One of my all time favorites.

A Disappointing Continuation

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Although the found-footage genre has overstayed its welcome, this film was quite interesting and very different. A subtle supernatural start soon goes very wrong. The climax is insanely entertaining and incredibly well made! Dane DeHaan is excellent.

I was looking forward to being able to say that this flick blew my mind.And then I sort of ponder whether the quotidian nature of the characters and story were supposed to be the things that did the trick, and I'm just too dim to catch that.Being careful not to spoil, I can mention something revealed in the first 10 minutes: It winds up being a sort of non-parable parable about kids getting super telekinetic powers.I have to say that I expected many layers in this story, and what bit of layering may have been present really gets eclipsed by the flick being (as I say in my heading line) a kind of SFX snack plus largely unfiltered teen angst. If you can imagine the outcome from a storyline so hedged in, you probably have a good idea what to expect from this movie.So I can't heartily recommend it. I know there's a subculture that fawns on CGI-dense movies... but I don't run with that sort... don't really know their expectations... so I'm not sure if I can recommend the flick to them.If you expect narrative richess from a flick, skip it. If you expect colorful character from a flick, then maybe. If you get a rush from particularly well-executed CGI, then... I dunno what to tell you.

Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. Despite some effort from it's Cast Josh Trank's Chronicle is a boring, bland, slow paced and above all terrible found footage film with lot's of shake camera and it mixes lots of things in one to the point where i just didn't care for the characters or the plot. (4/10)

For me, herky-jerky first-person camera-work is unwatchable. I recall seeing it before, but I do not understand why any movie would feature it. Maybe for a few minutes. Hand-held cameras have been around for decades, so it is not new technology. Maybe it is fun to watch if the viewer is doing lots of drugs. The ability for practically anyone to film stuff is somewhat new, but I do not understand why that would make it a good tool for a movie. And then there are periodic short skips in the movie. Perhaps it is expressive in some way, like how to be annoying as possible while making a movie. Too weird IMO.