Viewing 1: It was
winter 2010. I was off of school for
four months on a work term in which I didn’t end up being hired by anyone. My friend from university had told me about
The Room and had given me a copy to watch.
One night, I sat down, turned it on, and began watching. Sadly, I was watching it by myself on my
first viewing. That is not how you want
to watch the movie. At first, I thought
I was watching soft core porn. There
were enough sex scenes in the first half to make me think that. When I got to the end of the movie, I hated
it. I had despised the time I spent
watching it. This would soon change.
Viewing 2: It was
summer 2010. I was back at school,
living in my dorm. One Friday night, I
had a couple of my classmates over.
There was me, the guy who had given me the copy of The Room, and another
guy who had never seen it. We decided to
give that guy his first viewing. I
enjoyed the movie the second time. It
really is a movie that you enjoy more every time, and watching it with other
people helps out.
Viewing 3: It was
also summer 2010. Switch out the friend
who had given me the copy for another friend who hadn’t seen The Room and it’s
the same scenario as viewing 2. I
enjoyed it even more on the third viewing.
This movie was growing on me at a rapid rate. I was falling in love with it. No longer was I making fun of the mistakes,
but I loved them. Viewing 3 was the
beginning of the transition.
Viewing 4: It was
winter 2011. All four of us lived in a
house together. We decided to watch it
again. We began quoting the movie. We started watching a Youtube video where a
guy made a song about The Room. It was
official. I was in love with the
movie. I’ve never not loved it since.
Viewing 5: It was
winter 2012. We lived in a different
house. I sometimes went to a local
independent theater. That theater had an
upcoming screening of The Room. We all
decided to go. We got our spoons, and a
football, and watched the movie in the theater.
It was an interesting experience.
I’m not going to see it in the theater again, but I’m glad I did
once. I love the movie, but the forced
interactiveness of it wasn’t really my thing.
Also, whenever I threw a spoon at the screen as you do during the movie,
I kept hitting the same girl in the back of the head. Oops.
Viewing 6: This was
the recent viewing that I did for the Sunday “Bad” Movie blog posts. I watched it by myself. It may not have been as enjoyable as with a
group, but I’m still in love with The Room.
However bad it may be, I enjoy it immensely. There’s something about it that attracts me
every time, and I adore the score. Now
I’m writing this for the blog. That’s
how the viewing went.
So that’s six times I’ve seen The Room. That’s six times more than a lot of
people. I know that. And some people might think me crazy for
watching a movie this bad six times.
What can I say, other than that I love it? I’m sure I’ll watch it again in the future. If you decide to watch it sometime in the
future, make sure to watch it in a group.
Don’t go in expecting greatness.
You will only be disappointed.
Just watch it with some friends, and bask in the badness. That’s all you need to do.
There are some notes to make, so I’m going to make them:
- This movie was suggested by @TheTalkingCan
- The song I talked about having watched can be found here:
- Here are two other posts going up this week for the Sunday "Bad" Movie:
If you have suggestions for future movies, contact me on
Twitter, or leave a comment.
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