tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post2442250789787794062..comments2024-03-28T14:54:12.661-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: ChronicleBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-25804302048357473142012-06-16T20:57:36.620-04:002012-06-16T20:57:36.620-04:00I just saw this movie and I think your review is p...I just saw this movie and I think your review is pretty much perfect, J.D. You mentioned all of the movie's strengths, and it worked. There were two things about it that I didn't like, though. The queasy cam pretty much drove me nuts and I kept longing to actually *see* Andrew. And a lot of the content was very guy. As a woman, I found it difficult to relate to the characters and didn't care about them as much as I should have. I don't know if it was just me or not. Anyway, for what it's worth.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46373877696327383952012-02-16T01:11:34.833-05:002012-02-16T01:11:34.833-05:00Thank you guys for your comments! I totally agree ...Thank you guys for your comments! I totally agree with the Watchmen comparison. This movie has a darker, and more real-to-life tone than say <i>Spider-man</i>. Yet to me the definition of the "Superhero" genre extends to anything that deals with people gaining or using supernatural abilities greater than human.<br /> <br />But "Superhero" isn't really its own genre. It is a subset of other genres. Some of these movies would fall into Science Fiction, and some into Fantasy. Yet if you isolate "Superhero" as its own classification I would definitely include <i>Chronicle</i> in that category. Still I guess the hardest thing to wrap my head around is the term Hero as it applies to this "Superhero" genre, since it isn't always about heroes. <br /><br />Confused yet?<br /><br />Glad to help ;)Samantha M. Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340568293992559934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-34718923480991791452012-02-15T07:02:15.943-05:002012-02-15T07:02:15.943-05:00Well, it's not that I have something against c...Well, it's not that I have something against calling it a superhero movie - I'm fine either way, if it's a great movie I'd watch it!<br /><br />But I suppose it's just that for the sake of general discussion (say if I'm talking to family/friends) to say movies like these are superhero movies might be misleading, with most people associating 'superhero' with flicks like Spiderman. My worry is more that such a label can be misleading for people whose general view of 'superhero' means a somewhat family-friendly, happy-ending type of movie. Watchmen and Chronicle are both dark in a very different way than The Dark Knight, for example; as a kid I think Chronicle would scare me more.<br /><br />That said I don't have a problem with calling it a superhero movie, as you've pointed out that at least technically it checks a lot of boxes. Probably one of the best superhero movies I've ever seen, then :)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171152477267754603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74134095353723488542012-02-15T06:26:49.467-05:002012-02-15T06:26:49.467-05:00See, I WOULD call it a superhero movie. It has man...See, I WOULD call it a superhero movie. It has many of the superhero genre elements: it's an origin story for both a hero and a villain, the set piece where they get superpowers, the tragedy that sends them on their respective paths, the bullying at school, the sense of awe as they discover their new abilities . . . there's even that (sort of) hilarious sequence where the kid gets a "costume" (his dad's old firefighter clothes).<br /><br />Of course, I also think WATCHMEN is a superhero movie. I think our definitions of the genre are very different.<br /><br />At any rate, I loved the movie. I am so tired of the found footage gimmick and this one actually made it work.Ovniohttp://www.youtube.com/ovniofilmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47142978622467507572012-02-15T02:19:18.636-05:002012-02-15T02:19:18.636-05:00So glad to see a review of this great flick here. ...So glad to see a review of this great flick here. And I completely, utterly agree that this is probably one of the best found-footage flicks I've ever seen.<br /><br />Only a few things to add: One, the flying scenes are the best I've ever seen on screen. It was oddly immersive and I think I started sweating a little - another scene that came close was the climbing scene from MI4, and look how much money that took :)<br /><br />Also, anyone else think the acting was actually really good? Most other found footage films don't quite seem to have very dynamic characters - Paranormal Activity, Blair Witch Project, they had okay characters that played the part, but in Chronicle I felt like I could actually pin distinct personality traits onto them. And care for them. It's great to find a character-focused found footage movie, especially since that seems to get short shrift in some other instances.<br /><br />I wouldn't label this a superhero flick though. The people do what real people would do, there are no idealists out to save others, and it gets pretty dark. I'd still call Watchmen a superhero flick on a technicality, but I don't think this is at all the same thing.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171152477267754603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32176548753074389202012-02-14T19:52:40.623-05:002012-02-14T19:52:40.623-05:00One of the best superhero origin films I've ev...One of the best superhero origin films I've ever seen. And definitely one of the flicks so far this year.MovieMarknoreply@blogger.com