Ladies and gentleman, meet the first absolutely must-see movie of 2012.
Here’s why Chronicle might just be the big surprise of the year…
Think back to the worst examples of Hollywood filmmaking.
What comes to mind?
An absence of truly interesting ideas.
A ridiculously bloated running time.
And what a depressing day-to-day life it is.
Gradually, their powers increase.
Its like a muscle, one of the friends suggests.
Were working it out.
The results are explosive, dramatic, and truly affecting.
On a budget of around $15million, Trank has created a great-looking film.
Its use of handheld cameras goes way beyond mere wobbling frames and dizzying point-of-view shots.
There are moments in here that really wouldnt have worked had they been shot in a traditional Hollywood fashion.
The real reasonChroniclefunctions so well, though, is because its protagonists are so believable.
Max Landis script is full of energy and economy, and the teenage banter is perfectly observed.
The performances, too, are uniformly excellent Dane DeHaan is particularly compelling as the films troubled focus.
Chronicles storytelling brilliance is best summed up in one brief sequence.
This is precisely whatChronicledoes.
It truly is that good.
Rating:
5 out of 5
