I am pretty pumped to see Chronicle. According to the numerous previews and sneak peeks I have seen, this is the most accurate portrayal of super powers that have ever been shown on screen, which is pretty exciting. This is especially significant considering how many movies are going for that whole gritty realistic thing these days. Chronicle looks like it will have a good amount of that realism without going overboard on the grittiness. First off, I love that the previews all show that the first thing that teenage guys would do with super powers is mess with people. I would totally make toys float to scare little girls if I had crazy mind control powers. The fact that these super powered teenagers then use their powers to lift some lady skirts seems pretty realistic to me as well, what with all the raging hormones and all. Overall, it looks like Chronicle will be able to draw plenty of chuckles from the audience as we all agree that, yes, that is exactly what I would do in that situation.
If they were smart, they’d use their powers to get to the Pringles without having to make their hands act like contortionists.
Of course Chronicle is not a Seth Rogen/Jonah Hill/Steve Carell comedy, although that could be fun too. Instead, one of the three high school friends decides that he should use his powers to enslave mankind or something instead of hilariously smacking strangers on the back of their heads with his telekinesis, simultaneously confusing an enraging them. This is also pretty realistic, as out of any group of friends, one of them is probably kind of a dick. We all know it’s true. The dickish friend can be a lot of fun to hang out with when his dickery is aimed towards others, but it is still agreed that he is not a very nice person. So yes, Chronicle is officially the most realistic super hero movie ever made. That is actually not the main reason I want to see it, though. What I’m really interested in seeing is how creative these guys get with their powers when they mess with people. Will they settle for giving people mental wedgies or will they use their mind powers to raise somebody’s dead grandma from her grave and pull a whole Weekend at Bernie’s thing? Okay, maybe that would be going too far. I bet the evil one does it.
