I'd like to also second mrEduck. Long before I could afford all the digital goodies i bought a cannon ae-1. Great camera. Can still find em refurbed for around 300. Used for even less. It's a film slr that will digitally read light for you so it's kinda Noobie proof while at the same time teaches you alot about framing, aperture, setting exposure, what film to use (which translates to what ISO setting in digital)
Just owning an old film camera is fun if anything. The anticipation of getting film developed from something awesome. The pics mean so much when you get them.
Put it this way. The first event I ever shot with my digital slr I shot over 4000 pictures in one night. Maybe 40 keepers. The first 3 rolls of film I ever shot on my film camera I had prolly 50 keepers. I even just took some weird pics of shadows and because I took all the time to compose it just right and set the depth of field and frame it all out and thought it all through the pics came out amazing. On the other hand I've also taken some of the most amazing spur of the moment photos with my digital. Stuff I would never be able to capture on film. And all my garden pics too lol wouldn't wanna get all my pics of the ladies developed at Walgreens lol!
Black magic pocket is a must have if you want to take amazing photos cheap. You can do it with others but it seems like what you described. It takes super HDR images and shit. Black magic cameras are a whole breed themselves. Il be purchasing the cinema if not the production model in the next 6 months or so. The pocket il prolly get in the next month. They really are cool if you can have an open mind about the definition of "camera"