This movie has everything it takes to implode the head of a Politically Correct watchdog.
There's an actor in blackface, a movie-in-a-movie portrayal of a mentally retarded man, a heroin addicted comedian who specializes in farts, a Jewish executive who's greedy and obnoxious, the kiling of a giant panda, and a whole mess of drug peddling violent South East Asians.
Yikes.
Tropic Thunder is a film about a Vietnam movie being filmed on location. Unbeknownst to the actors they are no longer part of an experimental film technique, they're actually at war with a local drug cartele. Hijinks ensue.
I thought it was a blast, a solid if not spectacular chuckler from beginning to end. And the cast was top notch - Robert Downey (who was great), Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Nick Nolte, Matthew McCaughnahay (sp?), and Tom Cruise (in a great part as the movie exec).
The drawbacks to the film are readily apparent and irrelevant - what, you wanted a complex plot and romance? - and shouldn't hold you back from seeing this movie.
2.5 out of 4.
I actually hated this movie...so did my hubs.
ReplyDeleteIt started off really comical, and then to me, the lameness set in.
Plus, I admit it, I was incredibly turned off by the the whole 'retard' scenarios. Normally, I don't let stuff like that bother me in movies. After all, it's just a movie...and a comedy no less.
I just think this movie pushed it a little too far. Okay, A LOT too far.
For me, it didn't compare to Ben Stiller in There's Something About Mary or Meet The Parents/Fockers.