Chronicle | Video Essay

[@Krossxc]

I only recently was made aware of the allegations against Max Landis and I wish I knew about them back when I made this video. To my knowlage, he has admited to and appologised for some of what he was accused of, however it is not my place to forgive him and I do not at all consider those actions acceptable.

[@sub2nolanstream]

matt was the villain after all 😭😭🙏🙏

[@Optimuscrime11]

I don't think anyone would consider this video to mean your support of abuse. Its fucked up when people who make cool art make bad decisions. Seperating art from the artist is probably the most difficult thing we do as an audience and i choose to look positively at this movie which kickstarted a lot of cool actors into getting recognized. Its a shame people do bad things, and by all means whatever negativity comes to Max is deserved of course. Hope the people he has hurt get the help they need. This video rocks and im sad i didnt get to watch it two years earlier.

[@luanderson.ferreira]

That doesn't change anything about your analysis

[@ChadAV69]

No shit

[@Danilio.]

Dang.

[@phicks7963]

Watch Andrew's Thumb on his left hand when he crushes the car in the "Apex Predator explanation" scene. He uses his thumb on his left hand to zoom the camera out while crushing the car with his Right hand. Details like this are some of what makes this movie what it is.

[@EnbyNomad]

I been saying for years this movie's themes and underlying narrative are talked about criminally little. Thanks for producing niche video essays that make me feel seen. Appreciate you.

[@treyharshaw7276]

I love the idea of Matt just living the rest of his life as the only living psychic in the world just forever keeping the biggest secret ever to himself. I like to imagine one day when he’s old and his mind starts slipping he just starts accidentally doing insane shit confusing and frightening everyone around him.

[@Zacaris09]

There's a script for teh second movie never really made but other people get powers as well via the same way though Matt is supposed to be stilla round older and helping the new group . Teh script isn't bad

[@thefaceless6406]

I imagine by his old age he can move mountains.

[@prisma6799]

that idea sounds more interesting than the sequel

[@prisma6799]

@@Zacaris09 Really? I thought that there was a script on preproduction limbo about a sequel lead by college students. The sequel was more of a human-vs-super situation, with a crazy tinker who build a mecha to kill Matt

[@Zacaris09]

@prisma6799 I know It's about female college girls who get the powers in the same way and I know Matt Is supposed too assist the girls during the movie at some point. Besides that I don't know about the mech

[@STVN0923]

7:02 i’m pretty sure it’s the government who’s tried to put every single clip in chronological order, searching everywhere. The kids have been including the place with security cameras, but I’m pretty sure it’s a different camera that Matthew had at the end of the movie. If not, you’re probably right.

[@darwinaguilero3175]

I didn’t even realize the detail that Andrew shut Matt out because of how him and Steve pushed back on him for hurting a guy. Or that he went back to the site of the rock to get his old camera. One I really like is the one where when Andrew does his famous speech, he wasn’t looking at the car like every other thing they’ve interacted with. He could rip someone in half while not even looking at them. Dude was a beast. Great video, cheers.

[@cha0sk1lls]

i always thought the fact andrew was always floating the camera around was the way of the movie showing he’s getting stronger, like so strong he doesn’t even need direct focus to float the camera

[@cha0sk1lls]

till this day i still think steve’s death was so sad bro, like it hurts my heart when u hear him scream like that

[@SirRebrl]

On the point of shared interests, I spent a _year_ oblivious to my current partner (6 years as of yesterday) flirting with me because _I_ thought she was just nerding out with me about the nerdy shit I was doing. As she tells me, "it was both, you dork". My obliviousness aside, that year laid the foundation for my interest in her, because I enjoyed sharing things with her. And when life is hard, as it gets sometimes, that foundation is what I lean on. And that's important to me in particular because I spent years after high school splitting off from everyone I knew every 3-6 months when life got hard, and those people were cool and awesome people but we didn't share anything foundational. That splitting off became something of an impulse by habituation, so what I share with my partner now is vital to me holding onto what I'm going to want in my life when things are better again.

[@phicks7963]

This movie not getting a Sequel is a bit like Akira not getting a Sequel. Both films Deserve one and if they got one they'd break the box office garunteed. But these films on their own don't NEED Sequels in the way other films seem to.

[@linashell2696]

i saw this movie with my dad when i was like 11. Andrew spoke to me a lot. I had the same issues at school, and at home with family at the time. The part at the end where he's screaming b4 his death is powerful. His last message to the world with his gift was rage and pain. I love Chronicle, i read the script for the original planned sequel in one sitting lol.

[@sunspotsolarflare5914]

man i watched chronicle by chance as a kid around the same time you did. i was over a friends house and barely understood the nuances of the movie but still felt profoundly impacted by what i saw. the movie was so important to me even though i never watched it again. it just served as sort of a mental milestone i guess and really opened my mind up to a lot or moral quandaries and complexities that comes with being human. i think that paranormal or sci-fi is often more authentic or human than reality because it really serves to highlight what humans are like by contrasting their behavior or actions against their strange circumstances. chronicle was always a landmark in my mind but i could never quite put into words why. so thanks for making this video. it was super cathartic.

[@Krossxc]

Damn. That was super well worded. Really interesting point about sci fi. Also based that you have a Whisper of the Heart pfp. That's my second favorite Ghibli

[@imthefan7334]

I lowkey felt like ss this its so profound

[@144chosen]

You explained it much better than I could. I relate to every thing you typed on your comment. I just often struggle putting such complex’s feelings into words.

[@As-jj2rc]

That was really hard to read. Start sentence with capital letter.

[@alaggs7279]

interesting. on disney+ (germany) they deleted the scene where he returns to the place where they got their powers.

[@sprawlz6466]

I remember this movie slapped when I was younger. But a lot of movies I saw back then haven’t held up for me very well. You’ve convinced me to watch Chronicle again.

[@RoseIsAsleep]

I loved this movie when i was little and i rewatch it again today and it was WAY better than i remembered!! And then i came straight to this video after

[@Sumguyinavan_]

Its hard to find movies that tell their story so well that you feel no need for a sequel. It might be nice to know what Matt does after the story, how the world handles knowing there are super powered humans, what the all about the rock. But as you mention in the video, those things don't really matter. It isn't Matt's story, its Andrew's, and Andrew is gone. Anything more to this story and it just becomes X-Men or any other generic superpowered human story. This was a story about a young man dealing with things he couldn't handle alone and he felt unable to talk to others about. He felt helpless and no amount of support from his cousin or his new friend were going to make that better because others made him feel worthless and unworthy of being loved and helped. It was a story about being a teenager that just happened to involve super powers.

[@phicks7963]

One thing I know for sure. Andrew didn't deserve to die, no matter how evil he got nor for how long. Andrew needed more compassion from Matt and a really needed Steve. The death of Steve is the First thing to truly break Andrew and without Steve Andrew became truly lost in the world. The Moment Steve yells "I'm your Best Friend!" At Andrew really breaks my heart, Steve genuinely cares for and likes having Andrew as his friend.

[@clover6236]

I’m very frustrated with the way Matt avoided Andrew’s true suffering.

[@tutumazibuko2510]

@@clover6236 you're forgetting that even though Matt understands Andrew he still lost his best friend and the only person who can tell what happened that night simply won't, the same thing with Matt just wanting to talk to Andrew without the inclusion of the camera. Matt gets it, he's just not going to go easy on him anymore after Steve dies

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

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[@allofthepoints9636]

Wow, this was a really good video. Usually, when I click on a forty minute video essay from a small-ish channel I've never heard of, I end up cicking away after seven minutes or so but you held my attention all the way through.

[@izethetic]

GOSH I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.. I've been hyperfixated on chronicle for months now and finding fresh new content about it is so hard. This is such a well constructed video and it opened my eyes how good the characters are. I've always disliked Matt for some reason but now my perspective on him has changed. And I love how you didn't paint Andrew Detmer as a villain because he's not really a villain but really just misunderstood... When Andrew was apologising to Steve at his graveside, telling him how much he misses him is the last time he was open and vulnerable. Andrew completely gave up on being a better person after Steve dies so he decides to be the apex predator. Mannn... thank you so much for providing such a good video 👍

[@DoctorHippo]

Bro same! I’ve just been thinking and thinking about this movie and while I don’t think it is without problems This is the exact type of film I would want to make, just such a unique idea for a film that explores such interesting concepts and ideas It’s just so Interesting

[@coupleice]

Nah for real THIS MOVIE impacted me know why? I saw it as a kid.And back then, "super hero movies" were not nothing like this. (not calling this a super hero movie) And as a kid, i didnt expect this from a "super hero movie". When the second half of the movie comes in, It gave me a different perspective on just life. Not in a bad way just gave me more perspective as a kid. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows in the world. I saw it once and only once as a kid but i still remember everything in this movie. And thats rare nowadays for me EDIT: Granted, I guess you can just call that trauma lmao. But it didnt effect me negatively lmao

[@jermainehaslam5634]

This is easily the best found footage, because when you watch most found footage films your wondering "why are they still filming" but it makes sense in Chronicle because the main character uses the camera as a part of an escapism from reality and the abuse he suffers. Also, the way they told a story about people getting powers and showing the tragedy of going down a dark path when everything is going wrong in your life and you become too far gone, incredible film.

[@Camothor10]

Idk man blair witch sort of invented it or atleast introduced the style to the wider world, and they did it really well

[@chunkymilk]

no, Man Bites Dog is the best.

[@tutumazibuko2510]

You guys are missing the point that OP said in the beginning. Chronicle nailed it better because it answered the question of why the people are still filming the events when the events are simply just that crazy. At a certain point in most found footage films, it really doesn't make sense as to why they're still filming shit when people are going through what they're going through, but towards the end of Chronicle neither Matt nor Andrew are actually filming anything anymore, and the only one who tries to is the one who's going on a rampage and about to die

[@_jakealous]

wow the particular pieces of music chosen for this video essay are of exceptional taste

[@Plutoniumcube]

You really did him justice.

[@KalKratos]

I always saw the reason the film was edited together in-universe was because the organization that collected the mysterious rock also edited together the footage for their files.

[@Krossxc]

That's very possible

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

​@@Krossxcyem or wht if th dad was recording the whole thing himself. Lik msy wht if tht dad had acivred everything th sndre bad been doing and mdy. He rksed wht had hd done

[@HxH2011DRA]

Completely agree with you on the flight stuff, glad someone else agrees

[@myguttervforvendetta]

The hero cutout paper with the red sword next to the mirror in the first scene of the movie foreshadowed Andrew's death.

[@ItzMisterBlitzer]

Thanks for showing me this movie, after I saw Andrew being "busy" I immediately watched it on Tubi to avoid any other "details previously unknown." I love it and I love the way it touched me emotionally. I don't know what subcatagory of the superhero genre this is but it's exactly what genre I want the story I'm writing to be in

[@Krossxc]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

​@@Krossxcwll I guscyo7 cz, th physchlgiaknthriler tht just hdpl3bs to dbut propeceith superpow4rs

[@lucienellis3962]

I never see anyone talk about this movie! I was so excited to see this in your uploads :D

[@chrishansen8119]

I think it's the best superhero film I've ever watched. It took a pretty cookie cutter genre, and subverted all expectations. Also, in the script for the 2nd Chronicle movie, there is an universe explanation for the footage being released. Apparently the footage had been hacked by someone who's family member died during the Seattle attack. They hacked the footage, edited it, and put it online so everybody could see the truth

[@rainfire2457]

Omg I watched this movie recently and loved it! I’m glad to see a video essay on it 😊

[@Krossxc]

Glad you found it! (The movie and this video)

[@ginowin3762]

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING AUTISM/neurodivergence 💃🏾💃🏾 I related to Andrew as a kid, especially how he communicated with ppl

[@BeefRank]

So glad to see a video about this movie! I also saw it around 7 years ago and loved it but forgot the name, but it’s all coming back to me now. Thank you!

[@Krossxc]

hell yeah also fucking phenomenal username

[@SHLVideos]

The answer to "who is editing this footage" connects up to the sequel plans; the characters got their powers from - basically - telepathic rocks who communicate through electro magnetic signals, and essentially that's who is responsible for creating the video narrative. That's what I remember from an interview with Max Landis anyway. I will also say, I've met the guy, and he was a real rude narcissistic jerk with obvious problems with women.

[@iTheDuck]

Thank you for making this video, I’ve loved and appreciated this film for so many years. Please keep up the good work. You’re destined for greatness.

[@Krossxc]

Thank you. That's very thoughtful

[@hexipolar8158]

I’m glad you’re back! Really sucks about the rent a girlfriend video, I’m just glad I finished it right before it got taken down. Anyways, keep up the good work!

[@Krossxc]

I'm in the process of getting it prepared for reupload. I was just really sick of dealing with KZbin and wanted to get this video out before the end of the year, so I prioritized this

[@Plutoniumcube]

The moment I’ve been waiting for.

[@pkz8788]

watched this while eating fried chicken with rice. I love your analysis of this movie. Thank you for this life changing experience.

[@ev3557]

i agree. lets immortalise this moment in our lives. hopefully in 10 years i come back to this and get a newfound joy from this video once more.

[@pkz8788]

@@ev3557 i hope the noodles you are eating get caught in your throat by chance and the taste of plastic ends up being the last thing you ever experience.

[@ev3557]

@@pkz8788 ​ @pkz8788 the last thing i will experience is the immense euphoria i feel after watching this video. should i pass now it will be blissful, a perfect ending.

[@Troll-ty6ef]

I can’t help but think that one of the reasons Dehaan got the part was because of his eerie resemblance to Tetsuo

[@nuggetanimations155]

I think the whole apex predator thing was Andrew justifying what he was doing. Him saying it right before hitting Matt with a bus really illustrates that to me. It doesn’t always work in context with the movie but it’s how I interpret it

[@Gundam_JAY]

Yes I agree its a great film and I'm glad you are talking about it.

[@pendafen7405]

Your point about the technical, pragmatic flight effects is based, and I'm in total agreement. To match the tone of the film it has an organic, awkward, visceral feel, in a way that slick CGI flight does not.

[@STVN0923]

36:02 I audibly gasped I was doing that at the time of watching this. “Did Jesus do this on purpose”

[@joshuasakuhuka2979]

I loved the screenplay to the sequel of Chronicle called Matyre. It really did show that anyone would be capable of going to far once they have been push all their buttons. I'm glad Max Landis even gave an answer to MOGO is. No longer in suspense on the origins of the glowing rock and the direction the film could have gone granted it was given a trilogy. But i also understand why Josh Trank did not want to make a sequel, the ending of the movie was perfect as it was. I just wish we could see more relatable movies that are down to earth and relatable. Not everyone would becoome superhoes or vigilantes off the bat. Chronicle is my all time favourite movie and it's inspired a lot of concepts I have developed in the past. Thank you for making this video. I really hope we get another adaptation because I'd love to see a more realistic approach on how the world would react to videos of teenage boys flying around and causing so much distruction. There's absolutely no way the higher ups can cover up such a story.

[@clover6236]

There are some interesting things in that script. I wonder if Matt could be able to bring back his friends from death as he saved Miranda. Hopefully their bodies are in some military facility so Matt could reach them, he could use some help to fight all the flying “zombies” from Chronicle 3.

[@RetroPokemonTCG]

This essay was awesome. It was great to hear an interesting analysis of this under-discussed movie!

[@Krossxc]

Thanks!

[@ErickdeOli6038]

Perfect analysis, for the perfect movie.

[@Rsge14]

I don't remember seeing this movie when it came out (I was 14 at the time and was never much of a cinema guy) - maybe I saw (parts of) it on German Free TV, but didn't think much of it then. But after watching _CinemaWins_ video on it in 2017, I immediately knew this was something for me, watched it and really came to like it, trying to find video essays and other analyses after, as I always do with films I like to find out about details I may have missed myself, but finding few such videos. (Only other one being one by _CaptainMidnight_ ) Now by some YT-coincidence I found this, your, video on it and it has so many aspects I (and others I watched) never really considered but hearing about them I found myself thinking "Yeah, that explains a lot" and "That's what I liked about it, too...". Thank you for this, nice job : ) As a kid I considered myself "half autistic", being very introverted and socially awkward as hell, never knowing what to make of other people and partly "living in another world". As an adult I now know that's not that far from the truth, as autism is considered a spectrum now and I'm probably on the light ("high functioning") end of it. Another possible aspect may also be my anosmia (lack of a sense of smell), which may make it even harder for me to "read" people, especially when it comes to romantic interaction, as much more of it is subconsciously based on or at least enhanced by smell than most think. As a result of my social awkwardness and not "fitting the norm", I was of cause bullied at school, with my coping mechanism essentially involving an imaginary version of our world where, thanks to a new kind of technological device, I and a few other so called "agents" were able to control the two fundamental forces of this world: Matter and Mind. I used the same model to rationalize (and thereby also cope with) almost every fictional superpower or machine, so I could use it for myself and, sometimes more importantly, it couldn't be used against me - justification being that if _this_ was real, my universe would be, too. _Chronicle_ to me was essentially this kind of scenario, as a film: A realistic depiction of a clearly defined but creatively used superpower and what "normal" people would do with it if they got it. I of cause identified particularly with Andrew, being outcast from society like he was and dreaming of super-powered revenge on my earlier tormentors all my life - although I'd never wanted to kill them, not even really cause them (physical) pain if not necessary. I only wanted for them to acknowledge my superiority over them, thereby leaving me alone.

[@chrishansen8119]

Good film analysis, but you're not a doctor. Don't self diagnose yourself when there are people actually plagued with these issues

[@galxion4720]

Hi, sorry, I know this video is two years old (and it’s GREAT btw), but I just had to say this… When you opened up about your experience with autism/neurodivergent/whatever it is, it really resonated with me. Obviously not 100%, everybody’s different, but there are some key points you said that lined up with me greatly. I can personally relate to most of how you described it, I’ve seen them described in text, I know other people with these characteristics, and I’ve seen characters in media that portray some of these, but I couldn’t really connect with any of them. When you opened up about it, it’s the first time I’ve ever HEARD it from someone else. I don’t know why, but it made me feel… idk, understood? Like I’m not alone i guess. I’ve always known LOGICALLY that I’m not alone, but, actually hearing you describe your experience made me FEEL it. So, thank you. I don’t have too many issues, but after hearing what you said, I almost teared up (not in a sad way). I don’t know why, maybe because it’s late or I’m stressed but hearing that REALLY helped me. And I’m sure there’s someone out there more messed up than me who needed to hear that a lot more than I did, so… thank you. Again, great video, and sorry to comment on an old video, and I wish you the best ❤

[@kylew673]

same 100% agree

[@sc1ntillate]

I watched this video cause I’m obsessed with chronicle and I watch videos like this to somehow know more about the movie, though I’ve already watched it 20+ times. This video made me realize how much I relate to Andrew’s description, I related to him before but now so much more. and this video made me realize that I may also be on the autism spectrum more than I thought before, thank you for this video!

[@DudeHunder]

36:01 I call it "invisible tail"

[@crumb12937]

Fav movie since a kid

[@julianflores9389]

Wild that this video pops up right after my annual rewatch

[@trash_dragon]

As an autistic person, idk if people said this already, but plenty of autistic people are able to make friends easily, we just need to approach it differently than neurotypical folks. I don't think you talked about it without tact, just wanted to mention that many of us find it easy to make friends but dont connect with friends in the same way. and many of us say that it is better as a term to describe how our brains are wired different than most, and is best used as an identity descriptor around that than a formal diagnosis.

[@LucasLima-cq2ou]

aWW SHit!!!! Chronicle?!?!? *settles in*

[@JamesLupus]

And now I look like a copycat because I’m almost done editing my video essay on Chronicle and this one’s better.

[@sallymareeq]

As someone diagnosed with Autism in their teens i think you fit the bill man. i never had that much trouble socialising it was more understanding people. i could be friends with someone but would get confused or would miss little signs. but a lot of people who have undiagnosed autism are very socially adept because they were pushed into a box and learned more or less how to act.

[@LucasS541]

omg u were 10 when u watched this movies i feel so old.

[@tjlambaes]

An amazing film.

[@Soguwe]

Now I have to watch that movie for the fifth time

[@cwdkidman2266]

Comic book movies, what hath though wrought? That there can be no good without evil, that settling scores is bad, that just plain havTing fun with new powers is okay for five minutes is acceptable but after that things must get heavy. Why not just let these guys have fun. Becoming stars on team sports. Doing a little larcenary. Getting even with bullies. And all the whole keeping their powers secret !

[@nyaneco-_-]

I always make sure to watch this movie at least once a year :)

[@21_315]

Good stuff

[@S4IF616]

8:45 yeah and KZbin recommended this video just a day after me watching chronicle

[@pendafen7405]

Agree somewhat with the autism allegory, though as a female with low needs/Lv. 1 autism, I want to stress that Chronicle speaks specifically to a violent tragic experience of *male* autism. Females/AFAB go through ASD hard too, but in markedly different ways, and this distinction is critical to make when resourcing and helping ASD people. Actually--this has me thinking about how the same premise would unfold if the trio were female. Like the original I don't think it would end well at all, but I'm not sure it would be quite so bloody or end in psychosis either. Or perhaps it would be gory, and I'm flattering too much. How do you see it playing out?

[@Plutoniumcube]

I have not seen or heard of this movie before, but now it has piqued my interest. I think the themes of the film, as described here, resonate with me in a bit of a different way than what you described here. You say here (oversimplifying of course) that Chronicle is a sort of reflection of your life and interests. Yet, to me Chronicle feels like the type of adolescence I wanted to live (killing people aside). When I was really young, I had a lot of creative side projects and ideas that I either didn’t pursue out of confusion on how to achieve them or because I had a fear of failure, both internally and externally. One of those things was documenting my life like Andrew does. When I was in High School, I even did it a bit through keeling a diary through COVID and, before that, recording the sound of the busy shop during robotics meetings and all the chatter. I still have those and I cherish them a lot. The whole film kind of reminds me of my friends and I mucking around in the creek near our house and walking around the neighborhood. Something I didn’t do nearly enough of because of school. And with them…. Well, it certainly gave me mixed feelings about the whole cast analogy. I’ve had a lot of my friends for around a decade now, and I don’t really share any interests with most of them. It really sucks, and at the beginning I tried to force my interests upon them, but over time I learned to just do stuff together, and it kind of evaporated. But, there sometimes was a sting of emptiness with that. We would just walk around and not really know how to talk. It’s really a prescient thing that makes me think….

[@skyjaythefirst7331]

I wanna make an anime recommendation: Parasyte The Maxim!

[@shashwatgulati6130]

Great video, thank you :)

[@Eidlones]

In regards to the apex predator line, I always saw it as an extension of his camera. A way for him to further separate himself from everybody else. He's clearly got anger issues which he's suppressing, which unleash during the climax, and thinking of himself as "superior" to everybody else is a way for him to alleviate any guilt he has for his violent thoughts towards others. Giving himself a "logical" and "scientific" reasoning why it's ok. Also after the party, he spirals back downwards, separating himself from even Matt and Steve, because his life suddenly getting better falls apart (Which for someone in his situation, is understandable, given his mental state). So, thinking of himself as "superior" to everyone else is also a way for him to convince himself that he's not like them. Humanity has rejected him unfairly (in his mind), and he's better than that, he would never do that. So he's created a perfect cocktail of mental reasoning for him to go on a rampage at the end. Although, if you notice, Andrew never once attacks anyone without provocation (outside of Matt, who's trying to stop him, and his dad which... yeah, understandable). The closest he comes is when he shatters the glass to steal everyone's phones, and some people may have gotten hurt from that, but he didn't intentionally hurt anyone with that action. Any time he intentionally tries to hurt anyone, they've always attacked him first.

[@ergifem]

I watched this film when I was in my early 20s. I loved the movie, and it sucks the director was ummm bad. I have undiagnosed autism, and I understood why he turned out the way he did. I'm not some sort of edgy edge lord. You get it if you've been in his position.

[@Djoodibooti]

Is that intro... M83?!

[@luvdruggie101]

Yes!!!

[@ClashmerSecret]

when i was a kid and saw this i thought i was real. and tried to get powers lile them.

[@esia4228]

Amazing video!

[@luvdruggie101]

Thank you for doing this hidden gem such justice! Just watched a bunch of reviews or hot-takes if u will, but this was by far the most enjoyable, relatable and thorough. Saw this movie in theaters with some friends when it first came out in 2012, I was 13. It literally changed my life and looking back I think Andrew also inspired me to document my life. This movie meant the world to me then and when I recently re-discovered it after watching "The Place Beyond The Pines" (another GEM) and recognized Dane DeHaan's face and couldn't figure out why I was already in love with his character at first glance. Did a little deep dive and realized I adored him bc he played the shit out of Andrew. I decided to give it a rewatch last night to see if it would still amaze me the way it did when I was 13 at 23 and I'm even more in love and obsessed with it then I was back then. One of my favorite movies of all time and definitely one of the best, if not the best found-footage film of that genre and I think the only "super (anti-) hero" movie masterfully done in this style to this day. As a neurodivergent, it also scares me sometimes how much I relate to Andrew but I think that's what makes his character so complex and multidimensional as u mentioned. The actors and their bond really brought this script to life.

[@cha0sk1lls]

i remember just walking in the living room as a kid seeing my mom n step dad watching movies like project x or chronicle & i fell in love with these found footage films. especially with powers they had ofc i was all over it as a kid😂. growing up i always wondered if people even knew about this movie because no one would talk about it so i forgot about it until one day my friend spent the night and it hit my brain as a movie we can watch & he fell in love with tht shi😭

[@gumball8689]

i agree i agree i agree

[@yoishikakatshihe6402]

30:41 I mean to the Sydner Cut people kinda riot to have the 4 hours movie 39:00 I'm sorry but no you can not put what happens here on Steve, because let's pretend that he didnt vomit on the girl and had his first time there , do you think he would still would have go as crazy has he did ? NO probably no , so the problem was more so that Andrew did not know how to deal with bad experience and being hurt than Steve pushing him to far.

[@jtmeade]

You may have ADHD. There's a lot of overlap between it and autism and the things you said you can relate to seem to fall within that overlap. I have ADHD-PI and can also relate to most of that.

[@Mydrivehome104]

“Watching chronicle at the age of 10” omg we are the same age Jesus Christ

[@RTU130]

Matt edited the movie

[@AvidGaymer42]

Alright about the underlying autism/on-the-spectrum messaging on this entire thing, the exact moment you mentioned the bouncing knee or moving feet when you're overstimulated. I realized that I was bouncing my knee as well. I have the opposite! If I'm not stimulated enough, I need to move just because it keeps me in the moment (I feel)

[@SirRebrl]

I stim (eg knee bouncing, tapping, etc etc) when I'm _internally_ overstimulated. Too much going on in my head, it's distracting from whatever outside of me I'm trying to pay attention to, and stimming feels like a pressure release valve kind of. Like venting that excess mental energy into my body so I can pay attention better.

[@AvidGaymer42]

@@SirRebrl literally this, I resonate

[@lucy8910]

so well said !!

[@andrewmah2962]

Inhale Xtreme Cheddar Goldfish

[@Rage-_-Quit]

Still trying to love that flick, could have been something epic like Akira. Sadly the quick decline of Andrew didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Everything going down the drain because he vomitted on a girl. Even getting a girl into the bedroom was probably further than 90% of dudes in his school ever got, so they making fun of him didn't make any sense, and him getting so butthurt about it that he completely goes off the rails didn't make sense either lol

[@diegoaespitia]

uhhh i dont think Andrew is autistic... hes a product of an abusive household, buddy, chill out. neither is Tetsuo, again, they are products of abuse, whether by their gang or by their parents.

[@ries4796]

Steve man😢

[@luanderson.ferreira]

Great essay. The only thing that I didn't like it was the last quarter about the possibility of you being on the spectrum... It seemed quite out of the tone of the video.

[@ev3557]

i watch this while eating instant noodle. you have saved my life forever. thank you lord for this blessing of a video i love you. this 40 minute video has turned my life around and i will never be the same. its all up from here. i am not a Christian but suddenly i believe there is a god that sent me this video.

[@mugenDshinigami]

I don't think it's Akira I think it's Carrie for teenage boys

[@rainniebee]

32:08

[@Mm-rg4wv]

Just dunno why dey don't continue dis franchise, I can think of a million different plots dey can take it. First of all at the end when Jake takes Andrew camera to dat village he always wanted to go, I would've made the camera shake n fall as Jake had turnt around to continue his hike. Den in the sequal continue how Andrew passed over the other side but didn't die due to he's advance knowledge of the power, this would mean I'd make earth go through catastrophes, making all the government and everyone normal human start to question is this the act of god, whilst I would have Jake living his life but having to be brought back into the fight cah he's the only one who knows and can sense Andrews conscience still alive. Dis would be where I'd make Jake go back to the village and having to piece how and why Andrew is doing this. Den I would take it to a mini series whi h would show us what Andrew gets up to on the other side and hes plan, just to make a third and forth movie which would be ghe conclusions between the two freinds beef.

[@SurprisedPika666]

10 year old kid? you're only 22?

[@Krossxc]

I'm actually 20

[@CHAD-bw7tu]

"woosh"

[@logancota4325]

Wow this was an amazing video, you were able to express so well what I loved about this movie. Just saw it today and it’s already impacted me so much and is one of my favorite movies I’ve ever seen. You did an amazing job

[@phicks7963]

The word problematic has lost its meaning because things like worshipping Jesus or having Friends who happen to be police or military are apparently "problematic" these days

[@TheRealJAYDOSS]

This video is fantastic. I don’t want to be that guy either but exploring your gender isn’t an option. I appreciate your honestly and artistic flare. But I’ve cracked the code on that and if you need to talk I’m here

[@Krossxc]

"cracked the code" lmfao 💀💀💀

[@gn4rpz-the-c4t]

I think you should have done a teensy bit more research on autism before writing that script ngl. There are widely considered to be "levels" of autism, so to speak. The "levels" describe the amount of support the person needs. If you are autistic (using "if" because you express some uncertainty on the matter), this would be why you feel more 'functional' than you percieve other autistics as being. Not all autism is equal, basically. These are terms coined by autistic people by the way, just so we're clear. The idea that autistic people are not unempathetic is also not necessarily correct. Some autistic people *are* low-empathy, it *is* a possible symptom. Unfortunately, people who try to offer a "sanitised"/cutesy/aesthetic view of autism and mental illness in general have been kinda erasing it along with other "ugly"/"negative" traits.

[@Deiter6900]

movie wasnt about autism what

[@marcosortiz2466]

The way you read all these signals as autism are all the ways I read this movie as a really great allegory for school shooters and it felt really clear to me and I’ve seen nobody mention it