Review of Chronicle (2012) by Gary B — 13 Jun 2013

My rating: Solid B, Cinema worthy, in fact - will probably lose a bit of the fun factor without the huge screen, loud noise and audience reactions but still a recommended watch. Not necessarily DVD worthy unless haven't caught it in cinemas or there's more coming than just this one movie.

Shortview: Chronicle is an example of a movie that seems really good because initially you have little to no real expectations from it. It's definitely my style [sci-fi, fantasy, action type stuff] and not for everyone. Don't take this to mean it's NOT a good movie - it's a pretty good one and I'm thinking most if not all folks into the genre will like it, I simply mean that the ads do a good job getting the info out there without over hyping and you're left (at least I was) with a somewhat satisfying experience. This is a good thing!

Longview: Initially it's a little slow but picks up. You can sort of figure out where things are headed from very early on. It does suffer from a longish set up time and all the 'good stuff' happens in about 1/4 of that time. This works for some films and this is one where it doesn't detract too much from the experience and is sort of necessary to establish why and how things happen the way they do. There could have been a little more of this and a little less of that and there are a few things that happen that I don't like but no movie is 100% what we want them to be so I'm ok with this. There's also somewhat of an insinuation that there will be more of the story being told at some point which hopefully comes to fruition because those of you who have questions (and if you care enough or like the movie at all, you might), then this is something to look forward to.

Summary: An unexpectedly good movie.