Chronicle

I didn't expect Chronicle to be a found footage film but I think for that exact reason it makes it so much cooler! I was positively surprised by how much I enjoyed this film, so awesome! In my head Steve and Andrew had a homoeroticism to them. But I was really sad when Steve died though because I liked his character and I didn't expect it to take such a dark and twisted turn at ALL! What I do find bizarre but kind of funny though is Andrew never shutting that damn camera off, even at Steve's funeral? 😭 Or when he's admitted into the hospital after the explosion at the gas station the camera is propped up? I wonder if he did that with his mind or if his Dad turned it on but I don't think so if he was so against it. What I do want to point out which I think is really interesting, even if it wasn't intentional whatsoever, is that I absolutely see Chronicle as being a metaphor for the Gun Violence in America. When 3 teenagers are given superpowers what can they do with that? How do they use what they have been given? Especially with Andrew, who grows up in a hostile and abusive household dealing with his narcissistic father all while having a sick mother, how these various things in his day-to-day life impact his worldview. He gets bullied, is viewed as an outcast, and when he uses his powers with Steve at the talent show everyone loves him! He's given this, so to say, gift and all of a sudden his telekinesis moves him up in the social hierarchy of highschool, he's no longer a social reject who films everything, instead he's viewed as cool. But when he's tormented with abuse in his home, it's like he remembers a lot of the cruelty he's endured and that he no longer has to when has something that gives him control, his powers! I highly view Andrew as being someone who's both volatile and been radicalised in a way — at one point he talks about doing research on the food chain and how humans are "Apex Predators", which he then goes on to call himself just that. As the film progresses Andrew becomes increasingly violent, rips his bullies teeth out. robs people, holds them at "gun point", makes the gas station EXPLODE and then when he's at the hospital his father doesn't worry about if his son is okay, no, he blames him for his mother dying, which leads Andrew to practically cause a Terror Attack and destroy the hospital. Just causing so much damage until Matt puts an end to it. That's why I believe Andrew's powers act as his 'gun' and radicalisation, he's without a doubt a total incel. It does make me sad that all 3 of them didn't get to go on their adventures and have fun. Really liked this film, very underrated, fantastic.