DVD : Tropic Thunder
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097363501541
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Dreamworks Video
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Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
MPN: PARD350154D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Running Time: 107 minutes
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/18/2008 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
It’s not really a knock to say that nothing in Tropic Thunder is funnier than its first five minutes, so sly that–especially for people watching in theaters–you don’t realize right away they are the opening minutes of the movie. This outrageous comedy begins with a series of fake previews, each introducing one of the main characters in the film-proper (not that there’s anything proper about this film) and each bearing the familiar logo of a different motion picture studio: Universal, DreamWorks SKG, et al. Such playing fast and loose with corporate talismans verges on sacrilege, but it’s an index of how much le tout Tinseltown endorses the movie as a demented valentine to itself. The premise is that the cast of a would-be “Son of Rambo” movie shooting in some Southeast Asian jungle get into a real shooting war with drug-smuggling montagnards. Don’t ask–though the movie does have an answer–why such highly paid, usually ultra-pampered personnel as superhero Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Mozart of fart comedy Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), hip-hop artist Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and five-time Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus from Aus-try-leeah (Robert Downey Jr.) should be running through the jungle unattended and very vulnerable. It matters only that the real-life cast has a high time kidding their own profession and flexing their comedic muscles. Bonus points go to Stiller for co-writing the script (with Justin Theroux) and directing, and to Downey, brilliant as a white actor surgically turned black actor for his role and utterly committed to staying in character no matter what (”I don’t drop character till I done the DVD commentary”).
Be warned: The movie, too, is committed–to being an equal-opportunity offender. Its political incorrectness extends not only to Lazarus’s black-like-me posturing but also Speedman’s recent, Sean Penn-style Oscar bid playing a cognitively challenged farmboy–or, in Lazarus’s deathless phrase, “going the full retard.” Others in the cast include Steve Coogan as a director out of his depth, Nick Nolte as the Viet-vet novelist whose book inspired the film-within-the-film, Matthew McConaughey as Speedman’s sun-blissed agent back home, and Tom Cruise–bald, fat-suited, and profane–as an epically repulsive studio head. Two hours running time is a mite excessive, but otherwise, what’s not to like? –Richard T. Jameson
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: 
- Extremely Funny!!!
I received this as a Christmas present. I think this movie is very funny! It has an awesome plot and very good actors! When 4 snobby actors try to make an action war film, they all screw up, so the writer of the book of the film they are making suggest to take the actors into the jungles of Vietnam to make them see what it’s really like. They run into a heroin factory who kidnap Tugg Speedman and hold him hostage and make him perform as a ’special’ kid in a movie he did a long time ago. Will the … Read More
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- WORST MOVIE EVER
FIRST THING I DONT IMAGE HOW THIS ACTOR CAN BE CONVINCED TO DO SUCH A BAD MOVIE, IT’S NOT FUNNY, IT DOESNT TRANSMIT A FEELING OR A SITUATION AND AFTER 5 MINUTES YOU START HAVING THE URGE TO FINISH THIS PUNISHMENT OF THE MIND, ACTUALLY THE BEST MOMENT OF THE MOVIE IS WHEN YOU THROW THE DVD TO THE TRASH …..
Rating: - Very Poor Sound Quality
The movie was just ok a few good laughs mostly cheesy slapstick moans. The sound Quality is bargain basement. I had to turn my stereo up to nearly double the usual level I use for a DVD. The only sound options were 5.1 English and some foreign language choices. If the poor sound was caused by the 5.1 being played on a 2 channel stereo or TV they seriously need to give a warning or fix it with more options. I got this as an Xmas present so am going to quickly sell it at online auction. Hopefully … Read More
Rating: 
- Thought it was going to be funnier
This movie came highly recommended by my friends so I bought it immediately. Every actor did a great job playing their part but when it all came together it was a little weak. There were some very funny parts here and there and at some points they tried to squeeze in some emotion.
Great Blu-Ray picture.
Rating: - Probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen
I rented this movie based on a suggestion from a friend who told me it was hilarious. I guess maybe I just don’t “get” this kind of humour. The opening first few minutes with the fake trailers was mildly amusing and showed hope that the movie would pick up momentum. Like another viewer mentioned, it was all downhill from there. I think I may have laughed once or twice the entire movie. The script is absolutely terrible, you can actually feel the actors trying to be funny but just quite not making it. … Read More
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