Although entertaining, Chronicle has quite a lacking dialogue, attempting to capture the high school lingo fell flat for me from the beginning. But the story itself has amazing potential, three high school boys jump into a hole in the ground and encounter a magical rock/meteor/radioactive stone, not completely sure what the hell it is, and magically attain super human powers. In the beginning, the boys attempt to push the limits of their new found abilities, flying, moving objects, just having fun with it. Then one of the boys starts to combine his newfound abilities with his personal, violent and depressing home life. He starts using his powers to hurt others by fighting, stealing, robbing, and pretty much anything he wants. This is where the story took a turn towards a direction that could've been brilliant, but just made the boy appear silly and downright selfish. Perhaps he went mad, perhaps all the years of bullying finally caught up with him, but killing a bunch of people didn't seem to be the way he should've gone, it just felt so forced to me, and I'm sure to many others. I still recommend the film, it is an entertaining story with plenty of action.
Chronicle
(2012)
Very entertaining, but nothing to write home about
6 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers