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Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated director drops them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills to survive…
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I think that this film gets legendary status not necessarily because it is a super-fantastic film - I mean, it is a good film but not like one of the best ever or anything - but because it represents a period of time that was just before everyone went super nuts with identity politics and dominate a lot of shows these days. While it is stepping back a notch, the major streaming services really went wild with being s…More
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The prominent German military leader Moltke famously stated that even the most brilliantly devised plans never survive their first contact with reality. This saying is hard to forget for anyone who follows modern Hollywood, given the plethora of films that appear to be excellent ideas on paper (and in trailers) but fail to deliver as finished products. One example is *Tropic Thunder*, a film intended to be a hilario…More
Check out this hilarious movie starring Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller. It cracked me up. This movie is one of my favorites. Posted using CineTVMore
I rarely talk about comedy movies, so I rarely decided to write a film of this genre to my list, however, a few weeks ago I decided to give Tropic Thunder a chance, so I wrote it down on my list, and today I finally decided to give it a try. > > Source Year: 2008 Category: Action Comedy. Director: Ben Stiller. Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise…More
This movie has got to be one of the best comedies ever made. Robert Downey Jr.'s performance alone makes it entirely worth owning and watching. Definitely adding to the Blu Ray collection.More