An Absolute Blast For All 'The Room' Aficionados!!!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2017)

I've read Greg Sestero's book three times and I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years ago. My friends and I love and adore The Room to pieces. When this movie was announced, I was ecstatic. I rarely ever say this, but this movie was a phenomenal superb masterpiece from beginning to end. It's so inspirational and full of heart. James Franco was hilarious and perfect as Tommy Wiseau. His accent was really spot-on. There were a few things from the book that I wished had made it into the movie, but overall I loved it and hope it wins Best Picture.
The film starts in 1998 when Greg is a young aspiring actor taking an acting class under Jean Shelton. One day, Tommy Wiseau goes on stage and destroys Mar;lon Brando's scene in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and keeps saying "Stella" over and over and starts climbing the walls. Greg becomes fascinated and wants to do a scene with him, and from there, their unique friendship was born.
Over the years, Greg and Tommy can barely get any work as an actor, so they decide to make their own 'real Hollywood movie' Tommy begins working on a hot mess of a script called 'The Room' Tommy plays the character of Johnny, an all-American hero who has many friends and a beautiful future wife. (Johnny may or may not be a vampire) Greg plays the character of Mark, Johnny's best friend who betrays him by having an affair for his future wife, Lisa.
Tommy buys all the equipment, spending up to six million dollars on the film. (To this day, no one knows where Tommy is from, how old he is, or how he made all the money) When the movie starts filming, that's when the trouble begins. The movie makes no sense, Tommy forgets his lines and it takes him 3 hours just to do the 'Oh hi Mark' scene. Tommy becomes more hostile toward his cast and crew.
The Room is so hilariously interestingly bad, that it's amazing. My friends get together and we watch it every so often. This was a great film about the making of it. I'd be proud to have it in my collection. Another thing I loved was during the end credits, they show the original film side-by-side with the footage they re-created in this movie. A lot of the footage they remade was really spot-on, right down to their mannerisms. If you love The Room, and read Greg's book, you'll absolutely love THE DISASTER ARTIST!!!