So, the Ho and I have watched The Room.
It was…as advertised. So unbelievably bad and inept…but fascinating at the same time. For me, it was Tommy himself. I feel like The Room was an insight into his head and his life. What we saw on screen wasn’t so much about ineptitude at filming and writing and acting as it was a window into how he understands (or doesn’t understand) life, love and friendship. And *that* right there is something that can’t be faked or replicated…it’s something unique, and absolutely real.
I acknowledge that I absolutely could be projecting that onto this film, but Tommy the actor and Tommy the person in interviews strikes me as very much the same; the kind of man who is who he is and he cannot be anyone else, even when he’s pretending. One way to say that in a single word is “odd”…but in the context of this movie that, like its filmmaker, is entirely self-un-aware…he is fascinating. You don’t want to miss what he’s going to say or what weird thing he’s going to do next.
Don’t get me wrong, guys; the movie in and of itself is astonishingly bad…but at least it’s astonishing. And I’m telling you: Tommy is captivating. Perhaps not for the reasons he originally intended, but he IS captivating.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing The Disaster Artist.
I wrote again today like a BOSS. Getting 3,000 words out before breakfast has been a great success. I also did my Netflix work today. I’m afraid some of that work is going to spill over into next week, but we’ll see. As long as I get my words done, I’m happy with that. I’m working on a Barbie trailer š
I have to say this about my new “schedule” that I’m trying out, and it’s not just because she reads this blog every night (oh, hi Mark!): I am really enjoying having time each evening to hang out with the Ho. It’s really, really nice. And it’s not even that we didn’t have quality time together before, because we’ve always made time for that…it’s just that now I have it kind of *scheduled*…and I find myself looking forward to it š
I’m such a “schedule” kind of guy. Jesus. It’s true though.
Anyway, that’s it for tonight. I’m feeling pretty tired, but I have to pound through the next two days and earn that Saturday off. I can do it. Oh! I will hit my target word count for Starstuff 2 tomorrow…with probably a good 10,000 words still to go. And that’s okay. Starstuff ended up being just shy of 100,000 words once it was all said and done, so we’re still in the right ballpark. In fact, I feel like I might have to trim down some of this rough draft stuff anyway to make the book flow properly…but we’ll see.
Wish me luck tomorrow. I’m definitely feeling some fatigue š
Artwork tonight is From MYTH yijiang.