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Just realized my whole view of 'The Room' was wrong for years
I used to think the fun was in laughing at how bad it was, but after watching it with a sold out crowd at the Alamo Drafthouse last month, I saw it's more about the shared, weird joy. The crowd yelling lines back, throwing spoons, it turned a bad movie into a real event. Anyone else have a movie that got better with a group?
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michaelross2mo ago
Wait, are we sure the group thing isn't just covering up a bad movie? I saw it with friends once and all the yelling just made it impossible to even watch. The movie itself is still a mess, and @tyler_burns66, that "shared weird joy" feels forced if the film has zero real value on its own. A good group event should add to something, not create the only reason to be there. Turning a bad movie into a circus just proves it's bad and needs the crowd as a crutch.
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carr.brian10d ago
Used to be in the same camp where I thought the crowd was just covering up how bad it was, but seeing it live changed everything for me. You can't fake that energy when a whole room is laughing and throwing plastic spoons together, it becomes its own thing completely separate from the movie's quality. The badness is still there but it stops mattering when you're all in on the joke together.
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