Chronicle

This teen sci-fi super power based movie tells the tale of just that. What happens when a few teens get science fiction super powers and more importantly the effects it has on each of them individually.

Andrew (Dane DeHaan) is the misunderstood individual that we all feel sorry for and just want to jump in and help whenever we see him get unfairly treated by family members and peers. Hiding behind a camera is just a new reason for the tormenting to continue but it's also the reason that he ends up gaining a seemingly closer relationship with, cousin Matt (Alex Russell) and Mr. popular Steve (Michael B. Jordan) when they ask him to document a strange hole they've found in the woods.

The camera becomes the latest musketeer after the incident in the woods when the three boys decided to use it to chronicle everything that happens to them. As they learn to strengthen their powers, use it to solve problems, gain acceptance and have fun they find that for them, the sky really is the limit.

But we all know the first line of the Superhero Bible; With great power comes great responsibility, flip a few pages and you also know that power is controlled by emotion. So when someone is destroying everything and everyone around him whose responsibility is it to put an end to the mayhem.

Whilst watching the movie I wasn't sure If I was enjoying it or not. Not something you want to have at the back of your mind while your're trying to live a movie with the characters on screen. The camera viewpoint, switching from handheld to steady cam, and breaking all the rules was genius but annoying. I personally couldn't sympathise with the main character and his problems. Also I felt that the girl used as the object of Matts desire was cliché, their history was under developed, unfinished and unnecessary. Regardless of the above the film was fun to watch and the start of the main event took me by pleasant surprise.