Tropic thunder

[shrinkboy]

i'm no fan of tom cruise, but he's done some superb work over the years, no matter how you feel about him as a person i.e. Magnolia, and Michael Mann's Collateral come to mind. i thought he was superbly disgusting in Tropic Thunder-and like others here, i too have the i.q. of a piece of paper, cause i laughed me friggin head off from beginning to end. as the film went on, and you began to recognize all the 'hero' films of the last 15-20 years that were getting mercilessly skewered, it just became more and more fun. would i see it again? nah....but for what it was, it was terrific. and Robert Downey? c'mon, that shit was hilarious: "you went full retard? man, thass yo problem man, you went full retard. no one goes full retard!!"

[matel]

On the other hand... sometimes a big steamng pile of crap has huge neon signs over it with big neon arrows pointing to the pile and yes i watched this on cable. It is what it looks like....

[blownsi]

I watched this with a group of 6 other people.... not one of us found one bit of it funny.... what a waste of my time.

[markc2]

I am so amazed at the such differing views of this movie. I thought Tom C. was awesome as that character. All of the movies this spoofed, most of which I have watched, made it that much more fun.

I really loved 8 1/2 also.

Mark

[High_Current]

It was OK compared to the other crap available. My paper IQ isn't making me rich via talking people out of their green pieces of paper under the guise of passion for audio, but it was entertaining. A not too bad movie overall (if you like satire as I do) especially if you saw the satired movies.

[EVBoy]

I really liked it, especially Robert Downey Jr. playing a black guy. At the end he turns into Peter O'Toole of Lawrence of Arabia. Tom Cruise is also pretty good.
I would recommend it - it's a riot.

[doucanoe]

We were down in Decorah Iowa a few months back visiting my daughter at college. Someone decided at one point that we should go to the local movie house so off we went. Not much of interest was showing so we figured that Tropic Thunder was as good as anything.

I would have left have left half way through the movie given the choice but we didn't have much else to do before dinner so we stuck it out.

Although there were some funny scenes, Tropic Thunder was pretty painful to sit through. I walked out of the movie theater feeling dumber that I was when I first sat down.

RC

[P. Shivers]

Originally Posted by Wornears

I thought it was a hoot! Skewers every war movie cliche you can think of, and plenty of Hollywood stereotypes. I'm not a Tom Cruise fan by any stretch, but he is hilarious here.

It's not Macbeth, but it is fun.

What he said. I'll add that I generally dislike most Ben Stiller films, but Robert Downey Jr.'s role was hilarious, and Tom Cruise was very funny too. Was he supposed to be one of the Weinstein Brothers??

[Waboman]

I thought Robert Downey Jr. stole the show. I too am not a Ben Stiller fan, and found him to be the weakest link. However, this movie still made me laugh.

Yes, I believe Cruises' role was patterned off the Weinstein bros.

[BULLWINKLE]

Originally Posted by blownsi

I watched this with a group of 6 other people.... not one of us found one bit of it funny.... what a waste of my time.

+1

Boring......

[Out Of Time]

Originally Posted by ccheath

My son like that movie. I think it sucks. They try to be funny and I don't find it hilarious. Go back to Drama School.

That's just it. They were dudes playin' the dudes DISGUISED as OTHER dudes! That's the whole point and why I found it funny. They're actors playing actors playing it over the top.

Of course, I went into it, tapping into my toilet-paper level IQ...

[prisoners]

I'm starting to think Ben Stiller is a very good comedic writer and not a very good comedic actor. He was the weak point of this film, but the dialogue was hilarious. Stiller was decent in Meet the Parents, but he's always overshadowed by better performers.

[onepixel]

Originally Posted by prisoners

I'm starting to think Ben Stiller is a very good comedic writer and not a very good comedic actor...

Yeah... I agree. His acting reminded me of his part in Mystery Men.

[Out Of Time]

Stiller was decent in Meet the Parents, but he's always overshadowed by better performers.

Full Retard...

[Out Of Time]

The Simple Jack thing was a send up of Forrest Gump. The whole movie was poking fun at almost everything. There was something offensive for everyone. I wouldn't let my kids see it. The humor is too raw and graphic. But I can appreciate it as an adult.

I was in the US Navy, so very little offends me. Hard to disgust a Sailor.