Tropic Thunder

Pros: Entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Could offend some viewers.

Ben Stiller has made several movies during his career. I have enjoyed most of his movies that I’ve seen. I’ve also enjoyed movies with Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., so I was interested in seeing Tropic Thunder. ...

Pros: Downey, Jackson, McConaughey, Cruise, some metafictional twists
Cons: not enough laughs for a 2-hour comedy

The 2008 summer comedy "Tropic Thunder" seems to have earned back its $92 million production cost, but critics seem to have found it funnier than mass audiences. Can it be too "insider" (inside Hollywood)? I don't think so, because "Entourage" is a hit ...

Pros: Hilarious spoof, great cast, good concept
Cons: Jack Black is sort of irritating, some might not find subject matter funny

First of all, I have to say, that I had no idea what Tropic Thunder was going to be like.  I refused to go with Hubby to see it at the theatre because he refused to see a Chick Flick that I wanted to see.  My kids wanted to see it but it ...

Pros: the majority of the cast, often absurdly hilarious
Cons: Jack Black, too long

Tropic Thunder is the story of the disastrous making-of a war movie.  Less than a week into filming, the movie is already a month behind, the film's big explosion is accidentally set off while the cameras are not running, and the ...

Pros:
Many funny moments
Cons:
Poor pacing

After all the hype surrounding Tropic Thunder, I was not sure that I wanted to see this movie. This week, Wulfette picked up a copy of the DVD from the local library. I watched it, and while it was certainly a clever movie, and it definitely ...

Pros: Creative and original
Cons: More clever than funny

You've probably heard all the incessant fawning over Robert Downey Junior's performance in Tropic Thunder as actor Kirk Lazarus, a five-time Oscar winner who gets so wrapped up in his characters that he even gets a blackface operation to play a black ...

Pros: Very funny, great cast, over the top silliness.
Cons: Extended version isn't good, Jack Black character a little weak.

Tropic Thunder is a spoof comedy, lampooning big budget war movies (specifically Vietnam films), and ensemble cast blockbusters in general. It has a star studded cast, including Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black,  Matthew McConaughey, Tom ...

Pros: Irreverent humor galore.
Cons: Hits close to home.

Ten men were sent. Four returned. Three wrote books. Two were published. One got a movie deal. This is the movie Tropic Thunder's mock-serious note regarding the making of the movie of the same name. Nick Nolte plays Sergeant Four-Leaf ...

Pros: Big Laughs.
Cons: Big Laughs but not enough of them.

Ben Stiller (Tugg Speedman) Robert Downey Junior (Kirk Lazarus) Jack Black (Jeff Portnoy) Nick Nolte (Tayback) Brandon T. Jackson (Alpa Chino) Steve Coogan (Damien Cockburn) Tom Cruise (Les Grossman) ...

Pros: Genuinely funny and over-the-top
Cons: Not very memorable, Some jokes fall flat

Tropic Thunder was written and directed by comic actor Ben Stiller. Like most Ben Stiller movies, it doesn’t disappoint. The film features a number of great comedians, including Jack Black, Robert Downy Jr. (who plays an actor playing an ...

Pros: Many big names.
Cons: Stupid. 

My better half rented some flicks.  Tropic Thunder was one of them.  This movie has so many big names.  I guess I expected more.  I really hardly laughed at all.  For the record, my better half laughed only a little at a ...

Pros: NONE.  Normally movies have some good qualities.  This one has none.
Cons: EVERYTHING.  Niether the trailers were funny nor the movie that followed. 

My wife and daughter rented this for the family so that we could spend a lighthearted night together.  After the series of mock movie trailers which were all in poor taste, the main event began.  Several of the trailers touched upon ...