The Room Goes Outside

Rating: 6/10 (2 December 2017)

I give this movie a 6.7, for me personally there wasn't enough story or behind the scenes moments that made me feel like it was something special, although the acting does work and Franco does a great job as Tommy I was left feeling like I was watching a parody movie. Being that; my biggest problem was not James Franco's performance of Tommy but that Tommy wasn't playing Tommy, to me no one can play Tommy but Tommy. All those scenes that showed Tommy's life; I just kept thinking to myself wow I would just most rather see Tommy do it to see him live it! Otherwise there wasn't any real big surprises in the movie, and in the end I would have preferred to have read the book instead. When the primary movie is over they do a side by side of scenes from the Room and scenes they shot with actors portraying the scenes from the Room that were done to be exactly the same; and to me that's how the movie felt, I know its a biography style movie but when you are already familiar with the 'real' actors you get a kind of knock-off feel throughout. In the end this is probably one of those instances where people who have read the book (me not being one of them, but I am currently more interested in doing so) would probably say the book is better. There wasn't any serious arches in the movie but it was still enjoyable to see, but probably not as much fun as seeing the Room in theaters with a large crowd, it was basically an ad for the Room where I would have preferred seeing the Room in a sold out theater instead. The movie moves along though not to be entirely negative it keeps a calm straight line with the audience but for me it was definitely a watch it once and probably not again, I don't think it has much "re-watchability" and I ultimately was hoping for more back story or candid moments to come to light. 6.7.