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Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Doctor Submarine) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:40:44 +0000

Oh yes, lots of Akira. The director is a big fan, as I understand.

I watched Chronicle again recently, and I noticed that the first ten minutes is the worst part of the whole film. After that, everything really picks up.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Dave) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:10:23 +0000

Just saw this for the first time. It takes a while to get going doesn't it?

I feel like this could have started later in the piece and spent less time showing how much Andrew was bullied, and worked that in to the flow of the film more. I never really felt bad for Andrew so wasn't too concerned when his long-telegraphed spiral happened (the character's save the cat moment happens too late in the piece when Matt, Steve, and he are already flying gods). Matt was too apathetic to really get behind; he starts cool, shows some low level vulnerability to Casey, and then saves the day.

But it was kind of fun from a what-if perspective. Did anyone else feel like they were channeling the second act of Akira for the entire film?

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Teague) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:02:25 +0000

Just saw this. I was less enthusiastic than everyone in the thread, but some parts of it were a blast. Once I realized I was never going to be particularly happy with the Andrew character arc, I just checked out of that part of the proceedings and enjoyed the final sequence for the imagination-porn it was. Lots of really cool stuff there.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (switch) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:27:41 +0000

I used Trey first because he chimed in first. Then you chimed in followed by Brian. So the sentence should read as follows: If Trey, Michael, and Brian liked it, then I probably will too.? And yeah, I see how spell check didn't pick up on "pervious"...

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Dorkman) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:23:46 +0000

Drew's answer is of course the correct one, but I couldn't resist the joke.

Also you misspelled previous, but I'm sure we can find a use for "pervious" in modern vernacular.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (drewjmore) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:10 +0000

(Also, you misused the semicolon in the "If, then" construction.)

-drew [normally knows better than to fuck with an english major who knows kung-fu...]

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Dorkman) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:19:02 +0000

You mentioned my name second.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (switch) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:27:14 +0000

I wasn't really interested in seeing this one, but you guys have convinced me. If Trey, Michael, and Brian liked it; I'll probably dig it too. Tell me what is wrong with that pervious sentence grammatically...

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Doctor Submarine) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:44:02 +0000

I've been poking around for the script, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone have it?

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (paulou) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:09:55 +0000

SPOILEY, forewarned.

Liked it. Thought all the kids were well conceived. Could have used a little more emotional development with Andrew's arc from mousy abuse victim to god-complexed love child of Carrie and Magneto. The one soliloquy we get during his descent into madness is almost reading the wiki entry onthe food chain. Bummer.

Speaking of, appreciated that it wasn't dripping with pop culture references – only one I noticed was Matt's Nostromo t-shirt.

Conceit of the found footage thing burnt too many mental cycles and was annoying. It's not a movie about how clever they can be with cameras, it's about the kids. Some of the best moments in the film were a couple of the cheated shots at the end. All I could think about during the final act was how many other, better places the camera could have been to more clearly tell the story of a shot.

It would have been much stronger if it bounced back and forth from diagetic to non-diagetic camera work, and made the most out of the advantages of each.

What was the scripted ending?

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Brian) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:52:11 +0000

I really enjoyed it as well. But at the end of it, I'm not sure what the point of the whole thing was, why (to once again borrow from Nicholas Meyer) the filmmakers bothered to tell me the story in the first place.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Jimmy B) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:24 +0000

I really want to see this film but I can only see one film when I'm out of town next Monday. And The Muppets will be released by then too, so that comes first. The problem is, it'll be half-term so The Muppets showings may be full of schoolkids, so, annoying.

Decisions decisions.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (requiem1394) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:25 +0000

I loved the movie. Every kid says, "If I had telekinesis, I would..." and this was one of the first movies to really payoff that conversation. The ending was over the top, but I wanted it to be and I'm glad it was.

Also, this really made me think just how awesome Anakin Skywalker's turn could have been.

Dean, what was the original ending?

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Dean) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:37 +0000

the scripted ending was way better.

Re: Chronicle

null@example.com (Doctor Submarine) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:40:57 +0000

"Mind boggling" is probably the wrong phrase. My point is that I was really blown away by it. It didn't take any shocking turns, but I believed that it could have at any moment, which made the whole thing really tense.