Tropic Thunder Review - Superbuu3

Summary (possible spoilers)
Tropic Thunder has a star studded cast and is a hilarious comedy, with some very dark comic moments, the kinda of film you'll feel bad laughing at certain things, but generally all round very enjoyable to a wide audience. The film follows the plot of a bunch of actors in a movie set in vietnam. However during filming the actors come across real guerillas while believing it is actually. Check out the trailer if the idea seems amusing to you. You will most definitely like it.

Main Review

Personally I'm a Ben Stiller fan and he directed and wrote this film to. The humour in the film has some classic Ben Stiller moments. I was suprised to find that Ben Stiller doesn't actually turn out to be the film's central character. In fact the main star is Robert Downey Junior. Stiller's character is of a has been actor and he is trying to get his film career back on track his main priority is to finish the film showing everyone that he is in fact the best. If you happen to see Zoolander you'll be familiar with this characters role, although this film has humour quite different to Zoolander itself.

Downey for me was the overall highlight of this film, displaying a variety of accents and dialogue, showing that this can pull off anything. I really started to respect him for his role in Iron Man, but in this film he plays a completely different character and you will come out thinking that know one else could've pulled the role off better. When I came out of the cinema I was genuinely thinking that I have to track down all of Downey's films and watch them as i've only seen 3, but with the talent this guy is showing I clearly have been missing out.

The supporting cast is amazing I myself have never been a big Jack Black fan and I always prefer him in a supporting role as opposed to a central character and in this he brilliant as a character to add humour into scenes where it looks like there won't be any. There are also roles by Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey both being extremely likeable characters and still pulling off some great lines despite not being famous for there humour. Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role as the director and for all those spidey fans out there there is even a mini cameo by tobey maguire, which i thought was hilarious.

While in the cinema watching this film the whole audience was almost in tears laughing. For anyone who knows there actors you should be able to get a few extra jokes that are clearly aimed at certain people. The opening of the film is done brilliantly and you will really appreciate how despite being a short film the back stories of all character's are sufficiently developed. The fact that I haven't seen a comedy entertain such a large variety of people at the same time would make me recommend this film highly just for that.

Even if you don't like Stiller there are sufficient people in this film to cater for your humour, so definitely check this one out.

I'll be going to see this soon, in Greenwich's lovely Picture House. Oh man I missed that Picture House.

I watched this at bluewater

i'm gutted i missed hellboy 2 though

Hellboy 2 wasn't that good in my opinion.

shame
what about step brothers or whatever its called that will ferrell one?

Never saw that. Didn't look that good.

i like films so i try to watch what i can i want to check out that and don't mess with the zohan if i got time
there might be better films out though

Zohan isn't showing at Greenwich. That's the downside of it. It's a small theater so things pass through quickly and there's not much selection.

is the greenwich one the filmworks
next to the nando's?

I thought Tropic Thunder was awful.

Quote :

Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role

NO!

Steve Coogan should be banned from going near any American films, he always gets fucked over. I can't even imagine what Hamlet 2 is like.

Sarbud wrote:

I thought Tropic Thunder was awful.

Quote :

Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role

NO!

Steve Coogan should be banned from going near any American films, he always gets fucked over. I can't even imagine what Hamlet 2 is like.

your just a britainophile
coogan is funny wherever he is

Monkey D. Luffy wrote:

is the greenwich one the filmworks
next to the nando's?

No, it's called Greenwich Picture House. Not far from the Maritime Museum.

I bet you were crushed every time the Partridge movie fell hrough weren't you Sarbud?

Monkey D. Luffy wrote:

Sarbud wrote:

I thought Tropic Thunder was awful.

Quote :

Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role

NO!

Steve Coogan should be banned from going near any American films, he always gets fucked over. I can't even imagine what Hamlet 2 is like.

your just a britainophile
coogan is funny wherever he is

To hell with that, in that first scene he swore a lot (cuz swearing is funny), and then he got yelled at a bit and then

Spoiler:

Yes, comedy gold.

T_Man wrote:

Monkey D. Luffy wrote:

is the greenwich one the filmworks
next to the nando's?

No, it's called Greenwich Picture House. Not far from the Maritime Museum.

oh right the one i was thinking of is bigger but i don't like it
i think its next to an A road or something

i haven't been to the maritime museum since i was a kid
i remember going to the planetarium there

Sarbud wrote:

Monkey D. Luffy wrote:

Sarbud wrote:

I thought Tropic Thunder was awful.

Quote :

Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role

NO!

Steve Coogan should be banned from going near any American films, he always gets fucked over. I can't even imagine what Hamlet 2 is like.

your just a britainophile
coogan is funny wherever he is

To hell with that, in that first scene he swore a lot (cuz swearing is funny), and then he got yelled at a bit and then

Spoiler:

Yes, comedy gold.

well if i wanted a steve coogan film i'd watch the parol,e officer

Just watched it. It was okay.

Superbuu3 wrote:

Summary (possible spoilers)
Tropic Thunder has a star studded cast and is a hilarious comedy, with some very dark comic moments, the kinda of film you'll feel bad laughing at certain things, but generally all round very enjoyable to a wide audience. The film follows the plot of a bunch of actors in a movie set in vietnam. However during filming the actors come across real guerillas while believing it is actually. Check out the trailer if the idea seems amusing to you. You will most definitely like it.

Main Review

Personally I'm a Ben Stiller fan and he directed and wrote this film to. The humour in the film has some classic Ben Stiller moments. I was suprised to find that Ben Stiller doesn't actually turn out to be the film's central character. In fact the main star is Robert Downey Junior. Stiller's character is of a has been actor and he is trying to get his film career back on track his main priority is to finish the film showing everyone that he is in fact the best. If you happen to see Zoolander you'll be familiar with this characters role, although this film has humour quite different to Zoolander itself.

Downey for me was the overall highlight of this film, displaying a variety of accents and dialogue, showing that this can pull off anything. I really started to respect him for his role in Iron Man, but in this film he plays a completely different character and you will come out thinking that know one else could've pulled the role off better. When I came out of the cinema I was genuinely thinking that I have to track down all of Downey's films and watch them as i've only seen 3, but with the talent this guy is showing I clearly have been missing out.

The supporting cast is amazing I myself have never been a big Jack Black fan and I always prefer him in a supporting role as opposed to a central character and in this he brilliant as a character to add humour into scenes where it looks like there won't be any. There are also roles by Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey both being extremely likeable characters and still pulling off some great lines despite not being famous for there humour. Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role as the director and for all those spidey fans out there there is even a mini cameo by tobey maguire, which i thought was hilarious.

While in the cinema watching this film the whole audience was almost in tears laughing. For anyone who knows there actors you should be able to get a few extra jokes that are clearly aimed at certain people. The opening of the film is done brilliantly and you will really appreciate how despite being a short film the back stories of all character's are sufficiently developed. The fact that I haven't seen a comedy entertain such a large variety of people at the same time would make me recommend this film highly just for that.

Even if you don't like Stiller there are sufficient people in this film to cater for your humour, so definitely check this one out.

post moar

I thought it was crap.

It had some alright moments. Mostly Tom Cruise's scenes, although that stopped being funny after the first negotiation scene.

yeah i should right reviews more

i haven't been out much lately

Superbuu3 wrote:

i haven't been out much lately

Well then what the crap have you been doing? Hibernating?

yeah kinda dumb really i should of been on here more

Sarbud wrote:

I thought Tropic Thunder was awful.

Quote :

Its also nice to see that Steve Coogan is in this film and he is great in his role

NO!

Steve Coogan should be banned from going near any American films, he always gets fucked over. I can't even imagine what Hamlet 2 is like.

Night at the Musuem

He was in Night At The Museum?

*checks IMDB*

Oh, the second one. And apparently he's starring in an Eddie the Eagle biopic as well...