Tropic Thunder

D · Post by D » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:17 pm

Great flick, I hate Tom Cruise alot less now.
He does a mean Joe Pantoliano like in Midnight Run with the swearing and all.
"Take one big step back and litteraly fuck your own face"
wow, that was funny.
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Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:30 pm

Tropic Thunder is a very confused film. It's never sure if it wants to be all-out comedy, or if it wants to get serious and have some kind of message. In effect, most of the time it treads really boring grounds somewhere in between. Additionally, there is almost no jokes in the movie. Downey Jr's character is funny because he looks and acts like a black guy, and he's not a black guy--Tom Cruise's character is funny because he's fat, bald, constantly screaming, and Tom Cruise--etc, etc. Inherently, these things are good for a few cheap laughs, and the actors are good enough that their single-joke-existence never quite seems monotonous, but it doesn't carry the film, either.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:37 pm

loved it.....and it didnt need jokes....

i mean...you dont have 'jokes' really in will ferrel films, for example....they just say really silly shit and it makes you laugh.....thats funny to me....same deal here......

for a comedy i found this film quite good....if you go into it expecting anything more you will be disappointed....

and yes....tom cruise was hilarious.....after this performance i promptly went down to the local church of scientology and signed up for some courses and im well on my way to being OT....

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shit....he made me laugh just by his dancing....hilarious.....

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:38 pm

I heard that this is good, plus I'm a Downey Jr fan and have a respect for Cruise's skills. (EDIT:- Not his Cult).
I'll be checking this thread for further feedback.

D · Post by D » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:39 pm

Necronopticous wrote:Tropic Thunder is a very confused film. It's never sure if it wants to be all-out comedy, or if it wants to get serious and have some kind of message. In effect, most of the time it treads really boring grounds somewhere in between. Additionally, there is almost no jokes in the movie. Downey Jr's character is funny because he looks and acts like a black guy, and he's not a black guy--Tom Cruise's character is funny because he's fat, bald, constantly screaming, and Tom Cruise--etc, etc. Inherently, these things are good for a few cheap laughs, and the actors are good enough, that their single-joke-existence never quite seems monotonous, but it doesn't carry the film, either.

Well, that's what I liked about the film, the no-structure part. There are not alot of jokes in the movie, but the entire movie is a joke.
And it's always all out comedy. There is no message anywhere to be found. Jack Black in slo-mo screaming "mmyy aassss".
You sound like you're writting reviews for MSN.
Those guys just moving in the woods is funny enough.
The student-teenager kid was called Radar by Jack Black.
OK, you didn't like it. Fair enough. How's Pinapple Express?

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:50 pm

I didn't hate it. I just found it to have a very confused feel to it. Overall, I had higher expectations.

D wrote:How's Pinapple Express?

Very funny, I thought.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:10 pm

i kind of agree to a point.....i expected a bit more story wise, but the delivery was effective so i still got some enjoyment from it

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:03 am

Imo tommy was the best part.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:06 am

are we talking about tropic thunder or pineapple express......cuz i dont remember a tommy in tropic thunder and i havent seen pineapple express yet