The Room

[baumer]

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[yads]

The Room is the only movie I have to pause every few minutes due to the pain of laughter.

No other movie can do that. Not every single time I watch it. Ergo, this is the funniest movie ever made.

Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of great comedies: "The Producers", "Withnail and I", "The Big Lebowski" and "This is Spinal Tap" were, before this changed everything, at the top of my list. But even they can not compete with this movie. Watching The Room really is like sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off... an atomic bomb of laughter. This movie literally has 8 or 9 of the 10 funniest moments in movie history. That one, short, infamous scene in the florist, by itself, contains more belly laughs than most other comedies can manage in 90 minutes.

Tommy Wiseau has (somehow) created an "accidental masterpiece". A movie so great, so insane, so wonderful - yet all in ways that I suspect Mr. Wiseau has no concept of, and certainly had no intention of creating. He set out to make a sexy thriller, but what came out was utterly unsexy (at moments it's in fact gross), entirely unthrilling - and were you to be stupid enough to watch as a drama, you would find absolutely no drama anywhere in the movie. It has characters who act in ways no human being has ever acted, and saying things that either a) make no sense, b] are completely irrelevant to what is happening, or c) start a subplot that is subsequently never again mentioned.

But all the many, many things that would kill it as a straight drama become pure gold when played for laughs. The execution is beyond inept - in fact the whole debacle seems to have been conceived as a vanity project for Mr. Wiseau. Normally this would be a terminal misstep, but because Mr. Wiseau is one of the greatest men who ever lived, the movie instead becomes endlessly entertaining, and his performance ever more fascinating.

Get this movie.

Grade: A. (Obviously)

Edited August 26, 2012 by yads

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F for Fraking Spectacular

[MrPink]

I've seen this movie twice in theaters, and it's two of the best theater experiences I've ever had.

[baumer]

Wow! High praise here. I'll have to check this out.

[baumer]

What year did this come out? IMDB has 2003 and 2006. Which one?

[acsc1312]

They play this at midnight at my local arthouse theater sometimes, and I've always wanted to see what all the fuss is about.

[yads]

What year did this come out? IMDB has 2003 and 2006. Which one?

I'm pretty sure it's 2003.When you watch it get drunk. Really drunk. You'll have a great night.

[cookie]

Groundbreaking in it's ineptitude, Tommy Wiseau has accidentally created a work of art. I can't say anything else other than it has to be seen to be believed.

[baumer]

It has a 3 rating on imdb. Is it so bad it's funny or is it really that funny?

[yads]

It has a 3 rating on imdb. Is it so bad it's funny or is it really that funny?

It's so bad it's incredible. Genuinely.

[MrPink]

It has a 3 rating on imdb. Is it so bad it's funny or is it really that funny?

It's the poster child of so bad, it's good. But an experienced audience is a big part of the fun, if you can find a theater that plays it. The first time, you can get by watching it yourself, but multiple viewings is best with an audience. It is unlike anything you will ever experience.SPOOON!

[Webslinger]

Greatest Movie Ever Made.I say we all dress up in tuxedos and do some short-toss football to celebrate its greatness.

[JackO]

You are tearing me apart Lisa!The worst best movie ever made!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

I want to see this.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I want to see this.

[The Panda]

"You're tearing me apart Lisa!"

 

I re-watched the movie in its entirety so I can fully appreciate the Disaster Artist.  But, this movie in and of itself is worth appreciating, simply because of the absurd hilarity of it all.  It's technically one of the most poorly made films I have seen, but the textbook terrible nature of it all makes it all the more hilarious to watch.  It gets everything wrong where it ends up making the entire thing work.

 

Tommy Wisseau is unforgettable in the film, and the rest of the cast is just as memorable in their... unconventional ... acting techniques.  The framing of the shots, the poor progression of each scene, the unwatchably bad sex scenes, the nonsensical script, the football, the cheep cheeps, it's hysterical.  I don't know what Wissaeu was trying to do with this movie, but it doesn't matter, the end product is something that I'd consider an essential viewing for anybody who likes film.

 

Obviously an F for technical quality, but that doesn't make it not worth watching.

Edited December 2, 2017 by The Last Panda

[That One Girl]

according to the poll, 75% of BOT thinks The Room is an A-level film.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Bad and boring film. It is basically TV soap.  Maybe I should watch this with a crowd of people instead of by myself. 

[La Binoche]

I'll never forget my experience of seeing this movie. Someone invited me to the midnight screening at that independent theatre on Sunset Blvd (I forget the name). I had no idea what the movie was. The line was massive - snaking out onto the street. I had such a great time. The audience was so into it and the director showed up. It was a blast.