'Chronicle' Found-Footage Superhero/Sci-Fi Film

Apologist Puncher wrote:Go see this movie.

non_amos wrote:AP, so the film is really good then? My neighbor, you know the one who tries to watch everything online for free regardless of the poor quality? Even if the film is in 3-D at the theater? Well, he brought this film up in conversation about a week ago. He didn't recommend. He talked about the whole 'shaky cam' thing. I guess he meant like how CLOVERFIELD was made. I think that's what turned him off. But is it really like that or is that just an exaggeration? I know I liked the trailer so I'd like to go see it if I can but the way things usually work out, it's doubtful I'll get to go.

Max Landis Returns to Script ‘Chronicle 2′

Posted on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

Briefly: Fox liked the way that Chronicle turned out — the low-budget ‘teens with powers’ film has made over $100m worldwide so far, and even when promotional costs other sundry expenses are factored in, that’s pretty damn good for a film that cost $12m to make.

Director Josh Trank has said he is unsure about directing a sequel, and was just linked to Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff Venom. But Fox is going ahead with the first stage of sequel production anyway, and has hired original screenwriter Max Landis to write Chronicle 2.

Unfortunately, that hire is the only data we’ve got right now. No clues as to storyline, or how the sequel will jump off from the events of the first film. Will Alex Russell be called back to reprise his character? Or will the sequel follow other people who are empowered by the mysterious energy source found by the kids in the first movie? The nature of the power-giving stuff in Chronicle was left deliberately unclear, as it really isn’t the focus of the film, but that lack of clarity could now help create new characters for a sequel. Given the end of the first movie, Chronicle 2 is probably going to need a few new characters. [Deadline]

Stockslivevan wrote:I liked it a lot, despite having a hard time sympathizing with the Andrew character. I kinda liked how hammy it got near the climax.

"ANDREW! DON'T DO IT!! YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON! NOOOOO!!!"
"YYYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!"

Stockslivevan wrote:I'd say before he got the powers they could have put more emphasis into that, otherwise it's implying that it was the powers that corrupted him and I don't think that's what the filmmakers were trying to tell.