Tropic Thunder - Best comedy in a long time

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2008)

From the fake promo's at the start of the movie, I was giggling like a school girl. I even snorted at one point.
Stiller does the character he does best - stupid - with gusto. I love the theatric gun shooting. Jack Black plays the loud, never funny, Tom Candy character that he seems to have typecast himself into.
Robert Downey Jnr is a true crackup and a little confusing as an Australian acting as a stereotypical black guy. Its like they put a costume on him and told him to talk like Dave Chappell impersonating Samuel L Jackson. Masterpiece stuff.
This movie really satires its own industry depicting drama-queen actors, yuppie agents, and ego driven typhoon movie producers against the darker, deadlier world of arms bearing drug manufacturers in a very remote dare-we-not-say-it Asian nation.
And if the script wasn't funny enough, a ton of action was thrown in too. Call me simple, but I love explosions.
Refreshingly, the movie lacked a token love interest. Thanks. Though they really made up for it with a certain repeatedly flogged product placement.
I didn't understand the prominence of Tom Cruise's role as the producer. I feel most of his scenes were supposed to be funny simply because he is Tom Cruise. Anyone could have acted that role. And it's not just me - I didn't hear one laugh during the end scene.
Movies don't get much better than this. Even my missus loved it, and she's a sook.