Best Wack Movie in a Minute. (The Room)

The infamous "The Room" billboard in LA.

It's been a while since I've done a post about bad movies and this is a special edition. 

I first heard about "The Room" when reading an article about the movie in "Entertainment Weekly."  In it they were talking about how it's become the new "so bad it's good" film and a Hollywood insider joke.  After reading about it and hearing it supposedly referenced in television and film I had to watch it.  If I was in LA, I would have simply gone down and watched it, but alas I had to wait for it to hit DVD.  Fast forward to the other day when I was able to get this movie on Netflix. 

This... movie... was... EPIC!!!  I honestly haven't seen a movie SO bad, but SO awesome in a long time.  Where do I start?  This film fails on every level... writing, acting, directing, score/music etc.  (almost all done by Tommy Wiseau.) 

For instance, I give you the flower shop scene.  (staring Tommy Wiseau)




The movie in a nutshell is about Johnny, a banker who takes care of his friends.  His girlfriend is cheating on him with his best friend.  Sounds simple enough that a soap opera could make a decent story arch out of.  Well... not here and mixed in with that simple plot are little scenes that make no sense at all and do nothing to help push the story along.

For instance, I give you all of the football scenes in the movie.



Honestly this isn't one of those movies where you're 30 minutes or halfway through the film and you think that it THEN goes downhill, it is one of those movies that goes downhill at the opening scene. 




It is a beautiful crash and burn that I honestly would LOVE to see in a theater with a "Rocky Horror" type crowd, throwing footballs, wearing wigs and watching Tommy Wiseau cock his head back and laugh after he says EVERY line.

This is a BAD film, but it is a GREAT bad film.