10 Movies That Should've Scrapped Their Opening Scene

James Franco's dramatisation of the making of Tommy Wiseau's "disasterpiece" The Room is a generally terrific movie, though you'd scarcely know it from its rather pointless, tacked-on opening scene.

The film opens with a series of generic talking head interviews with celebrity fans of the film, including the likes of Kristen Bell, Ike Barinholtz, J.J. Abrams, Adam Scott, Kevin Smith, and Lizzy Caplan.

These fluffy testimonials feel like they were ripped from a documentary about The Room rather than a dramatic feature, and are basically an incredibly artless way to nod to the film's legacy before the movie really starts.

If the attempt was to lend some context to help onboard those who have no idea what The Room is, one has to consider, why bother? The percentage of people who decided to watch The Disaster Artist without being at least somewhat aware of The Room must be tiny.

It wouldn't surprise anyone if Franco was "encouraged" to add this opening scene in post-production by producers, because it sticks out a sore thumb compared to the rest of the movie.