Movie #39 - Chronicle

Watched it last: June 26

Released last: February 2012
Why I watched it: Chanced upon a Facebook friend’s positive comment about the movie, so I checked it out.

It has elements from the defunct series “Heroes” and the classic story of the “X-Men”. And just because there are three characters that have a secret, it also reminded me of “Charmed”. Haha! But I think, it is most similar to the British series “Misfits”, in the sense that the characters were not born with their power and that they got them via some freak mysterious event.

But anyway, don’t let its many similarities to other “mutant” stories lead you to believe that there is hardly any originality to this movie. The dynamics and the story development are quite different and the movie created a very engaging effect on its viewers. It is not the typical superhero movie wherein the leads suddenly find themselves rescuing other and doing good. It focuses on the consequences of the great powers on the person, as opposed to the its effect on other people. How does great power changes a person? Does it change him for the better or for the worse? Uncle Ben’s classic Spider-Man quote “..with great power comes great responsibility” comes to mind.

Critical Reception: 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

I’d rate it around: 88%, it was really that good. I miss The X-Men.

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As I did in 2011, I am listing down the movies I watch for 2012, along with my comment about each viewing experience. These movie pseudo-review/commentaries are hardly scientific. There might be days that I might be more tolerant of crappy movies and so I might find myself going easy on the critique. More so, my "critiques" are hardly theoretical because I admit I have not taken any proper film critiquing classes, haha! I most usually lash out "in the moment". I try to be as objective as possible, but know that we all have our own different tastes when it comes to films.