Cloverfield

OMG, what a horrible movie. I'm so glad I never went to the theater to see it because it would've been a waste. I had to fast forward through the first 20 minutes of the movie because it was so pathetic. I mean most horror movies do some easy character development but this movie really was all over the place at the beginning. They really didn't need to do that whole first part shaky cam either although the last part shaky cam was well within reason.

The only cool thing about the whole movie was the monster. They really did a good job with it and it had some cool stuff going for it. It was a very innovative monster. The script was horrible and just almost non-existant during the bulk of the "real" movie. The main characters in the movie were even more pathetic than your typical horror/sci-fi movie folks. They were about the stupidest people in the world. I guess you'd have to be a little stupid to continue to carry a video cam while you were running for life in various parts of the evening. Selling footage to CNN I guess outweighs surviving. The other interesting thing about the movie which I don't know if it really happened but I believe not one person in the whole movie said "monster". Now I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not but definitely funny. The movie ended in a weird way so I decided to check out the "alternate endings" on the DVD and all I can say is they were so sad that I didn't even bother with watching deleted scenes because it was just laughable.

I don't know how much money the movie made at the box office but the producers and director must've been laughing the whole time. They even left it open for a sequel which if it's in the vain of the "Aliens" sequel could be totally awesome and eclipse this pathetic movie. I mean exploring the monster with a full on assault from a special ops team would be awesome for the sequel. I should write the screenplay and sell it to Hollywood.

Today is the day for the podiatrist visit. I'm thinking now that it's just a weird ankle sprain(injury #2). Although it's not swollen at all which is weird. It definitely hurts though but the original injury doesn't hurt at all. We'll see how the visit goes. I still can't believe that stupid step in the pothole could be screwing me. Argh...well I got 8 weeks to get the run going. I still have a decent base so I'm figuring cut back on the cycling and increase the running thru July. Lots of tempo miles I see in my future...

2 months...