These are the main characters of Chronicle. Well, at least one of them is, after getting far too carried away with his newfound superhero-esque powers. This film's bizarrely unique story is what makes it succssful. Most of it is seen from the point of view of Andrew, one of the three teenage protagonists, who has decided that he wants to begin filming his entire life. Through his lens, we see the abuse he renders from his father, his mother dying slowly in her bed at home (from what we presume is cancer), the bullies who make his highschool existence more painful than normal- basically, whatever Andrew sees, we see.
Sounds like a painful, run-of-the-mill teen flick, but it is so much more than that. The twist that leads it away from being something you would expect to find on the Disney channel comes relatively quickly in the film. Andrew, his cousin and their friend are at a rave in an abandoned house and somehow come across a strange cave. Of course, they decide to enter it (because if they didn't we wouldn't have any plot, would we?) despite the fact that in reality no one in their right mind would enter an abandoned cave with creepy sounds eminating from it. That is beside the point. They enter it, encounter come alien-esque glowy thing, and the next thing we know the camera cuts out and the next scene is the three boys utilizing their newfound powers.
I don't want to give away too much more, because then you would all feel little to no need to go see it, and I do not want to do that to the poor, sad movie theaters. The preview tells you all of this anyway, and also goes on to indicate that Andrew gets carried away and begins to abuse his powers (he apparently did not have an uncle to tell him that "with great power comes great responsibility" like Peter Parker did). Whoever played Andrew is going to go far in the film industry because he was an exact replica of Leonardo DiCaprio. Seriously, see image below, and tell me if I am wrong. To summarize, see this movie, but be aware that it gets a little bloody...
Sounds like a painful, run-of-the-mill teen flick, but it is so much more than that. The twist that leads it away from being something you would expect to find on the Disney channel comes relatively quickly in the film. Andrew, his cousin and their friend are at a rave in an abandoned house and somehow come across a strange cave. Of course, they decide to enter it (because if they didn't we wouldn't have any plot, would we?) despite the fact that in reality no one in their right mind would enter an abandoned cave with creepy sounds eminating from it. That is beside the point. They enter it, encounter come alien-esque glowy thing, and the next thing we know the camera cuts out and the next scene is the three boys utilizing their newfound powers.
I don't want to give away too much more, because then you would all feel little to no need to go see it, and I do not want to do that to the poor, sad movie theaters. The preview tells you all of this anyway, and also goes on to indicate that Andrew gets carried away and begins to abuse his powers (he apparently did not have an uncle to tell him that "with great power comes great responsibility" like Peter Parker did). Whoever played Andrew is going to go far in the film industry because he was an exact replica of Leonardo DiCaprio. Seriously, see image below, and tell me if I am wrong. To summarize, see this movie, but be aware that it gets a little bloody...
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