How would you feel if Tommy Wiseau made a legitimately great movie? - Blu-ray Forum

Coenskubrick · 02-29-2016, 01:05 PM

Imagine if just out of nowhere Tommy Wiseau creates this non-ironic masterpiece and it's so great it wins best picture. How do you feel?

Foggy · 02-29-2016, 01:08 PM

I'd be disappointed. Someone with such raw talent such as him should not be wasting their time on good movies.

ArmyOfDarknessAW · 02-29-2016, 01:12 PM

How would i feel?

"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"

blonde_devil · 02-29-2016, 02:03 PM

Wouldn't really bother me since I had no idea who he is and had to look him up in Wikipedia. However from looking there, I don't think there is much risk of that. He seems to be a bit of a phoney - makes up a history for himself, picks James Dean, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock as influences which makes you wonder if he is really influenced or if they are the cool choices to get attention. He seems to be more worried about his hype than his films.

dgoswald · 02-29-2016, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Coenskubrick

Imagine if just out of nowhere Tommy Wiseau creates this non-ironic masterpiece and it's so great it wins best picture. How do you feel?

Haha, what a story. Anyway, how is your Blu-ray collection?

stvn1974 · 02-29-2016, 02:17 PM

I would expect it before Christopher Nolan started making good films.

Foggy · 02-29-2016, 02:30 PM

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I would expect it before Christopher Nolan started making good films.

Do you have these pre-prepared? Or are you just genuinely gifted at coming up with these on the spot?

Doctor Jack · 02-29-2016, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Do you have these pre-prepared? Or are you just genuinely gifted at coming up with these on the spot?

I really hope they happen on the spot. The hatred just fuels the fire.

Talleyrand · 02-29-2016, 03:50 PM

I'd be happy for him and not terrible surprised.

It's been done before; as recently as last night a film from Adam McKay (whose films, by and large, make The Room look like Citizen Kane) was a frontrunner for Best Picture - and deservedly so, imo.

jacobsever · 02-29-2016, 04:14 PM

This is implying that The Room isn't a legitimately great movie, and it's highly offensive.

warrian · 02-29-2016, 04:23 PM

Just like with his other movies, I wouldn't be likely to notice.

ThatOneGuy · 02-29-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jacobsever

This is implying that The Room isn't a legitimately great movie, and it's highly offensive.

dallywhitty · 02-29-2016, 04:27 PM

I don't wanna talk about it.

cinemaphile · 02-29-2016, 04:33 PM

Like 99.9% of the general population, I would say, "Who the f***is Tommy Wiseau?"

thrillmygorilla · 02-29-2016, 06:12 PM

Who is Tommy Wiseau?

DanTheMan · 02-29-2016, 06:19 PM

He already has.

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Like 99.9% of the general population, I would say, "Who the f***is Tommy Wiseau?"

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Who is Tommy Wiseau?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Who+is+Tommy+Wiseau%3F

chip75 · 02-29-2016, 06:26 PM

Well, how often does the opposite happen - when have truly great filmmakers who've made masterpieces turn around and make things comparable to The Room?

ArmyOfDarknessAW · 02-29-2016, 06:29 PM

Did anyone else catch the snafu mixup of Room and The Room on the red carpet? I yelled at the screen say you have the wrong movie haha.

obscurelabel · 02-29-2016, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Well, how often does the opposite happen - when have truly great filmmakers who've made masterpieces turn around and make things comparable to The Room?

I'd nominate She Hate Me.

Then I'd nominate The Day the Fish Came Out.

Talleyrand · 02-29-2016, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Well, how often does the opposite happen - when have truly great filmmakers who've made masterpieces turn around and make things comparable to The Room?

Francis Ford Coppola with Jack

Brian De Palma with Mission to Mars and The Bonfire of the Vanities

Paul Thomas Anderson with Punch-Drunk Love

Ridley Scott with 1492, GI Jane, White Squall, A Good Year, Robin Hood and Exodus

Robert Rodriguez with Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D

Steven Soderbergh with King of the Hill

John Carpenter with Village of the Damned and Ghosts of Mars

02-29-2016, 01:05 PM	#1
Coenskubrick Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2015 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:558	How would you feel if Tommy Wiseau made a legitimately great movie? Imagine if just out of nowhere Tommy Wiseau creates this non-ironic masterpiece and it's so great it wins best picture. How do you feel?

02-29-2016, 01:08 PM	#2
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:3589 DVD collection:47	I'd be disappointed. Someone with such raw talent such as him should not be wasting their time on good movies.

02-29-2016, 01:12 PM	#3
ArmyOfDarknessAW Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Moosic, PA Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:64	How would i feel? "You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"

02-29-2016, 02:03 PM	#4
blonde_devil Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2011	Wouldn't really bother me since I had no idea who he is and had to look him up in Wikipedia. However from looking there, I don't think there is much risk of that. He seems to be a bit of a phoney - makes up a history for himself, picks James Dean, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock as influences which makes you wonder if he is really influenced or if they are the cool choices to get attention. He seems to be more worried about his hype than his films.

02-29-2016, 02:17 PM	#6
stvn1974 Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Earth Trading Score:18	I would expect it before Christopher Nolan started making good films.

02-29-2016, 03:50 PM	#9
Talleyrand Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2015 Location:Canada	I'd be happy for him and not terrible surprised. It's been done before; as recently as last night a film from Adam McKay (whose films, by and large, make The Room look like Citizen Kane) was a frontrunner for Best Picture - and deservedly so, imo.

02-29-2016, 04:14 PM	#10
jacobsever Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Denver, CO 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:732 DVD collection:6 Trading Score:13	This is implying that The Room isn't a legitimately great movie, and it's highly offensive.

02-29-2016, 04:23 PM	#11
warrian Power Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:American Midwest Blu-ray collection:2630 DVD collection:311 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:2	Just like with his other movies, I wouldn't be likely to notice.

02-29-2016, 04:27 PM	#13
dallywhitty Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Temple of Isis 4K collection:319 Blu-ray collection:1679 DVD collection:178	I don't wanna talk about it.

02-29-2016, 04:33 PM	#14
cinemaphile Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Illinois Trading Score:322	Like 99.9% of the general population, I would say, "Who the f***is Tommy Wiseau?"

02-29-2016, 06:12 PM	#15
thrillmygorilla Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2012 Location:Dayton, OH Blu-ray collection:390 DVD collection:59 Trading Score:24	Who is Tommy Wiseau?

02-29-2016, 06:26 PM	#17
chip75 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Wales 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:3099 DVD collection:1782 iTunes collection:229 Trading Score:9	Well, how often does the opposite happen - when have truly great filmmakers who've made masterpieces turn around and make things comparable to The Room?

02-29-2016, 06:29 PM	#18
ArmyOfDarknessAW Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Moosic, PA Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:64	Did anyone else catch the snafu mixup of Room and The Room on the red carpet? I yelled at the screen say you have the wrong movie haha.

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