My buddy convinced me to watch The Room for the first time last night

I always avoided it because I thought it was just a meme, but my friend Mike kept bugging me about it for months. He said 'you haven't seen bad until you've seen Tommy Wiseau throw a football.' So I finally caved and watched it on streaming around midnight. I was skeptical at first but by the time he was tossing that football in the tuxedo I was completely hooked. The whole thing felt like a dream someone had after eating too much cheese before bed. I laughed so hard at the 'you are tearing me apart Lisa' scene that my wife came downstairs to see if I was okay. Now I want to find more movies like this where the director had zero self awareness. Has anyone else had a friend force them to watch a classic bad movie and it totally changed how you see the genre? I need recs for stuff that hits that same weird spot.

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murray.cora3d ago

Mike did you a favor. That movie is a masterpiece of accidental comedy and I still can't believe it's real.

alicecraig3d ago

Did you actually get tricked into watching it too or did you go in knowing what you were getting into? @murray.cora is right, that movie is a gift that keeps on giving. I swear, the scene where the main character tries to dramatically walk away but trips over a curb had me crying. My advice is to watch it with a group of friends and some drinks, makes the accidental comedy hit way harder.

fiona_kim3d ago

@alicecraig knows what's up with the group viewing strategy. My friend Sarah got roped into watching it cold at a birthday party. She walked in thinking it was a serious thriller and spent the whole first act just staring at the screen with this blank look. By the time the curb scene happened, she had to leave the room because she was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe. She still brings it up every time someone mentions bad movies. The accidental comedy really is something you can't prepare for.