Realized my bad movie threshold shifted after watching "The Room" at a dive bar last Friday

I was at this sticky-floored bar in Brooklyn with a $5 cover and they projected that movie on a bedsheet. 30 people were throwing plastic spoons and I finally got why cheesy acting and awful scripts make a movie way more fun than a boring good one. Has anyone else had a specific screening that totally changed what you look for in a bad movie?

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wesley_hart10d ago

Nah I gotta disagree here. Sitting through 30 people screaming at a bedsheet with plastic spoons flying around sounds more like a frat party than actually watching a movie. The Room works specifically because it's so bad it becomes good, but most "bad movies" are just boring slogs that make you check your phone every five minutes.

the_richard10d ago

Actually it was a bedsheet but those screenings usually use a real portable screen, not just a literal sheet from someone's closet lol. The spoon throwing is a classic bit but you're supposed to aim at the TV in the background during the rooftop scene, not just randomly. That dive bar sounds legit though, the sticky floor is basically part of the experience at this point.