As of this writing, Attack of the Yeti Hand is in the late stages of post-production. The rough cut is finished, refinements are in process, and excitement builds. At least for me.

In the course of this production, I've encountered three specific criticisms. Granted, I expect them. I shot a feature length movie in eight days on a budget of two-thousand dollars. It doesn't sound like the recipe for the biggest summer blockbuster. But that's not what I set out to do. I wrote a screenplay I knew I could shoot quickly and cheaply. I chose a genre that praises goofs and gaffes. I knew, going in, what would come out. And, actually, I'm pleasantly surprised.

However, apparently, not everyone understands just what it is I'm trying to do.

During pre-production, I heard that I couldn't possibly make this happen on the budget I'd laid out. During production, I heard that I couldn't possibly be getting all the footage I needed in such short days on such a short schedule. And now, during post-production, I just heard that I couldn't possibly have a final product was any good.

Some of this is hearsay, some of it was said directly to me. All of it is speculation.

What really irks me is that some of this negative feedback came directly from people involved in the production. People I included because it wouldn't have felt right without them. Then again, this is part of the learning curve. Actors are a weird and fickle bunch. I know, because I'm one of them. But it still would be nice to know they have faith in the project.

That being said, other people have been so grateful and excited to even be a part of the movie. And they're the people I'll work with again. Because, I will be doing this again. With more money and more experience.

Listen, plenty of people have blown huge budgets on bad movies. I've paid good money to see many of them. This was my first feature. It was the first time I assembled a crew (as teeny tiny as it was) and a cast and laid out a schedule and called the shots and sat with an editor and made a movie. I was never expecting to land on the AFI Top 100 with Attack of the Yeti Hand.

What I do know? It's funny. It's entertaining. It's watchable. Because, while I wasn't expecting to knock Hancock 2 out of the box office, I did aim to create something fun. And to learn. Which I did. A lot.

And, at the end of the day? I know I made a movie, start to finish, no matter how badly it might be received.