Review of Chronicle

I left the cinema, which i had attended alone for the first time not quite sure how mush i enjoyed Chronicle. Yes it was good, yes it was original to a point, but it left me with an empty feeling. THe character were far to stereotypical, the jock, the geek and the self proclaimed outsider, does the USA have any other type of people. The three come together somehow and the inevitable happens to all three. The jock bites the dust for no real reason other than to provide further expansion of the story, the geek realises his power over normal people (basically every bad guy, in any films story) and the outsider realises the benefits of not being an outsider.... So where i hoped it would go didn't, it just faded into predictability. I had hoped for the three to continue to explore their powers and use them to provide either comedy delight or a, 'yes i would probably do that feeling', okay they have fun but it becomes all to who is the most powerful to quickly. The geek becomes popular but then turns against his only true friends, as well as become a super annoying character. He may have problems with his father, but surly using his powers to discover a way to heal is dieing mother would have provided more interest. I point you in the direction of Bradley Coopers movie limitless, which is far more rewarding. In this he uses his powers gained by taking a magic pill, to find a way to continue this ability In surprising way and uses it against those trying to better him. Chronicle doesn't do this, it just touches on elements of what would you do. In the main of the film they discover they can fly, what do they do, they play football in the sky and then put on a magic show, boring to say the least once past the initial amusement. In the end the geek decides, amateurishly to say the least, to rob a petrol station dressed as a fireman, mmmm. perhaps use your powers to rob a bank or create a hole in a vault. Eitherway it is his undoing and the end of the film arrives as his bully of a father arrives by his hospital bedside to blame him for the death of his mother, all in the same night..... Commence Geek goes mad, and rampage on the locals begins. Outsider who cared about nothing at the start now cares about everyone and saves the day. Different movie, but in hindsight, not a different as you may think if you take away the nutty camera angles, which i thought would bother me at the start but its well done to no complaints there. For me a 7, just. Could have been great, just a shame the ideas seem to run out early on.