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Chronicle (2012)
Almost great but wouldn't pay twice to watch this
I left the cinema, which i had attended alone for the first time not quite sure how mush i enjoyed Chronicle. Yes it was good, yes it was original to a point, but it left me with an empty feeling. THe character were far to stereotypical, the jock, the geek and the self proclaimed outsider, does the USA have any other type of people. The three come together somehow and the inevitable happens to all three. The jock bites the dust for no real reason other than to provide further expansion of the story, the geek realises his power over normal people (basically every bad guy, in any films story) and the outsider realises the benefits of not being an outsider.... So where i hoped it would go didn't, it just faded into predictability. I had hoped for the three to continue to explore their powers and use them to provide either comedy delight or a, 'yes i would probably do that feeling', okay they have fun but it becomes all to who is the most powerful to quickly. The geek becomes popular but then turns against his only true friends, as well as become a super annoying character. He may have problems with his father, but surly using his powers to discover a way to heal is dieing mother would have provided more interest. I point you in the direction of Bradley Coopers movie limitless, which is far more rewarding. In this he uses his powers gained by taking a magic pill, to find a way to continue this ability In surprising way and uses it against those trying to better him. Chronicle doesn't do this, it just touches on elements of what would you do. In the main of the film they discover they can fly, what do they do, they play football in the sky and then put on a magic show, boring to say the least once past the initial amusement. In the end the geek decides, amateurishly to say the least, to rob a petrol station dressed as a fireman, mmmm. perhaps use your powers to rob a bank or create a hole in a vault. Eitherway it is his undoing and the end of the film arrives as his bully of a father arrives by his hospital bedside to blame him for the death of his mother, all in the same night..... Commence Geek goes mad, and rampage on the locals begins. Outsider who cared about nothing at the start now cares about everyone and saves the day. Different movie, but in hindsight, not a different as you may think if you take away the nutty camera angles, which i thought would bother me at the start but its well done to no complaints there. For me a 7, just. Could have been great, just a shame the ideas seem to run out early on.
Knowing (2009)
Entertaining, what more do you really expect?
IF you want to have to think long and hard, then watch something without Nic Cage, lets be honest he doesn't involve himself in though provoking movies, or maybe he does, but only a little, but you don't go to bed thinking wow, just thats not a waste of two hours.
Knowing had me interested from the start to the end, if nothing else but to see what the final predictions are. It may disappoint a lot but if you are watching for a second time and know what is coming then the movie is slightly more enjoyable as daft as the end is, it at least offers a small bit of interest in what happened to the human species!
In all NIc Cage has done better, he has also done a lot worse, so i advise watch it but don't be expect to be blown away, then again what was the last film that did have this effect......... exactly!