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Unpopular opinion: People who hate on 'The Room' for being boring are watching it wrong.
You have to watch it with a group, yell at the screen, and throw plastic spoons, otherwise you're just seeing a bad movie, not a fun one. Anyone else have a specific ritual for their favorite terrible film?
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oliver_fisher7mo ago
So what's the line between a bad movie and a good bad movie? Like, "The Room" is a blast with friends, but I tried that with "Birdemic" and it just felt like a slog. Is it the movie's own sincere weirdness that makes the ritual work, or can any bad film be saved by the right crowd?
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garcia.wade7mo ago
Actually, it's more about the movie's internal logic falling apart in a funny way. The Room feels like a real guy's weird passion project, so the bad acting and strange choices have a charm. Birdemic just feels cheap and boring, like they didn't even try. A great crowd helps, but the film needs to fail in an interesting way first.
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finley_wells666mo ago
Yeah, "failing in an interesting way" is the key. The Room is a weird train wreck you can't look away from. Birdemic is just a stalled car on the side of the road.
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