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Oh hai badmovies.org. This epic was on Adult Swim last night and super early this morning. I watched it twice and ended up going to bed at 4 a.m.

I did not hit her.  I did not.  That's bulls%$!.  I did not hit her.  Oh, hai bob.

Check my signature for my personal favorite quote though...

I met Tommy at a screening and recorded him on my phone saying "you're tearing me apart Jason!" and it's been my ringtone ever since...

Oh hai JayJayM12.


That's pretty cool.  :thumbup:

But you just got here!

All the music was really good. The lady playing Claudette did a good job, as did Mark (Greg Sestero) given what they had to work with for lines.

Badmovies.org friend Jed Siple has a review of this Citizen Kane like classic on here.  :smile:

Greg Sestero was at the screening I went to as well.  He seemed like he had a healthy mix of being grateful for all the Room love with a dash of "I wish this whole thing would just go away..."

Come on the best acting was Chris R.  Sadly, the drug dealer part seemed to show the most realistic portrayal.  However, fun movie to watch just not all the time.  The back story on how the move got made is great also. 

No doubt!  Chris R was definitely the closest thing the movie had to an actor.  Not only did his scene seem like it belonged in a different movie, but his acting ability felt out of place amongst the rest.  But don't worry, he's going to jail.

I love The Room!
I'll just post this here...
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I love this movie. The script feels like it was translated from martian, to french, then portuguese and finally into English.

Denny:I bought drugs off him.
Lisa: What kind of Drugs, Denny?!
Denny: It's not like that!

It's absolutely hilarious. Sadly Wiseau will never get to make another film like it, he's become too self aware.

Also it's pretty funny watching it on AS because they blackout the long awkward sex scenes, sometime just leaving a little corner of the image.

A local cinema was screening this for a couple of months.  Throwing spoons at a screen has never been so much fun!

The atmosphere was the best I've ever had in my film-going life, but it was at 11pm and I was fairly sauced up, so my enjoyment level is rocking on.

I've noticed that if you consume any amount of alcohol befoew viewing The Room it is much funnier. Which isn't to say that if you watch it sober The Room isn't funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfox7y8VAg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpfPmvG6CHI

Lisa: "Do you want me to order a pizza?"
Johnny: "Whatever, I don't care."
Lisa: "I already ordered a pizza."
Johnny: slight chuckle "You think about everything."

Oh, I forgot the best part.  Lisa and her mother talking about Johnny hitting Lisa.  The mother's reaction is the best.  Comment on Johnny supposedly hitting her?  No.  Worried about anything to do with it?  No.  First line from her: Johnny doesn't drink.  I know commented on by the Nostalgia Critic, but that has to be the most classic reaction ever. 

Yeah no one seems at all shocked over Lisa's claims of domestic violence, or cares to investigate it further.

I love the way she bobs her head when she says I already ordered a pizza.

Also wtf? "You're right the computer business is too competitive." - He just said he works at a bank, where he makes them lots of money. Anyway how is your sex life??

This movie is the gift that keeps on giving. :bouncegiggle:

Nerd moment:

How much does Johnny make exactly?  I know bizarre but he is paying for: his apartment, Denny's apartment, Denny's tuition, some wedding expenses and doesn't seem to ever notice any hardship for his finances.  Damn, I want his job.   :cheers:

I'm not sure if you want Johnny's job. It's never mentioned once in the movie what he specifically does for the bank.

I was hoping it would be something along a sales line.  Loan officer or something.  However, I could use the paying for all that with no concerns.  I've been lurking on eBay wishing I had some extra disposable income.  Why are Japanese import games so pricey?

Back on point though.   

Johnny: "Denny two's company, three's a crowd."
Denny: "I get it.  You two want to be alone."
Johnny: "That's the idea."

So who was Denny anyways? A random neighborhood kid who saw Johnny and Lisa as really odd messed up parental figures?

Hard to say but apparently Johnny met him and took a liking to him and offers support as a friend for one as well as paying for an apartment and his tuition.  It isn't touched on much but listen to conversations between Lisa and her mother and you get a little bit of the picture.  However, speaking of Denny, does he look college aged?  He looks more like he is just starting high school.  Is it just me that thinks that? 

Denny looks like a high school freshmen to me.

Denny was simply there to further establish Johnny's Altruistic nature, the man has no flaws. Even the Florist's dog loves him! How could Lisa betray him?

Because he's so boring!  :teddyr:

Another favorite quote (besides the one in my signature):

Lisa: Did you get your promotion?
Johnny: No.
Lisa: You didn't get it, did you?

You also gotta love that Lisa's mother announces she has breast cancer, Lisa says "it'll be alright", and then no mention is made of it again in the ENTIRE MOVIE.  Never once becomes a plot point again, nor does she show any signs that it has affected anything.

Also, the sex scenes are amazing.  First, you've got the unbearably cheesy songs playing during them ("You are my rose, you are my rose, you are my rose") that were co-written by Tommy.  Then, you have the fact that the writer/director/star chose to focus the camera much more on his own cratered, naked self than the girl (not a common choice in movies, especially when the guy is the director as well).  And, the fact that you have to wonder where the heck he is aiming with his thrusts?!?!?

On a related note, at the Q & A I attended with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sistero (Mark), I asked Tommy the question "With Valentine's Day approaching, what advice would you give to a man on the quickest way to a woman's belly button?"  Greg found it pretty humorous, but Tommy didn't seem to get it...

"So, how's your sex life?" - Johnny

easily my favorite line in the movie

This Wiseau created Pilot needs to get picked up. Hopefully he keeps the wig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpwxHMUndk&feature=related

That doesn't look half bad.

"Oh hai Neighbors."

Really?

I thought he was 34 with an hormonal defect

 :bouncegiggle:  :bouncegiggle:  :bouncegiggle:

I'm also a big fan of all the scenes on the roof.

Oh Hi, scenes on roof.... I mean horrible, horrible green screen shots.

One of the great mysteries in life - they were obviously on an actual roof, so why in the world did they choose to do that unbelievably bad green screen?!?!?  I can't even imagine how bad what they were covering up must have been...

I have no idea, but it made things a lot funnier as a result.  :bouncegiggle:

 I actually watched the DVD special features (Shameful I know) There's a brief BTS piece, and an Interview with Tommy. Those scenes where shot in an LA parking lot, and the green screen was done so it would look like San Francisco. Though in my personal opinion, Sky looks like sky I don't think anyone would have really noticed. After watching a second time on Adult swim I noticed all the actors kind of crouch down and close the door all the way when they leave the roof. Because there is nowhere to go.

The interview is pretty funny because  Wiseau dubbed a lot of his answers in post.  It's on youtube, the good dubbin' starts @ 5:00 minute mark. (http://youtu.be/WsycCHZnAQQ)

Greg Sestero from "The Room" is on funny or die

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7ffe8be8d5/the-new-jason

 :bouncegiggle:

I find it kinda funny you went from watching "The Room", and then watching "Citizen kane". I'm kinda like that sometimes  :bouncegiggle:

Ha ha ha. Actaully I didn't intend on watching Citizen Kane. I just happened to be returning 6 DVDs to the library when I saw it on the shelf. Citizen Kane has been on my list of films to see for a long time and frankly I got lucky finding it.

More related to the topic, specificailly the roof scenes. I think they are by far the funniest things in the entire movie, which is saying a lot.  :teddyr:

It's movies like this that define a generation, That open the floodgates of what is possible in cinema.

I applaud Tommy Wiseau for saying NO to Hollywoods high standards of movie making and crafting his own wonderful sculpture of brilliance known as "The Room".

For you see The Room isn't just a room, nay it is a metaphor for the walls we put around us, The football representing the shift of blame we pass onto others,Lisa Is the inner female in us but more to the point represents societies fear of a self empowered woman,Johnny is the Everyman and yet his own man symbolizing undoubtedly the duality of all of us, Denny of course is the inner child in us all who confronts Chris R a scathing representation of both the drug companies and adolescence that looms over Denny's precious head, and Mark...well it's obvious isn't it?.....isn't it?....

The movie takes on an emotional roller coaster with tons of thrilling questions, Will Johnny get married? What will happen if their tuxedos get messed up? will Denny be OK? WILL THE DOGGIE LIVE?!!

I gave this film 8 stars out of 5, May the original film reel be bronzed and displayed in the Smithsonian museum for ages to come.

Earlier today Tommy Wiseau (Likely fake) accepted my friend request on facebook!

best first post ever  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

So this was just released on 3d bluray with the oddest looking cover ever on a DVD.

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It's self-released by Tommy Wiseau.

It advertises a first on Blu-ray--Combination Languages (CL), which allow you to watch subtitles in multiple languages at the same time.

It was released today and it's already sold out at Amazon (!)

What a story Rev. Powell.

I'm quite surprised that it's already sold out. I'm not sure about getting it on bluray because I already own a regular copy of it and there doesn't appear to be any special features that aren't on the version I already have.

Anyone seen his video game review show?

Its awesomely horrible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxp83CimT0w


[Tommy is recorded playing videogames which has a MST3K vibe about it]

Hideous yet strangely mesmerizing, just like the movie itself.   :smile:

the clips on youtube are funny but if I watched the whole movie I have a feeling my head would explode.

Honestly, it's a movie best watched with a group.  The challenge is to find people that will still talk to you after making them see it.   :wink:

Wiseau made himself look like a drunk fish.

"Just keep yer stupid opinions in yer pocket!" - Mark

Some songs:

Acoustic version of You are Tearing Me Apart (Lisa):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCyp3uuCj1k&feature=player_embedded

the Oh Hai dubstep version (I hate dubstep but this is still funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOejs9DhBCc&feature=player_embedded#!

And something a little different ...the Star Wars version of the Room:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_xdftOspA