Tropic Thunder - Never go full retard.

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Once upon a time…there was a retard.

It’s not politically correct by any stretch of the imagination and it caused quite the uproar but you know what, it probably added a ridiculous amount of money to its overall take. Any publicity is good publicity, whether it’s good or bad and honestly…this was bad. Well, it was awkward, much like ‘Borat’. It was ‘inappropriately funny’, at best. Honestly it was the funniest damn awkward thing I had seen in a long time and I’ll probably go to hell just for thinking it.

Oh this is about Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller’s new movie. Yeah, ironic isn’t it? It bumped #2 all time box office king ‘Dark Knight’ out of its top spot and grossed $37 million for its opening. Not bad, not great but despite the controversy (or maybe because of it) people went out and saw it.



The movie opens with a series of fake trailers for each of the main stars, all of whom have less than stellar careers and are starring in a book to film by writer John “Four Leaf” Tayback played by Nick Nolte.

[INDENT]A commercial depicts rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) promoting his two brands: the “Booty Sweat” energy drink and “Bust-A-Nut” candy bar, while performing his hit song, “I Love Tha’ Pussy”. The first trailer shows action star Tugg Speedman’s (Ben Stiller) latest film, ‘Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown’, a film so repetitive of it’s five predecessors that even the trailer narrator sounds shaky about it. Another trailer features funnyman Jeff “Fatty” Portnoy (Jack Black), playing the entirety of “America’s favorite obese family” in the highly flatulent ‘The Fatties: Fart 2′. The final trailer, entitled ‘Satan’s Alley’, features Australian “five-time Oscar winner” Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) and Tobey Maguire (as himself) as two monks who begin an impassioned affair.

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The title of this review refers to Downey’s character telling Stiller’s that his reach for an Oscar with the movie ‘Simple Jack’ was “too” in character. It lends to the ending of the movie which shows the characters redeeming themselves.

Honestly I’d give this movie a 7 out of 10 - it really isn’t that good, save for a few really hysterical parts involving Jack Black and the minor characters. Any movie starring Ben Stiller really isn’t going to be that good, but the controversy is what gave this movie the push it needed to knock ‘Dark Knight’ out of the top spot. It’s an awkwardly funny movie, much like ‘Meet the Parents’. Is it worth the hype…not really, but if you can sneak in or have someone else pay your way - definitely go, if not for the beginning fake trailers.