My favorite part of the book this movie was based off of was when Greg Sestero was living with Tommy and went to go see "The Talented Mr. Ripley" at the behest of a friend. The movie is about a sociopath who adheres to a successful and popular family, tries to emulate the charming young man at the center of it, becomes so obsessed he falls in love with him and ends up clubbing him to death with an oar in a fit of mania. Greg walks out of the theater white as a sheet and thinking "Oh my god, Tommy's gonna kill me."
You're so right, and then he goes home to his parent's house and has a horrible two week flu-type illness which further screws up his outlook temporarily.
@@heliopyre Johnny Depp will play Mike. He fits the role of the raging alcoholic. Rich will be played by Danny DeVito. Jay will be played by Richard Linklater. Jack will be played by Vin Diesel and Josh will be played by Tilda Swinton. McCauley Culkin will be played by Rich Evans.
@@3AHoles A good rule of thumb is to not believe in pheromones of any type, suspended in any vehicle, be it body mist, moisturizer creme, or boxed cake mix. I'm sure there are more ways to be gay than to eat cake infused with gay pheromones.
It wasn't (sorry for spoilers). Jay and Harry did really fall for each other. Maybe extra sugar abd feeling of success after it helped them to love each other?
The big responsible for that is Greg Sestero, who wrote the book and focused not only on how shitty The Room was, but the human side of Tommy that nobody else knew about.
This is what I feel Mike & Jay missed. To me this was along the lines of, I'm Still Here, and was all about Tommy from the eyes of Greg; how he's misunderstood and has the same needs as everyone else.
DPofEternalnessity I've listened to quite a few interviews with him. Whenever anyone tries to go in depth with him, he dismissively says "I don't want to answer that. Move on." He only recently admitted on Stern that his accent is from Eastern Europe.
I find it funny that a film poking fun at Tommy for being this guy who directed and starred in his own movie, was made by a guy who directed and starred in his own movie
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There was a scene in an episode of Degrassi High in 1990 called "It Creeps" where the character Lucy makes a horror movie for a class project and everyone laughs, so she gets upset and leaves the room. The teacher tells her they are laughing because they enjoy it. This aired a few months before the Doogie Howser episode. I know nobody gives a shit, but I just wanted to point that out.
I'd never heard of the show, so I looked it up online and it says that it dealt with controversial issues including AIDS, abortion, abuse, alcoholism, cheating, sex, death and suicide, dating, depression, bullying, gay rights, homophobia, racism, the environment, drugs, and eating disorders. Sounds like an uplifting show.
the audio book version of the Disaster Artist book is great, Greg narrates it and does a perfect Tommy impersonation for his dialogue. I kind of can't imagine this movie living up to the audio book, which is weird.
I feel like the best way to experience this is to watch The Room, then watch The Disaster Artist, and then read The Disaster Artist. That way you're not constantly comparing the movie to the book, and each new thing that you're exposed to in regards to The Room ends up building up your understanding of Tommy in layers.
There are some eerie parallels between the Tommy/Greg and Mike/Jay dynamic, one a creepy, controlling weirdo, and the other a handsome, all American best friend. I don’t mean this point too seriously.
I saw the premiere of 'The Disaster Artist' in Melbourne, where Greg Sestero presented. He spoke for about half an hour, answering questions. Was rather witty and made Tommy Wiseau out to be a complete narcissist (unsurprising). The film was hilarious but I agree that the humour comes from the mocking the film does of The Room. Also, glad you guys brought up the homoeroticism, particularly from Tommy's side. I haven't read the book so couldn't figure out whether they added it for the film (this being a James Franco film after all...) and what the actual context was.
Damn, now I really want to see David Fincher direct a version of The Disaster Artist now hahah I think a serious film about the psychological aspects of ego in film making inspired by The Room would be fantastic to be fair
Simply put... if you've read The Disaster Artist book, don't watch the movie it's not even 10% as good... but if you like the Room and haven't read/don't intend to read the Disaster Artist book, give the film a shot.
He enjoys adapting "The Great American Novel". THREE Faulkner adaptations, a Steinbeck (which is probably the best thing he's made, though that's not saying much) and I think he still owns the rights to a Bukowski. If you thought the make-up in The Disaster Artist was a trip, wait 'till you see Franco as a character with acne so bad he has boils the size of grapes all over his face!
That's too bad that the movie leaves out the darker aspects of Tommy's personality that are described in the book. I loved the book, and smoothing over Tommy's rough edges seems a bit disingenuous to me.
Exactly and you don't have to make Tommy a monster you show the good and bad sides of him like they did in the book it's like they were affraid that Tommy would not approve the movie so they made him a hero
Exactly, what made the Disaster Artist so compelling to read wasn't the behind-the-scenes stuff about The Room, it was the study of Tommy. It was dark at times, but it also made Tommy a deeply sympathetic character. Pretty disappointing.
I did see the movie, and it absolutely left out a lot of Tommy's darker moments from the book, which I also read. Tommy's growing jealousy and childish tantrums he had at Greg at Tommy's apartment, like raising the rent to spite Greg for his success, or Tommy driving like a madman, almost getting into accidents seemingly to scare Greg with Greg in the car because Tommy was mad at him. These were left out, and it makes the movie feel less accurate to the book. I could go on, too, but I think you get my point.
Well I for one loved it. I will concede that the beginning would be confusing to non-fans and that the movie is kind of generous to Tommy. Now I wanna see a movie about James Franco’s process about making the movie about the man who made The Room
Also the Office has a scene like that. Everyone's laughing at Michaels movie, he gets upset. But then recognizes that they are enjoying the movie anyhow and he's cool with it and starts laughing too.
It'll be mostly messages between James Franco, his lawyer and whatever underage lady he's hitting on lol. I was so relieved when I figured out Alison Brie is married to the brother not himm
James Franco also played a character on General Hospital named Franco, who's a multi-media artist/serial killer. apparently, he was encouraged to seek out the role for his work in Maladies, where he plays a former soap opera actor trying to make it as a writer.
I like that he made the Doogie Howser comparison. It's actually an EXTREMELY COMMON story template. You would not believe how many episodes of a tv show have someone making the bad movie/play that people laugh at and then they have to be told "but they're not laughing at you, they're laughing with you!" Is there a TV Tropes page for this yet?
godammit you missed out on the RedLetterMedia storyline you dumb fuck. Mike is plotting to steal all of Mr.Plinkett's Bank Account money by arousing him and Jay with gay pheromones , to entice them to marry each other, but every now and them he realizes that not only would Jay and Plinkett waste all the money on their honey moon, but probably wouldn't be able to make a proxy account to steal the money from, every intro of a Half in The Bag episode ever since 2006 or something starts and ends with a sketch gag eventially developing into a storyline, it's a amalgamation of the "TH-camr Movie Syndrome" James Rolfe made the TheAngryVideoGameNerdMovie , Mike and Jay made Space Cop ,The Nostalgia Critic used to make short films with a bunch of reviewers back in the old days, and pretty much every other cancerous youtuber did their own movie like Smosh,Fred and even fucking Pewdiepie. watch everything, or else you'll never be able to fully appreciate and throughly enjoy RedLetterMedia
That whole director getting laughed at and taking offense and then someone comforting thing happens on the office too with Michael Scott's action movie.
If you're ever in America (or are here now), just start telling everyone that's your tradition. We'll believe you. You'll get fed SO much cake before your wedding!
Since hearing them mention Boogie Nights all I can think of is Paul Thomas Anderson directing this film. Come to think of it, Joaquin would make an excellent Tommy Wiseau
I prefer the book/audiobook but I do applaud Franco for directing what he can do with the screenplay, which was much toned down and altered to make it more streamlined.
Dinner Blaster yeah, hearing from Greg’s own voice really gives your a much clearer insight to his relationship with Tommy. The manipulation, the push pull of pity, guilt, and frustration is tonaly very important.
"The contract might look as little bit intimidating because its so big, but don't worry because the print is really small." I would've prefered this punchline. 2/5
I sorta felt the same way as you when I first saw it. But something urged me to go see it a second time and something completely clicked and I ended up absolutely loving it on a second viewing.
The talking heads opening came so close to working. Even watching for the first time in the theater I wanted them to add one extra shot of each celebrity saying something like "Too bad it's shit." Imagine if they all praised it, then all said it's terrible, then you cut to the title card. That would have made a statement.
Real life Greg has a very "I'm dead inside, please kill me" look when he's around Tommy. Movie Greg is just happy to be around Tommy and wants to be with him. I'm not sure if it's the script or if Dave is a bad actor, but he's nothing like Greg in this.
They’ve known each other for years, kind of a strained friendship but I guess they like each other so it’s natural that greg would kind of be meh with tommy . Back then though, you gotta remember he was 19 years old and am actor looking for an opportunity and he meets this eccentric guy and is in awe of him and gets cast in his movie so naturally I can see a young Greg being in awe of him. It’s really not that far fetched.
@@cicolasnage5684 have you read the book? The Tommy & Greg relationship that is portrayed there is nothing like the one in movie. Dave Franco is completely wrong for the role. Sestero refused to play in The Room, until Wiseau basically promised him a salary that meant he never had to work again, and in the movie, Greg seems like groupie that would do anything for him. Just the fact that Dave is shorter and less handsome than James Franco makes it look like The Room cosplay at best.
Coming back to this review now that I have seend DIsaster Artist, I feel like I am the kind of guy this movie was aimed for. I know about the room, seen reviews and heard all the stories, but I have yet to see The Room itself (we keep talk about it with friends how we will grab some beers and watch but so far no good), so I actually enjoyed this movie quite a bit. I did not mind the Hollywoody buddy comedy things between Tommy and Greg as much and the scenes where Room is made are geuinely entertaning .So I feel like someone like me is the proper audience for it. Someone who knows about the Room, but have not seen it yet.
Pretty damn funny that James Franco might get Oscar nomination for Tommy Wiseau's role. I just want to see "and the oscar goes too" and the "i did naaaht" scene on the big screen, while real Tommy gives the Oscar to Franco.
My girlfriend met Tommy Wiseau once. She noticed he was wearing numerous belts around his waist. They served no practical purpose and her best guess was that this was his idea of “accessorizing”.
jack bran jack bran trying to figure out exactly what you're saying here, but I think you may be misinformed. The Room came before Disaster Artist, which was Sestero's account of the production of The Room and living with Tommy. "Source material" You're giving Wiseau too much credit.
_Ed Wood_ was a charming movie. I loved Martin Landau. Remember when you could go to the movies and watch a story instead of some CGI mess that's only supposed to and one little plot point to an overarching multiverse with no meaning or end? I'm sure Mr Plinkett does.
Does anyone remember when they first announced that James Franco was going to make this movie? I can distinctly remember Franco saying he wanted it to be a semi-remake of The Room. Am I just imagining that? I could have sworn he said that way back when the movie was announced. That could explain why the film ultimately didn't go in the right direction.
You know, I read the book, and it feels like the stuff leading up to the filming would have made a great film on its own, just chronicling the path that Greg Sestero took to acting in a terrible film, then his attempts to salvage and rescue a project that has everyone walking out or cursing out Tommy for his horrendous behavior. You put the film itself in the background, maybe throw in a couple scenes of Tommy's horrible acting here and there, and just focus on Greg's strained relationship with this horrible, crazy man. But, as they pointed out, Tommy would have never signed off on it, even though it makes for a better story. A shame, that.
I watched this with zero knowledge of The Room and actually really enjoyed it and it got me to delve way deeper into The Room and all the stuff around it. I can understand criticisms from people who know The Room or the book of the Disaster Artist but going in blind was actually a decent experience.
My favorite part of the book this movie was based off of was when Greg Sestero was living with Tommy and went to go see "The Talented Mr. Ripley" at the behest of a friend. The movie is about a sociopath who adheres to a successful and popular family, tries to emulate the charming young man at the center of it, becomes so obsessed he falls in love with him and ends up clubbing him to death with an oar in a fit of mania.
Greg walks out of the theater white as a sheet and thinking "Oh my god, Tommy's gonna kill me."
Same!!
You're so right, and then he goes home to his parent's house and has a horrible two week flu-type illness which further screws up his outlook temporarily.
Why would the flu change his outlook?
@@lindinle it was a really BAD flu
Lol idk - I guess it just took a lot of energy out of him?
@@prosthoplus and it made him stay in the house, wallowing at his thoughts.
I watch Half in the Bag for the plot.
Ethan Hillberg Me too.
I watch it for the nude photo spreads.
It's not what it looks like! I only read RLM for the articles!
Ethan Hillberg we all know you watch it for Susan
I applaud it because it's different!
"They aren't friends, they're two parasites that attached to each other." That's fucking deep
It's just how Hollywood works, no biggie
years from now ,someone will make a movie about the creation of space cop called '' The hackfraud artists ''
Rich needs to write the book first.
@@4thSurviver Call it: I Was the Punching Bag of a TH-cam Channel
@@heliopyre Johnny Depp will play Mike. He fits the role of the raging alcoholic. Rich will be played by Danny DeVito. Jay will be played by Richard Linklater. Jack will be played by Vin Diesel and Josh will be played by Tilda Swinton. McCauley Culkin will be played by Rich Evans.
*Hack Fraud Autists
Lou Tenant *i was the fartbag of a youtube channel
The cake is TURNING THE FRIGGIN REPAIRMEN GAY!!!!!!!!!
buy Lightning Fast VCR Repair cake filters
So is the cake... A lie?
@@3AHoles A good rule of thumb is to not believe in pheromones of any type, suspended in any vehicle, be it body mist, moisturizer creme, or boxed cake mix.
I'm sure there are more ways to be gay than to eat cake infused with gay pheromones.
Better ban them from youtube
It wasn't (sorry for spoilers). Jay and Harry did really fall for each other. Maybe extra sugar abd feeling of success after it helped them to love each other?
I can't believe the movie just completely disregarded all of the audio dubbing that makes The Room so goddamn funny.
King Xerocole sup Adum
The most impressive part was how they presented a more human side to Tommy than Tommy ever has.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE yeah at the end he was more human than a meme
The big responsible for that is Greg Sestero, who wrote the book and focused not only on how shitty The Room was, but the human side of Tommy that nobody else knew about.
You're exaggerating how "inhuman" Tommy is, you only know him through a movie, a book and maybe a few videos.
This is what I feel Mike & Jay missed. To me this was along the lines of, I'm Still Here, and was all about Tommy from the eyes of Greg; how he's misunderstood and has the same needs as everyone else.
DPofEternalnessity I've listened to quite a few interviews with him. Whenever anyone tries to go in depth with him, he dismissively says "I don't want to answer that. Move on." He only recently admitted on Stern that his accent is from Eastern Europe.
This must be the longest running gay joke in the history of the internet
What joke?
Biiiiiiiiiig 3!
Tune into Sardonicast man.
just like my life
Yggdrasil sardonicast isn’t like 8 years old
I find it funny that a film poking fun at Tommy for being this guy who directed and starred in his own movie, was made by a guy who directed and starred in his own movie
Being reviewed by two guys who directed and starred in their own movie.
@@jpollackauthor It's like poetry.
@@jampersand0 it rhymes.......
The Disaster Artist is about family
it's so dense.
You guys helped me work through what I didn't know was appendicitis pain and now you're helping me with post-op recovery. Who knew listening to people critique movies helps distract from horrible abdominal pain? Much appreciated!
Hope you're doing well 👍
RedLetterMedia solves the opiod crisis.
get them streaming into hospitals, stat!
James Franco should have just made a shot for shot remake of the room. That's clearly what he really wanted to do.
Nate C maybe that will be on the DVD
chrimigules I hope so.
It's also what I would have wanted to watch.
The irony is the Room will probably be remembered far longer than any James Franco film .
I bet they totally tried, but it turned out they couldn't have sold that version... and after all; integrity is nice, but money...
There was a scene in an episode of Degrassi High in 1990 called "It Creeps" where the character Lucy makes a horror movie for a class project and everyone laughs, so she gets upset and leaves the room. The teacher tells her they are laughing because they enjoy it. This aired a few months before the Doogie Howser episode. I know nobody gives a shit, but I just wanted to point that out.
History is written by the victors but revolution gestates in its footnotes.
Doogie Howser creators were the original hackfrauds
Mission Hill has a similar episode too.
I'd never heard of the show, so I looked it up online and it says that it dealt with controversial issues including AIDS, abortion, abuse, alcoholism, cheating, sex, death and suicide, dating, depression, bullying, gay rights, homophobia, racism, the environment, drugs, and eating disorders.
Sounds like an uplifting show.
@@keyboardwarrior327 Yeah, Doogie Howser is a fuckin downer.
I'm just here for the gay wedding storyline.
Helel Alexander
Pls dont make my joke political...
Volgarrett
What’s a meme?
TKinfinity it's a something you proceed on order to continue living on daily bases, you know like inhaling oxygen but it's more important
Memes are there to replace good jokes like yours with lazy unoriginal copy-paste pictures.
Nooo not yours fam ;)
Infinity made the good one.
The big old gay ass wedding better happen for the Star Wars review!
For the Star Wars episode 9 review...
WHY DO YOU HATE NINTENDO JOSHY!!?
I'l CLAP for sure!
But star wars is going to be way before xmas. I thought the gay wedding would be an xmas special. I really want a RLM video to watch on xmas day. :3
Nintendo Beyond didn't expect to see you here
the audio book version of the Disaster Artist book is great, Greg narrates it and does a perfect Tommy impersonation for his dialogue. I kind of can't imagine this movie living up to the audio book, which is weird.
“Oh my god, you’re manhandling me!”
“Yas” *squeeze squeeze*
EVERYBODY BETRAY ME, I FED UP WITH THIS WURLD
Fun fact: you guys posted this video 39 years to the day when Ed Wood died
Josh Maxin it’s like poetry it rhymes
would have been a lot more fun if it was 40
Jay jay is the key to all of this
waiting on the neil breen biopic
That's every Neil Breen film ever made by Neil Breen
@@metalmugen I wanna see an actual account of his life, written and directed by him playing himself. Even when he's a child.
I don't think the FBI will let enough of their notes out to really do a documentary
That would have to be a 10-part miniseries.
All eyes on breen
I feel like the best way to experience this is to watch The Room, then watch The Disaster Artist, and then read The Disaster Artist.
That way you're not constantly comparing the movie to the book, and each new thing that you're exposed to in regards to The Room ends up building up your understanding of Tommy in layers.
subtle gay sub-plot in the Room
not so subtle gay sub-plot in Half in the Bag
We better get at least one real kiss out of this 12 month goof.
There are some eerie parallels between the Tommy/Greg and Mike/Jay dynamic, one a creepy, controlling weirdo, and the other a handsome, all American best friend. I don’t mean this point too seriously.
But which is which? And what about Rich?!
I'm such a lyricist.
@@staceyann1180 jay is definitely the handsome one.
@@WardenKaz imagine saying that in 2009
They should rerelease the Room in theatres and have it running as a double bill alongside The Disaster Artist.
StoryIsEverything they are doing exactly that starting January 12th.
They did that at my theater the December 8th
I saw the premiere of 'The Disaster Artist' in Melbourne, where Greg Sestero presented. He spoke for about half an hour, answering questions. Was rather witty and made Tommy Wiseau out to be a complete narcissist (unsurprising). The film was hilarious but I agree that the humour comes from the mocking the film does of The Room. Also, glad you guys brought up the homoeroticism, particularly from Tommy's side. I haven't read the book so couldn't figure out whether they added it for the film (this being a James Franco film after all...) and what the actual context was.
"This movie has the emotional depth of an episode of Doogie Howser." Lol Jay nailed it
Damn, now I really want to see David Fincher direct a version of The Disaster Artist now hahah I think a serious film about the psychological aspects of ego in film making inspired by The Room would be fantastic to be fair
I'm so happy I have you as my best friend, and I love Jay so much
Mr Plinkett*
*Susan
Simply put... if you've read The Disaster Artist book, don't watch the movie it's not even 10% as good... but if you like the Room and haven't read/don't intend to read the Disaster Artist book, give the film a shot.
Wow, Half in the Bag really has gone downhill since episode six
Fuck off
Ti My Nah that's after episode 3.
The fraud ratio has gone from 50% to 100%
Nah man we all know its been going downhill since episode 1.
I don’t recognize a single one of those James Franco-directed movies, you could be putting up posters for fake movies and I would believe it.
He enjoys adapting "The Great American Novel". THREE Faulkner adaptations, a Steinbeck (which is probably the best thing he's made, though that's not saying much) and I think he still owns the rights to a Bukowski. If you thought the make-up in The Disaster Artist was a trip, wait 'till you see Franco as a character with acne so bad he has boils the size of grapes all over his face!
That's too bad that the movie leaves out the darker aspects of Tommy's personality that are described in the book. I loved the book, and smoothing over Tommy's rough edges seems a bit disingenuous to me.
Exactly and you don't have to make Tommy a monster you show the good and bad sides of him like they did in the book it's like they were affraid that Tommy would not approve the movie so they made him a hero
What kind of darker elements?
Exactly, what made the Disaster Artist so compelling to read wasn't the behind-the-scenes stuff about The Room, it was the study of Tommy. It was dark at times, but it also made Tommy a deeply sympathetic character. Pretty disappointing.
I did see the movie, and it absolutely left out a lot of Tommy's darker moments from the book, which I also read. Tommy's growing jealousy and childish tantrums he had at Greg at Tommy's apartment, like raising the rent to spite Greg for his success, or Tommy driving like a madman, almost getting into accidents seemingly to scare Greg with Greg in the car because Tommy was mad at him. These were left out, and it makes the movie feel less accurate to the book. I could go on, too, but I think you get my point.
njdss4 the movie did highlight Tommy’s jealousy of Greg . Of course they’re not gonna cover every small detail from the book.
What have I done to deserve a commentary of The Room by RedLetterMedia?? Thank you, life.
Oh hi Rich Evans.
James Franco is starting to sound a lot like a Tommy Wiseau. An actor that feels the need to cast himself as an actor in his own directed movies.
I'm really curious to see how far they will go with Mr Plinkett's wedding
I hope for a Hardcore Sex scene. Hopefully...
Rich Evans bellybutton is not safe
"Half in the bag" but no title crawl oh well!
Inspector Magnum It broke new ground!
Rich Evans I love you as a person! As a human bean!
Well I for one loved it. I will concede that the beginning would be confusing to non-fans and that the movie is kind of generous to Tommy. Now I wanna see a movie about James Franco’s process about making the movie about the man who made The Room
I literally paused another RLM video to watch this!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Alexander Zarathustra I paused breathing to watch this!!!
me too
Hahaha, I was watching a BOTW.
What is "literally" contributing to your sentence?
there was supposed to be a 'just' after the 'literally'... 0_o
Also the Office has a scene like that. Everyone's laughing at Michaels movie, he gets upset. But then recognizes that they are enjoying the movie anyhow and he's cool with it and starts laughing too.
James Franco is the original hackfraud.
hurr durr i make funny original joke hack frauds hurr durrr
If you pour that mix into a lake will it turn the frogs gay?
I was waiting for the part in the movie when Tommy shouts out "You're tearing me apart George Lucas!" maybe in the deleted scenes?
Brad Dourif would have made a brilliant Tommy Wiseau.
The smile I get every time you post a new video! Thank you for everything you've done!
Ya know, if you put nicer clothes on Mike, and a black wig, he and Jay could reenact the room with Rich as Lisa and Jack as Denny
Mr Plinkett and Jay gay wedding hype!
Ruaridh McGurk it’s now legal in Australia!
What I want now is a movie about the making of The Disaster Artist lol
It'll be mostly messages between James Franco, his lawyer and whatever underage lady he's hitting on lol.
I was so relieved when I figured out Alison Brie is married to the brother not himm
The prenup/ Jay reaches, Mike sets it down. Classic. Vaudevillian. Abbot & Costello level. Brilliant.
I love how much the characters have evolved between seasons, this arc is probably one of the best and the closest to the book i've seen
Guys, Christmas is still two weeks away. You're early with the explosion of new videos
John Smith War. War never changes
They're cramming them out now so they can get drunk as fuck for the next two weeks.
Norman Fetus
Channels are getting paid more from adds in December. Everybody makes more videos in December ;-)
Gotta get it in before fuck you it's january.
Most bone chilling line of acting ever delivered. "You're Tearing Me Apart,Lisa!"
Episode 137: Star Wars The Last Jedi.... OHHHH MYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! :O
FlyingShazbot I clapped!
It's the Half in the Bag 138th episode spectacular!
References!
It broke newer ground
I CLAPPED I CLAPPED
All this video did was remind me of how much I love Ed Wood.
Mr. Plinkett is gonna plow Susan like he’s snow on the highway.
Anyone else think that Jay could've been really great at Greg Sestero in the movie?
James Franco also played a character on General Hospital named Franco, who's a multi-media artist/serial killer. apparently, he was encouraged to seek out the role for his work in Maladies, where he plays a former soap opera actor trying to make it as a writer.
I like that he made the Doogie Howser comparison. It's actually an EXTREMELY COMMON story template. You would not believe how many episodes of a tv show have someone making the bad movie/play that people laugh at and then they have to be told "but they're not laughing at you, they're laughing with you!"
Is there a TV Tropes page for this yet?
Jesus, can't Jay go a single episode without referencing Doogie Howser, MD?
Wait, is that gay cake joke buildup for Jay actually coming out as gay and confessing his love for Mike?
godammit you missed out on the RedLetterMedia storyline you dumb fuck.
Mike is plotting to steal all of Mr.Plinkett's Bank Account money by arousing him and Jay with gay pheromones , to entice them to marry each other, but every now and them he realizes that not only would Jay and Plinkett waste all the money on their honey moon, but probably wouldn't be able to make a proxy account to steal the money from, every intro of a Half in The Bag episode ever since 2006 or something starts and ends with a sketch gag eventially developing into a storyline, it's a amalgamation of the "TH-camr Movie Syndrome" James Rolfe made the TheAngryVideoGameNerdMovie , Mike and Jay made Space Cop ,The Nostalgia Critic used to make short films with a bunch of reviewers back in the old days, and pretty much every other cancerous youtuber did their own movie like Smosh,Fred and even fucking Pewdiepie.
watch everything, or else you'll never be able to fully appreciate and throughly enjoy RedLetterMedia
Felt more like 300 hours after awhile
g r o c k ????????
@@thiccboss4780 I'm 2 years late but geezus dude I already knew all that lol. I was just making a joke
Dave Franco actually had two notes: the perplexed concerned look AND what I call the "awestruck stuttering" schtick
That whole director getting laughed at and taking offense and then someone comforting thing happens on the office too with Michael Scott's action movie.
"Oh my God, you're manhandling me!"
"Yaaasss!"
xD
Movies about movies are the best movies.
The Oscars think so too.
Case in point, Cinema Paradiso my favourite film of all time.
I feel the same way about Inglourious Basterds, weirdly enough.
FUCK MOVIES
What we need is to make a movie about this movie about a movie.
I am Czech (like Mike, I suppose by the name) and sadly, we do not get fed cake six months before wedding :(
If you're ever in America (or are here now), just start telling everyone that's your tradition. We'll believe you. You'll get fed SO much cake before your wedding!
@@staceyann1180 Riight... with all the political correctness... you basically gotta ;)
It feels like they watched Ed Wood last week with the sole purpose of shitting on the disaster artist this week.
Ed Wood is perfect though. Might as well show how it's done.
i like how he said "in my home country" with an italian accent when Stoklasa is very much a Eastern-European/ possibly Polish, name
Since hearing them mention Boogie Nights all I can think of is Paul Thomas Anderson directing this film. Come to think of it, Joaquin would make an excellent Tommy Wiseau
0:18 that accent... Mike confirmed for sergio
Veeeery nice
I CLAPPED BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE ROOM IS!!
IT BROKE NEW GROUND
I CLAPPED BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THIS VERY ORIGINAL AND FUNNY JOKE IS
The book was so good though
wankle1234 The book is amazing. The movie is what I expected from the Franco bros.
I prefer the book/audiobook but I do applaud Franco for directing what he can do with the screenplay, which was much toned down and altered to make it more streamlined.
wankle1234 Indeed!
nobody cares
Dinner Blaster yeah, hearing from Greg’s own voice really gives your a much clearer insight to his relationship with Tommy. The manipulation, the push pull of pity, guilt, and frustration is tonaly very important.
24:21? I thought this was gunna be another joke video with nothing but endless black screen.
I can give you something else that's endless and black.
Or 20 straight minutes of transformer noises.
"The contract might look as little bit intimidating because its so big, but don't worry because the print is really small."
I would've prefered this punchline. 2/5
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Is Jay going to fall in love with Mike?
shaomin86 everyone else has!
17:21 Jay, that's Dave Franco in EVERY movie.. i'll admit sometimes it works more than others lol
So when plinkett and jay finally get married... will their offsprings fullfil their destiny and take on the legacy of mike and jay when they're gone?
Fanfics will be written
"LittleLetterMedia" ?
xD
I sorta felt the same way as you when I first saw it. But something urged me to go see it a second time and something completely clicked and I ended up absolutely loving it on a second viewing.
I think someone should make a movie called 'The Disaster Hack and Frauds'
The movie starring Rich Evans and behind story of The Space Cop.
The talking heads opening came so close to working. Even watching for the first time in the theater I wanted them to add one extra shot of each celebrity saying something like "Too bad it's shit." Imagine if they all praised it, then all said it's terrible, then you cut to the title card. That would have made a statement.
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How do they work?
How did the hipster burn his mouth? He bit in to his pizza wayyyy before it was cool! While watching the Room..
Mr Plinkett and Tony Clifton should meet.
I really love the fact that there are a bunch of Blade knockoff DVDs around the background.
I'm so proud of Jay coming out as one of Tommy's victim's.
Real life Greg has a very "I'm dead inside, please kill me" look when he's around Tommy. Movie Greg is just happy to be around Tommy and wants to be with him. I'm not sure if it's the script or if Dave is a bad actor, but he's nothing like Greg in this.
They’ve known each other for years, kind of a strained friendship but I guess they like each other so it’s natural that greg would kind of be meh with tommy .
Back then though, you gotta remember he was 19 years old and am actor looking for an opportunity and he meets this eccentric guy and is in awe of him and gets cast in his movie so naturally I can see a young Greg being in awe of him. It’s really not that far fetched.
@@cicolasnage5684 have you read the book? The Tommy & Greg relationship that is portrayed there is nothing like the one in movie. Dave Franco is completely wrong for the role. Sestero refused to play in The Room, until Wiseau basically promised him a salary that meant he never had to work again, and in the movie, Greg seems like groupie that would do anything for him. Just the fact that Dave is shorter and less handsome than James Franco makes it look like The Room cosplay at best.
He's a really lame actor and terrible at comedy if you ask me. Just a pretty boy with a more famous more talented brother
Coming back to this review now that I have seend DIsaster Artist, I feel like I am the kind of guy this movie was aimed for. I know about the room, seen reviews and heard all the stories, but I have yet to see The Room itself (we keep talk about it with friends how we will grab some beers and watch but so far no good), so I actually enjoyed this movie quite a bit. I did not mind the Hollywoody buddy comedy things between Tommy and Greg as much and the scenes where Room is made are geuinely entertaning .So I feel like someone like me is the proper audience for it. Someone who knows about the Room, but have not seen it yet.
Pretty damn funny that James Franco might get Oscar nomination for Tommy Wiseau's role. I just want to see "and the oscar goes too" and the "i did naaaht" scene on the big screen, while real Tommy gives the Oscar to Franco.
Please get some Lighting Fast VCR Repair shirts in stock for Christmas.
My girlfriend met Tommy Wiseau once. She noticed he was wearing numerous belts around his waist. They served no practical purpose and her best guess was that this was his idea of “accessorizing”.
I heard its been said he does it cause it feels good. His own words.
Rottentomatos Critics: 94% Certified Fresh. Audience score: 92% liked it.
Meh. If these two hacks don't like it then neither do I.
EvilSpock
This is logical
Yeah but "mild recommendation" is high praise from these idiots.
David May A Mild Recommendation is usually a fresh review on RT. If 92% of critics gave a mild recommendation that's still a 92% on RT.
I’ll follow these two VHS repairmen off of the face of the earth you FUCKS. (This cake tastes funny)
jack bran jack bran trying to figure out exactly what you're saying here, but I think you may be misinformed. The Room came before Disaster Artist, which was Sestero's account of the production of The Room and living with Tommy.
"Source material"
You're giving Wiseau too much credit.
They also do the Doogie houser thing on the Office when they watch Threat level midnight
All I saw was “Disaster” and figured this was The Last Jedi review.
Olysk8er Haha!
I bet you anything these guys are going to really like Last Jedi. Even Rich.
Mike and Jay will find them adorable. Rich will not.
_Ed Wood_ was a charming movie. I loved Martin Landau. Remember when you could go to the movies and watch a story instead of some CGI mess that's only supposed to and one little plot point to an overarching multiverse with no meaning or end? I'm sure Mr Plinkett does.
Huh. I kinda liked this movie, but I respect your opinions and I still like it.
if they had said they didn't like it, then you would be wrong for liking it
Does anyone remember when they first announced that James Franco was going to make this movie? I can distinctly remember Franco saying he wanted it to be a semi-remake of The Room. Am I just imagining that? I could have sworn he said that way back when the movie was announced. That could explain why the film ultimately didn't go in the right direction.
Today is an embarrassment of riches.
That plot was also used in an episode of My Little Pony with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, as well.
You know, I read the book, and it feels like the stuff leading up to the filming would have made a great film on its own, just chronicling the path that Greg Sestero took to acting in a terrible film, then his attempts to salvage and rescue a project that has everyone walking out or cursing out Tommy for his horrendous behavior. You put the film itself in the background, maybe throw in a couple scenes of Tommy's horrible acting here and there, and just focus on Greg's strained relationship with this horrible, crazy man.
But, as they pointed out, Tommy would have never signed off on it, even though it makes for a better story. A shame, that.
I watched this with zero knowledge of The Room and actually really enjoyed it and it got me to delve way deeper into The Room and all the stuff around it. I can understand criticisms from people who know The Room or the book of the Disaster Artist but going in blind was actually a decent experience.