Tommy Wiseau Mania

OH HAI, NERDS!

With the release of The Disaster Artist, Tommy Wiseau and The Room have been the center of mainstream Hollywood discussion. I've been waiting a couple years for The Disaster Artist to release, giddy with excitement the moment I heard the Francos and Seth Rogan would be involved.

Can you tell the difference? ;-)

I had a wonderful opportunity to see both films recently n the theatre, which is a totally different experience than I ever would have had at home.

Far from an actual Disaster

The Disaster Artist is damn hilarious. I went with one of my buddies who is loves The Room and can recite pretty much the entire film. We seriously both lost our shit.

I rarely watch something and have a physical reaction to what I see on the screen. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is the first movie that made me rock in my chair, giggle and hoot throughout the entire duration of the film... The Disaster Artist not only gave me a similar reaction, but I woke up the next morning with cramps.

James Franco makes a better Tommy Wiseau than Tommy Wiseau himself. The characterization of Tommy and Greg is definitely dramatic and poking fun of both of these real people, but I feel that The Room is celebrated and honored despite all of the goofs and gaffs.

Although Tommy says that 99.9% of the movie is true, we'll never know exactly what happened while The Room was filmed... but I'm glad that Tommy and Greg were such good sports about The Disaster Artist, which is definitely helping popularize them out of cult-status.

Seeing it on the Big Screen

A young man "cosplayed" Johnny and I
lost my mind. I guess it was his football?

I've always wanted to see The Room with an audience. Yeah, I've watched it a million times with my friends throughout college, getting rowdy and making drinking games of it. And holy crap. I seriously didn't expect anyone to actually bring spoons to the theatre.

I brought an innocent victim a friend who has never seen The Room before, stating to him that it's "the best drama you'll ever watch." I certainly didn't "trick" him into joining me, but I couldn't tell if I put him through the most miserable or most mystical experience of his life.

At the theatre, I saw someone dress up just like Johnny, people shared spoons for tossing and someone even brought a football and threw it whenever the on-screen boys played catch. I had the honor of throwing the ball during the credits, nearly knocking the popcorn out of a quiet couple's lap.

My reaction to the film wasn't as violent as seeing The Disaster Artist, but I was laughing nearly the entire time, peaking over to see my friend's reaction. I felt the need to shield his poor eyes during the sex scenes and hold his hands during peak drama. He really needed my support.

The Boys Live On...

My friend and I had a pretty deep discussion about The Room after his first viewing and we mutually agreed that it was overall a straightforward film. However, neither of us can pin the location or  setting of the movie... Do any of you have an actual clue?

Anyway, Wiseau and Sestero released a film titled Best F(r)iends last year that's going to hit mainstream theatres with limited showings soon. Do you plan to see this two-parter? I heard a little bit about this movie before, but I'm definitely plan to see provided a local theatre is running it!

O BYE, NERDS!

Loverly Liz