The Plaza wins again
I just got back from seeing The Room at the Plaza. I can’t remember where I first heard about the Room, but this entertainment weekly article got me interested. I might have first read about it in Creative Loafing. I finally made it to a showing, and….. wow. It completely exceeded my expectations for how bad a movie could be.
Despite all that I had read about this movie, I was still unprepared for how mind bogglingly awful it is. It is stupefyingly awful. And it was probably the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a very long time. I could go on about how amazing this movie is, but you really need to go see it yourself. This preview really doesn’t do it justice.
I think the Plaza is showing it every month. You really don’t want to miss this. That’s a promise.
I have to ask – what was it you read that sparked your interest, and why would I spend my hard earned cash to be tortured? I do that every time I see a “normal” move and sit in front of/behind some JA that can’t use his inside voice let alone a whisper.
C’mon…tell, tell!
Definitely the EW article got me interest.
It isn’t torture. It is awesome. I spent half the movie with my mouth wide open in disbelief, and the rest of the time laughing. I have spent the last two days re-playing scenes and looking up more about the movie.
Tommmy Wiseau, the writer/director/producer/executive producer (he is billed twice)/star, is so absolutely bizarre it defies description. La novia is beginning to think that he is really a mad genius who is faking the whole Tommy Wiseau/foreign weirdo thing. I disagree, but the point is that the movie is so incredible we are still debating it two days later.
Every single aspect of the movie is awful – and yet, the whole thing is so earnest that I can’t believe it is intentionally awful. Every scene, every line, every cut scene, the set pieces, every piece of the “plot”, the finale…. EVERYTHING is just a mess. I’ve been re-watching scenes on youtube all day. I’m obsessed.
i have some friends that absolutely swear by this experience, including, maigh, our mutual friend jessica w. they literally go see this every single time it plays at the plaza.
i have so far resisted every attempt to get me to go see it, but i feel like i only can hold out for a little while more.
i am currently using the “too many hipsters there” excuse.
Yeah, less hipster, more “dork” and “geek” crowd.
you’re not helping.