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#1 Videodogg
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...its not funny, or offensive. Its just plain dumb. What a mis-fire of a movie. I cant believe all the controversy surrounding this movie. It must be some kind of Hollywood joke, fake news reports from fake organisations faking that they were offended by this movie. Its stupid.
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#2 A_Tarkovsky
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I laughed. Therefore, your argument fails.
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#3 Toriko42
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The tariler looked hilarious. I'm still going to see it after I see Pineapple Express
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#4 North-North
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i aint gonna c it
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I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..
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#6 criinok
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I thought Pineapple was ****ing hilarious, and I'm seeing Tropic this Monday with my brother. Looks great to me.
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#7 omfg_its_dally
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Really? The general response as been very positive.
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...its not funny, or offensive. Its just plain dumb. What a mis-fire of a movie. I cant believe all the controversy surrounding this movie. It must be some kind of Hollywood joke, fake news reports from fake organisations faking that they were offended by this movie. Its retarded.Videodogg

I actually found it to be one of the funniest films in a while, and one of the best film parodies since Airplane and sone of the earlier Mel Brooks films. Like Ive said before, if you didnt find it funny then you just didnt get it.

I have a review in my blog

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[QUOTE="Videodogg"]...its not funny, or offensive. Its just plain dumb. What a mis-fire of a movie. I cant believe all the controversy surrounding this movie. It must be some kind of Hollywood joke, fake news reports from fake organisations faking that they were offended by this movie. Its retarded.SaintLeonidas

I actually found it to be one of the funniest films in a while, and one of the best film parodies since Airplane and sone of the earlier Mel Brooks films. Like Ive said before, if you didnt find it funny then you just didnt get it.

I have a review in my blog

Please. Its a insult to mention Tropic Thunder in the same breath as Airplane or any Mel Brooks movie. You Sir were just hard up for a comedy.

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#10 Rockclmbr6
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It's funny, the only really negative reviews I've heard have been on GS. Everyone else says it's hysterical. I'm thinking a lot of people are going to miss the digs at moviemaking in general...but I'll wait until I see it before I make a final judgement. I laughed my ass off at the redband trailer so I'm guessing I'll love it.
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[QUOTE="Videodogg"]...its not funny, or offensive. Its just plain dumb. What a mis-fire of a movie. I cant believe all the controversy surrounding this movie. It must be some kind of Hollywood joke, fake news reports from fake organisations faking that they were offended by this movie. Its retarded.SaintLeonidas

I actually found it to be one of the funniest films in a while, and one of the best film parodies since Airplane and sone of the earlier Mel Brooks films. Like Ive said before, if you didnt find it funny then you just didnt get it.

I have a review in my blog

I understood it. I just didn't find it to be that funny. There were a few moments I enjoyed.

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#12 SaintLeonidas
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="Videodogg"]...its not funny, or offensive. Its just plain dumb. What a mis-fire of a movie. I cant believe all the controversy surrounding this movie. It must be some kind of Hollywood joke, fake news reports from fake organisations faking that they were offended by this movie. Its retarded.Videodogg

I actually found it to be one of the funniest films in a while, and one of the best film parodies since Airplane and sone of the earlier Mel Brooks films. Like Ive said before, if you didnt find it funny then you just didnt get it.

I have a review in my blog

Please. Its a insult to mention Tropic Thunder in the same breath as Airplane or any Mel Brooks movie. You Sir were just hard up for a comedy.

not really, I mean would you watch Airplane and not call half its jokes dumb? I mean if you didnt then you got some screws loose, well its the same with Tropic Thunder, of course some of the jokes are weird and dumb, thats what its like in a parody, but the rest were actually smart and hilarious, the film was a perfect parody of war films and hollywood, plus its was a good action movie. You "Sir" have a bad sense of humor.

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I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..sammyjenkis898

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..stormtrooper32

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

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#15 A_Tarkovsky
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[QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..sammyjenkis898

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

I think it's one of the funniest movies of the decade.
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#16 muffincakes87
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I thought it was pretty funny. Not amazing but still good. Are you saying seeing [spoiler] Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Megiure as gay priest was not funny? I laughed so hard when I saw that. [/spoiler]

I admit it gets little much but it was still pretty funny.

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#17 sammyjenkis898
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..A_Tarkovsky

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

I think it's one of the funniest movies of the decade.

Good for you.

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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..A_Tarkovsky

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

I think it's one of the funniest movies of the decade.

really? Well i think that of Tropic Thunder lol

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#19 xXBuffJeffXx
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I went with a buddy on a whim with no expectations and I thought it was pretty funny. Some parts were downright hilarious.
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#20 barcx17
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Well I laughed. The movie was funny, but Pineapple Express was funnier.
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#21 omus101
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I haven't seen it, but from the trailer, it doesn't look that funny, then again no movie has really made me lol since scary movie 2
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[QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..sammyjenkis898

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

Only way I think it wouldn't be funny is if you don't smoke.

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#23 sammyjenkis898
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..stormtrooper32

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

Only way I think it wouldn't be funny is if you don't smoke.

I know plenty of people that don't smoke and they thought it was hilarious. I don't smoke and I thought it was incredibly boring.

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#24 xXBuffJeffXx
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..stormtrooper32

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

Only way I think it wouldn't be funny is if you don't smoke.

If you have to smoke to make a movie funny...it must be pretty terrible.

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#25 CreepingDeath_
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Ii looks funny to me. I'll probably see it soon. I want to see Pineapple Express first though.

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#26 A_Tarkovsky
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[QUOTE="stormtrooper32"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..xXBuffJeffXx

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

Only way I think it wouldn't be funny is if you don't smoke.

If you have to smoke to make a movie funny...it must be pretty terrible.

I don't smoke.
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I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(
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I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(Maniacc1

lol, yeah lets complain about Stillers acting...who cares how good he acts, who cares if he will never win an Academy Award, he is a comedian, if he makes you laugh, which he does most of the time, then it shouldnt matter if he aint De Niro.

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Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.
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I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(Maniacc1

I thought he did a good job on Zoolander.

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The tariler looked hilarious. I'm still going to see it after I see Pineapple ExpressToriko42

Haha omg me too, stalker. Nah i've got a big night lined up. PE then TT.

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[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(sammyjenkis898

I thought he did a good job on Zoolander.

made some people I know start acting ghey which annoyed me to hell and back

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[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(sammyjenkis898

I thought he did a good job on Zoolander.

Yeah I know there were some cases when Stiller was good, but in the other movies he acts the same way most of the time.

[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(SaintLeonidas

lol, yeah lets complain about Stillers acting...who cares how good he acts, who cares if he will never win an Academy Award, he is a comedian, if he makes you laugh, which he does most of the time, then it shouldnt matter if he aint De Niro.

Yeah, I admit I've gotten some laughs with Stiller, but there are other comedians who can be serious and funny when they need to (example Jack Black). Stiller just seems to act the same goofy innocent way in every role he plays. I'm not saying he deserves an award or anything.

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Smoking would not even make Tropic Thunder funny. Its that lame. Jack Black is crap, Matthew McConnohey is crap, What the heck is with Nick Nolte?, Robert Downey Jr was wasted, the movie producer/rapper wannabe was just sad. The whole hoopla over Simple Jack is way over blown. There was nothing remotely offensive in this movie, i never once laughed out loud in the whole movie.
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Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.MilkMaster69

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

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#36 sammyjenkis898
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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

[QUOTE="Maniacc1"]I agree. The movie was pretty dumb. Stiller should stick to acting, and he can't even do that very well either. :(Maniacc1

I thought he did a good job on Zoolander.

Yeah I know there were some cases when Stiller was good, but in the other movies he acts the same way most of the time.

You were saying that he should stick to acting. Ben Stiller wrote, directed, produced, and stared in Zoolander. I wouldn't call him a bad director.

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I almost saw it today but decided on Pineapple Express instead. That movie was very funny.
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Smoking would not even make Tropic Thunder funny. Its that lame. Jack Black is crap, Matthew McConnohey is crap, What the heck is with Nick Nolte?, Robert Downey Jr was wasted, the movie producer/rapper wannabe was just sad. The whole hoopla over Simple Jack is way over blown. There was nothing remotely offensive in this movie, i never once laughed out loud in the whole movie.Videodogg

I thought Simple Jack was hilarious. Robert Downey Jr was funny as well. I thought Matthew McConaughey was surprisingly funny.

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[QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I thought it was disappointing but I did find it funny at times. Don't get me started on Pineapple Express..sammyjenkis898

What was so bad about Pineapple Express?

It wasn't funny..

Hell yes it was. Me and my friends were cracking up during the whole thing, I even cried a couple times I couldn't stop laughing. I'm doing a review of it in my blog soon.

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Smoking would not even make Tropic Thunder funny. Its that lame. Jack Black is crap, Matthew McConnohey is crap, What the heck is with Nick Nolte?, Robert Downey Jr was wasted, the movie producer/rapper wannabe was just sad. The whole hoopla over Simple Jack is way over blown. There was nothing remotely offensive in this movie, i never once laughed out loud in the whole movie.Videodogg

Jack Black was actually better then he has been in his recent films, mostly because of the R rating and the fact that he didnt hold back. It was great to see Nolte in this. Downey was amazing in this film, I mean the fact that you cant admit that fact is odd I think, I mean I can see someone hating the movie, but I cannot see them not loving him in this. The studio exc actually made my respect for that actor go up ten fold. And McConnohey has never been better.

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[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"]Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.SaintLeonidas

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

I'm well aware that it is intended to be a parody of Rambo/Platoon style 80's flicks, but I still got the impression that it was a poorly made lame attempt at what they were trying to achieve, much like Charlie Sheen in the Hot Shots movies.

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Aw . . . I had hopes for that movie.
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"]Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.MilkMaster69

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

I'm well aware that it is intended to be a parody of Rambo/Platoon style 80's flicks, but I still got the impression that it was a poorly made lame attempt at what they were trying to achieve, much like Charlie Sheen in the Hot Shots movies.

lol, no way its like that. Like I said in my review (in my blog lol 8P) its a very well done parody. I compare it to Blazing Saddles as to how it went about being a parody, its was the film is was making fun of, it mocked action war films, but in essence it was one, plus Hot Shots was like every other newer parody in which they just mix in very dumb jokes and gags and have very obvious jokes about other films, Thunder was more subtle in its mocking and a lot of the jokers were smart. Trust me, you have to see it to judge it, I found it to be great.

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#45 A_Tarkovsky
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[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"]Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.SaintLeonidas

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

I'm well aware that it is intended to be a parody of Rambo/Platoon style 80's flicks, but I still got the impression that it was a poorly made lame attempt at what they were trying to achieve, much like Charlie Sheen in the Hot Shots movies.

lol, no way its like that. Like I said in my review (in my blog lol 8P) its a very well done parody. I compare it to Blazing Saddles as to how it went about being a parody, its was the film is was making fun of, it mocked action war films, but in essence it was one, plus Hot Shots was like every other newer parody in which they just mix in very dumb jokes and gags and have very obvious jokes about other films, Thunder was more subtle in its mocking and a lot of the jokers were smart. Trust me, you have to see it to judge it, I found it to be great.

I gotta say, their hiring John Toll as cinematographer was a stroke of genius.
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Aw . . . I had hopes for that movie. Elraptor

well you still should seeing how everyone I know loved it and critics had high praise, a few people on gamespot calling it dumb should cause you to not think it will be great, I say go see...NOW!!

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trpic thunder is so funny so your wrong bubby!!!
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="MilkMaster69"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"]Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.A_Tarkovsky

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

I'm well aware that it is intended to be a parody of Rambo/Platoon style 80's flicks, but I still got the impression that it was a poorly made lame attempt at what they were trying to achieve, much like Charlie Sheen in the Hot Shots movies.

lol, no way its like that. Like I said in my review (in my blog lol 8P) its a very well done parody. I compare it to Blazing Saddles as to how it went about being a parody, its was the film is was making fun of, it mocked action war films, but in essence it was one, plus Hot Shots was like every other newer parody in which they just mix in very dumb jokes and gags and have very obvious jokes about other films, Thunder was more subtle in its mocking and a lot of the jokers were smart. Trust me, you have to see it to judge it, I found it to be great.

I gotta say, their hiring John Toll as cinematographer was a stroke of genius.

yes, I really hold it up there with Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein as far as parodies go, both were the movie they mocked, had there own story lines, but within that story they mocked the films they were based on, and not but dumb jokes and gags, but also with smart jokes, and scenes that only someone who has seen those films would get.

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[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="MilkMaster69"]Tropic Thunder didn't look funny at all from the media hype clips and trailers. It seemed very odd to me that such big names were associated with a seemingly B-style movie. I blame this on the fact that, with each new generation, social skills and general awareness continue to drop. What's next? In thirty years we will be witnessing top film critics touting the classic and intellectual (yeah, right) merits of the masterpiece Scream.SaintLeonidas

lol have you seen the film? If you havent dont even try passing judgement. It appears that some have taken this as a serious film, but they fail to realize that its a parody, I mean it mocks everything from Platoon to Apocalypse Now, and it rips Hollywood apart, its actaully not a dumb film, and you actually have to have seen many films and be up to date with the times to get half the jokes in the film, so it really was meant for the so called generation you speak of.

I'm well aware that it is intended to be a parody of Rambo/Platoon style 80's flicks, but I still got the impression that it was a poorly made lame attempt at what they were trying to achieve, much like Charlie Sheen in the Hot Shots movies.

lol, no way its like that. Like I said in my review (in my blog lol 8P) its a very well done parody. I compare it to Blazing Saddles as to how it went about being a parody, its was the film is was making fun of, it mocked action war films, but in essence it was one, plus Hot Shots was like every other newer parody in which they just mix in very dumb jokes and gags and have very obvious jokes about other films, Thunder was more subtle in its mocking and a lot of the jokers were smart. Trust me, you have to see it to judge it, I found it to be great.

Perhaps I will see it based on your comments, rather than going off of what I have read officially and the preview clips I have seen.

You better be right about this. There is no doubt that subtle humor is far more impacting that brash in-your-face humor.

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Tropic Thunder was hands-down hysterical

Sounds like Video Dog is going full-retard :o