We saw Chronicle tonight. Best live action Akira film we will EVER see.

Seriously: every yell of Andrew = TETSUOOOOO.

This looked like a boys' version of the Craft from the preview. I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Gee, I wonder what would happen if someone found Simon's vlog files on Misfits.

This movie may have contained my favorite superpowers fight on film (minus animated). @2 is right on with the Akira reference.

@3: Isn't that "The Covenant"?

Just out of curiosity, how does the second half of the film violate the found footage premise? (Possible minor spoilers ahead) Throughout the movie they switch perspectives to other cameras whenever they present themselves, like the girl video blogger, or security camera footage. It would stand to reason that when a major battle breaks out in downtown Seattle, there would be countless new sources of video from which to glean. If anything, I felt like Andrew's propensity to "float" the camera behind himself was a bit of a cop-out... but not outside the reality of the movie, and that was used throughout the film. Really the only camera I saw being a stretch was the police camera in the hospital room... and even that isn't used for very long.

The Akira reference is right on. The climax even features the bad guy wearing bandages and a hospital gown, and during that sequence he even yells, "Leave me alone!" as he telekinetically throws all his antagonists back.

I'd put money down that this will be better received than the Akira remake Hollywood is currently working on. The only negative remark I had after leaving the theatre (except for a couple so-so compositing shots) was that I wished it was longer.

Wasn't Cloverfield a found footage action movie?

@10 ... yes, but it was not a "found footage super hero movie"

For those interested, Max Landis (the screenwriter) did an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit about the movie.

Hell no, the didn't have have to narrate why the camera was there, the main character made it clear that from now on he was gonna film everything.