Check This One Out! - Tropic
Thunder
Kirk Lazarus: "Yo asshole! This muthafucka's dead. Ain't no
Criss Angel Mindfreak, David Blane trapdoor horse shit jumpin' off here!"
Tropic
Thunder is directed by Ben Stiller (Zoolander,
The Cable Guy, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) and stars Ben Stiller as Tugg
Speedman, Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy, Jay
Baruchel as Kevin Sandusky, Brandon T. Jackson as Alpa Chino, Danny McBride as
Cody, Steve Coogan as Damien Cockburn, Bill Hader as Studio Executive Rob Solomon,
Nick Nolte as Four Leaf Tayback, Matthew McConaughey as Rick Peck, and Tom
Cruise as Les Grossman.
Despereate to finish the movie they
started, a "platoon" of actors portraying soldiers fighting in the
Vietnam war end up getting more than they asked for during the shooting. The
squad has to fight through a barrage of real Vietnamese guerillas to save one
friend from entertaining the kidnappers for the rest of his life by recreating
his worst movie over and over again. Drugs, stupid over the top violence, and
offensive blackface are just a few of the "simple" things that make
this movie so damn great and hilarious.
Frankly, there are many unbelievable
scenarios that happen throughout Tropic
Thunder, but fuck that! I'm putting aside any realism about a movie that
has Robert Downey Jr. putting on blackface as an Australian actor. Holy shit
this movie is fucking great. Honestly, I don't understand how a movie with Tom
Cruise in a fat suit, Jack Black without a fat suit (but a drug addict), Matthew
McConaughey wondering where the fuck Tugg Speedman's Tvio is all the fucking
time, and Robert Downey Jr. doing a weirdly comedic (and all too real)
impression of a black man could even be pitched to studios. To start off, Ben
Stiller's commitment to making this movie is off the charts brave and impressive.
Hats off to him and his writing team, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen, to
creating a script that allowed for a good amount of improvisation and a whole
lot of comedy, with drops of "fuck" and "shit" sprinkled around.
I'll take the view a step back and let you know that what's even more
impressive is the story in itself: brilliant. It's meta humor to the max. I
loved everything from the introductions of the characters with trailers for
each of them at the beginning to being on set of a "fake" movie in
which people actually die. One more crucial reason as to why you should see Tropic Thunder, on top of many other
reasons: it's quotable as fuck! Seriously. Where else are you going to hear
"man, I don't drop character 'till I done with the DVD commentary" or
"never go full retard"? So fucking genius.
Look at this fucking crazy shit!
Want to have a fun time? Shit, just drink
some Booty Sweat, baby! I don't do it justice. Not even close. Watch Tropic Thunder if you really want to
have a good time and not get stressed out by the problems that life gives us.
Life is all too short to pass up the good times. Didn't think I'd get philosophical,
did you? Fuck that shit. You're going to laugh your ass off and like it. Tropic Thunder is original and creative.
You won't find another crude and violent movie that has two Golden Globe
nominations for best Actor in a supporting role (Robert Downey Jr. and Tom
Cruise) and an Oscar nomination (Robert Downey Jr.).
Tropic Thunder is rated
R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content, and drug
material
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trailer
Tropic Thunder is
now available on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download
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