The Disaster Artist (on DVD)

The Disaster Artist
[DVD Disaster]

My nephew recommended that my husband and I watch this (he’s young and hip, so we thought it would be a good idea). Actually, he told us to watch the movie Room first, as this movie is a behind-the-scenes movie about the making of Room. However, Room is not available at the library, nor on Amazon Prime, and we didn’t want to watch it on YouTube. Also, reviews for Room make it sound like a horrible movie, just an absolute piece of garbage.

So we skipped watching Room and went right to watching The Disaster Artist. I think we made the right choice! We were able to get the gist of what happened in Room, but we agreed that the background behind the making of that movie was far more interesting and entertaining! In a nutshell: this guy (Tommy, played by James Franco) who has unlimited amounts of money (nobody knows where it comes from, he’s very private) decides to make his own movie with his newly acquired best friend (Greg, played by Dave Franco). Nobody knows where Tommy is originally from (he says New Orleans, but he’s got an Eastern European accent); and nobody knows how old he is, exactly–he claims to be the same age as Greg, but it’s clear he’s much older. He’s incredibly strange and rather odd looking. He has no other friends except the Greg. They make this movie — Tommy’s ‘vision’ — despite the fact that Tommy has ticked off and/or alienated just about every single member of the cast and crew…. They can’t walk away from the money. The movie, as you would expect, is a flop. It does, however, become a cult-classic.

I really enjoyed this movie — it was so bizarre and strangely funny. I was pleased to see James and Dave Franco working on a film together — their first time ever, other than their own family videos.

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Recommended by Tracy T.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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