Unpopular opinion: The Room is actually a cinematic masterpiece if you watch it drunk

I was at a buddy's place in St. Louis last Saturday and we threw on The Room for laughs, but after three beers I started seeing this weird brilliance in how every scene just falls apart. The way Tommy Wiseau delivers lines like he's reading them off cue cards for the first time actually made me appreciate the raw honesty of it all. Has anyone else had a movie flip from 'so bad' to 'so good' after a few drinks and a different mindset?

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angelarivera7h agoMost Upvoted

The part where he throws the football with the tuxedos on really got me. I mean, I get why people find it funny after a few drinks, but calling it a masterpiece feels off to me. Maybe it's just me, but the movie is so poorly put together that the "raw honesty" you're talking about just looks like bad acting and weird editing. I watched it sober and drunk, and I still think it's more of a train wreck than anything intentional. It's fun to laugh at, for sure, but I wouldn't say it flips to being genuinely good just because your mindset changed.

ryanm606h ago

I read that the director basically let the camera roll for way too long with no script, which explains why editing feels so rough. The football scene (and honestly most of it) just seems like they had one take and ran with it. I tried watching it after seeing some "so bad it's good" lists and yeah, it's a train wreck like you said, not some hidden gem. There's a difference between something that's accidentally funny and something that was actually made with a plan, right?

beth2764h agoOG Member

Wait, they seriously had NO script at all?