c/bad-movie-night

Just realized watching The Room with the right crowd fixes everything

I kept trying to watch The Room alone and hated it after 20 minutes. Last weekend I invited 5 friends over with a six pack of cheap beer and a pizza each. We did the whole spoon throwing thing and quoted every line like idiots. Has anyone else found a movie that needs a specific group size or setup to actually work?

TIL my buddy was right about watching The Room with a group, not solo

My friend Dave kept telling me to save The Room for a bad movie night with people. I watched it alone last year and thought it was just boring and sad. Last weekend I finally did a group watch with 6 of us and some pizza and wow it was completely different. The jokes hit way harder and we were throwing spoons at the screen. Has anyone else had a movie totally change for you depending on who you watch it with?

I finally gave "Troll 2" another shot after swearing it off for years

What changed my mind was watching it back-to-back with "Sharknado" and realizing Troll 2's awkward acting and bizarre cornfield plot make for way more laughs per scene, so which cheese-fest should I grab for next Friday's viewing?

Am I the only one who thinks The Room is overrated for bad movie night

I swear everyone acts like The Room is the holy grail of so bad its good movies but I just dont get it. We watched it with 8 friends last month and half of us were bored by the 45 minute mark because its just sad and slow not fun. Dont get me wrong the football scene is gold but the rest drags so bad. I actually got more laughs out of Birdemic with its terrible CGI birds and weird acting. Has anyone else found a bad movie that actually keeps the energy up the whole time?

My buddy told me to stop pausing every bad movie to explain plot holes

My friend insists on pausing a bad movie every 5 minutes to explain the plot holes

I love a good bad movie night with my crew here in Chicago, but one guy in our group has this habit that drives me up the wall. He hits pause every few minutes to point out something that doesn't make sense, like why the alien ship has a doorbell or how the hero survived a fall from a cliff. I get it, the movie is supposed to be bad, that's the whole point of us watching it together. But the constant stopping just kills the vibe and we end up spending more time arguing about logic than laughing at the absurd green screen effects. Last week I timed it and he paused the movie 12 times in 30 minutes for The Room, which is basically a masterclass in bad decisions. Has anyone else dealt with a friend who can't just let a terrible movie play out naturally?

Finally watched The Room after seeing clips for years

My buddy forced me to sit through it last night. The awful green screen scenes and random football throwing made it way more fun than any action movie I've seen this year. Anyone got a pick for worst dialogue in a bad movie?

Wish I listened to my buddy about The Room screening last month

My friend Mark kept telling me to watch The Room with a group not alone. I laughed it off and watched it by myself. 45 minutes in I was just confused and bored, no fun at all. Then I dragged three friends to a midnight showing last week and it was a total blast with everyone yelling at the screen. Has anyone else had a bad movie totally flop when you watched it solo?

Spent $35 on a used copy of The Room on Blu-ray last week. Worth it or dumb move?

So I went to this thrift store and found a sealed Blu-ray of The Room for $35. The guy at the counter said it's a classic bad movie but honestly I'm torn. I've heard people say it's hilarious for a group watch but $35 feels like a lot for a movie that's famously bad. My friend says I'm an idiot and should have just streamed it for free. Has anyone actually bought a physical copy of a so-bad-it's-good movie? Was it worth the cash or did you regret it?

Buddy roasted me for watching The Room seriously, told me to treat it like a drinking game instead

He said 'you're missing the point, this is a comedy of errors not a drama' and now I point out every bad line and plot hole with friends, has anyone else had a movie ruined then saved by a friend's take?

Changed my mind about watching The Room after seeing it at a bar

I used to think The Room was overhyped until I caught a screening at The Alamo Drafthouse last Saturday. People were throwing spoons and shouting lines and I actually laughed my ass off for 2 hours. Does anyone else have a movie they wrote off until they saw it with a crowd?

Just realized my buddy was right about bad movie hacks after he showed me his setup

Had my friend Jake over last weekend for our usual bad movie night. We were gonna watch The Room but he pulled out a stack of printed cards with drinking game rules and trivia questions he made himself. He said he got tired of the same old "drink when it's bad" approach so he spent like 2 hours researching behind the scenes stuff for each movie. For The Room he had a card that said "chug when someone mentions Lisa's cheating for the 10th time" and another about the football scene. It completely changed how we watched it. We ended up cracking up at details I never noticed before like the weird spoon pictures everywhere. Now I'm thinking about making a whole binder of cards for different bad movies. Has anyone else here made custom stuff to keep bad movie nights fresh or am I overthinking this?

PSA: Stop picking 'so bad it's good' movies blind

Was hosting bad movie night last Friday. Picked some random 80s horror off a list. Turned out to just be boring. No laughs. No crazy scenes. Just 90 minutes of nothing. Friend told me after 'you gotta check the runtime on IMDb first. Under 80 minutes is the sweet spot.' Checked my last 5 picks. All over 90 minutes. Every single one was a dud. Made 3 of my friends fall asleep last time. Now I only pick movies under 80 minutes. Shorter means weirder pacing. More weird editing. Better bad movie vibes. Anyone else have a rule for picking the good kind of bad?

Spent 4 hours last night trying to fix a 10 second jump scare glitch in a $5 horror movie

Turns out the bluray was just scratched to hell from some rental place in Omaha and I kept blaming my player for skipping. Has anyone else spent way too long troubleshooting tech just to find out the movie disc itself is the problem?

TIL I was grading bad movies wrong for like 5 years

I used to just pick whatever was on streaming with a low rating and call it a night. Then my buddy Dave brought over The Room for a viewing in 2019 and I realized I was missing the whole point. Now I look for movies with specific terrible acting or weird editing choices, not just bad CGI. Anybody else have a moment where you figured out what really makes a bad movie fun?

That 40 inch smart TV I bought for movie night audio syncs worse than my old 2003 Toshiba with a VCR

Picked up a cheap TCL from Best Buy last weekend for our bad movie group. Figured it's just for watching garbage like The Room on a big screen so who cares. But the audio delay is driving me nuts. Lips move then the words come out half a second later. Tried messing with the settings for an hour, still off. Anyone else run into this with newer budget TVs?

Watched "The Room" with friends last night and realized how much bad movie nights have changed since 2015

Overheard two guys at the dollar store saying they were gonna watch The Toxic Avenger for their first bad movie night and I had to stop them

They were grabbing a 6 pack and some chips talking about how they wanted to find something “so bad it’s good.” I overheard one guy say “I heard the rubber suits look stupid.” I told them to go in with zero expectations and not to pick a version with cleaned up audio. They seemed nervous but excited. Has anyone else run into people about to watch a classic bad movie for the first time and felt the urge to give tips?

Tried watching The Room with friends last night after years of thinking it was just bad cinema.

I always thought people were joking about how funny it is, but the whole room was crying laughing at that rooftop scene within 20 minutes. Has anyone else been converted by a specific movie night pick?