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It's not really a knock to say that nothing in Tropic Thunder is funnier than its first five minutes, so sly that--especially for people watching in theaters--you don't realise right away they are the opening minutes of the movie. This outrageous comedy begins with a series of fake previews, each introducing one of the main characters in the film-proper (not that there's anything proper about this film) and each bearing the familiar logo of a different motion picture studio: Universal, DreamWorks SKG, et al. Such playing fast and loose with corporate talismans verges on sacrilege, but it's an index of how much le tout Tinseltown endorses the movie as a demented valentine to itself. The premise is that the cast of a would-be "Son of Rambo" movie shooting in some Southeast Asian jungle get into a real shooting war with drug-smuggling montagnards. Don't ask--though the movie does have an answer--why such highly paid, usually ultra-pampered personnel as superhero Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Mozart of fart comedy Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), hip-hop artist Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and five-time Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus from Aus-try-leeah (Robert Downey Jr.) should be running through the jungle unattended and very vulnerable. It matters only that the real-life cast has a high time kidding their own profession and flexing their comedic muscles. Bonus points go to Stiller for co-writing the script (with Justin Theroux) and directing, and to Downey, brilliant as a white actor surgically turned black actor for his role and utterly committed to staying in character no matter what ("I don't drop character till I done the DVD commentary"). Be warned: The movie, too, is committed--to being an equal-opportunity offender. Its political incorrectness extends not only to Lazarus's black-like-me posturing but also Speedman's recent, Sean Penn–style Oscar bid playing a cognitively challenged farmboy--or, in Lazarus's deathless phrase, "going the full retard." Others in the cast include Steve Coogan as a director out of his depth, Nick Nolte as the Viet-vet novelist whose book inspired the film-within-the-film, Matthew McConaughey as Speedman's sun-blissed agent back home, and Tom Cruise--bald, fat-suited, and profane--as an epically repulsive studio head. Two hours running time is a mite excessive, but otherwise, what's not to like? --Richard T. Jameson
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Improves with repeat viewings,
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This review is from: Tropic Thunder (3-Disc Directors Cut) [DVD] (DVD)
Works more often than it fails and is visually excellent throughout, with great attention to detail and atmosphere. Watch it a couple of times and it gets a lot funnier. The three disc edition is good value with a lot of great extras and the extended cut IS better than the theatrical release. Sure to be a cult classic in a few years time.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For all of you out there like me that need audio and subs info...,
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This review is from: Tropic Thunder [Blu-ray] [2008] (Blu-ray)
Specs for this BLU RAY EDITION:- AUDIO: English 5.1 Dolby true HD / German/French/Italian/Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital - SUBTITLES: English/English SDHT/Dutch/Finish/French/German/Italian/Norwegian/Spanish/Swedish - COMENTARY SUBTITLES: English/French/Italian/German/Spanish This edition includes digital copy and the specs above are as listed on the back cover. Hope this helps Cheers/Joćo Dias
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This film should get 6 stars!,
This review is from: Tropic Thunder - Single Disc [DVD] (DVD)
It's a film about a film made about a book which is about a guy... This is a total take on the Rambo, Platoon and other 80's movies that send the message to all "War Was Bad"!This is so funny, you have to watch it just to see Tom Cruse play a media mogle called, Less Grossman. If U R up 4 pure NRG & Ripcorde laughter this the film to watch. PURE NRG
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