If this movie is named according to the plot, it should be named "The Birth of a Bad Movie". It is about a young couple Tommy and Greg working hard in Hollywood. After hitting a wall many times, relying on Tommy's strong financial resources, they started to make movies by themselves. After investing 6 million US dollars, they made the worst movie in the history of American films. A movie "Room".
The Room was released in 2003. How bad is it? Just look at the numbers below. A total of $6 million was invested, and the box office in the first week of release was $1,800, equivalent to 3/10,000 of the cost. Lost in a mess.
It's not difficult to make a bad movie by yourself. The hard part is knowing that it's a bad movie, but still having to endure the disgust and troubles, review the process again, and make a movie that everyone loves. This is the hardest. The hardest.
I have seen such a story. A rich man hired a guy to go to a casino, gave him $100 a day, asked him to lose the money, and then left. After many days, in one night, the man found that he couldn't lose the money no matter what, instead he made a lot of money, making millions. He reported to the rich man with guilt on his face. The rich man said that there is always such a thing in life. When you have a hope, God always opposes you and makes you go to the opposite side of hope, which is exactly what I expect the result.
"Room" is such an inspirational story. Tommy is intent on making an unprecedented sensational blockbuster. Hard work, stubbornness, and a lot of loose money, he has all the conditions, the only thing he lacks is talent. At the premiere, he declared, "This is my own movie." Then, the audience applauds and tears in anticipation. Unexpectedly, the harvest was full of laughter. In desperation, I had to laugh at myself: "Thank you for liking this comedy film so much." Yes, it may not be difficult to make a comedy film, and you can create a lot of jokes, but these are intentional by the director, even if Comedies like "Journey to the West" are also deliberately created by Stephen Chow. And the effect of making a non-comedy film into a comedy is only "Room". To this day, people are still obsessed with the bad movie, and even wearing helmets, throwing spoons and football while watching "The Room" has become a pop culture phenomenon.
"The Disaster Artist" reproduces the entire shooting process of "The Room" for us in detail. A director with two knives, a bunch of out-of-tune actors, unnecessary sets, and old-fashioned stories. The emotional changes of the characters during the shooting process, joy and anxiety, trouble and joy, are all in place. The lottery that looked forward to future success, but came out on top of a total failure. It can be seen from the easter eggs at the end of the film that the scenes in the film are as similar as possible to "The Room", and the actors' performances are as bad as those in "The Room". For professional actors, it is not easy to do this. You have to To play the mentally handicapped, one must be as mentally handicapped as he is. It's really hard for them.
There are also some touching scenes in the film. Tommy and Greg spend the night by the road, paying homage to their revered senior artists. Facing the bright lights of Los Angeles in the distance, they swore to each other that they would succeed! (I also learned from this that the origin of the hook hanging is in the United States). Over the past few years, the two of them have also followed their vows. Although they have fallen into difficulties several times, they have continued to work hard. In fact, as people say, it's the process that counts, not the outcome. There is an old saying, victory is good, but defeat is good. Who can be "happy" if they only focus on the results? At the beginning of the film, the actors who had participated in the filming of the film all said that they hoped to have such an experience again. What they miss, of course, is the process of shooting, not the result of the fiasco.
The protagonist Tommy is also very successful. He is an ideal man. The character is very paranoid, selfish, does not consider the feelings of others, only care about himself, always confident, never doubt himself. I enjoy that high level of control. But there is a lack of convincing leadership. Such a person is either a huge success or a complete failure. In fact, he is not suitable for making movies, but should show his talents in casinos.
My rating: 6.5.
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