Review of film: “THE ROOM” — A place to get OUT of since it’s something NOT “Happening” =

Review of film:  “THE ROOM”

            — A place to get OUT of since it’s something NOT “Happening” =

                     Rating:  2 of 10 stars.

 

You know how some movies are so BAD, they’re ‘GOOD’ in the sense they’re funny? This IS NOT ONE of them!…

…  In 1975, “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” was released & became a ‘CULT’ Happening, because of the catchy tunes, kitschy over-the-top characters (like Tim Curry, Meatloaf, & Susan Sarandon) plus purposely-funny / ridiculous premises...

...   People would attend the screenings & talk ALONG with the eventually-well-known dialogue, throw OBJECTS in the air related to the on-screen happenings, etc. It could be lots of FUN to be a ‘part’ of…

…  “THE ROOM” was a film written, directed, produced & acted-in by TOMMY WISEAU in 2003. Some people are treating it like ‘Rocky Horror’, as if it’s a ‘cult’ classic. It’s NOT WORTH any such designation— although its WORK is Rocky & its overall final-effect is HORRIBLE…

…  To those claiming it’s a ‘BLACK comedy’, I say you’re both color-challenged and really reckless in your far-afield version of what’s true ‘humor’!… If you like DREADFUL writing, BAD acting, pathetic premises & plotting, STUPID rather than clever actions and ideas, then this IS the movie for you!…

… Before the midnite screening (at Chicago’s venerable ‘MUSIC BOX’ theater), the audience was loud, boisterous & seemingly at-least-partially DRUNK (at least, I HOPE that was their ‘excuse’!). People kept throwing around nerf-like FOOTBALLS— sort of ‘honoring’ the way that’s done time & again in the film (usually in ridiculously small locations & mainly because no more ‘clever’ or cheap ‘plot’ device could be thought up)…

… A number of times in the film, cake is eaten— &, POSSIBLY because of that (or for NO real sensible reason), the audience kept throwing plastic SPOONS at the screen. (There are more ‘meaningful’, less ‘friendly’ objects that I was sorely tempted to throw at it!)… That was followed by a bunch of people scurrying around COLLECTING the spoons, possibly in part to throw them AGAIN later on… The torture inherent in it all was palpable…

… Wiseau (whose name was loudly cheered everytime it came up on the screen) plays an incredibly DENSE “hero” named Tommy who has a girlfriend Lisa (JULIETTE DANIELLE) who is “three-timing” him including with his best friend Mark (GREG SESTERO) -- who alternates between acting sweet and vicious…

…  There’s Tommy’s “Robin’ like young companion Denny (PHILIP HALDIMAN), Lisa’s Mom (seemingly played by CAROLYN MINNOTT, the only decent actor in the group), & various badly-constructed & generally weakly-performed supporting “characters”...

… The audience hooted & hollered like hormone-addled teenagers at the periodic nude ‘SEX’ scenes (especially regarding ‘enthusiastic’ Tommy), frequently made plot-related COMMENTS loudly to the screen (often BEFORE the clearly well-known-to-them dialogue was spoken), pointed out PLOT inanities (including guys wearing tuxedos while weakly throwing around the ever-present football), etc.  It might’ve been ‘enjoyable’ to ‘participate’ in, if the whole ‘scene’ hadn’t come across as so sort of “DESPERATE” rather than really amusing…

… I’d tell you more about the plot, except there’s not much ‘POINT’ in it. Suffice it to say that Tommy (after numerous attacks of OBLIVIOUSNESS) finally learns that slut-infused Lisa is cheating on him, & he responds ‘violently’ to that, which (of course) ‘shocks’ all his (suddenly ‘altered’) friends…

… This film isn’t funny, NEVER nears the Realm of “Clever”, & (outside of some nice photography of sights in San Francisco) is mainly Many Minutes of WORTHLESS. To those who would call attending this a “Happening”, I’d say it comes across more as something NOT “Happening”…

… I guess, if you have absolutely nothing BETTER to do with your life (which is a sad thought!), you might consider attending this as an attempt at a QUASI-sexual “SHARED” experience— tho you’d likely get a BETTER allotment of that by playing a game of “STRIP” HORSESHOES…

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