When you see the posters for this movie, you start to think it's going to be this totally okay movie with some pretty sweat action with a lot of stars that we love. But i gatta tell ya, when our parents rented this movie on december of 2008, this became something totally different and even better.
Plot: Tropic Thunder is the name of a film based on a book written by a Vietnam veteran that is currently being made by a action actor that is becoming unpopular, a 5 times academy award winner, a rapper and a drug-addict comedian and a newcomer who are all starring in the film. Things do not start well in making the film when the actors behave immaturely and a major explosion on the set was set off when the camera wasn't even rolling. So the rookie director with the help of the author of the book that the movie is based off of and his explosion expert attempt to shoot the movie "guerrila-style" and things to not turn out as planned.
This is a pretty fun movie. it has sort s of action, a whole bunch of comedy and some funny spoofs of real actors and movies. There are some points when things get a little to far, mostly with Jack Black's character trying to grab a gun he has hidden inside his underwear. But other than that it's a very fun movie with a pretty awesome plot, good characters and some pretty fricking good lines either funny or just really bad-a.
Actors/Characters:
Ben Stiller/Tugg Speedman: I liked Stiller's part in the way it's different from a lot of his movie nowadays. And i like Tugg Speedman in how he has these certain goal and how he's a little crazy.
Robert Downey Jr./Kirk Lazarus: THAT WAS DOWNEY!?!?! i mean i know i'm taking it a little to simply in terms of his performance and the make-up but seriously, i couldn't recognize him. In my mind's eye, he wasn't really a match for Heath Ledger with his performance as the Joker. But I would've been happy too if Downey won. he played a very different character and he did a very good job playing it. no questions asked.
Jack Black/Jeff Portnoy: Now with some of the jokes they had for Jeff Portnoy I didn't entirely like his character especially how he gets really carried away with doing things like killing that bat, but in a way he still had some pretty funny jokes. and it was nice to see Jack Black outside of movies like School of Rock and Kunga Fu Panda.
Brandon T. Jackson/Alpa Chino: i'll start of saying that i like the joke where one person totally mistakes his name for Al Pachino. But anyway, Apla was a decent, fun character with a secret was found out with some pretty funny reactions.
Jay Baruchel/Kevin Sandusky: Personally I really like this character. It kind of makes me really hope for the best when it come to the future with Baruchel's career. Which makes it a drag that he's been doing film like Sorcerer's Apprentice (which i intend to review) but also glad that he has done films like How to Train Your Dragon. (which i still need to see)
Tom Cruise/ Les Grossmen: He was a very fun character. and the make-up was good. it was really interesting to see Tom Cruise bald. He had a very fun way with language and he was a nice dancer. However i highly suggest that they do not actually make a movie of the character. This movie is as far as both the homosexual Scientologist - uh i mean straight, fading decent actor, and the character should go.
Screenplay: "I'M A LEAD FARMER MOTHER f*@#(&!!!" best line of the movie.
Music: it was pretty god. i did like that they had Low from Flo Rida. that's a fun song to dance to.
Editing: pretty good. it told the story just fine.
and that is my review for Tropic Thunder.
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