Comments on: Tropic Thunder Not Your Typical Vietnam Flick

By: movie junkie

movie junkie — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:40:59 +0000

Robert Downey Jr. cracks me up… he’s got a knack for not taking himself too seriously

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Orbiting the bologsphere | Daily Newscaster — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:47:45 +0000

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By: New York City

New York City — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:06:46 +0000

I saw this movie yesterday and thought it was really funny. It’s worth seeing.

By: bdog57

bdog57 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:19:55 +0000

So, making fun of a man’s religion is “OK”, but making fun of the mentally challenged and racial tensions is not? I love all of the hypocrisy and nanny-ism surrounding the critics of this film.

People just REALLY aren’t getting the joke with the “Simple Jack” routine. It works on so many levels because it is an indictment of how Hollywood profits by exploiting those with challenges. I have a son with Autism and one with Asperger’s -not the same as retardation, I know, but still – and I laughed hysterically. The fact that the foreign audience idolizes “Simple Jack” is even better: MANY once-popular U.S. bands and entertainment acts are still quite successful overseas long after they’re considered yesterday’s news stateside.

The whole point of satire is to make fun of people/groups who take themselves too seriously. The “trailers” at the front of this movie should clue you in: over-the-top cartoons of oversexed rappers, overhyped action heroes, and gratuitous swipes at Eddie Murphy and Brokeback Mountain.

The end credits said “no animals were harmed in the making of this movie” but I’m pretty sure that quite a few sacred cows were slaughtered.

By: audie2

audie2 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:26:42 +0000

Just saw this movie. And it is hilarious. The language is part of the “satire” and it is also funny. Stiller was fine, Cruise was great and Downey was awsome. The action sequences were as well played out as any Rambo flick.

By: KenK

KenK — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:33:31 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, this film uses a word equivalent to the n-word – A LOT!

Stiller is stupid if he thinks that “free Speech” covers the filth in this film.

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By: jay

jay — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:28:04 +0000

Javelin:
That reply must have been about my post. If Cruise was running around and making videos about the joys of being catholic then that’s what the joke would have been about. Mel Brooks and others have made a career out of “pointing out the Jews” so that’s been done. I didn’t think my stupid joke warranted a reply but I guess you get easily offended.

By: Javelin

Javelin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:10:00 +0000

I won’t waste ticket price on it, but as soon as it gets to DVD, I’m seeing it! Funny, how everyone who is supposed to be so sensitive about religion feels they must babble about Cruise’s which to my knowledge, has nothing to do with the film? Maybe we should point out the Jews too?

By: SGT Ted

SGT Ted — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:54 +0000

Good thing they didn’t make fun of autism. The pearl clutchers would have shot into space.

By: FMC

FMC — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:34:29 +0000

I’m definitely seeing this…I’ve been waiting forever for a comedy version of Apocalypse Now.