Tropic Thunder
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008This movie is EPIC! Seriously I’m not one to like comedies… most of the time I’m disappointed, but Tropic Thunder came as a big surprise for me. I had heard some good critics of the movie and the trailer did spike my interest.
Actors sent in the heart of Vietnam have to shoot a big budget film, the director decides to drop them in the jungle to get more realism and hopefully save the movie. However they encounter very real trouble when a young drug lord doesn’t want Americans to interfere. There were even a few fake trailers at the beginning of the movie to set the characters and it was funny from beginning to end. Many lines and subjects presented by this movie may very well offend you and you’ll have a lot of “WTF?!” moments. You’ll be grossed out too. But it’s very clever, the way the story is told is very compelling and you feel the overall experience was a fun ride. Even if The Dark Knight is a must see for this summer, Tropic Thunder would end up on that list too. DON’T WAIT!
Please notice “Black Downey Jr” in the poster, the fact that Robert Downey Jr plays an actor, that plays the role of a black man did not offend me. Also the use of the word “retard” through the entire movie was not meant to be offensive in any way. I’ve heard that some groups were up in arms about that issue. In the movie, they reference an actor playing a “retard” but I wonder if they were upset about the word itself? Because they make fun of farting fat people, drug addicts, closeted gay stars and rich Hollywood producers. Your thoughts?
