Tropic Thunder

[BlackLantern]

Haven't activist groups figured out by now that if you protest a film you just give it more publicity and probably make it a ton more money???

 

[DieSmiling]

The controversy is ridiculous, and political correctness like this makes me sick.

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

i just saw it
and most of you might or will disagree with me
i was really disapointed with this movie
the beginning(very beginning, you know what i mean if you've seen it) was awesome and creative. even the beginning of the "movie" (again if you've seen it you know what i mean), was awesome. then after probably 15/20 min into the movie, it was super boring and not entertaining at all imo. the end was pretty sweet. but overall, i thought this was going too be a lot better.
Action-comedy films are very tricky too make, and rarely work because action films are ussually serious, the opposite of comedy.
I thought Pineapple Express was way better, by a landslide.
once again just my opinion
i give it a 6.5/10

 

[danoyse]

I don't get the controversy either. The use of ****** is to critique the actors who played ******s to win awards like Oscar; it is not used to make fun of people who have mental disabilities. But I guess they aren't interested to find that out, because they just want free publicity that comes with their protests.

They're against any use of the word "******" and want it removed from the film, comparing it to the "n" word. And that's absolutely not true, "******ed" was once an acceptable definition of the condition, while the other word has never been anything but an ugly slur.

Another forum I read was going ballistic at the subject last night, even though none of them have actually seen the film. Some of them are parents of disabled children and have heard it used in such a negative way that even if they understand the context it's being used in the film they still don't want to hear it at all.

And my advice to them is not to see the movie if it's going to bother them so much. It's an R-rated film. Movies have used plenty of negative words about people, it's not stopping anytime soon, and even if it was taken out it doesn't mean people in every day life are going to stop using it either.

The time would be better spent educating actual people about the ugliness of the word rather than worry about it's use in a movie.

Where were these protests when Borat was released? It used the word in a far more offensive way, but I don't recall any protests.

 

[TheVileOne]

Borat didn't really announce it or market it.

The whole Simple Jack thing was part of the movie within a movie thing. And it was one of the fake websites they set up for the movie. So that's where it kind of caught them and got the stupid moron groups in an uproar.

 

[danoyse]

That's true, it was the viral marketing that really got Tropic Thunder in trouble.

I know they're worried about someone marketing "Full ******" t-shirts, and that one I can sympathize with them about. But the movie I think they need to let go at this point.

 

[imdaly]

I want a "Full ******" t-shirt.

 

[co2]

crass..yes. But I haven't laughed this much at a movie in a while.

 

[Venom75]

The controversy is ridiculous, and political correctness like this makes me sick.

Amen to that.

 

[Gilpesh]

The controversy is ridiculous, and political correctness like this makes me sick.

That's right, you take your piece of the pie... move on up... *hugs and starts to get teary eyed* Move on up... to the eastside.

 

[KenK]

I need a can of Booty Sweat to wash down my Bust-A-Nut bar!!!

(just so y'all know, there actually is an energy drink called, no lie. . . . ."Sum P*ssy". It's actually quite good.)

 

[Drizzle]

This was such a great movie. Robert Downey Jr owned the role. "Y'all in luck! Before the war I was a saucier in San Anton'! Collard me some greens!"

The fake trailers in the beginning were hilarious too, especially the one with Kirk Lazarus.

 

[Gilpesh]

Drizzle, don't worry. No one is questioning if this movie is good. But thanks for the confirmation!

 

[Timstuff]

Aw man, this movie was great, I just got back from it... The part with the severed head was kind of in bad taste I thought, but for the most part this movie was great. Movies like this are what save the spoof genre from garbage like Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie.

 

[Nirvana]

I just saw it. Oh my god that movie was ****in hilarious! I cried laughing the entire time!

Spoiler

Tom Cruise was ****ing hilarious! The trailer for Satan's Alley was hilarious, also

I loved it!

 

[Spider-Fan]

This was easily the funniest movie I have seen in years. It was amazing. Robert Downye Jr. easily stole the movie, but everyone else was hysterical too (though Black was very one note in the movie).

Loved the trailer with Tobey and Kirk...that was hilarious t:

 

[Timstuff]

Did anyone else kind of wonder Matthew McCognuhey's role may have originally been written for Owen Wilson?

 

[Drizzle]

Did anyone else kind of wonder Matthew McCognuhey's role may have originally been written for Owen Wilson?

You guessed right. It was originally written for him, but after Wilson's suicide attempt, he pulled out of the movie and McConaughey was cast.

 

[Dr. Evil]

How was RDJ in the role of the dude who's playing a dude disguised as another dude?

 

[Dave McFly]

How was RDJ in the role of the dude who's playing a dude disguised as another dude?

he was great as i thought he would be, but Tom stole the movie out from under everybody!

 

[Tissues]

Saw it this morning. Got there a little late and just saw the Kirk Laz trailer. I thought the beginning was great and I liked RDJ and Black's characters. There were great lines scattered throughout the movie. The scene with Jack Black tied to the tree was faaaantastic. I think I enjoyed Pineapple Express a bit more, but this was still a great movie. I gave this a 9.

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

Awesome movie, WAY better than Pineapple Express IMO.

 

[SuperBatman]

I Saw this last night and to be honest I haven't laughed this hard in years. This movie was fricken Hilarious I mean Robert Downey obviously stole the show but the rest of the cast except maybe for Nick Nolte were hilarious. I thought this was a whole lot better than Pineapple express I don't know what it is but I didn't laugh for Pineapple Express as much as I did for this movie.

 

[Darkfly]

ah man I just checked & its the freaking 19th of Sept (UK release) before I can see this

 

[Brian Braddock]

Tell me about it