the small screen. And yeah, in a lot of ways exactly what you would expect to occur happens. (Horror movies do tend toward being predictable.) A few part of it are ridiculous, but not much more so than a frequent horror enthusiast would expect. Also, while largely a found-footage, point-of-view style film, it does not religiously abide this conceit. If you are a person who feels nauseous from unnecessary camera/frame shaking, then you might still get through this movie. Over all not so impressive as "Sinister" was, but a nice offering and watchable.
(I still might prefer "The Descent" over AA,SB. But then there are not enough horror movies with all female casts or set in the bowels of the Earth.)