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Title: Tropic Thunder Post by: Slayerik on October 18, 2008, 08:01:28 PM I'm a lead farmer motha fucka!
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Evil Elvis on October 18, 2008, 09:52:41 PM Welcome to the goodie room.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Miasma on October 19, 2008, 07:19:15 AM Never go full retard.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Margalis on October 19, 2008, 01:15:02 PM Just cause it's a theme song don't mean it ain't true.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on November 10, 2008, 07:26:37 AM Watched over the weekend. Good stuff.
I'm the dude playin' the dude disguised as the other dude! Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Big Gulp on November 20, 2008, 07:57:33 AM I can't believe how hard I laughed when he was messing around with the head. I usually don't like Ben Stiller or his movies, but there always seems to be one scene that just leaves me howling. In Zoolander it was the gasoline fight combined with the Wham song.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on November 20, 2008, 10:04:23 AM I have the problem where I enjoy Stiller's movies but I don't really enjoy Stiller in most of them. I liked him in Meet the Parents, but I think he was playing himself.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on November 23, 2008, 04:33:43 PM Picked this up on Blu-ray today. I had to stop it several times to catch my breath from laughing. The 'head scene' was perfect.
I think people associate Ben Stiller with Meet the Parents and There's Something About Mary a bit too much. He's obviously good at slapstick, but that is not his forte, and those were not his films. The Ben Stiller Show is a great, although short-lived, example of his humor. The Cable Guy and Zoolander, both his films, are also much unappreciated and very funny. His episode on Extras is a perfect distillation of how people perceive him - short-fused, arrogant and at the whim of better writers and directors. It's a role he plays well, but he isn't defined by it. In Zoolander it was the gasoline fight combined with the Wham song. God, I love that scene. That's a great example of his comedic sense. Relaxation Tape No. 2 and the Tony Robbins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnOC0L8pWc) skits from his show are my personal favorites. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on November 24, 2008, 01:01:49 PM Zoolander is one of my favorite movies, let alone comedies.
I like Meet the Parents though. Anytime I try to really put myself on the line, open up, and do my best, shit just goes bad. And then I try to repair it through irreputable means (mostly because I feel forced to). And then I get caught. And shit gets worse. Goes for just about any situation. I identify with that movie... and Stiller's schtick in general (a lot of his characters deal with that, I guess). The comedy of being misunderstood. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Rasix on November 24, 2008, 01:03:13 PM :roll:
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on November 24, 2008, 01:07:45 PM ^ Exactly. :awesome_for_real:
This is you Rasix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgkvIbsJrD0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgkvIbsJrD0) [edit] Must prevent myself from Going Full Retard here. :awesome_for_real: i.e. must not explain myself Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on November 26, 2008, 07:51:39 AM It's more like: "I have nipples. Can you milk me, Greg?"
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Riggswolfe on November 26, 2008, 08:47:40 AM "Our daughter is going to be a mother Fokker"
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Mrbloodworth on November 26, 2008, 10:15:51 AM "I don't drop character till i do the DvD cometary" :why_so_serious:
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Cyrrex on December 01, 2008, 05:22:25 AM I had pretty high hopes for this one, but I gotta admit that I didn't care for it. A few funny gags, but meh. My wife simply stopped watching 10 minutes into it, probably after the head thing. Unexpectedly, the sole redeeming quality for me was Tom Cruise as Les Whathisface.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Velorath on December 02, 2008, 01:57:12 AM When my theater got our prints in, they were all missing the fake trailers and the Booty Sweat ad. Luckily we got a e-mail letting us know to check for this, otherwise we never would have known they existed in the first place, and we were able to order replacements of the first reel for all our prints (with the trailers included). I feel sorry for anyone who might have seen the movie without these attached.
I took every opportunity possible to walk into an auditorium when the Booty Sweat ad was about to start up. Everytime it would go from normal trailers to Alpa Chino singing "I Love the Pussy", there would just be this moment of amused confusion among the audience. Then when the Scorcher trailer starts up and people see Ben Stiller, they figure it out. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on December 02, 2008, 05:08:24 AM Satan's Alley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFN37DeAH0E) cracked me up.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Oban on December 29, 2008, 05:02:23 AM Wow, I feel dirty saying this but Tom Cruise was really good in this film. The dancing studio Executive was... :roflcopter:
Quote Les Grossman: The universe... is talking to us right now. You just gotta listen. [turns on Flo Rider's "Low" and begins to dance to the beat] Les Grossman: See, this is the good part, Pecker. This is when the job gets fun! Ask... and you shall receive! Studio Executive Rob Slolom: [dancing along] Right... Les Grossman: You play ball... we play ball. I knoowwww... you want the goodies! Studio Executive Rob Slolom: Welcome to the goodie room! Les Grossman: You paying attention? I'm talking... G5, Pecker! That's how you can roll. No more frequent flyer bitch miles for my boy! Oh yeah! Playa... playa! Big dick playa! Studio Executive Rob Slolom: Swinging past ya knees! Les Grossman: Big dick, baby! Studio Executive Rob Slolom: Yep. Les Grossman: [turns off the music] Or... you can grow a conscience in the next five minutes and see where that takes you. Rick Peck: Now let me get this straight. You want me to let my client of 15 years, one of my best friends, die in the jungle alone, for some money and a G5? Les Grossman: Yes. Rick Peck: [pause] A G5 airplane? Les Grossman: Yes... and lots of money... playaaaa! Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: ahoythematey on December 29, 2008, 06:46:38 AM Yeah. Tom Cruise playing the Exec was easily the highlight of the movie for me. Now he needs to poke fun at organized cults and my faith in his abilities will be restored.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on December 31, 2008, 08:24:36 AM Yeah. Tom Cruise playing the Exec was easily the highlight of the movie for me. Now he needs to poke fun at organized cults and my faith in his abilities will be restored. Didn't you see him in any recent interview? :oh_i_see: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: ahoythematey on December 31, 2008, 08:37:28 AM A big part of avoiding the sadness induced by Tom Cruise is avoiding the interviews he inflicts upon the populace. So no.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Salamok on December 31, 2008, 09:29:55 AM A big part of avoiding the sadness induced by Tom Cruise is avoiding the interviews he inflicts upon the populace. So no. qft, just because someone is famous doesn't mean they have any opinions worth listening to. Personally I find most Tom Cruise movies entertaining and I don't really give a shit or expect anything from him above and beyond that. edit: this movie needed more scenes with his character in it. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on December 31, 2008, 01:13:40 PM I never saw the theatrical release, but there seems to be plenty of Grossman in the director's cut.
And, on the Cruise hatred - I don't understand why his beliefs are so objectionable to people considering that the vast majority of the world believe in fantasies just as ridiculous. I suppose that because their fantasies are ingrained in hundreds, if not thousands of years of tradition, they are less objectionable? Body thetans sound ridiculous now, but so did transubstantiation a thousand years ago. How are they any different, except that time has allowed more people leniency to accept other dogma as fact? People are gullible, and actors are not immune. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on December 31, 2008, 01:17:12 PM His beliefs never bothered me. I, admittedly, believe in things not everyone believes in too.
Scientology still sucks though. :why_so_serious: No really, he's just a gigantic douchebag. On the flipside, he plays douchebags well. Better than anyone. Because he is a douchebag. Lestat, Tropic Thunder producer, Rain Man, that scene where flipped out on the doctors in Vanilla Sky.. Name any role that Cruise was really good in and it was one of the roles where he was basically playing himself. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Hindenburg on December 31, 2008, 02:59:28 PM I seriously doubt that. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369339/)
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on December 31, 2008, 03:04:02 PM That was a douchebag role too.
That movie is seriously overrated though. [edit] Actually, I'll just say this.. just to give him some credit. He plays good bad guys. That's probably his real forte. Lestat being the best of the bunch. It's not even Anne Rice's Lestat (the character is actually a little more likable than that), but I love his characterization. Or rather, I love when Tom Cruise goes in full douchebag mode and just acts like himself, like he does in interviews. It's entertaining. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: HaemishM on December 31, 2008, 09:56:44 PM Wow, Stray, your last post is in almost complete opposition to my thoughts. Yes, he plays a douchebag well (because he's not really playacting), but his Lestat was actually more likeable than Rice's (because Lestat makes me want to stab stab stab and never stop - least likeable character ever). And Collateral was a fucking good movie, more for Jamie Foxx and fantastic direction than him.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on December 31, 2008, 11:03:25 PM No, I mean I actually like his take on Lestat. He's a "love tohate kind of shithead". The Anne Rice Lestat is like a rockstar or some shit. In touch with the direction with "modern culture" or something. Tom Cruise really doesn't fit into that mold well.. The other dude, in that other movie pulled off that version of Lestat well enough I guess. But it sucks. I like Lestat as the villain, from Louis' point of view.
Still think Collateral is a bit overrated though. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Merusk on January 01, 2009, 06:32:46 AM No, I mean I actually like his take on Lestat. He's a "love tohate kind of shithead". The Anne Rice Lestat is like a rockstar or some shit. In touch with the direction with "modern culture" or something. Tom Cruise really doesn't fit into that mold well.. The other dude, in that other movie pulled off that version of Lestat well enough I guess. But it sucks. I like Lestat as the villain, from Louis' point of view. I've decided she fell in love with the Lestat character when writing Interview. The "love to hate kind of shithead" is exactly what the character was in Interview. He morphed into the Rockstar and center of the entire series with the next book, "The Vampire Lestat." Every book after that has centered on him, insted of doing something interesting like examining the stories of all the vamps. I had many hopes of the series examining things in a similar way to Interview and TVL and showing how the situations and characters looked differently to each vampire who was there. But no, instead they became secondary characters and we got Douchy McHiddenEmo stealing bodies and talking to Queen Vamp, God and Satan while whining he couldn't have gay sex with a human. :oh_i_see: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on January 01, 2009, 06:35:41 AM Thank you for confirming that not reading that series was a correct decision.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on January 01, 2009, 09:36:28 AM No, I mean I actually like his take on Lestat. He's a "love tohate kind of shithead". The Anne Rice Lestat is like a rockstar or some shit. In touch with the direction with "modern culture" or something. Tom Cruise really doesn't fit into that mold well.. The other dude, in that other movie pulled off that version of Lestat well enough I guess. But it sucks. I like Lestat as the villain, from Louis' point of view. I've decided she fell in love with the Lestat character when writing Interview. The "love to hate kind of shithead" is exactly what the character was in Interview. He morphed into the Rockstar and center of the entire series with the next book, "The Vampire Lestat." Every book after that has centered on him, insted of doing something interesting like examining the stories of all the vamps. I had many hopes of the series examining things in a similar way to Interview and TVL and showing how the situations and characters looked differently to each vampire who was there. But no, instead they became secondary characters and we got Douchy McHiddenEmo stealing bodies and talking to Queen Vamp, God and Satan while whining he couldn't have gay sex with a human. :oh_i_see: But I believe it's intentionally a skewed version of Lestat or something. He sometimes comes off as the character he was in the Vampire Lestat... It's just that Interview was done through the eyes of Louis. Or so I think. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on January 01, 2009, 09:37:46 AM Thank you for confirming that not reading that series was a correct decision. It's not worth reading just for Rice's writing style alone. Her stories are always fairly cool (imo), but she can't write. Kind of like Steven King. Good stories -- but can't write worth a shit. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Simond on January 01, 2009, 05:02:01 PM The most hilarious thing about the Anne Rice vampire books is when she became a born-again Christian (and what she started saying about her books), and her fanbase's reaction. :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on January 01, 2009, 05:51:35 PM She's not "born again Christian". She was always Catholic, and just became more in touch with it after her husband died from cancer. Still kind of a "grey" person in general though, and pretty intellectual about the subject (needless to say, but I've spoken with her about it. And it's ridiculous how people have reacted to that.. She's a normal person just doing her own thing).
[edit] whoa derail. should we go back to talking about tom cruise? :roll: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Tebonas on January 01, 2009, 11:31:53 PM I never saw the theatrical release, but there seems to be plenty of Grossman in the director's cut. And, on the Cruise hatred - I don't understand why his beliefs are so objectionable to people considering that the vast majority of the world believe in fantasies just as ridiculous. I suppose that because their fantasies are ingrained in hundreds, if not thousands of years of tradition, they are less objectionable? Body thetans sound ridiculous now, but so did transubstantiation a thousand years ago. How are they any different, except that time has allowed more people leniency to accept other dogma as fact? People are gullible, and actors are not immune. Maybe you should read up on Scientology and their practices. They are not a danger for what they believe, but for what they do. Back on topic. Liked Tropic Thunder, wouldn't have seen it if I had known beforehand he was in it. Good for the movie they didn't advertise the fact openly enough for me to notice. In fact, I only realized at the end of the movie it was him. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on January 02, 2009, 05:57:39 AM Maybe you should read up on Scientology and their practices. They are not a danger for what they believe, but for what they do. Excellent point. They are far more dangerous than say, Catholics are to children, Jews are to Muslims, or Muslims are to non-muslims. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: shiznitz on January 02, 2009, 10:29:55 AM Thank you for confirming that not reading that series was a correct decision. It's not worth reading just for Rice's writing style alone. Her stories are always fairly cool (imo), but she can't write. Kind of like Steven King. Good stories -- but can't write worth a shit. Anne Rice never wrote an IT. That was King's best work, if not his defining work, sadly. If IT doesn't scare you, then you have no soul. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on January 02, 2009, 02:02:35 PM Nothing wrong with IT the "story". Or many other things he's done. Personally, my favorites are his non-horrors like Dolores and Shawshank, but really, the guy has a bunch of classics.. No other word for it. It's just that I think he executes his stories in a crappy way. Like, he derails a lot or some shit.
Anne Rice doesn't have any horror stories that match his, but she doesn't write horror anyhow. All of her stories are about alienation. I think Interview holds up as a classic story. She writes kind of melodramatically though. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: WayAbvPar on January 02, 2009, 03:07:25 PM IT was fantastic until the last 60 pages or so. King really should hire a ghost writer for his endings.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Margalis on January 04, 2009, 05:51:00 PM Try last 300 pages or so.
When the dude's wife gets kidnapped for no reason other than to move the plot along it really loses it, and the characters themselves even say something like "this plot is like out of some twisted soap opera!" Even they can't suspend their disbelief. I really liked It when I read it as a kid but when I read it again a couple years ago I thought it sucked. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Merusk on January 04, 2009, 06:18:08 PM No, I mean I actually like his take on Lestat. He's a "love tohate kind of shithead". The Anne Rice Lestat is like a rockstar or some shit. In touch with the direction with "modern culture" or something. Tom Cruise really doesn't fit into that mold well.. The other dude, in that other movie pulled off that version of Lestat well enough I guess. But it sucks. I like Lestat as the villain, from Louis' point of view. I've decided she fell in love with the Lestat character when writing Interview. The "love to hate kind of shithead" is exactly what the character was in Interview. He morphed into the Rockstar and center of the entire series with the next book, "The Vampire Lestat." Every book after that has centered on him, insted of doing something interesting like examining the stories of all the vamps. I had many hopes of the series examining things in a similar way to Interview and TVL and showing how the situations and characters looked differently to each vampire who was there. But no, instead they became secondary characters and we got Douchy McHiddenEmo stealing bodies and talking to Queen Vamp, God and Satan while whining he couldn't have gay sex with a human. :oh_i_see: But I believe it's intentionally a skewed version of Lestat or something. He sometimes comes off as the character he was in the Vampire Lestat... It's just that Interview was done through the eyes of Louis. Or so I think. It comes off that way, yes, Interview is Lestat through Louis' eyes. Seeing those parts again from Lestat's POV makes the reading the overlapping parts between Interview and Lestat much better as a whole. I think this was the direction she was originally intending to take the series. You've got the "Book of Marius" and "Armand's Story" within the Lestat book which, to me, seem to say that's where she was originally headed. Seeing parts of a larger story through the different vampire's eyes, tainting the personality of each vampire with the viewer's opinion. Sort of like how Louis saw Armand as this perfect companion and mentor for himself, even though Armand was a manipulative cowardly douchebag. That'd be a pretty damn cool series, IMO and a much more interesting story over all. However, I think that after writing the first two books she decided, "No, Lestat is the Hero!" and things went to pot. Just an opinion, tho. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: HaemishM on January 05, 2009, 07:54:43 AM It is the correct opinion, however. The series became shit after the second book. By Tale of the Body Thief, I got really stabby about Lestat. He's just not that interesting a character.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Rishathra on January 05, 2009, 03:11:00 PM I enjoyed them up through the fifth book, but the magic was starting to wear off well before the end of the third. Memnoch the Devil was actually pretty entertaining; it suffered more from having to shoehorn Lestat and the gang into an interesting Christian mythology tale than anything else.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Margalis on January 06, 2009, 09:19:38 PM Lestat was easily the worst sequel I've ever read. There was a dramatic shift in tone and it got real stupid real fast. I remember thinking "what the fuck am I reading?" after about 10 pages.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Ironwood on January 07, 2009, 05:36:29 AM Anyone seen Tropic Thunder ?
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Grand Design on January 07, 2009, 05:53:05 AM Tropic What?
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Riggswolfe on January 07, 2009, 07:33:08 AM Lestat was easily the worst sequel I've ever read. There was a dramatic shift in tone and it got real stupid real fast. I remember thinking "what the fuck am I reading?" after about 10 pages. Lestat and Queen of the Damned are the only two vampire novels she wrote that I mostly enjoyed. Interview was too fucking angsty and the rest of them got stupid fast. In fact, I kept wishing death on Louis because of how much of a whiny bitch he was. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Rishathra on January 07, 2009, 10:00:28 AM Interview was too fucking angsty and the rest of them got stupid fast. In fact, I kept wishing death on Louis because of how much of a whiny bitch he was. This. I enjoyed Interview, but in spite of Louis, not because of. Holy fuck did he whinge like no body's business.Ironwood, I don't remember Anne Rice writing something called Tropic Thunder. Does it happen before or after Lestat is conned into being Satan's lieutenant? Or is it a separate work, perhaps dealing with the erotic adventures of Alice in Wonderland? Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Salamok on January 07, 2009, 12:20:50 PM Anyone seen Tropic Thunder ? lol this thread is a perfect commentary for the movie. Seeing how the movie as a whole is complete shit there is really nothing worth talking about. That said you have to see this fucking movie, you just wont be a complete person until you see the 10 minutes worth of scenes that must be seen. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Nebu on January 07, 2009, 12:23:51 PM That said you have to see this fucking movie, you just wont be a complete person until you see the 10 minutes worth of scenes that must be seen. This film reminded me a lot of Zoolander. 90% of it was complete crap, but the other 10% keeps me coming back. Some comedy gems buried in a heap of manure. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: SnakeCharmer on January 07, 2009, 12:26:39 PM Definately requires a rewatch or two to pick up all the hidden gems.
Seems to be a movie that you'll either love or hate. Had me in tears nearly throughout it. Downey, Jr was gold. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Signe on January 07, 2009, 12:37:06 PM Oooh, I never liked Anne Rice books although Interview with a Vampire was a fun film. I did try reading a few of her books because they were so popular but I don't think I got all the way through even one. Evidently she also wrote a series of naughty books under a pen name in which people were always sticking things up their bums. I met her and her husband at a fund raiser once years and years ago and I liked her very much. It didn't help me like her books, though.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Riggswolfe on January 07, 2009, 01:42:11 PM Evidently she also wrote a series of naughty books under a pen name in which people were always sticking things up their bums. The Sleeping Beauty trilogy. Not that I ever read them or anything...or own them. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: HaemishM on January 07, 2009, 01:57:32 PM I read parts of Sleeping Beauty. Seemed like typical pr0n trash lit.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Merusk on January 07, 2009, 03:15:57 PM It's Bondage pron. If you're not into hardcore bondage/ S&M, partner swapping and can't wrap your mind around Pony Girls with a fairy tale twist then Sleeping Beauty isn't for you. I say this because the girls who suggested I read it were all REALLY into all of that. The books fell kind of flat to me and felt more like your usual slashfic than literature.
Exit to Eden, her other bondage/ s&m story, was much better, IMO. Plus I didn't feel like cheering-on the guys torturing the hell out of the main female. Note; the book is also NOTHING AT ALL like the movie with Akroyd and O'Donnel. It's entirely about the story of the male slave and the hot chick who ran "Bondage Island." The other bits were added in because a mass release of a hardcore bondage film would never have happened. :grin: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on January 07, 2009, 06:48:00 PM Dana Delaney.
I'll be in my bunk. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: WayAbvPar on January 08, 2009, 10:25:58 AM Dana Delaney. I'll be in my bunk. Rosie O'Donnell. I will be gouging my eyes out with a rusty spoon. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Evildrider on January 08, 2009, 10:33:23 AM Dana Delaney. I'll be in my bunk. She is hawt. :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Yegolev on January 08, 2009, 11:27:18 AM Dana Delaney. I'll be in my bunk. Rosie O'Donnell. I will be gouging my eyes out with a rusty spoon. Some google will fix that. That actually derailed my entire evening last night. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Sauced on January 08, 2009, 03:23:59 PM (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3180194533_ed78565208.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Salamok on January 08, 2009, 03:25:31 PM at 1st i was like whut... then i lol'd
...awesome pic... Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Sky on March 09, 2009, 09:13:08 AM We got around to watching this, loved it. The gags were paced enough to keep us chuckling more often than not. Felt Black was a little underutilized, the withdrawal stuff got old pretty quick and he never really cut loose in full retard mode.
I never liked Anne's Vampire stuff, but The Witching Hour was an amazing book. The second book in that series went downhill fast, never read any more Rice after that. Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Merusk on March 09, 2009, 09:16:39 AM Hey, I thought this thread was about Dana Delaney in bondage and/ or tight leather...
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Tarami on March 11, 2009, 01:57:41 PM ... never really cut loose in full retard mode. He knows one does never go full retard.Downey Jr. was ace though. "I am a lead farmer, motherfucker!" Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: stray on March 11, 2009, 07:01:50 PM I'm gonna have to disagree with the full retard rule though. Dicaprio did it in Gilbert Grape and was fine. DeNiro did it in Awakenings and was great.. although that one is sort of the anomaly of retard roles. He goes full retard half of the time, and then awakens and is a normal dude. Then goes back full retard.
Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Hindenburg on March 11, 2009, 07:11:37 PM DeNiro did it in Awakenings and was great. paralisy =/= republican. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Tarami on March 12, 2009, 02:55:37 AM I'm gonna have to disagree with the full retard rule though. Dicaprio did it in Gilbert Grape and was fine. DeNiro did it in Awakenings and was great.. although that one is sort of the anomaly of retard roles. He goes full retard half of the time, and then awakens and is a normal dude. Then goes back full retard. In Gilbert Grape's case, I believe the purpose wasn't that his brother was fully retarded in order to be pitied, it was that Grape loved his brother and familiy despite its problems. DiCaprio's role was to work as a tragic relation, not a lead character.Title: Re: Tropic Thunder Post by: Segoris on March 12, 2009, 09:09:56 PM Downey Jr. was ace though. This is what did it for me. Downey and Cruise were top notch, McConahay (spelling?) was decent. Without them I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie much. |