The Disaster Artist (James Franco, December 8, 2017) Movie • Page 22

I've seen tweets by women defending Chris Brown, "I'd let him beat me!"

 

There will always be those kinds of defenders of this behavior, both men and women. It's disgusting to see but a depressing number of people still subscribe to the "How can they not have wanted it from [X attractive person/celebrity]?" mentality.

 

Man this book was so much better than the film.

 

I felt like this movie didn't really hold up as a movie at all. The only really good parts were scenes where they were filming or recreating the room. Any of the other scenes felt super flat to me.

I agree with someone who said that it's cool that Regan and crew seem to take chances with making different kind of projects though, even if they don't always work out like this and Sausage Party.

 

I thought the movie was a really solid adaptation of the parts of the book where they were making the film, but getting there felt absurdly streamlined. Tommy is more of a caricature in real life (if Greg is to be taken at face value) than in the movie, which I think does a disservice to both the comedy and the more noteworthy parts of his toxic attitude.

 

Saw this again tonight thanks to finally receiving my moviepass. still just as good. I love the emotion between James Franco and the crew/greg. And the comedy is great.

 

This was completely fine, no more or less. It seems to be more content to increase awareness of The Room than anything else. It is not particularly concerned with Wiseau's psyche, the film industry, or anything deeper than a riff on the original film.

 

since i finally saw the room and i'm definitely not seeing this now i'm especially interested in the book

 

I haven’t finished it yet and I’m really only about 40 pages in but it’s already a lot more intriguing than the movie was as a whole.

 

It’s much better

 

Yeah, the book is fantastic. The movie streamlined it into a 90 minute comedy, the book is almost a horror story at times

I still love the movie though, just nowhere near as great as it could have been

 

Agreed with everyone, the movie was decent enough, but the book is seriously 10x better. Anybody at all interested in the story should read it.

 

Yeah I'm almost finished with the book and it's seriously great. Also, try to listen to the audiobook if you can as Greg Sestero's Tommy accent is amazing.

 

One of my problems with the movie is that it keeps this guy in the spotlight. From the Golden Globes to press junkets it gives him the fame he does not deserve.

 

To leave out the entire "alleged" background of Tommy that the book goes into such detail about is nuts. Unless he didn't want it on film

 

"This guy" meaning James Franco or Tommy Wiseau?

 

Franco had to get Tommy's life rights to make the movie so I wouldn't be surprised if he just wanted to be respectful to Tommy's wishes on what does or doesn't make the movie

 

Wiseau. He is not charming or talented. I hate how we prop up the "so bad it's good" crowd, whether it is William Hung or Tommy Wiseau.

 

The Room 3D Is Coming Promises Director Tommy Wiseau

 

haha oh god

 

can't be any worse than the Avatar sequels no one asked for

 

I have fun laughing at his taste and general aloofness. The mystique of how he financed his movie and his relationship with Sestero are open-ended interesting imo.

 

Just a heads up; this hit digital HD release today for anyone who wants to own this.

The Disaster Artist

 

Gonna pick up the Blu-Ray in a couple weeks, the bonus features look great