God bless this goofy movie. I should make a point to say that this entry will differ from other ones in that The Room, cinematic opus of Tommy Wiseau, isn't awesome in the traditional sense; but more awesome in the fact that it's so awful.
The dialogue is laughably silly at times, and it's not helped by the fact that many of those lines are delivered with Wiseau's bizarre accent. The movie will randomly cut from a scene to an exterior shot, only to go back to the same place we were before. A lot of the lines were dubbed over, badly I might add, so a lot of the delivery sounds unnatural compared to what we see on screen.
The movie follows Johnny, a banker who is in love with Lisa, his future wife. He dotes on her, buying her nice things and generally treating her well. Alas, Lisa doesn't love Johnny and begins to have an affair with Johnny's best friend Mark.
It's a bit of a thin plot. In fact, Wiseau runs out of story about 20 minutes in so events will just repeat themselves. Characters will have multiple conversations about the same thing and Mark always has the same perplexed reaction when he discovers Lisa is making an advance on him.
This movie really has to be seen to be believed. As horrible as it is, you'll find yourself engrossed by its sheer ineptitude. It's one of the most entertaining things you'll see and if you can a group of friends together, I promise you will have a blast.
The movie has become a cult classic and some theaters still have showings. I haven't been to one myself, but from what I read it is a time to be had. Heckling is encouraged and people throw spoons at the screen as well as toss a football around in the aisles (the characters in this film really love to throw the football around).
If you haven't seen the movie yet, do it. It really is beyond words.
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