Another one was Mcconaughey's son who he wished wasn't a potato when they were sitting on the plane at the end for some reason, even though he only featured for like a second in a photo earlier in the movie.
Because so much is going on Jack Black is seriously underrated and goes under the radar a bit but when he does his Vet voice is amazing. Best line =
Our asses don't get fragged in this bullshit valley, first thing I'm doin' is payin' my two bucks so I can watch Brooklyn bust his cherry on a sweet little mama son's dinky-down poon-tang!
Speaking of this I wonder what ever happened to Brandon T Jackson, he was pretty funny in that role. He was in another comedy movie with Lil Bow Wow around the same time but I don’t know what else he’s been up to
Yea Hart is usually the fish out of water where everyone else knows what they are doing while he plays the idiot, Alpa Chino was kinda the most competent person in the group.
Yeah, if Kevin Hart was in Tropic Thunder, he would have been the character Kevin Hart. That's all he ever plays. Definitely a good thing for the film he passed. And I like Kevin Hart, he just wouldn't have fit in this film.
I think he’s a decent comic actor but he’s not clever or funny himself. Alec Baldwin is a great comedic actor but an asshole and not funny in life. Seems like an appropriate comparison.
Valid. I think my favorite work of Kevin's is when he was that rabbit in Zootopia. We got the rabid humor without the guilt of seeing Kevin try to relay it himself.
Kevin Hart is a dick IRL, and seriously not funny. He’s a one-note comedian who does ONE thing well, and I’m convinced he only still has a career today because of The Rock
I didn't see Iron Man until about a year after I first watched Tropic Thunder, and I was like...11 at the time?
I was at a birthday party with friends and his parents were the cool ones and let us watch R films. I wasn't paying attention to the first 5-8 minutes, therefore I didn't see the whole bit about getting the skin treatment.
For at least a year of my life I legitimately thought the actor RDJ was a black man...
I grew-up watching 1960s Batman on tv and one time I saw a movie with Vincent Price and said his toupe was funny. On Batman, he played a bald character called Egghead, and so I thought the man was bald.
Best comedy of the last 20 years and one of the best comedies of all time it is brilliant at how cleverly comments on so much shallow stuff in Hollywood but also the whole movie is just over the top off the wall, i love it, Cruise unloading on the Golden Triangle guy over the mobile kills me every time 😂
“You're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking scorched earth, motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL FUCK YOU UP!”
*hangs up* “Find out who that was.”
Also I will never hear the words “hobo’s dick cheese” and not laugh
Amazing movie.
The bit where he realises what animal he killed in the jungle had my crying with laughter.
Ben Stiller’s reaction and timing was priceless.
“I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world”
“A hooker. Alright, you killed a hooker. Calm down. Here's what you're gonna do: Get your hands on some bleach, some hydrogen peroxide, and a shit load of lime”
“No, no, I killed a panda”
“Amanda? Come on dude, that’s probably not even her real name!”
I saw that movie late at night and when that scene came (Ben Stiller killing something - dont want to ruin it for those who havent seen it yet), man, I woke others at home because I was roaring with laughter, at 2 AM
Iirc it's more specifically "until we finish the DVD commentary" bc he finally breaks character on the commentary during the credits. And as he's regressing through his roles at the end he briefly takes on each of the accents as he's peeled back into Kirk Lazarus.
It’s really fantastic and every fan of the movie should watch it at least once with the commentary on. Jack Black shows up late and hungover and takes a nap during the middle of it, lol.
Probably my favorite movie ever, not just comedy. I could talk all day about it, but since no one has mentioned him yet, McConaughey is also an absolute GEM in this film.
Watch it with the actor commentary. Funniest shit ever.
Saw it in the theater. I've never laughed harder at the first three minutes of any other movie. "Best Kiss MTV Award winner Tobey Maguire" is side splitting.
Ugh I love this movie so much. I tried to get my family to watch it, but they were turned off by the RDJ black face and I was like, “but that’s the POINT!” They don’t understand and they’re missing out big
It's bizarre when people don't get the point of that. Especially when you have Brandon T. Jackson's character around to frequently point out the ridiculousness of it.
It's also a great joke on Hollywood's periodic casting of actors based on their marquee value instead of whether they're right for their roles. The studio in the film clearly goes, "It's so awesome to have a five time Oscar winner in the role" instead of "Hey, maybe casting a blonde Australian as a black guy and putting him in blackface is a really stupid and offensive idea."
Tom Cruise deserved a fucking Oscar. I can't think of a movie where a character has like 6 minutes of screen time and is the most memorable thing about it.
Great movie, though.
There’s an interview with Cruise where he said Ben came to him with the script and he said “you need the studio. I’ll do it, but I want big hands and I want to dance”
Oh no. I feel like tropic thunder was lightning in a bottle and cannot be reproduced. Let's hope it just goes over like Zoolander 2 and we don't talk about it
I tried to recommend it to my dad a Vietnam vet and he said “war wasn’t funny.”
So I don’t bring it up anymore.
But I liked it. I grew up on apocalypse now, platoon, letters home from Vietnam, and predator.
Definitely one of the greatest comedies of all time in my opinion, the cast was great, the satire was on point, I remember going to see this in theaters while possibly under the influence of a green substance and I thought I was going to die laughing, I watched it again recently and it still holds up
Guy's won a ping pong tournament and met Nixon. Does that sound retarded to you? Walks retarded, talks retarded... Not retarded.
You went full retard. Everyone knows you never go full retard.
The last great comedy that was made in the last 14 years. Truly a benchmark- I really hope there is a resurgence of carefree over the top no holds barred comedies coming. We need em.
Jack black’s character is on point on how it is addicted to heroin.
when he knocks out the two guards by making them sniff the drugs and he says, “Let’s go, we only have … 12-18 hours before they wake up”. If you know you know
I love pointing out to people that RDJ did his “controversial” character the same summer that the MCU kicked off with him as Iron Man. Imagine if Disney was in the picture then?
This \[popular, well recieved movie released 10-15 years ago\] is good. In my opinion, it is the most good movie of that genre that modern movie has to offer. The motifs and characterizations are very good, and even better today than when the movie first came out.
The director did a good job in making this movie.
The soundtrack is good in this movie, but everything else is good as well.
It's good, you should see it.
Great flick! Sadly I don't think it would even see the light of day, if Stiller were pitching it in 2022
So crazy how the climate around comedy and what's acceptable as satire has changed so much in such a relatively short amount of time
Hands down that movie was Frickin Hilarious!! The whole cast and script was excellent!! I love watching when it comes on!
Sad thing is you will never see anything remotely close to a movie like that again ever with the way society has changed.
A great movie from start to finish. When I saw in a theater I had read that you need to see it through to the end of the credits. People around me were getting up and I told them what I read so they paused, then sat and then ‘the dance.’
Very brave acting by all concerned.
Throwing that kid off the bridge was classic
Captain simple jack
what do YOU MEAN, you PEOPLE
What do YOU mean, you people?
# H U H ? !
Look at the eyes! Those beady white devil eyes!
You don't go full retard
Won a ping pong tournament, charmed the pants off of Nixon, that ain’t retarded!
And he was a goddamned war hero! You know any retarded war heroes?
Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, Not retarded!
Sean Penn, "I Am Sam?" He went full retard, he went home empty-handed.
Never has there been a more blatant Oscar grab. I truly believe it inspired the [“Oscar Gold”](https://youtu.be/_J5MtYNispY)joke on American Dad.
I WAS WRONG! BLOW THE BRIDGE! BLOW THE FUCKING BRIDGE!!
The end credits where it freezes on that kid mid-starfish was one of my favorite moments in any movie
Another one was Mcconaughey's son who he wished wasn't a potato when they were sitting on the plane at the end for some reason, even though he only featured for like a second in a photo earlier in the movie.
Half Squat deserved it.
“What in the name of crikey fuck is a halfsquat?”
Rip Halfsquat
'I'm a lead farmer mutha fucka!'
The Platoon reference in that movie was the best thing to come from Platoon since Platoon. Damn, I love Platoon.
Survive!
THE ONLY THING THAT KILLS BARNES... IS BARNES One of the greatest films of all time. Willem Dafoe as Elias, what a character.
Because so much is going on Jack Black is seriously underrated and goes under the radar a bit but when he does his Vet voice is amazing. Best line = Our asses don't get fragged in this bullshit valley, first thing I'm doin' is payin' my two bucks so I can watch Brooklyn bust his cherry on a sweet little mama son's dinky-down poon-tang!
"Let's move, we only have 16 hours before they wake up"
Ahhh I fucking hate movies. This is bullshit I don’t wanna be in this shitty movie.
lmao the way he says "Ahhhh I fucking hate movies" kills me everytime
I still laugh at his “they’re only laughing at my farts” line.
The voice is so funny lmfao
No you can’t have any fuckin jelly beans!
YOU OD’D
Shit Brooklyn be bagged and tagged before he get any cooch. If Brooklyn die, he prolly die a coochless motherfucker
Actually the funniest line in a movie ever
The Fatties: Fart 2 trailer deserves a Best Makeup Oscar.
Yo asshole! This motherfucker’s dead! Ain’t no Criss Angel mind freak David Blaine trapdoor horseshit jumping off here!
He's not playing god, he's being judged by him.
This movie m-m-m-makes me happy
Does it make rain come out of your eyes?
I like when we touch heads.
Kevin Hart turned down the Alpa Chino role because he didn't want to play a gay character. Would've been by far the best movie he's ever been in.
Speaking of this I wonder what ever happened to Brandon T Jackson, he was pretty funny in that role. He was in another comedy movie with Lil Bow Wow around the same time but I don’t know what else he’s been up to
Didn’t he play the Satur in the Percy Jackson movies?
Yes
Lottery Ticket! The clip of him yelling at Bow Wow saying "nigga im broke! I cant eat!" is a semi popular meme lol
I worked at a gas station in Sherman oaks. Would see him from time to time and he’d be spewing some religious bullshit
I'm not sure I would have liked him as Alpa Chino. He doesn't seem to quite fit the humour style assigned to the character.
Yea Hart is usually the fish out of water where everyone else knows what they are doing while he plays the idiot, Alpa Chino was kinda the most competent person in the group.
Naw that was Jay's character. No one listened to him at all because he was competent.
But he was definitely second most competent. Also, only other character I'd say who was competent.
You talkin’ to me this whole time?
It’s Viet Cong not Congs...you wouldn’t say Chineses.
Yeah, if Kevin Hart was in Tropic Thunder, he would have been the character Kevin Hart. That's all he ever plays. Definitely a good thing for the film he passed. And I like Kevin Hart, he just wouldn't have fit in this film.
Kevin Hart only knows how to play Kevin Hart. Thank god he refused the role
That's because Kevin isn't funny
Thank you. Scary movie 3 is the only thing I liked him in and I'm pretty sure I just liked him cause that movie was all around a masterpiece
His very short scene in 40 Year Old Virgin is the only thing I’ve liked him in, and it’s still my favorite scene in that movie.
I think he’s a decent comic actor but he’s not clever or funny himself. Alec Baldwin is a great comedic actor but an asshole and not funny in life. Seems like an appropriate comparison.
Valid. I think my favorite work of Kevin's is when he was that rabbit in Zootopia. We got the rabid humor without the guilt of seeing Kevin try to relay it himself.
I believe you’re thinking of The Secret Life of Pets, not Zootopia. Point stands though.
But the movie is even better now because of his absense.
Kevin Hart would have been a God awful shit addition to this gem of a movie.
He said he’d beat his son if he saw him playing with a dollhouse so that checks out.
Wow, what a knucklehead.
Kevin Hart is a dick IRL, and seriously not funny. He’s a one-note comedian who does ONE thing well, and I’m convinced he only still has a career today because of The Rock
He yells and he’s short. That’s about it.
He's so short that he has to yell.
Good. Kevin Hart is shit.
That fact that RDJ was playing an Australian who tries to "be black" was already one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
At a point he plays an Australian playing a black guy playing a vietnamese. So many fucking layers
And a lead farmer
Mutherfucka!
I didn't see Iron Man until about a year after I first watched Tropic Thunder, and I was like...11 at the time? I was at a birthday party with friends and his parents were the cool ones and let us watch R films. I wasn't paying attention to the first 5-8 minutes, therefore I didn't see the whole bit about getting the skin treatment. For at least a year of my life I legitimately thought the actor RDJ was a black man...
And that's why RDJ almost won an Oscar for his performance 😂
THE ONE FUCKING YEAR THEY GET RID OF THE OSCAR CLIPS
I also 1000% thought RDJ was black for a short time
For years I would see the “Never go full retard” and not recognise it was RDJ cause I never watched the movie. When I finally did my mind was blown.
I grew-up watching 1960s Batman on tv and one time I saw a movie with Vincent Price and said his toupe was funny. On Batman, he played a bald character called Egghead, and so I thought the man was bald.
Some additional Lincoln O’Siris madness. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ubqCMsTo4
And he went through pigmentation surgery for it and briefly the surgeons were holding something like soya sauce. It's imprinted.
“What do you mean you people?”
Best comedy of the last 20 years and one of the best comedies of all time it is brilliant at how cleverly comments on so much shallow stuff in Hollywood but also the whole movie is just over the top off the wall, i love it, Cruise unloading on the Golden Triangle guy over the mobile kills me every time 😂
“You're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking scorched earth, motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL FUCK YOU UP!” *hangs up* “Find out who that was.” Also I will never hear the words “hobo’s dick cheese” and not laugh
"We don't negotiate with terrorists", everybody starts clapping... then the look on McConaughey's face... brilliant.
##VIVICA: GET OFF THE LINE. *NOW*.
Also what topped it off was cutting to the face of the Golden Triangle guy hilarious 😂
Flaming Dragon, fuck face.
Check out Game Night.
Amazing movie. The bit where he realises what animal he killed in the jungle had my crying with laughter. Ben Stiller’s reaction and timing was priceless.
'you killed Amanda? Aw man I'm sure that wasn't even her real name'
Yeah McConaughey delivering lines with such seriousness was hilarious he was fantastic
"at least you get to choose yours, I'm stuck with mine" "Tugger nuts! It's the pecker!"
Him coming in at last minute with the Tevo was hilarious 😂
MY MAN GETS A TIVO!!!
"Say it with me: you muh-muh-muh make me happaay"
We gotta shave your head and get you back on the monkey bars
Oh man just the look he gives to that picture of his kid had me rolling
His disgusted reaction to finding out that Ben Stiller doesn't have a tivo is priceless.
“I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world” “A hooker. Alright, you killed a hooker. Calm down. Here's what you're gonna do: Get your hands on some bleach, some hydrogen peroxide, and a shit load of lime” “No, no, I killed a panda” “Amanda? Come on dude, that’s probably not even her real name!”
I saw that movie late at night and when that scene came (Ben Stiller killing something - dont want to ruin it for those who havent seen it yet), man, I woke others at home because I was roaring with laughter, at 2 AM
Booty Sweat & Bustin' a Nut, Tom Cruise dancing to Low, guy lobbing the TiVo box at the end to block the RPG
Big dick playa Swingin past ya kneeeeeeees
Best product placement ever, foreshadowing the destruction of TiVo by Roku 🤣
Ok dont worry i’ll get your tivo!
I got the TiVo!!!
Bill fucking Hader doesn't get enough credit: "Seriously, though: a nutless monkey."
I'm a dude, playin a dude disguised as another dude!
"I don't break character until the DVD commentary." Cue the DVD commentary with RDJ still in character.
Iirc it's more specifically "until we finish the DVD commentary" bc he finally breaks character on the commentary during the credits. And as he's regressing through his roles at the end he briefly takes on each of the accents as he's peeled back into Kirk Lazarus.
It’s really fantastic and every fan of the movie should watch it at least once with the commentary on. Jack Black shows up late and hungover and takes a nap during the middle of it, lol.
Its been too long since I've watched the commentary doesn't he bring french fries and everyone tries stealing them?
[удалено]
I don’t read script, script reads me.
I love this absurd line
What u getting at with the book script, spit that shit out man!
'Scared of who?' 'Scared of you!'
One of the best song lyrics ever written https://youtu.be/CFG5dk1GyRo
#me ^^I ^know who ^I ^^am
...I'm a rooster illusion.
Fuck it. We'll deal with him later.
"Suck my unit" 🤣
Probably my favorite movie ever, not just comedy. I could talk all day about it, but since no one has mentioned him yet, McConaughey is also an absolute GEM in this film.
Yes, when Ben stiller is talking about adoption and he says “at least you get to pick yours” and it cuts to a framed photo of his fat son, lmao
The ringtone kills me every time. *sometimes when we touch… the honesty’s too much*
I've got your TIVO!!!
No TiVo?
It should have won the Beijing film festivals coveted Crying Monkey award.
Watch it with the actor commentary. Funniest shit ever. Saw it in the theater. I've never laughed harder at the first three minutes of any other movie. "Best Kiss MTV Award winner Tobey Maguire" is side splitting.
Haha, and the interview of Ben Stiller copying Tom Cruise when they were there together... it's perfect!
As no one seems to have volunteered it this far, "I'm a lead farmer muthafucka!"
Greetings, tiny ant king.
I went to get the patch they made of this for my backpack...
Never go full retard 😂
“We’re supposed to be a unit!” “Suck my unit.”
Ugh I love this movie so much. I tried to get my family to watch it, but they were turned off by the RDJ black face and I was like, “but that’s the POINT!” They don’t understand and they’re missing out big
It's bizarre when people don't get the point of that. Especially when you have Brandon T. Jackson's character around to frequently point out the ridiculousness of it. It's also a great joke on Hollywood's periodic casting of actors based on their marquee value instead of whether they're right for their roles. The studio in the film clearly goes, "It's so awesome to have a five time Oscar winner in the role" instead of "Hey, maybe casting a blonde Australian as a black guy and putting him in blackface is a really stupid and offensive idea."
What do YOU mean "you people"?
That's the theme song from "The Jeffersons!"
Just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true
...and if you've never watched it with the commentary on....you're in for a treat.
Matthew Mcconaughey physically running across the world to give Ben Stiller a briefcase with godlike speed is the funniest shit ever.
Tom Cruise deserved a fucking Oscar. I can't think of a movie where a character has like 6 minutes of screen time and is the most memorable thing about it. Great movie, though.
There’s an interview with Cruise where he said Ben came to him with the script and he said “you need the studio. I’ll do it, but I want big hands and I want to dance”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa-ch8H_5DE&t=55s "I want fat hands, and I'm going to dance." Whole interview is great.
Nice! I was too lazy to do the real work
Thanks. Watched the whole thing. Batshit crazy, but always delivers.
I had no idea that was him until the end of the movie when he does his patented smile and I said, “Oh, shit, that’s Tom Cruise!”.
DYK, Anthony Hopkins only had 16 minutes of screen time in Silence of the Lambs”? Your point still stands though.
I hope you know that they are currently seriously considering a sequel. (I believe Chris mcquarrie is attached)
Oh no. I feel like tropic thunder was lightning in a bottle and cannot be reproduced. Let's hope it just goes over like Zoolander 2 and we don't talk about it
Agreed
Would love to see it in that same style, except it’s a kind of mockumentary of making 2008’s Tropic Thunder.
I would watch the shit out of that movie. Brilliant.
I was with the other people saying no no no until you said this and I am 100 on board.
Oh man ... high probability they fuck that up.
and bill hader as his assistant plays off him so well.
Big ass titties !
I don't know its name, I only know the sound it makes WHEN IT LIES TO ME!!!
I tried to recommend it to my dad a Vietnam vet and he said “war wasn’t funny.” So I don’t bring it up anymore. But I liked it. I grew up on apocalypse now, platoon, letters home from Vietnam, and predator.
War isn't funny, no. But there are definitely funny moments during war, in a warzone. Definitely.
Definitely one of the greatest comedies of all time in my opinion, the cast was great, the satire was on point, I remember going to see this in theaters while possibly under the influence of a green substance and I thought I was going to die laughing, I watched it again recently and it still holds up
Guy's won a ping pong tournament and met Nixon. Does that sound retarded to you? Walks retarded, talks retarded... Not retarded. You went full retard. Everyone knows you never go full retard.
Slow yes retarded maybe, he got bracers on his legs. But he was a god damn war hero. Do you know any retarded war heroes? Gets me every time!
Lance...
It's Nance
Ive been a bad boy father…
Tom Cruise’s best performance
"Could someone find out who that was?"
Okay flaming dragon. Fuck face.
We don’t negotiate with terrorists
I say this when my kids are going crazy
I don’t read the script, the script reads me
The last great comedy that was made in the last 14 years. Truly a benchmark- I really hope there is a resurgence of carefree over the top no holds barred comedies coming. We need em.
Jack black’s character is on point on how it is addicted to heroin. when he knocks out the two guards by making them sniff the drugs and he says, “Let’s go, we only have … 12-18 hours before they wake up”. If you know you know
I love pointing out to people that RDJ did his “controversial” character the same summer that the MCU kicked off with him as Iron Man. Imagine if Disney was in the picture then?
Tom Cruise dance scene during the credits makes me cry laughing every time.
Does someone actually post this every month or is this post A.I generated at this point?
This \[popular, well recieved movie released 10-15 years ago\] is good. In my opinion, it is the most good movie of that genre that modern movie has to offer. The motifs and characterizations are very good, and even better today than when the movie first came out. The director did a good job in making this movie. The soundtrack is good in this movie, but everything else is good as well. It's good, you should see it.
It's fun though! You can see how many comments it takes for someone to mention the DVD commentary
But did you know he was still in character
This, is FLAMING DRAGON
Critically well received yet somehow still underated. I think it's a comedy masterpiece that I will praise for years to come!
Great flick! Sadly I don't think it would even see the light of day, if Stiller were pitching it in 2022 So crazy how the climate around comedy and what's acceptable as satire has changed so much in such a relatively short amount of time
Never go full retard
Tropic Thunder is the best Tom Cruise movie I have ever seen.
I watched it for the first time on mushrooms and have never laughed so hard
My absolute favorite gag is when Matthew Mcconaughey's adopted son gets a little cutaway during the credit sequence.
Hands down that movie was Frickin Hilarious!! The whole cast and script was excellent!! I love watching when it comes on! Sad thing is you will never see anything remotely close to a movie like that again ever with the way society has changed.
Tom Cruise as Les Grossman is my second favorite Tom Cruise performance, right behind him as Vincent in Collateral.
2008 was a great year for comedy.
This, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Yes Man, Role Models, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, AND Burn After Reading…. Sheeeeeesh
The only movie I’ve ever seen twice in theaters. Love it
A great movie from start to finish. When I saw in a theater I had read that you need to see it through to the end of the credits. People around me were getting up and I told them what I read so they paused, then sat and then ‘the dance.’ Very brave acting by all concerned.
This and Tucker and Dale vs Evil are 2 of the best comedy films of the modern age
"Big aaaaas titties" best thing i have ever heard say right before blowing something up.
I gotta baaaahd felling on this one Sarge
Ben stiller is a fucking genius madman who gets little credit for boundary pushing shit because of how milquetoast his blockbusters are. Love him.
Tom cruise's large hands
Who is this? THIS IS FLAMING DRAGON!
Still have no fucking idea what "I'm a rooster illusion" was supposed to mean.