History Film / Chronicle

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler:Matt defeats Andrew before he can cause anymore damage, but several people have been killed, including Steve.]]
* [[spoiler: BlackGuyDiesFirst]]: [[spoiler:Steve gets struck by lightning halfway through the movie, becoming the first character to die.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Andrew's Father.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Andrew's father, who caps off the physical and emotional abuse by screaming at his comatose son about how it's his fault his mother died.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[Spoiler: Andrew's father, who caps off the physical and emotional abuse by screaming at his comatose son about how it's his fault his mother died.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Andrew.]]

* SuperDickery: Pretty much how the teens start out.

* GreenRocks: A meteorite grants the boys their powers.

* [[Spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Matt defeats Andrew before he can cause anymore damage, but several people have been killed, including Steve.]]

* [[Spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: Matt defeats Andrew before he can cause anymore damage, but several people have been killed, including Steve.]]

* [[BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: Matt defeats Andrew before he can cause anymore damage, but several people have been killed, including Steve.]]

* JitterCam: Played straight for the first parts of the movie, but later averted due to [[spoiler: Andrew keeping the camera steady and constantly running using his powers.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spiler:Andrew.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Matthew and his "Apex Predator" speech.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Matthew and his "Apex Predator speech.]]

* JitterCam: Played straight for the first parts of the movie, but later averted due to [[spoiler: Andrew keeping the camera steady and constantly running due to his powers.]]

''Chronicle'' is a 2012 sci-fi/action/coming of age film directed by Josh Trank focusing on three teenage boys who discover a mysterious, possible extraterrestrial crash on the outskirts of their town. They soon discover that exposure to the object has slowly granted each of them the abilities of [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], [[FlyingBrick flight, and invulnerability]]. While they don't exactly become heroic pillars of justice with their powers, they mostly use them for random pranks and goofing around, as teen boys do.

* [[spoiler: BlackGuyDiesFirst]]: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from [[spoiler: a cemetary]] in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like [[spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: This is what Andrew becomes due to his already screwed up life and awkward demeanor.]]
* JitterCam: Despite being shot in a documentary style, averted due to [[spoiler: Andrew keeping the camera steady and constantly running due to his powers.]]
* MoodWhiplash: Pretty much every preveiw starts out with the main charcters messing around with their powers, [[spoiler: then cue Andrew's StartOfDarkness...]]

[[spoiler: * BlackGuyDiesFirst]]: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from [[spoiler: a cemetary]] in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like [[spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from a cemetary in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like [[spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* TheBlackGuyDies: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from a cemetary in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like [[spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

[[spoiler: * TheBlackGuyDies: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from a cemetary in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* [[spoiler:TheBlackGuyDies: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from a cemetary in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* [[spoiler: TheBlackGuyDies: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from a cemetary in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* [[spoiler: TheBlackGuyDies]]: Judging by a shot of Matt watching Andrew fly away from [[spoiler: a cemetary]] in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgsRVD7ark this TV spot]], it looks like [[spoiler: Steve is going to die.]]

* PowerPerversionPotential: It's teen goofs with superpowers. The preview pretty much hangs a lampshade on it.

''Chronicle'' is a 2012 sci-fi/action/coming of age film directed by Josh Trank focusing on three teenage boys who discover a mysterious, possible extraterrestrial crash on the outskirts of their town. They soon discover that exposure to the object has slowly granted each of them the abilities of telekinesis, flight, and invulnerability. While they don't exactly become heroic pillars of justice with their powers, they mostly use them for random pranks and goofing around, as teen boys do. However, they soon discover that the gifts they have been granted may be drawing out their darker and more dangerous sides.

* JitterCam: Despite being shot in a documentary style, averted due to [[spoiler: Andrew keeping the camera steady and constantly running due to his powers.]]