Due to my blogging frequency, it should be clear that I only take the time to write about things worth writing about. Heck, I don't even take the time to do that. If I'm posting, something monumental has happened, prompting to me share it with the world. (At this point only 2 people know about my blog, so my world is small but still.)
This weekend I ventured out into the night and into the cold to see a midnight showing of the movie The Room. I didn't know anything about it, other than a few tidbits I read online saying things like, "unnatural dialogue by someone who has no grasp of the English language but the funniest movie I've ever seen" and some other unfavorable, favorable reviews.
The last and only other time I've viewed a movie starting at midnight was 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I drifted in and out of, yet still managed to be freaked out by the evil computer. I have also recently gotten into the habit of falling asleep at movies I see in the theater, even if it's no where near midnight. It's an expensive nap, but I can't help it. Darkness + no attention span = sleepy time. So I had little faith I would stay awake for this mystery movie, even with the cappuccino I downed at 11:45 p.m.
HOWEVER.
I have never felt more awake or move alive than during this movie. It is a TERRIBLE movie. The acting, the lines, the plot, the characters, the setting, the camera work, the wardrobe, the lighting are atrocious. I don't know how it happens, but all of the poorly done parts of the movie add up to be a hilarious hour and 39 minutes. The movie is not trying to be funny. It is trying to a serious drama about...well, I'm not too sure. The director later tried to play it off as a dark comedy, but there is no chance that is what he intended. The actors have said in interviews that the dark comedy claim is bull, but we didn't need their confirmation to know that. It's a doozy of a movie.
Because I knew I'd never be able to convey how entertaining this movie was for me, I went online to find some clips. But it was too tough to pick a scene, because they are all equally, wonderfully awful in their own way. So you'll just have to see the movie yourself. Be sure to bring a plastic spoon: "During the movie, audience members shout out their own commentary about the dialogue, the sets -- and notably, the framed photograph of a spoon that inexplicably reappears. Each time this happens, plastic spoons are thrown at the screen." (NPR)
Fact: My movie companion and I were misinformed and brought forks.
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