Chronicle/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance:

 * Since this is a found footage movie it seems strange to have so many POV's from cameras that don't survive the movie...
 * Why does Andrew continue to fight Matt at the end of the film? Stop and consider what Andrew repeats throughout the fight, that he is an Apex Predator. What do most Apex Predators do when they are challenged by another one of their kind? They fight in order to establish dominance. Andrew sees Matts stubborn refusal to get out of his way as challenging him for the role of the Alpha male.
 * Is Andrew really stronger than the other boys with his powers? Or is his constant use of his powers to hold the camera whilst doing other things (while Steve and Matt always hold the camera with their hands) just exercising his limits more than the other boys?
 * In the rooftop scene, Steve pretty much confirms this when he states Andrew has more fine control than he does, having smashed his keyboard when trying to type his name.
 * Andrew's dad isn't
 * The powers (or rather, the order in which they are manifested) shows a bit of Personality Powers. Andrew, the loner who wants to be stronger and actively pushes people away, develops his telekinesis control faster than the others. Steve, the optimistic and idealistic one who is the most eager to try "big" things first, often has his "head in the clouds" (his high ideals blinding him to danger) and is the first to fly. Matt wants to be unique and and tries to separate himself from the masses through his pseudo-philosophy, so he not only is shown with the force field first, but has the hardest time learning new abilities because he doesn't want to be just like Andrew and Steve.
 * Listen to again. He's not.
 * Listen to again. He's not.

Fridge Horror

 * Matthew was not made aware of his uncle's  towards his cousin before  . It is possible  . Such a gross betrayal on top of everything else Andrew had been through might turn anybody into an Omnicidal Maniac.

Fridge Logic

 * The kids never compare themselves to, say, Peter Parker or the Fantastic Four, and no one uses the words "superpower" or "superhero". It's next to impossible that the boys, having lived all their lives in America, with normal access to TV, cinema, etc., have no concept of superheroes or have never been exposed to any form of superhero media. Perhaps they simply don't exist on this Earth?
 * Maybe they just don't pay much attention to comics and the like. Andrew's a shut-in, Steve's probably preoccupied with his school work, student government campaign, and football practice, and we don't know Matt's hobbies.
 * It does raise a similar question: why no references to Star Wars beyond the red lightsaber toy? You think they would relish the idea of comparing themselves to Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader, and the story does pretty parallel Yoda's speech about fear leading to suffering. Maybe they weren't allowed to make too many outside references to avoid legal attention?
 * What was Andrew doing in the time between  That must have taken Matt an hour at least, when you'd expect Andrew to do his thing in seconds.
 * Well, It is down town, so the news crews could have already been there. Maybe (its possible there was a slow news day) they were reporting on Andrew's earlier robbery. As for Matt, we don't know where his girlfriend's house was in relation to the hospital, or when his nose started to bleed. its possible it started before Andrew's father arrived. Some of the scenes are probably out of exact order so they would make sense to the viewer.
 * It seems that the explosion happened while Andrew was unconscious. It could be that, for a while, he was still out of it. Only when the noises of the sirens and helicopters grew (or Matt arriving on the scene) did he wake up. He then saw his father lying next to him, flew into a rage and zipped out the hole in the side of the building.