Believe it or not this isn’t some government program trying to help people lose weight. It’s not even a reality television show trying to make fat kids do funny stuff for the entertainment of others. It is however a movie. If you don’t like spoilers then don’t read this (I warned you)…
Basically the main character Dennis (Played by Simon Pegg, also you might remember him from Hot Fuzz - I don’t cause I’ve never seen it) goes in a marathon to try and win back the love of ‘Libby’ (the woman he left pregnant at the altar five years ago). You might ask what inspired him to run this marathon? Well Libby’s new fiancé Wit is going to run in it… To make matters complicated there is their son Jake (also known as Snotface) who really likes tree frogs (even more than Hobbits).
Skipping ahead in the marathon Wit trips Dennis - Dennis sprains his ankle (badly) but decides to keep running. He eventually completes the marathon in an emotional ending which involves him getting Libby and Jake back. Also he isn’t quite as fat any more… Of course there’s much more to it but I’m not going to tell you EVERYTHING. Really this blog isn’t that important to me =]
However I do think it would be interesting if they combined ‘Jumper’ and ‘Run Fatboy Run’. It might get rid of some of the storyline though - but hey it sure would be funny to see the looks on their faces when Dennis somehow got to the finish line without seeming to run anywhere… But still I think we can all learn something from this movie, or this post even - see for example from this post you might realise how heavily I rely on brackets (I sure do), without them I don’t think this blog would be anywhere near as funny (assuming that you do find it funny - if you don’t then I might have to break your legs).
Am I serious? Well I had to break my legs because I didn’t find myself funny. Not really - but it’s the thought that counts?