Tropic Thunder

[RodGuen]

good trailer.

True, it totally made me think of "3 Amigos" and "Galaxy Quest", but
but seems like fun nevertheless.

r.

[AgentHelix]

8) good trailer.

True, it totally made me think of "3 Amigos" and "Galaxy Quest", but
but seems like fun nevertheless.

r.

There's a lot worse movies to be reminded of than those two, says I.

[bangalore_monkey]

new rated R trailer on itunes, this looks hilarious!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/tropicthunder/

[Musashi]

Short sweet new video.

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=236871

[robthegreatt]

This movie looks hilarious

[bangalore_monkey]

Short sweet new video.

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=236871

lol

[thirteen11]

AWESOME!!!.......!

[bangalore_monkey]

this movie was great, it didn't have me laughing like the other comedies i've seen this summer, but it makes up for it in story.


the fake trailers were great, especially Satan's alley with tobey maguire. Downey Jr. was probably the best part, besides the simple jack parts. i couldn't help but enjoy Danny McBride's character as well. and i could have done without tom cruise dancing, the only part of the movie where everybodyin the audiance was silent.

[AgentHelix]

So awesome. Probably the outright funniest of the three big R comedies this summer, but maybe not the best as a movie. In a perfect world, Downey Jr would get all the Oscars for this performance.

[CameronStewart]

Some spoilers in the post below, so you know, be careful.



I enjoyed this movie, but thinking about it now, a day later, I have this nagging feeling that it wasn't as good as could have or should have been. I'm actually struggling to think of any really clever, memorably funny lines (you know, the way that most people can call Simpsons jokes to memory verbatim). RDJ's line about going "full retard" is the only one I can think of.

Steve Coogan is a great comedy talent but he's not really used at all, he's basically a straight man and his character's only funny moment is when he steps on the landmine, which seems like a waste of a great performer. Similarly Tom Cruise's character seems like it should have been funnier than it was - it's funny because we know it's Tom Cruise and contextually it's amusing to watch such a self-important, vain weirdo get all dressed up in a fat suit and swear viciously, but take Tom Cruise out of the equation and the character really isn't particularly all that interesting. Presumably the fact that the drug cartel is led by a 12-year old is intended to be funny, but I didn't really get any sense of the character, why he's their leader or so feared, which again seems like a missed opportunity. Similarly, once it's revealed (fairly early) that Nick Nolte's character is a fraud, his character just stops dead, there's no further development.

That said, I did like it, I thought it was nice to see a solid story-driven comedy and there were enough decent laughs in it to make it worthwhile. Robert Downey Jr is predictably the highlight - my very favourite moment in the entire movie is when Lazarus/Osiris yells "come on man, spit that shit out!" and there's a brief moment when a smile creeps across his face before he snaps back into character. I don't know if it was a scripted moment and meant to be Kirk Lazarus being so self-satisfied at his delivery of the "line" that he momentarily broke character, or if it was a flubbed take with Robert Downey Jr actually making himself laugh and they just decided to keep it in the movie, but it was a moment of genius and I laughed the hardest at that.

But yeah, I can't shake the feeling that while it's an enjoyable enough movie, if they'd just pushed it a little further, it would be a great comedy classic.

[thirteen11]

Loved it..Loved Downy Jr. playing an Australian playing a Black dude playing an Asian dude....Great stuff...Just wish it didn't end on that dance number.

[drugmassacre]

i saw it today, and WOW i'm quite surprised at how much i really enjoyed. Really grade A performances from everybody involved, and the action was done soooo much better than in Pineapple Express. Stiller really is an amazing visual director...wish he'd direct more. I wasn't expecting it to be as flat-out violent as it was, but it was handled extremely well. I haven't hear a lot of people talk about this, and I honestly almost let it slip past me, but I had some free time this afternoon, and i am GLAD i saw it. It's going to be something I see over and over again i can tell

[robthegreatt]

::::::::::SpoilerS:::::::::::::::::::::::

I think that line and delivery was intentional because of the way the camera was fixed on his head.

Matthew McConaughey's moral dillema between friendship or a personal jet was hilarous also.

LoL Tom Cruise's acting like Cuba Gooding in Jerry McGuire's show me the money was a cool bit to

GOOD FUNNEEEEE MOVIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[HellboyOne]

I'm actually struggling to think of any really clever, memorably funny lines (you know, the way that most people can call Simpsons jokes to memory verbatim). RDJ's line about going "full retard" is the only one I can think of.

"I'm a lead farmer, muthafucka!"

[Lester Toil]

That photo alone is hilarious.!

A hilarious photo with Ben Stiller is an oxymoron (with emphasis on the moron).