Franco outdid himself!

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2017)

While Franco is using the well-known struggle and weirdness of the artist as a basis of the plot in The Disaster Artist, it's NOT to ridicule the hardship of achieving success in our field. Rather, it's to promote the cult of Tommy's movie The Room. A cult proving that even the most misunderstood of us can get their success by the virtue of passion and dedication.
The Disaster Artist and The Room showcase how weird of an industry this is. Both movies decline the idea of the only one holy path to fame and success. Rather, through exposing the complexities of the story, they suggest that there are as many roads to one's dream as there are people in our industry.
In my observation, the majority of new successful artists did not have a bright start at all; furthermore the newly acquired fame is not even where their final heart's desire is pushing them to be. They continue their journey on and on, be it through ANY public opinion... hatred, judgement, approval or disapproval. Most of them have their rocky road stories to share and bizarre ideas to remain unheard.
Yet, Franco's movie simply features what is only a small element of the whole hardship of the successful story - actually the movie heavily emphasizes the strength to overcome even the worst backlash and continue on the path to the destination chosen. A famous example in the Film industry would be the Director/Writer Edward Davis Wood Jr., who is considered one of the worst directors of all times. Yet, he continued with his passion and dedication throughout his live, which in turn made him a really well known influence in the industry. Yeah, it may not be an influence "for the better good", but David Woods remains of a big importance for the growth of the Film-making community.
It's well-known that the movie maker's path is statistically nearly impossible. But for those of us, wild enough to dive into the ocean of the unknown, and somehow get to the isolated isle of the moving pictures, in retrospective it allows us to collect stories... stories that one day would make audiences chuckle.
Tommy Wiseau's life is one of those stories.