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MadGez
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 Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder Quote: Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action satire comedy film written, produced and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr.. The main plot revolves around a group of three prima donna actors (portrayed by Stiller, Black, and Downey) who are making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated writer and director decide to drop them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to portray their roles without the comforts of a film set and rely on their acting skills in order to survive the real action and danger. Also written by Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen, the film was produced by Red Hour Films and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures through Paramount Pictures.
Stiller's idea for the film originated while playing a small part in Empire of the Sun, and he later enlisted Theroux and Cohen's help to complete the script. After the film was greenlit in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai over thirteen weeks and was later deemed the largest film production in the island's history. Tropic Thunder had an extensive marketing promotion, including faux websites for the main characters and their fictional films, airing a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, "Booty Sweat". Prior to the film's release, it was met with criticism from disability advocacy groups for its portrayal of mental retardation.
The film received generally favorable reviews with critics approving of the film's characters, story, and faux trailers while criticizing its offensive content. The film's soundtrack and score debuted on August 5, 2008, before the film's theatrical release. In its North American opening weekend, the film earned US$26 million and retained the number one position for the first three weekends of release. The film and its cast were nominated for several awards by various groups including the Screen Actors Guild, Broadcast Film Critics Association, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Tropic Thunder grossed $180 million in theaters before its release on home video on November 18, 2008. A spin-off is in the works about Tom Cruise's character Les Grossman. It was announced in 2010 when Cruise appeared in the MTV Movie Awards.
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The Mr Pink
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Re: Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder is Ben Stiller's masterpiece. Going in I had somewhat high expectations and I can honestly say they were exceeded beyond anything I could've hoped for. The film perfectly blurs the line between homage and spoof, comedy and action adventure. The action plays off the comedy and the comedy plays off the action with the cast hitting each note exactly as they should. Jack Black seemed to be reinvigorated, Downey jr was having a blast, Nolte at his best, and Stiller not overdoing it. And one cannot forget Tom Cruise, his role is so against type yet he absolutely nails it. He's laugh out loud funny. Tropic Thunder is so over the top its almost daring you not to laugh at times but manages to reign you in and keeps you laughing till it hurts.
Grade A+
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Top ten of 2008, Updated!
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Wall-E
3. Dark Knight
4. In Bruges
5. Tropic Thunder
6. Young @ Heart
7. Mongol
8. The Band's Visit
9. Visitor
10. Iron Man
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Flava'd vs The World
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Re: Tropic Thunder Had a lot more dead jokes than either Pineapple or Step Bros. However, it has enough huge laughs to make up for it. Plus RDJ. Oh my, Mr. Downey Jr., bravo. A-But WTF is with Bill Hader not getting one funny line the entire movie? What a fuckin' waste. 
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MadGez
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Re: Tropic Thunder Does Thunder have anything to do with Apatow though?
As far as I know these five films had Apatow attached in some way...
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
Drillbit Taylor
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
You Dont Mess with the Zohan
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MadGez
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Re: Tropic Thunder The Dark Knight wrote: MadGez wrote: Does Thunder have anything to do with Apatow though?
As far as I know these five films had Apatow attached in some way...
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
Drillbit Taylor
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
You Dont Mess with the Zohan I thought all this time he was involved in some way.  Though in fairness to you - it was a 50/50 thing. Apatow's everywhere.  _________________
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Re: Tropic Thunder Nah Thunder is all Stiller. Downey Jr. certainly had enough screen time to be considered a lead. Seemed like it was equal to Stiller and much more than Black (I would've liked Owen Wilson in that role better though, sans the The Klumps trailer). Oh and Has any movie ever had one of it's lead kill a panda before? 
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Mr. Inc
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Re: Tropic Thunder What is with the boycotting thing going on? Is the film that offensive?.
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Re: Tropic Thunder Compared to Step Brothers & Pineapple Express, does it have a lot more vulgar stuff in it? Or more language?
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Supafroius
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Re: Tropic Thunder It is pretty offensive to Mentally challenged types but oh well..
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Flava'd vs The World
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Re: Tropic Thunder It makes fun of actors trying to win oscars by playing "disabled" people. However, you should never go full retard. Sean Penn learned that the hard way.
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Mr. Lobotomy
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Re: Tropic Thunder The Dark Knight wrote: Supafroius wrote: It is pretty offensive to Mentally challenged types but oh well.. it's not as if they would notice.   _________________
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zingy
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Re: Tropic Thunder I'm pretty disappointed.
It's definitely clever (the fake trailers, full retard, etc.), and I'm not counting out the possibility that, like Zoolander, this could be a LOT better on a second viewing, but it's just not that funny. Lots of jokes fall flat. Most of the good stuff was featured in the trailer (unlike PE and Step Brothers, since we're comparing late summer comedies and stuff).
RDJ is the only real standout. Brilliant cameo casting in Tom Cruise (didn't even notice for at least half the film, and everyone else I saw it with didn't realize it until the credits). I also liked Matthew McConaughey. The rest of the cast was average, in my opinion.
I guess I just had really high expectations, but it was never really laugh-out-funny. But it's a good film.
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Re: Tropic Thunder Oh my gosh, I had just about the opposite reaction of Zingaling. This was really the only comedy I wanted to see this summer, so I had pretty high expectations. There are SO many great lines and laugh-out-loud moments. I will say there are a few lulls, especially in the 2nd quarter of the movie. The movie couldn't have had a better beginning though. Robert Downey def shined the most. Danny McBride, Jack Black, and the Butt Sweat guy were great too. It did need a better conclusion, ended waay too quickly.
Grade: A-
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Re: Tropic Thunder One of the better comedies I have seen recently. Downey Jr. is the obvious standout, but it's a pretty good script and concept from Stiller. Does have a couple lulls (especially after the very hilarious first 15 minutes of fake trailers and the part with RDjr and Stiller trying to get through their emotional scene).
I definitely don't get the criticism over the "retarded" character that Stiller played. It seemed to me they were poking much more fun of actors than they were of mentally challenged people.
Anyhow, I'm not sure it's a Anchorman sized masterpiece, but it's pretty close. I give it an A
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Re: Tropic Thunder Tom Cruise really is the shit
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Re: Tropic Thunder An absolutely hilarious flick, Tropic Thunder easily takes the crown for the funniest comedy of the summer. Ben Stiller effectively skewers the art of making movies and takes no prisoners while at it. He has also assembled a nearly perfect cast. He and Jack Black are indeed funny (and, my god, Stiller is ripped for this movie, he was looking good), although the obvious standout is comeback kid Robert Downey Jr, who I don't previously remember showing so much comic aptitude in previous films. Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Adams also impress in their smaller roles, although I didn't find Nick Nolte particularly funny. On to the big cameos, Matthew McConaughey is great and an unrecognizable Tom Cruise (seriously, what?) have obvious fun in these sorts of surroundings. I should also note that this film has one of the most creative prologues I've ever seen (it may have been the funniest part of the movie, actually). Loooved it. A-
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Re: Tropic Thunder Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it!
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Re: Tropic Thunder Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it! Errrr, Chip - - I " L- O- V- E- D- I- T!!!!!!!" - - so this might not bode so well for you...
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Re: Tropic Thunder Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it! Errrr, Chip - - I " L- O- V- E- D- I- T!!!!!!!" - - so this might not bode so well for you... That's not a word. 55 out of 5 is like. _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Re: Tropic Thunder Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it! Errrr, Chip - - I " L- O- V- E- D- I- T!!!!!!!" - - so this might not bode so well for you... That's not a word. 55 out of 5 is like. Nope - - 55 out of 5 is my highest rating to date - - it's love alright...
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Re: Tropic Thunder No it's not.
Don't lie.
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Re: Tropic Thunder Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it! Errrr, Chip - - I " L- O- V- E- D- I- T!!!!!!!" - - so this might not bode so well for you... That's not a word. 55 out of 5 is like. Nope - - 55 out of 5 is my highest rating to date - - it's love alright... Yeah...you definitely gave a 69 out of 5 to some movie you liked involving themes of that (69) nature. I think. Not sure what though.
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Re: Tropic Thunder snack wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: Chip [Bot] wrote: Bradley liked it... means I'll LOVE it! Errrr, Chip - - I " L- O- V- E- D- I- T!!!!!!!" - - so this might not bode so well for you... That's not a word. 55 out of 5 is like. Nope - - 55 out of 5 is my highest rating to date - - it's love alright... Yeah...you definitely gave a 69 out of 5 to some movie you liked involving themes of that (69) nature. I think. Not sure what though. Sounds like Shortbus, lol. _________________A hot man once wrote: Urgh, I have to throw out half my underwear because it's too tight.
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Re: Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder
I caught this today at a 1710 showing the next showing was sold out in the big auditorium. Anyway, bottom line I think this is a decent comedy but not a great one. Some of the scenes are just not needed like the discussion over blu-ray and hd dvd or the whole twig man scene with the asian kid. I liked most of the scenes with Downey. I thought Cruise's performance was overhyped. He was okay but the parody wasn't that great for me. I thought they did great with the action and the stunts. That reminds me that my favorite image from the film was Downey dressed up as a rice patty farmer. Oh, I also enjoyed the end credits too.
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