# So I finally saw The Room **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795 "2013-04-15T22:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2ManyTacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3da27b/32.png) [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/1 "2013-04-15T22:52:52Z")
[Some genius posted the entire thing on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHa7Qqacyp0) I’d known about the movie for years but hadn’t been able to see it until now. For those who haven’t watched it yet, I highly suggest clicking the link and basking in Tommy Wiseau’s awesomeness for 90 minutes. So does it stand up to all the hype? In a word, yes. Seriously, the movie is a masterpiece for entirely the wrong reasons; objectively, it’s more rotten than a pile of horse shit, but if you understand it in terms of Mr. Wiseau’s - Hell, I dunno - _monolithic_ approach to filmmaking then it’s resolutely awesome. Watching the movie, it’s easy to see how the entire thing basically equates to its writer’s/director’s/producer’s fundamental treatise on the role of women in adult relationships. Indeed, in Wiseau’s world, they’re conniving, manipulative, untrustworthy, narcissistic sociopaths. That said, it’s also the best example of the types of things that _shouldn’t_ take place in movies, and there is so much unintentional humor that it should be enjoyable to ANYBODY who can appreciate shitty movies. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/2 "2013-04-16T00:41:45Z")
Yeah, The Room is a masterpiece. Of sorts. It’s so damn entertaining. It’s like a clear window into the soul of a horrible egotist. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/3 "2013-04-16T13:22:23Z")
Do yourselves a favor - go to the Rifftrax website, buy their commentary for The Room and watch the film again with that playing. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8jitHQ5CI)’s a sample. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/4 "2013-04-16T13:27:58Z")
Oh hi there thread. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/5 "2013-04-16T13:48:55Z")
I did naahhhhhhht! (We can turn this into a quote-fest, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/6 "2013-04-16T13:52:03Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > I did naahhhhhhht! > > (We can turn this into a quote-fest, right?) Oh hi Mark. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/7 "2013-04-16T14:09:59Z")
Oh hi doggy ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/8 "2013-04-16T23:55:28Z")
You’re my favorite customer! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/9 "2013-04-17T02:52:14Z")
> [@2ManyTacos](#): > > [Some genius posted the entire thing on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHa7Qqacyp0) > > I’d known about the movie for years but hadn’t been able to see it until now. For those who haven’t watched it yet, I highly suggest clicking the link and basking in Tommy Wiseau’s awesomeness for 90 minutes. > > So does it stand up to all the hype? In a word, yes. > > Seriously, the movie is a masterpiece for entirely the wrong reasons; objectively, it’s more rotten than a pile of horse shit, but if you understand it in terms of Mr. Wiseau’s - Hell, I dunno - _monolithic_ approach to filmmaking then it’s resolutely awesome. Watching the movie, it’s easy to see how the entire thing basically equates to its writer’s/director’s/producer’s fundamental treatise on the role of women in adult relationships. Indeed, in Wiseau’s world, they’re conniving, manipulative, untrustworthy, narcissistic sociopaths. > > That said, it’s also the best example of the types of things that _shouldn’t_ take place in movies, and there is so much unintentional humor that it should be enjoyable to ANYBODY who can appreciate shitty movies. I was going to watch it, but it’s been removed from your link. Darn it. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/10 "2013-04-17T04:16:31Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I was going to watch it, but it’s been removed from your link. Darn it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TnmX8ghp9N4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/11 "2013-04-17T04:19:44Z")
Oh hi, 2ManyTacos. Also, check out Patton Oswalt’s take on The Room as a seedy Eastern European money laundering scheme: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fW28dYFNeWc/hqdefault.jpg "Patton Oswalt - The Room Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW28dYFNeWc) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/12 "2013-04-17T07:04:25Z")
> [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](#): > > Oh hi Mark. So anyway, how’s your sex life? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/13 "2013-04-17T08:30:26Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > So anyway, how’s your sex life? I like to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/14 "2013-04-17T08:41:51Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I like to watch. I’m tempted to switch over to quoting, “Being There” now. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/15 "2013-04-17T12:17:42Z")
[quote=“drastic\_quench, post:10, topic:655795”] [/QUOTE] Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/16 "2013-04-17T12:33:51Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I’m tempted to switch over to quoting, “Being There” now. Leave your stupid comments in your pocket! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-room/655795/17 "2013-04-17T12:39:40Z")
[quote=“drastic\_quench, post:11, topic:655795”] Also, check out Patton Oswalt’s take on The Room as a seedy Eastern European money laundering scheme: [/QUOTE] See, this actually makes more sense than any of the other “where’d the funding come from” theories I read. (And do we have more of a bio on Wiseau now? Surely someone’s got to recognize this guy… unless he had them all eliminated! :eek: )