Chronicle - 1st Feb 2012
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Has anyone seen or heard anything about this film? I just saw a trailer on TV it was quite short and I only caught a passing glimpse but I just had a look online and it seems to be an interesting film to see.
Here is a Trailer
I would be interested in other peoples views as I have not heard almost anything about the film.
Here is a Trailer
I would be interested in other peoples views as I have not heard almost anything about the film.
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Looks like its trying too hard to combine too many things.
I get it's low-budget but still looks interesting, may give it a watch on release!
So, yes OK, the plot could have come straight from an episode of Heroes, but Heroes was pretty good...in season one anyway:).
Three decent performances from the young male leads and enough of a story to keep you interested, quite funny in parts as well. At only 83 mins there's no time to get bored.
Good popcorn-sci-fi, if there is such a genre.
If it makes any difference, both of my friends really enjoyed it too, and one of them is notoriously hard to please:p
Total Film gave it a glowing 5 star review too:
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/chronicle-1
Overall, very good. Takes a while to get going and I, like most of the audience were probably all waiting for the super-powered shenanigans to start. Up until then, just standard camcorder footage fare charting the misadventures of the trio, as they get used to their new found abilities.
Things do pick up with Andrew's slow descent into madness / super-villainy (given away in the trailers) and the weight of responsibility on the shoulders of our protagonists. Throw in some familial melodrama and some 'wow - i wish I could do that' moments, there's just about enough to sustain interest as we head towards the final act. And when it does come, it is BRILLIANT! All very reminiscent of Superman 2's Metropolis clash, touch of X-Men and a dash of Hancock. But all with a real world sensibility and effective use of POV / experiencing the action up close and personal (flying car!).
If Chronicle had been made before the likes of Heroes and even No Ordinary Family had debuted, it would have been all the more effective. As it is, it's a bit familiar for superhero genre fans...but still very good nonetheless.
A word on the flying effects - very well executed. If people started suddenly flying about in the high road, this is how I expect it would happen, with similarly startled bystanders running and screaming. The makers of the forthcoming Man of Steel must feel a little annoyed, as Chronicle does potentially steal some of its flying thunder.
Highly recommended and will no doubt be No 1 at the box office for weeks to come. 8/10.
It kind of does
I am thinking of going this weekend, along with Man on a Ledge and Mission Impossible (this one is a filler between the other films
id give it 7.5/10
It was quite good though, the acting was good, good banter between them, powers were cool apart from one in particular.
better than average but not great imo 7/10
P.S. Our cinema had a problem with the aspect ratio the first 20 minutes of the film, i thought this was the camera work as its all done on a hand held...cinema apologized and everyone got a free ticket for another film, result!
I quite liked how they didn't spell everything out for us to be honest. It was easy enough to deduce that the nosebleeds were a direct consequence of using their powers so i don't even think that needs explaining really. Same goes for their "connection", it seemed quite easy to work out that they were connected due to encountering that thing in the ground at the same time, presumably everyone who is "infected" by it has some sort of psychic link.
I wasn't even that bothered that they didn't explain what the thing in the ground was or where it came from either, the film wasn't about what caused these guys to gain these powers, it was about what they did with the powers once they got them. If they'd gone off on a tangent trying to figure out what it was then i think that would have been out of character for the main protagonists. They were just kids having fun with these new powers, that's what the film was about.
I like that it kept a bit of mystery to the proceedings.
8 out of 10.
The only problem I have is with the title. It means "Chronicle" in the sense of "Video diary", but doesn't otherwise adequately reflect the subject of the film.
Basically i was saying a bit more depth to the film could've made it a little more interesting, story wise.
I wouldn't let that put you off, it's quite well handled and is never distracting. After the first 20 minutes or so one of the characters starts to use his "powers" to move the camera which means that it occasionally looks no different than any other film.
My only gripe was that it was obviously made with a sequel in mind, as there are too many unanswered questions.