Chronicle

Got around to seeing this on Netflix. I actually really did like it. I was wary of seeing another nausea inducing, shaky cam, found footage film but as far as the genre goes, I though it handled the conceit better than most. The hand-held wasn't reckless or relentless like Cloverfield, broken up with enough static and floating shots to give your eyes a rest. But the thing that elevated this beyond the majority of found footage films was the casting and the performances. The three leads were very good and had great chemistry between them, which made the whole thing feel plausible. I cared about what happened to them because I believed their friendship was real. The story is simple, but I appreciated that they didn't try to do too much. I agree the subplot of the girl with the blog was poorly handled but, that's a minor fiaw. The main arc of the story, the development of their powers and the disintegration of their friendship was done very well. George Lucas wasn't able to tell a similar story nearly as effectively and he had three movies to try and do it in. And I thought the film had a great third act. I wish some of the flying sequences were done a little better. They looked like special effects still, and for something that aims for and achieves documentary realism most of the time, they stuck out. But I enjoyed the film, especially the acting.
 
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