Journey to the heart of laugher!

Rating: 7/10 (24 August 2008)

Sorry for the lame summary title! Was trying to reference Vietnam war movies and failed miserably ... unlike this film which pretty much gets it!
I loved Tropic Thunder but I must admit I am a big fan of Ben Stiller and think that Zoolander is hilarious. Also I am a huge Apocalypse Now fan, and the references in this film were great for Vietnam movie fans. One of the funniest introductions to any film with the fake trailers (Tobey Mcguire!). Great character development based on Hollywood stereotypes ... I am surprised that I haven't seen any reference to the Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr) character being based on Russell Crowe (mentions rugby, assaults people) and the Portnoy character is a dead ringer for Chris Farley. Nice little "in" jokes and references (comment about the Jack Black - Portnoy - character being "uninsurable" could have been about Downey Jr himself!) and I loved all of the clichés about action films.
For anyone who likes Ben Stiller and loves Vietnam war films but can laugh at them!
Very funny!