TheSeaLion
There are definitely better movies out there that I hate more than "Tropic Thunder," and using the word hate is definitely too strong a word to describe my feelings, but I have to say it failed for me in almost every way.I loved the idea behind the movie: a bunch of actors accidentally end up in a situation that mirrors their Vietnam War drama, but while the plot is funny the execution of it isn't. The story gets propelled forward by a number of coincidences that aren't comedic in any way, and would alert any of the main characters that something strange was going on. The only character who realizes there's something wrong is Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), but he still ventures out into the jungle with the rest of the cast. There's also not enough humor fired at the parallels between the movie the actors are making and the movie the audience is watching.There are some funny things in the movie, however. Robert Downey Jr. is terrific in his role and has some good back and forth with Brandon T. Jackson, and there's some genuinely funny stuff from every member of the cast, but most of the jokes were misses for me. There are a number of references to other Vietnam War films like Oliver Stone's "Platoon," or the usage of the same songs all of these Vietnam War films have like "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, but they're just references without anything comedic behind it. It's literally just the movie saying, "Hey audience, do you recognize this?"In short, "Tropic Thunder" is a lot of good ideas poorly executed. The cast is all funny at points, and Jack Black is the only one who is annoying, and the characters are all different, but the humor is not very funny and the poor story line shines above everything else.
Alexander Yrttiaho
I saw this movie yesterday with my friend. This movie is just flat out amazing! Me and my friend were laughing from beginning to end, for me this is a must watch movie. The comedy in this movie is flat out genius, and the characters are so interesting and so well acted. This is a Ben Stiller movie, I would say this is one of his best movies he has ever done. The actors in this movie are just so perfect (especially Robert Downey JR) but I would say all the actors made a great job, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise and Brandon T Jackson just to name a few. If you like good comedy with some action and with some interesting characters you will most likely love this movie! GO WATCH NOW!
louismeynadier1
I must have seen this movie at least 10 times and I can tell you it is a great movie. Gets better every time. It's smart, hilarious and awesome. It's well directed, very well acted (especially RDJ) and it has been my favorite movie for a long time. All the characters are funny. The premise is great and it's just so funny. Seriously, this film is comedic gold. The fake trailers at the beginning is genius, and there are also hilarious references to old war movies. This film is a satire that mocks Hollywood in a really smart and funny way. Brandon T Jackson is great, Jack Black is great, of course, Ben Stiller is great and Robert Downey Jr is just flat out hilarious. Tom Cruise is probably the funniest one after RDJ, with a role he plays perfectly. I'm a huge Ben Stiller fan and I'm glad he made this wonderful film.
SquigglyCrunch
Tropic Thunder follows a group of actors trying to recreate the events of a war in a movie, but ultimately are sent out into a real war, only they think they're still filming a movie. The plot is, as you probably have already noticed, pretty hilarious. Of course, that alone isn't enough to make a funny movie. Tropic Thunder manages to pull that off, thankfully. The beginning of the movie is quite hilarious, and the ending is too. Unfortunately the middle portions weren't as funny, and they were a little confusing and slow at times. I think that that was mostly due to the fact that it wasn't what I expected. Nevertheless, it wasn't horribly boring, and the final act more than makes up for it. The characters are pretty decent. They aren't super deep or anything, but you still get a good idea of who they are, and you feel like there's more to some of them. All the rest are either unimportant or just there to be really goofy. Overall Tropic Thunder is a solid comedy. While it can be a bit slow in the middle, the beginning and end more than make up for it. I'll certainly be seeing this one again, and in the end I'd definitely recommend it.
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