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Not sure I like
that they closed the credits with more Cruise (forgive the alliteration), but
the graphic stills are visually stunning.
I never would've
guessed that RDJ would be quite so cute blonde and blue-eyed, but I was wrong.
Oops, not girlie commentary. :)
And McConaughey to
the rescue, or rather, to further get in the way of this battle just being
over. It's like braxton hicks contractions. :)
The big 'brotherly'
moment almost felt like improve, the way Stiller and RDJ did it. There's a comedy
pairing we've been needing a while.
Back to the pic;
RDJ looks so beyond confused when he finally gets on the chopper. The blue eyes
really added to it too.
Man I love Baruchel
and Jackson bringing back the egos by trying to remind these jackasses of their
beyond stellar careers. 3 cheers!
And then Portnoy's
character is finally validated in the last 15 minutes. :) Especially opposite
Tugg and Kirk's identity crises.
Q: Why are the
drugs always in a big pile on the top of a table? A: Because that's how drug
dealers store it.
I think this is the
only movie Danny McBride has really impressed me in. He's got some amazing line
reads in this.
I wonder how creepy
it would be to be carried by Jack Black wearing only his underwear.
The chinese just
gets worse and worse. By the end, you have to wonder what he thinks he's
saying.
I can't help but
think this particular jungle camp, looks a lot like the camp in Hot Shots. I
keep expecting a bodies counter in the corner.
Making the rapper
gay, inspired choice, particularly that Brandon bares a resemblance to Lamar
from Revenge of the Nerds.
I almost like that
Peck considers selling out Tugg for a plane and a massive wad of cash. Makes
his choice more realistic.
And Bill Hader
helps sell every second of that scene. It's like Cruise is tipping the juicy
shots up for him to knock out.
I even have to give
props to Cruise for dancing to the hip-hop music at the end of the intensely
dramatic scene. That shit was tight. ;)
Don't mistake me;
he's still hilarious, just completely purposeless. :)
The very concept
that Jack Black is the most useless member of the cast, speaks volume's about
this movie. He's almost a distraction.
The fact that the
Hollywood producer is actually more of a hardass than the drug runners, the kid
of amusing hubris you love from a US film.
Honestly, what is
the logic that a kid is running this drug running camp? I take a lot of leaps,
but this one I don't get.
And as the
consumate film geek, I love Baruchel's running commentary on marketing and film
making. It's priceless. Smartest guy in the movie
I love that
Stiller's big transformation, still didn't involve a realization that this was
not a movie shoot anymore.
Yeah, if I'd been
on the set, I would've been screwing up the audio during RDJ reciting the
lyrics to the Jefferson's theme.
LMAO, the whole
"You killed a hooker bit, that was hilarious." It's on level with
Affleck studio code of 10-07 (he was the bomb in Phantoms)
Ooh, if Tayback
represents the Milli Vanilli of Vietnam, who do you think would be the MV of
Iraq. ;)
We need new
"soldiers wandering in a jungle" soundtrack music. I think I've
already watched RDJ walk to half this stuff in Air America.
The "What do
you mean you people?" would've been funnier if it hadn't been in every
trailer.
Just watching
Stiller trying to gain loyalty with a Teen's Choice Awards comment, something
creepy about what green slime means now. :)
For some reason,
Jack Black plays an addict really well. I'm just saying... ;)
And we come to the
'full retard' convo. Don't care the negs on this scene. 2 pretentious idiots
having this conversation. That's just funny.
Ben Stiller maybe
the only actor who beefs up most for his serious comedies. Dude sports some
pipes to play it campy.
Just once, for the
fun of it, let's get a pyrotechnics guy who's calm & zen. Not that the nut
jobs aren't funny, just break the monotony plz
Even playing with
the head makes this scene funnier. Coogan must've been rolling off camera. But
did Stiller really have to taste it? Yech!
And Steve Coogan
wins THE BEST DEATH SCENE EVER FILMED!
I want a grenade
shaped M&M holder, and I don't even eat M&M's anymore.
Brilliant as Steve
Coogan's real purpose in this movie, wish he hadn't had 2 go. Nolte, who was
still great, I'd have traded 4 him :)
Everyone knows how
I feel about Cruise, and the things he touts. But I give him due credit in his
creepy producer role. Well drawn character
McConahey needs to
do more ensemble work. He can be very endearing as just one little piece of the
pie. Sycophantic as he is in TT.
You gotta love
Christine Taylor's cameo being in a single movie clip. She steals one scene
then back to the 'star' of the family. :)
Harold Ramis said;
if the characters R good/funny they're called Archetypes, if not, they're
called Stereotypes. So well demonstrated in TT
The amazing thing
about this movie, is how any of them kept a straight face through most of the
dialog. I don't know I could've done it.
Stiller really
knows how to get shot. :)
It's great how much
they attempt to be genuinely cinematic with the movie--in-a-movie scenes. The
cinematography alone is breathtaking.
RDJ's Heath Ledger
send-up is bitter sweet now. But I imagine Ledger would've liked it. This made
me see Aussie actors in a new light :)
I guess the best
thing about the fake trailers in the beginning of TT, is that they are movies I
would NEVER want to see.
Still can't believe
that Bust-a-nut bar and Booty Sweat. Yech. And Stiller spoofing the uber
serialized hero, seems almost too easy.
Wow, that took a
while to find on the On Demand menu. And wow, Cinemax doesn't preempt, we go straight
into the fake commercials opening.
Another edition of
CT TweetsAbout will begin shortly. Tonight, my 2nd only viewing of Tropic
Thunder. This is going to be fun. Stay tuned ;)
