Title: Tropic Thunder
Year Released/Rating: 2008 R
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and so many many others
Directed By: Ben Stiller
Written By: Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, and Etan Cohen
Star Rating: 5/5 stars
Trivia: Like his character, Kirk Lazarus, Robert Downey Jr. is a method actor and stayed in character as Sgt. Osiris/Lazarus even while cameras weren't rolling. Robert Downey Jr. was very reluctant to take the role because he felt wearing the make-up to look African-American was offensive. But Downey later accepted the role because he liked the script and wanted to work with Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
Extra Trivia: The water buffalo that Jack Black's character rides was discovered to have been pregnant when the cast and crew came back to the set one morning and found her nursing a newborn calf.
This movie has so many awesome people in it. How could it not be amazing? I just love this movie so much. It has all the awkward moments, outrageous comedy, and Steve Coogan! The plot is utterly ridiculous. Yet somehow it works so well. So far, Ben Stiller started writing this movie over 10 years ago. I just love the interaction between all the characters.
Best Bits:
Kirk Lazarus: I don't read the script. The script reads me.
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[Tugg has just killed a panda]
Tugg Speedman: I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world. Rick Peck: A hooker. Oh Jesus, you killed a hooker!
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Kirk Lazarus: Same thing happened to me when I played Neil Armstrong in Moonshot. They found me in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box.
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Alpa Chino: That's the theme song for the Jeffersons!
Kirk Lazarus: Man, just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true.
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Tugg Speedman: The dudes are emerging...
Kirk Lazarus: [in black voice] He's right, you know? I'm NOT Sergeant Lincoln Osiris...
[rips off fake hair to reveal blonde hair]
Kirk Lazarus: [in Irish accent while taking fake sideburns off] ... nor am I Father O'Mallie...
Kirk Lazarus: [in low growl voice, while removing fake beard] ... or Neil Armstrong...
[Removes contact lenses to reveal blue eyes underneath]
Kirk Lazarus: [in natural Australian accent] I... I think I might be nobody.
Kevin Sandusky: Wow! The insecurity level with you guys is ridiculous! ~~
Kevin Sandusky: Don't drink that water! That water's like a petri dish! Alpa, do you have any Booty Sweat?
