** Warning - Spoiler Alert **
We went to see Chronicle last week. The adverts for it make it look so much more interesting than it actually is! Basically, three guys find a hole and go down it, a big glowing thing gives them weird telekinesis power stuff and not only can they make objects fly, they can make themselves fly. Queue a very long time of them messing about these super powers, before one of them goes mad with power, kills his new BFF and ends up getting killed with his cousin, wiping out half the town in the process. The shaky camera at the start just makes you feel ill, the middle is way too long and drawn out, however the ending does bring the rest of the film back up, if it is somewhat predictable. And explaining the whole glowing thing giving them powers really would have helped make the film.
The film has way too many clichés in it.
- Unpopular guy, broken home (sick mum, violent alcoholic father) and no friends? Check.
- After getting superpowers boy attacks violent alcohol father? Check
- Unpopular guy has "cool" cousin and suddenly becomes BFF's with cousin and cousin's football start friend, who ditches his own friends and girlfriend. Check
- Unpopular guy develops his powers more and more (namely because he has more free time) and subsequently goes mad with power, killing football star, and going mental at cousin. Check
Amongst others. Every plot development in the film plays on a clichés, and not in a good way. Some clichés are good, the chick flicks always being the geeky girl gets the guy in the end (She's All That, Cinderella Story, Chalet Girl), the horror film that the slutty girl will always die, and the killer will need to be "killed" a few times to really die, and the action films, the "hero" will always save the day and get the girl.
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