Chronicle

Josh trank's directorial debute chronicle is a pretty fascinating entry in the superhero aswell as found footage genre.
It tells the story of a Andrew, his cousin and his cousins friend who stumble upon a cave that lead them to something that is never fully explained as to what it is but after entering this cave they get superpowers, their abilities are most close to that of superman because they are also very durable.
Before all of that do we get to see how Andrew's life kinda sucks and even after he gets superpowers, the terrible things don't just go away.
His mother is on the brink of dying, his father is abusive and he has no friends.
Keep in mind these are like high schoolers so the story goes in a natural direction where Andrew begins to use his powers in qeustionable ways which ultimately leads to steve(his cousin friends) getting killed by Andrew's rage.
We never truely get to know how Andrew himself dies or if he actually did but its heavily implied.
I don't think the direction is amazing but i do think its a great first film.
some of the editing choices are weird and at the end, you can see andrews camera floating besides him but at multiple times it forgot it was a found footage film and they just shot the film like a normal one for a few seconds at the end which i thought was very strange.
But at the end i thought this was a great film about what realistical would happened if someone of this age would get superpowers.

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<I>Chronicle</i> is one of those films that sort of flew under the radar upon its release, but you've either heard of or seen it. I saw it in the theaters year ago, and was immediately blown away by how incredible it was. The characters are fantastic, with the film giving ample amount of time to let us learn about them, and the storyline was well-executed.

In the film, we learn of three now-friends who gain superpowers after touching a meteorite in a remote field. What ensues is a lot of action, laughter, and, eventually, decline. Having superpowers seems fantastic, if your life is going well, but one's unstable family affects the trio's plans, and it all leads downhill.

Overall, <I>Chronicle</i> is a <B>must-see</b>, but don't expect a follow-up anytime soon.

<B>Setup</b>: It was great to revisit <I>Chronicle</i> after some time. The found footage aspect really is the big draw here, which works well with <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/lgoled">LG OLED in Perfect Black</A>. For a film that has a lot of shaky camera moments, they blended well together.

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