The making of the best worst movie of all time, The Disaster Artist celebrates The Room and what it unintentionally became.
James Franco's portrayal of Tommy Wiseau was definitely something to behold in this movie. From watching The Room and Wiseau's voice and intonation and mannerisms, I thought Franco captured all of them very well.
Dave Franco, on the other hand, was a big distraction for me. First of all, he looked nothing like the brooding Greg Sestero. And also, Franco was very annoying in his acting. Or should I say, he looked more like himself than Sestero because his mannerisms was still very Dave Franco. And a lot of times he took me out of the movie with his whining.
Franco and Seth Rogen, one of the producers, also packed a lot of famous faces into the movie. Some were great but some were unnecessary. I felt that Rogen himself did not need to be in this one, same with Alison Brie and especially Zac Efron. But those who were only there for one scene like Randall Park and Bob Odenkirk fared much better and were more like a pleasant surprise.
The more interesting parts of the movie I would say was when they were filming The Room. And the best bit was already shown in the first trailer, which was the filming of the "Hi, Mark" scene. Nothing else came close to it, unfortunately.
The movie also tried to force the story into a completion and an ending. Like the screening of the premier of The Room, it became a beloved disaster movie immediately instead of going through the reality of slowly gathering its cult following.
Though that was definitely not a big issue, but part of me would have loved to see more of what really transpired back then. On the other hand, this adaptation of the book by Sestero was quite well done.
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