Wtf is it with doctor’s offices? They tell you to be there at a specific time and then you get thrown in a room thinking the doctor will be in at any moment. Instead you get some resident who drops in and asks the dumbest questions ever. Now I don't have a real example but an equivalent one is "does a car have four wheels?" Really? I get that residents need to get in their own practice to know what to do when they are the big guy in charge but jeez! At least give them an agenda when they come in the friggin room! And again, what's the story with making an appt at 915 and then not even seeing the doc until 1045. That is totally unacceptable. Sure some people’s cases are bigger and their issues are deeper than others but c’mon. Waiting in a room for over an hour to see someone that you have a appt with is just ridiculous. I'm sure no doctors of any sort will read this but in the slightest chance it gets out to them I have one tiny message for docs. You'd get pissed if someone makes you wait around for over an hour, so don't make us wait that long either. I got news for you. Just because you went to however many years of med school doesn't earn you the right to play god. There's another guy just like you 2 doors down who went thru the same schooling but is smart enough to schedule people every 45 minutes instead of every 10. But that's just my opinion.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Cloverfield. WTF?
Okay so I haven't blogged in a while so I figure this would be the best reason to catch up. Keep in mind though....if you plan on going to see the movie and want to be surprised, then read at your own risk.
So we get to the theater and we are greeted with a hysterically screaming lady. Apparently somebody PROMISED her she would get it. Whatever...drama queen. The ten seats we had was given away since we were "late". Hmmm...film starts at 7:30 and we got there at 7:10. How is that late? Again...whatever.
The film starts with no big intro or anything. We are to figure out that the 'video tape' we are watching was recovered by the military. Fine. Fast forward a little and its the going away party everybody has seen on all the trailers. Drama happens at the party that means nothing then everyone is quickly obsessed by an overturned tanker in the ocean close to the Statue of Liberty. Seriously? If I am at a party getting drunk, a tanker is the last thing I would care about.
Shit happens and everyone ends up going downstairs to the street and the scenes reminded me of some of the pictures and newscasts from 9-11. Aside from the "United 93" and "World Trade Center", is it really okay to have those images on the screen? Skyscrapers collapsing, streets filled with bloodied people dazed and confused, dust and smoke everywhere...okay well maybe its fine to have it. I guess enough time has went by.
We see small glimpses of this 'thing' that is causing all the ruckus. The monster kinda reminds me of Gary Oldman in "Dracula" when he was turning into the bat. All weird looking and walking around on its pointy arms. Dumb. As the 'stars' of the film try to escape the area, they begin to run with everyone else on a bridge. Can anyone tell me whats going to happen here? Exactly. The 'thing' smashes the bridge. Big shock eh? Most of our heroes get away and they decide to go rescue someone else. Yet another brilliant idea.
Basically, we know a few things. Buildings are being destroyed. A 'monster' that we have no clue how or why it got there is doing it. These 'spider-like beings' drop off of it and are about the size of a pony and they too attack people. And of course, the military has no real idea whats going on. Typical end of the world type shit.
So the long and the short of it goes like this. Monster comes. Monster destroys. Monster gets destroyed we assume. Tape is found in what used to be Central Park.
Here's my issues:
Where the fuck did this things COME from? There was absolutely NO explanation.
We at no point in the film get a real CLEAR picture of the thing. The majority of the film was 'taped' with a hand held camcorder that just happens to have a light, night vision and the largest battery ever made.
Who in their right mind would go up 49+ flights in one build just to jump across to another and go down a few floors to attempt to save someone whom you haven't spoken to in a few hours and could be dead anyway just to go back to the other building again and go back down those 49+ flights?
The ending. Seriously? That's all? We get nothing else? Not even one of those stupid "Hey that means there may be a part two" things. Note to filmmakers to all over the world: Stop ending films with the 'Sopranos' ending. We need closure for Christ sakes!
Sure I have other issues about the film but this is too long already.
And I'm sure we'll bitch about it on the air. Cloverfield wasn't a BAD movie. I was entertained through the majority of it honestly. It just had SO MANY questions that were never answered that should have been. It's not on my top favorite movies list, but it wasn't "Ishtar" either.
So if JJ Abrams ever stumbles across this useless blog and reads it to the end, I would say to him, "Hey JJ! The next film you make be sure that all the bases are covered before you release it to the public and don't make it end stupid. Either that or have the strict rule of no sneak previews so you can make all the money on the opening weekend before word gets out how much of a ball of suck your film is".
So we get to the theater and we are greeted with a hysterically screaming lady. Apparently somebody PROMISED her she would get it. Whatever...drama queen. The ten seats we had was given away since we were "late". Hmmm...film starts at 7:30 and we got there at 7:10. How is that late? Again...whatever.
The film starts with no big intro or anything. We are to figure out that the 'video tape' we are watching was recovered by the military. Fine. Fast forward a little and its the going away party everybody has seen on all the trailers. Drama happens at the party that means nothing then everyone is quickly obsessed by an overturned tanker in the ocean close to the Statue of Liberty. Seriously? If I am at a party getting drunk, a tanker is the last thing I would care about.
Shit happens and everyone ends up going downstairs to the street and the scenes reminded me of some of the pictures and newscasts from 9-11. Aside from the "United 93" and "World Trade Center", is it really okay to have those images on the screen? Skyscrapers collapsing, streets filled with bloodied people dazed and confused, dust and smoke everywhere...okay well maybe its fine to have it. I guess enough time has went by.
We see small glimpses of this 'thing' that is causing all the ruckus. The monster kinda reminds me of Gary Oldman in "Dracula" when he was turning into the bat. All weird looking and walking around on its pointy arms. Dumb. As the 'stars' of the film try to escape the area, they begin to run with everyone else on a bridge. Can anyone tell me whats going to happen here? Exactly. The 'thing' smashes the bridge. Big shock eh? Most of our heroes get away and they decide to go rescue someone else. Yet another brilliant idea.
Basically, we know a few things. Buildings are being destroyed. A 'monster' that we have no clue how or why it got there is doing it. These 'spider-like beings' drop off of it and are about the size of a pony and they too attack people. And of course, the military has no real idea whats going on. Typical end of the world type shit.
So the long and the short of it goes like this. Monster comes. Monster destroys. Monster gets destroyed we assume. Tape is found in what used to be Central Park.
Here's my issues:
Where the fuck did this things COME from? There was absolutely NO explanation.
We at no point in the film get a real CLEAR picture of the thing. The majority of the film was 'taped' with a hand held camcorder that just happens to have a light, night vision and the largest battery ever made.
Who in their right mind would go up 49+ flights in one build just to jump across to another and go down a few floors to attempt to save someone whom you haven't spoken to in a few hours and could be dead anyway just to go back to the other building again and go back down those 49+ flights?
The ending. Seriously? That's all? We get nothing else? Not even one of those stupid "Hey that means there may be a part two" things. Note to filmmakers to all over the world: Stop ending films with the 'Sopranos' ending. We need closure for Christ sakes!
Sure I have other issues about the film but this is too long already.
And I'm sure we'll bitch about it on the air. Cloverfield wasn't a BAD movie. I was entertained through the majority of it honestly. It just had SO MANY questions that were never answered that should have been. It's not on my top favorite movies list, but it wasn't "Ishtar" either.
So if JJ Abrams ever stumbles across this useless blog and reads it to the end, I would say to him, "Hey JJ! The next film you make be sure that all the bases are covered before you release it to the public and don't make it end stupid. Either that or have the strict rule of no sneak previews so you can make all the money on the opening weekend before word gets out how much of a ball of suck your film is".
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