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Catnapper

Tropic Thunder trailer

This looks brilliant and very funny   It's about a group of actors shooting a war movie who are forced to become the soldiers they're portraying. It stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jnr and lots of other big name stars.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809912814/video/7004235
Lucifer_666

 Thats looks class.....I love the plot of it and doesn't Downey Jr look and sound brill?    The trailer was very funny too...I
love the music and special effects at the beginning..it was like Platoon, Hamburger Hill, etc  

Can't wait to see it now
Catnapper

Loved the "Some of us might not make it back"......."whaddya mean? Like..... not on the same flight?"  

I can see me buying the DVD too!
Lucifer_666

 Yeah very good  

Its got a fantastic cast hasn't it...it was just an awful pity Owen Wilson had to pull out of it    but it must be very good to have attracted so many great actors and comedians together  
Catnapper

I see Tom Cruise, Tobey Maguire and Matthew McConaughey crop up in it too   They must have small cameo roles in it so it'll be fun looking out for them too  

Yeah it's a shame about Owen Wilson, he and Ben Stiller make a good team.
Lucifer_666

Really babe?? Thats even better     I really can't wait to see this now...looks exellent!!!  

And yeah I love when Stiller and Wilson work together.... you can tell they really enjoy themselves and that comes across when watching their movies  
Catnapper

I was looking for your Tropic Thunder thread before I did this one but I couldn't find it    
Lucifer_666

It might be in the Comedy area.....I know I did one in the Quizzes section but it was just the pic and having people guess ......don't worry about it anyway babe...the trailer deserves its own thread anyway    
Catnapper

Oh yeah, no wonder I couldn't find it cause it was in the quizzes section  
Lucifer_666

Oh yeah now its my fault          
Catnapper

Hmmmm.........that would be a yes Luc  
Lucifer_666

 Oh Yeah...take responsibility baby!!    
Lucifer_666

SPOILER
Read this early about this film  and thought you all might be interested...it sounds great......does contain semi spoilers so if concerned don't read further  

Ain't it Cool.com wrote:
The movie starts out with maybe the best pre movie
studio logo footage ever. With GrindHouse we got
Machete to start us off, but in this film we get Ben
Stiller's characters movie trailer for Scorcher 6, a
ridiculous action film. We get Jack Blacks meet the
fats(or something like that) which pretty much mocks
eddie Murphy in his Nutty Professor roles, and best of
all there is Robert Downey Jr's trailer which features
Tobey Maguire. It's called "The Devil's Alley" and is
in the vain of Brokeback Mountain. There was also a
advertisement for a fake drink before the trailers
which was pretty funny as well and sets up a character
and joke for later in the film.

After all the fake trailers are finished we are thrown
into the film within the film. Now before seeing the
film I thought for sure it would be a PG-13 film what
with all the big name actors, but after the first
twenty seconds I was proven wrong. This film is
definitely a hard R rated film and thanks to this I
had a huge smile on my face for most of the film.

The concept is quite simple. A bunch of actors are
making a war movie and accidently really get thrown
into a war. I don't want to go into to much of the
story but will talk about aspects of the film. All the
actors shine in this film maybe with the exception of
Steve Coogan who played the director though it might
be cause his role wasn't funny in the first place.

The thing that surprised me the most about the film
was how outrageous the actors got, and I respect the
hell out of that.

Jack Black is at his absolute wildest. Black plays an
drug addicted actor who carrys Heroine with him in a
jelly beans bag everywhere he goes till a bird
snatches it thus creating the withdraw of his
character which starts off slow but ends more
outrageous then you'd expect from the guy since he's
been playing in a lot of PG-13 films that don't push
his comedic limit.

Robert Downey Jr is at his funniest. He plays an actor
so method that he dyes his skin black to play a black
man. Downey Jr stays in character for almost the whole
film and is the second best and funniest actor in this
movie.

Ben Stiller was very good, not great but it's not a
surprise considering just how funny everyone else was.

Jay Baruchel proves that he has the chops to be in the
big leagues with these guys and has the best line
delivery of the film.

Brandon T. Jackson was also good and reminded me a bit
of Chris Tucker but not as funny.

Matthew McConaughey was great and when he came on
screen all the women in the audience got excited. He
has not been this funny since Dazed and Confused,
though I couldn't help but to think of Owen Wilson who
was originally suppose to play the part, and think
about how funny he would have been in it. The role did
seem like it was written for Wilson but McConaughey
worked great.

Now for the best actor in the film. The man who steals
the film. Tom Cruise! Yes Tom Cruise was brilliant in
this, I won't go into detail because it will be an
awesome surprise but Tom Cruise played a role I never
in a million years thought he would ever play, and I
truly think after this film comes out he will redeem
himself to the public and from all the bad press he
has gotten lately, because I don't see how you could
not like the guy after seeing him really go for it in
this film.

All in all it was a good movie and a funny one. It is
always walking on a thin red line between comedy that
is more realistic and comedy that is huge and over the
top. I would give it a 4 out of 5. It isn't quite as
good as SuperBad or the Forty Year Old Virgin to me
but a lot better then Wedding Crashers or Knocked Up.
I do believe it is the best Ben Stiller/Jack Black
comedy in some time and highly recommend it this
August to anyone who likes to laugh (as cliche as that
sounds it's true.)
Catnapper

It sounds fantastic     I love the idea of the fake trailers  

Going off the description there Luc, I'm curious to see what role Tom Cruise plays in it.......it looks a good one from what the critic said    
Lucifer_666

Yes I'm with you Cat I'm intrigued on what Tom Cruise's role will be too...I wonder has it anything to do with the fake drink ad he talks about aswell that apparently sets up a character later?

Either it sounds class....a definite must see!!!!!!
Catnapper

I can't wait to see Tom Cruise in it going off this story  

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03...=1&ref=movies&oref=slogin
Lucifer_666

Oh I'll check this out later babe... I need to register with them or something to see it
Catnapper

Sorry Luc....I was rushing and put the link in wrong   I've altered it, so try it again and it should work now  
Lucifer_666

   Thanks for that Cat ...that sounds hilarious.....this sounds like a classic comedy....I already love Downey Jr scenes in it ...I always laugh at him in the trailer  
Catnapper

Yeah Robert Downey looks very funny in it.......I love how he's so totally in character he really thinks he's a black guy  

It's rare Ben Stiller's outshone but I think RDJr and Tom Cruise will be the stars of this film  
Lucifer_666

Yep its actually very unusual your right Stiller and Jack Black are usually the real funny ones but it looks like as you say that RDJ and Tom Cruise will be the best thing in it

RDJ really does the voice brilliantly I think...he really does sound like a black guy you would see in a war film  
Catnapper

Having him as a method actor who really gets into the part is a brilliant idea  
Lucifer_666

Yep it was....and he really through himself into the part too...and its funny because I'm not the biggest fan before of RDJ but since seeing this and bits of Iron man he's gone up in my ratings  
Lucifer_666

This is the new Tropic Thunder Redband trailer...    its brilliant...I absolutely laughed my ass off at the ending of this

Catnapper

Poor kid   I laugh every time I see RDJ doing his best Samuel L impression    This is one film I'm really looking forward to seeing    
Lucifer_666

Poor kid    he's on his back stabbing him with a knife??    
I think this film will be amazing and yeah I totally agree RDJ is brilliant....."Your Crossing some Lines"  
Catnapper

I meant the way he's flung into the water  

If this film flops I'll be surprised cause it's got the makings of being a class comedy    
Lucifer_666

 I thought it was hilarious ...particularly after the build up of sentiment after realising he's his son    

I actually think this film will be massive...there is too many stars in it for it too flop ...I hope    
Catnapper

Some stills from Tropic Thunder.....what's Jack Black wearing?!!

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22662
Lucifer_666

 It looks like he has just pulled his cardigan or jumper's back over his head  
I can't wait for this movie  

Oh and this is the viral campaign for Tropic Thunder that Cat has just told me about ....its very good.. ..here it is


Catnapper

RDJ's very funny in it......and I like how he gets plugs in for Iron Man  
Lucifer_666

 I love when the kid says that he likes the new Iron Man .....well until the Dark Knight comes out...its going to be way better  
Catnapper

It's good they can poke fun at themselves, especially RDJ
Lucifer_666

 Yeah they looked like they had a ball doing the film too...can you imagine working on set on that film ...it would be a dream come true  
Catnapper

I'm hoping they have bloopers on the DVD and a "Making of" feature too cause they'd be fun to watch   Or even a mockumentary type feature in the style of the viral one  
Lucifer_666

Well with that comedy cast...you would imagine there will be all that and more on the dvd...the commentaries will be good aswell


I also can't wait to see Cruise's performance which as you know is mean't to be brill  
Catnapper

All the articles I've read about it all point to it being the best comedy this year......I hope so    

Which role was Owen Wilson supposed to play - the Jack Black role?
Lucifer_666

No Matthew McConaughey took over the part from Wilson babe but I did hear that the bits that Wilson had already fone will crop up elsewhere in a different way ...which is good  

I was also reading that they are keeping the Tom Cruise part exremely hush hush and Stiller deliberately won't talk about it in interviews....I hear he's mean't to be brilliant ...should be fun  
Catnapper

That's great they're keeping the Owen Wilson bits in but which part does McConaughey play? I just think of Ben Stiller, Jack Black, RDJ and Steve Coogan as the main ones in it! I'll have to look up about McConaughey.

The Tom Cruise cameo looks like being a real treat and one of the highlights of it.....it'll be fun seeing him  like that  
Lucifer_666

It must be a small enough part babe .... like Cruise his character's name hasn't been listed either    I wonder what his role is in it now myself??

By the way did you see this...the three guys again dancing to the Pips number    I love Jack Black!!  

Catnapper

Excellent clip Luc     ....they really got into it didn't they  

McConaughey's down as an uncredited cameo ......we'll have to wait and see who he plays  
Lucifer_666

 yeah they did but I love when I see Jack Black dance....he's a header he always makes me laugh

Not that long to wait actually now..can't wait  

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