Tropic Thunder

The first time I started watching this movie I fell asleep. It was so boring and non sense. Jack Black was exaggerating on his faces and Ben Stiller was pretty dull. Robert Downey Jr. was interesting, but I was so sleepy that even he could make watch the whole movie.

Yesterday my boyfriend made me watch it (He was getting his revenge because I made him watch Mamma Mia!)  and yesterday I wasn't sleepy so I really had to watch it all. First, it was funny to see my boyfriend complaining about the parody of Platoon. The first conclusions about it were the same of the ones I had in the first time I "watched" it: There is a lot of money in the movie, the special effects are really good but it's really boring. As I watched the whole movie this time I could notice some other things.

The critics about Hollywood actors behavior were great! Stiller - as director, writer and producer - spreads his poison all around. The main characters are so alike some real life actors. Tugg Speedman (Stiller) is an action movies star that wants to become a serious actor. (Stallone??) Kirk Lazarus (Doney Jr.) is a prize winner actor, that act like a schizophrenic by really getting "in" the character and wants to adventure in big blockbusters. (De Niro???) Jeff Portnoy wants to get rid of bad comedies about fat people that fart a lot (Murphy?????) and wants to get over drug addiction (Downey Jr.???? Owen Wilson????)

The best thing about this film is Downey Jr's acting, it was really, really great- as good as Heath's in The Dark Knight, this confirm my suspects that he got the Oscar just because he died. Another funny thing was that I took some time to recognize Tom Cruise, I looked at him and thought: I know that guy, almost an hour later they closed in his face and I had the insight: Damn! It's Tom Cruise fat and bald! But besides the nice critics, the good special effects and Doney Jr.'s the movie is just a piece of shit.

If you want to watch Jack Black getting and gun out of his underwear and Ben Stiller killing a panda, go ahead and watch it. You may laught a lot but the movie still dull. Robert Downey Jr is a good reason for watching it.

Tropic Tunder's highs and lows


+ Robert Downey Jr.
+ Satan's Alley, Scorcher and The Fatties traillers.

- Ben Stiller
- Jack Black

Brilliant Quotes by Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) 

Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...

About Tugg Speedman's best movie, which he plays a "full retarded" farmer. 

I don't read the script. The script reads me. 

Kirk playing Chuck Norris?

Everyone goes gay once in a while. This is Hollywood!

Kirk about Alpa Chino's homossexuality and the fact that he really got "in" the character when played a gay priest.