ABE: A Short Horror Film

In keeping with my last post, I again am attaching a short film that I found online. This specific film is a scary short about a serial killing robot. There is some very interesting hidden messages in the film, including the issue with robotics and really showing the difference and the horror of what can happen when a robot tries to "fix" human beings into making them love him.

There is something that makes this robot terrifying yet at the same time by the end of the short I feel sort of bad for him in a creepy way. The maker of this film did a great job of managing to have a CGI robot appear so real, and also to have the viewer care about him in such a short film.

I also really liked the cinematography in this short, some of the reflective shots off the blades are really interesting. Also the english accent of ABE is perfectly chosen, and somehow is eyes make him seem lifelike.

I thought the premise of this short was really interesting. What happens when you teach a robot the meaning of love? The terrifying part is that his programming is flawed, causing him to not understand what to do when his love is not reciprocated. Making the logical confusion, he thinks the people must be broken. So he tries to "fix" them into loving him.

The animation of ABE along with the dialogue used really brings this robot to life and makes you forget that he isn't real, and despite what he is about to do we can't help but feel bad for this robot as he desperately tries to find a way to make people love him.

Spielberg's Lincoln

For many years as I can remember I have always been a fan of Steven Spielberg's films including Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, E.T, Indiana Jones, Artificial Intelligence, The Goonies, and many other great films. He has been a great inspiration to me as well as many other people. He has directed, and produced some of the greatest American films that most people watch today.

His newest movie "Lincoln" stars three Academy Award winners including Daniel-Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens.

One reason this movie was attractive to me was because it's about Abe Lincoln, one of America's most influential presidents and surely one of my favorites. I remember as a kid in high school loving to learn about Lincoln in the Civil War and what he did to abolish slavery. This movie takes place some time near the end of the Civil War which is sometime in 1865. As the movie progresses it explores Lincoln's tactics and techniques as he works with his cabinet attempts to abolish slavery.

I also chose to post about this movie because it is another movie that is based on a true story, movies I tend to watch more than others. Like I mentioned earlier, in school, i loved learning about wars, presidents, and other moments in history. One of my favorite topics was the Civil War and how our country worked to abolish slavery in the south.

From the love of this historical moment, I am interested to learn more from this film and see it on the big screen.