Tropic Thunder

Although this (the director's cut) was perhaps just a little long, I really enjoyed this film and laughed till I cried in more than one place. But it is a film where you sense that not everyone will like it. Some of the comedy is direct and irresistible: the verbally absurd, like Downey's gibberish Chinese when trying to con the leader of the drug-band or the visual humour of Stiller running along with his "son" stabbing him in the back until Stiller finally throws him off the bridge. But some is conceptual humour: remembering the idea of just what you are watching right now, or registering that the occasionally stupid, trite dialogue is crafted that way parodically. If you are considering getting this film, my advice is stop reading any other review when they mention Tom Cruise. I have noticed that some reviewers describe the nature of his role: for me this is a spoiler! When you finally realise who he was during the credits, this is one of the funniest surprises in the film. The film is also justly well known for the trailers at the start, these are very good, but they are by no means better or even as good as the best moments in the film proper. Its main faults are overlength - a few cuts would have worked wonders (a pity that you can't choose between Director's Cut and Theatre Version, as with so many BDs these days) - and that the opening sequence of the film until they stop rolling is not THAT funny. As parodies go this is not in the league of "Austin Powers", which was much better as dissecting the cliches and idiocies of older Bond movies than this is at sending up war movies. But this film gains extra dimensions through ridiculing the self-importance and pretensions of Hollywood, and this provides much of the best humour. Being vague to try and avoid a spoiler, I'll say one of the funniest bits is when the studio boss does not change his attitude at all after realising his rather large initial misunderstanding. Highly recommended, and the picture and audio quality are very much worthy of Blu-Ray. Enjoy

Very entertaining and a great story and also very funny

Amazing.

Tropic Thunder is a carefully plotted and smart film, underneath the typical Stiller et all levels of comedy. Robert Downey Jnr and Tom Cruise may have got all the praise (they are both pretty good) but there are great supporting turns from a better than usual Jack Black, newcomers Jay Baruchel and Brandon T Jackson, Danny McBride, a suprisingly game Nick Nolte and a memorable turn from Mathew Mcconaughey. But for those who see this as Stiller himself acting the same role he has done before, bare in mind that not only does his role become funnier on repeats but that he also co-Wrote and Directed the film. For the film to be this funny and to have such a strong directions over the large set pieces from a Director also playing the main character is very impressive, and, as shown in Zoolander, Stiller knows how to make the most from the smaller roles and cameos (Bill Hader to the Fake Trailer performance of Tobey Maguire). One of the funniest films ever made!

Very funny film .

Everything was great 👍

Very funny

I, like many others I am sure, am a huge fan of Ben Stiller. But this was not one of his finest movies, despite the stellar cast. I felt that the plot was a bit too far-fetched. Essentially, a group of actors - one of whom is played by Stiller, whose character, Tugg Speedman, is known from a number of other successful films - are dropped in the jungle. Unbeknown to them, they find themselves in the middle of territory controlled by the 'Flaming Dragon' drugs gang. The actors have replica weapons while the drug gang fire live ammunition. There are a couple of amusing scenes played by Tom Cruise, who shows off some fine dance moves. Another involved Ben Stiller himself, who is humiliated by the child leader of the gang who forces him to play the part of Simple Jack, an educationally challenged character from his films. Robert Downey Jr's performance was quite amusing - although these days would be shouted down for cultural appropriation, racism etc (although that misses the point about the travails of 'method acting'). Needless to say, the individual performances were great. But, for me, it did not really connect in the way I had hoped. Maybe I need to watch the film again.

Great movie

Parfait 😄

This is a classic. Just buy it, if you don’t know it.

To save the movie, 5 actors are dropped into the jungles of Vietnam to produce a war movie. They have no idea how real things can get. The jungle is home to the Flaming Dragons who are in the drug trade. They captured Tugg Speedman because they know his Simple Jack movie and demand ransom money for his release. Their plan is to rescue Speedman. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous and the rock music is amazing. Tropic Thunder has action, gunfire, explosions, RPG’s and a ton of laughs. This movie has a huge amazing cast. Robert Downey JR performance posing as a black soldier is a hoot.

Para los que no la hayan visto supondra una sorpresa. Sin duda la mejor de Ben Stiller, con un castig de lujo. Es una comedia sobre el cine belico, tan dislocada como divertida. Son buenos hasta los titulos de credito en forma de falsos trailers. Si quiere reirse y pasarlo bien esta es la pelicula. De paso es una critica despiadada de las estructuras comeciales del cine de Hollywood, hasta Tom Cruise esta genial. Estupenda pelicula