The acting in 'The Room' is so bad I started laughing during the rooftop scene and couldn't stop for 10 minutes

I visited a little indie theater in Portland last month that does midnight screenings of bad movies. They showed 'The Room' and the audience was throwing spoons at the screen during that weird flower shop scene. The part where Tommy Wiseau says 'I did not hit her, it's not true, it's bullshit, I did not hit her, I did not' had me choking on my popcorn. Has anyone else caught a live screening with a crowd that made it even funnier?

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jamie80417d ago

Saw a review online where someone called 'The Room' the 'Citizen Kane of bad movies' and honestly that's the most accurate thing I've ever read. Those midnight screenings are a whole different experience though, the communal aspect makes it like ten times funnier. My buddy went to one in Seattle where the crowd started a chant every time Tommy threw a football and apparently it went on for like five minutes straight. The spoon throwing thing is genius by the way, I keep meaning to bring a bag of plastic spoons to a showing but I always forget. There's something about hundreds of people laughing at the same terrible line that just hits different than watching it alone on your couch.

felix41417d ago

Man I gotta disagree with this whole thing honestly... those midnight screenings are just people trying too hard to have fun with a movie that's already a trainwreck on its own. The whole spoon throwing thing feels forced after the first five minutes, like everyone's just going through the motions because they saw it on YouTube. And comparing it to Citizen Kane in any context feels like a stretch - bad movies are just bad, not some kind of art form worth celebrating.

jamesf2917d ago

Totally feel you on the live crowd thing, it transforms the whole experience into something almost sacred in a weird way. Those spoon throws and the random football passes create this unspoken bond between everyone in the room, like we're all in on the same inside joke together. Makes me wonder if Tommy Wiseau secretly knows exactly what he created.