News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Chekhov's Gun. Parent comment

Re:Chekhov's Gun by codetrotter on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:03AM (#28424030)
Speaking of that movie, I can recommend anyone who is familiar with The Room, but who hasn’t seen The Room, to watch the movie The Disaster Artist (2017) instead. I’ve only watched the latter and not The Room itself but watching the latter instead was a nice experience.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521126/

The Disaster Artist is based on the book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made" by Greg Sestero, and it’s got James Franco portraying Tommy.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chekhov's Gun by ackbar03 on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:47AM (#28424712)
I had high expectations for that movie but it didn't turn out as good as I expected.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chekhov's Gun by P_I_Staker on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @03:22PM (#28448750)
I have to agree, but this seems to be a bit of an unpopular opinion. I don't think it really captured the spirit of the book. It was too nice, and made the characters too likeable.

I think Tommy should always be a villain. You should never like him! He's this terrible person that on some level you despise, but at least he's interesting.

How many miserable jerks are there that won't shut up about their stupid film idea? How many actually follow through?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chekhov's Gun by MiddleEndian on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:58PM (#28429238)
It's worth watching The Room first, IMO
[ Parent | on HN ]