CHRONICLE
So what if you became a superhero? This is the question that we often ask after watching a particular superhero battling villains and protecting whatever realm he or she is in.
Chronicle is an answer to that question. In this movie, three teenage boys accidentally acquired a super cool power, telekinesis. Imagine what they could do with that! However, being teenage boys with more raging hormones than a teenage girl with her period, things get a little.. messy. Oh it was light and fun at first what with all the well-planned pranks and artistic antics, but as they grow stronger so is the looming question of responsibility. I would not go into details because I hate spoilers and I am assuming that you do as well. Golden rule.
I personally like how the characters were portrayed, giving them a classic adolescent crassness without being morbid and emo-ish. I admit, the characters were tipping over to cliché-ness, but salvaged it with solid acting and thankfully, great effects considering how low-budget this film is. The movie also showed how one’s state of mind could greatly influence one’s sudden greatness and that being great is just not that simple.
Technically, showing the movie with only one character’s perspective (he was filming the entire thing with his personal camera) was a little bit discomforting as it limits the connection of the audience to the protagonist’s surroundings. It was frustrating for me to know that some particular scenes would have been better seen with that unattached, un-documented type of filming. Although, it did seem fantastically real with the Blair Witch documented style, plus it gave the viewers an all-access pass to the protagonist’s personal life which was interesting.
All in all, it was a great appetizer for the main course which would be the real superhero movies: The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers and The Amazing Spiderman. I cannot wait to watch these and I know that some of you can’t, too. So for the meantime, watch Chronicle and see that time was not wasted. Not at all.
Here's the trailer:
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