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| Year of first release: 2017 | |
| Director: James Franco | |
| Actors: James Franco, Dave Franco | |
| Country: USA | |
| Genre: Drama, Comedy | |
| Conditions of visioning: 21.01.2018, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English with German subtitle | |
| Synopsis: Aspiring actor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) befriends the eccentric Tommy Wiseau (James Franco). The two travel to L.A, and when Hollywood rejects them, Tommy decides to write, direct, produce and star in their own movie. That movie is The Room, which has attained cult status of bad movies. | |
| Review: At the beginning the plot sounds quite movie-maker-centric as if it would a declaration of love to film makers for being film maker, regardless on the content. A reason why Seth Rogen is also there. At the end, it can be seen as freedom of expression. If Tommy sees the necessity to climb up the wall during his impro theater course it is because he feels like it is his form of expression. Why not?! Sometimes he is impressive and other times gross. Tommy is depicted as weird and extravagant guy in a sympathetic way, not as Liberace. The guy was millionaire and this helps to make this kind of project. So please no talk about democratisation of art! The movie itself is similar to what Tommy Wiseau seems to have done. James Franco's acting is exaggerated but supposedly because Tommy is extravagant. Dave Franco is acting like his character acts. Therefore it looks like a bad movie inside a bad movie. And at the end the effect is quite good. In any case hilarious at first, second or further level. Technically the movie is clean. Cinematography, light, sound, even if there is nothing original neither. This is the kind of movie which motivates amateur movie makers to make something! My first step is to watch The room. I may avoid the series The neighbors that you can watch here. |
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Rating: 6 /10
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Friday, January 26, 2018
The disaster artist (2017)
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In my humble opinion the Disaster Artist deserves way more credit … it is hilarious, yet tragic. It makes you laugh and feel uncomfortable at the same time. A story about chasing your dreams, dealing with rejection, creating your own reality. It provides the audience with emotional, sugar-coated roller-coaster.
ReplyDeleteGiving a second life to allegedly the worst movie of all times by retelling the story of making it, how it came to it in the first place, all in a “behind-the-scenes” manner was a bold and genius move. The wisely selected, most ridiculous scenes from original movie are replayed with note-perfect timing and their comparison at the end of the Disaster Artist gives us an overview on how faithful it has been to the original without making fun of it.
Franco did not only depict Tommy, he became Tommy. Just like Wiseu, he produced, directed and starred in his project. He spent a lot of time with the original Johnny to properly depict his megalomaniacal, bizarre, extravagant personality. When it comes to the rest of the cast, most of them were supposed to play amateurs who had no idea what they were doing and that is exactly what they did. For me the motto of the movie is: how to turn failure into success just by leaving your comfort zone. It makes you feel, it makes you dig deeper and I loved it. Go Disaster Artist!!! 9/10.
Great comment! Thanks :) You are right. I may not be fair with James Franco's movie compared with Tommy Wiseau's movie. I am pretty sure that watching first The room, I would have given some 2 or 3/10.
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