In 2006 I went to a pre-release screening of Clerks II (and Q&A session with its writer/director Kevin Smith) at the Astor. The cinema was packed with over one thousand of Smith's most hardcore Australian fans, and every joke in the movie killed. Seeing a film amongst a full house of fans makes it far more enjoyable, and seeing The Room at Nova last night was one of the most enjoyable film experiences I've ever had.
The screening was a chaotic scene with people throwing spoons, pre-empting dialogue and losing their shit whenever Denny was on screen. I went with Carmen and two friends who hadn't seen it before, and I can only imagine how perplexing it must have been for them to see three grown men in tuxedos throwing a football to each other before the film began.
I never really understood the appeal of, say, seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show at a midnight screening, but now that I've experienced being in a theatre with hundreds of people who love the film on screen enough to make complete asshats of themselves, it makes perfect sense to me.
We're hoping to go back and see it again in a couple of weeks, so if anyone is interested let me know and we'll get another group together. But my advice is to see the movie before you go to a screening, because you won't hear half the dialogue in the theatre.