Tropic Thunder (2008)

What a beautiful movie!

That was an excellent one.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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.

I don't even know where to start with this movie. It's silly, and hits on pretty much every major stereotype of all different races, on Hollywood, and the Vietnam War. If any of this offends you, don't watch the movie. If you can laugh at yourself, then you will enjoy it immensely. This movie is insanely quotable like many of my favorite comedies. The characters all have great one liners, but I have to say for me Robert Downey Jr. makes this movie. He plays Kirk Lazarus, method actor, playing Sgt. Lincoln Osiris...in blackface. Like I said, you have to bring your best sense of humor to this movie, but the brilliant thing is that they acknowledge the implications of everything they make fun of, and then continue to make fun of it. The other black character in the movie, Alpa Chino, calls Kirk Lazarus out every time he says something stereotypical. You only have to look at the names of all of the characters in the film to see that there is no stone left unturned, so to speak, when it comes to recognizing stereotypes. Another personal favorite character of mine is Tom Cruise's character Les Grossman (who is arguably my favorite Tom Cruise character of all time because he doesn't take himself seriously for once) as the unscrupulous, vulgar Hollywood executive who only cares about getting his cut for making the movie. The movie ends with a gangsta rap dance sequence in his fat suit, which to me is totally worth it even if you don't like the rest of the movie. If you're into smart stupid humor, you'll enjoy this movie.

In my opinion this movie was absolutely awful even if you exclude the low budget and how fake they made it. My great great Grandpa was in the army I bet he's turning over in his grave. This is the worst comedy I watched. Can't believe Jack Black and Robert Downy Jr. were in this they've done so much better. No surprise Ben Stiller and Danny McBride were in it. This is the third worst insulting comedy I've ever seen. I wish movies like this weren't allowed on IMDb I love comedy movies with a passion just not these bad portraying comedy's. I respect other peoples opinions. I just hope they never make a sequel. Third time I've ever been this disappointed in a comedy. Jack Black and Robert Downy Jr are two of the great actors they could and have done better.

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.