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UPDATED!! Jubba Judges Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER ‘Many Degrees Of Awesome’ -- And Five Others Concur!!

eat by long live the new chris	Jul 10th, 2008 03:46:10 PM
shit
TLDR by Ether.Thatsme	Jul 10th, 2008 03:47:12 PM

Everyone Was Saying Cruise's Turn by kevinwillis.net	Jul 10th, 2008 03:49:44 PM
Was great. Are you a Tom hater, Jubba?
trying to get Comic Con screening passes by irrelevntelefant	Jul 10th, 2008 03:52:33 PM
anyone know anyone?
Tom Cruise... by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 03:53:01 PM
He was great in this movie for 90% of his scenes - he was rude, over the top, and quite funny....by the last scene, though, he is on screen for several minutes dancing and it's just not funny anymore. I think everyone agreed with me that I saw the screening with...just a little too much Cruise by the time the credits rolled.
So, what you're saying is... by Holeman	Jul 10th, 2008 03:54:54 PM
Cruise is like Paprika?
PS avoid the trailers...they give jokes out of context by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 03:55:10 PM
Some of the things appearing in redband and other trailers are so far removed form the context of the movie that they could lose their effect if you have seen them already when you watch the movie. I did my best to avoid trailers and was rewarded with some great surprises.
I can't compare Cruise to Paprika... by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 03:56:29 PM
I didn't see Paprika. But if it was great in small doses and then by the end you don't find the same joke funny anymore, then yes I suppose they are similar in this case.
"I don't want to get into any real spoilers..." by EriamJH	Jul 10th, 2008 03:57:09 PM
"...but I'll tell you all the guest stars."
Lame-o by Bombadils_Bane10	Jul 10th, 2008 03:57:10 PM
I saw this shit Tuesday night and sent in a review. I must be unedumaticated sounding though. Cruise was fucking hilarious and I hate that sick bastard. The very end was a little much.
i didn't give away all the guest stars by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 04:03:22 PM

Hey, I wrote a review too! by iamnicksaicnsn	Jul 10th, 2008 04:05:34 PM
I used to get the odd review posted, but that's two reviews shafted! First There Will Be Blood, and now this? Come on, I didn't even spoil the cameos except under a section I highlighted as SPOILERS, and even then, I held back! I agree with Bombadils_Bane, Tom Cruise was freaking hilarious, and SPOILER, Stiller's obsession with dance sequences is a bit odd. Oh wait, Jubba spoiled this too in the talkback. Ugh, I'll stop whining.
FUCK, Herc was the only guy I DIDN'T SEND IT TO! by iamnicksaicnsn	Jul 10th, 2008 04:06:40 PM
I thought you only did TV Herc!
spoiler tag then? by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 04:14:36 PM
i suppose this thread should get a spoiler tag after all? but there are many more cameos than what i've listed...and to be fair, McConaughey is more than a cameo and Nolte is in the trailer. But sorry if I ruined anything there. Knowing these people are in the movie won't take away from the experience, in my opinion.
Hey it didn't have the SPOILER tag just a second ago..! by Aeghast	Jul 10th, 2008 04:16:24 PM
LOL this movie's gonna be so bad..
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Jul 10th, 2008 04:27:04 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
Saw it last night. by butnugget	Jul 10th, 2008 04:28:20 PM
Incredibly funny stuff. The fake movie trailers at the beginning were hilarious.
WOW NOW THEY MAKE PLANTS SIGN UP FOR TALKBACK POSTS by JBouganim1	Jul 10th, 2008 04:31:17 PM

Bad_Wolf, There Is No "Too Late" by kevinwillis.net	Jul 10th, 2008 04:33:43 PM
Or too early. I'm always arrive exactly when I intend to.
Jubba Ain't a Plant by kevinwillis.net	Jul 10th, 2008 04:34:40 PM
He's been around AICN forever.
Bouganim, at least know a bit about AICN's writers by mefrog	Jul 10th, 2008 04:35:30 PM
before you start yelling bullshit.
postmodernism runs rampant at AICN! by butnugget	Jul 10th, 2008 04:35:32 PM
pathetic. The movie was great. Really.
thanks kevin by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 04:38:27 PM
anytime i write a positive review that gets posted here i get called a plant. i wonder if people thought i was a plant when i gave bad reviews to Fast Food Nation or In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Turd? As I usually say to these plant accusations, I'd be glad to work for a film company as a plant if they offered.
BUT IS IT 'BETTER' THAN HOT FUZZ? by Prague23	Jul 10th, 2008 04:38:56 PM
Which didn't make my top 10 of last year but did my top 15. I love a satire. Is Tropic Thunder going to cause me to mix my oil with gas before I get my engine runnin or can I go to the cinema sober and get my laughs? Yes, this is a drug question.
THIS IS WORSE THEN THE PLANTS IN THE HAPPENING by JBouganim1	Jul 10th, 2008 04:48:33 PM

Prague23: No drugs needed by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 04:54:00 PM
Hot Fuzz was great. This movie is great. Different kinds of great, though...Fuzz was more of a satire, like you said. Thunder isn't making fun of war films, it's making fun of actors who believe they are the character they are playing and what happens when they have to face who they really are. I saw it sober and laughed a lot...some people behind me might not have been as sober...and they laughed just as much.
iamnicksaicnsn by thebearovingian	Jul 10th, 2008 04:54:18 PM
Dude, post your review in the TB. We'll read it.
I'll be there opening night! by ganymede3010	Jul 10th, 2008 04:54:58 PM
I'm Robert Downey stills the show:)
and im just fucking with you all.. by JBouganim1	Jul 10th, 2008 04:57:58 PM
this movie looks great. Good review Jubba. You can sign off your computer now instead of replying to every comment tho.
Damn you Jubba by Captain RawBeard	Jul 10th, 2008 05:04:45 PM
for seeing this so soon. I have to wait til September to see this in the Uk. Any mention of the spoof making off.
Captain RawBeard: no mention of the spoof by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 05:07:42 PM
there is a trailer for it on iTunes, now though...it is called "Rain of Madness". there were no announcements, giveaways, or Q&As at the screening I went to....the lights went down and the "trailers" began.
TOM CRUISE by sarahtwix	Jul 10th, 2008 05:18:57 PM
On imbd somebody said this on TOM cruise He plays a really vicious studio exec who has no problems hanging Stiller's character out to dry now that his career has washed up (sound familiar?). Bill Hader plays his right hand mand. Cruise was really funny in this and every other word was "mother f ucker"! It was awesome. He's in the final scene of the film too- which to me, was the funniest part.
sounds good by Mr_X	Jul 10th, 2008 05:51:20 PM
i have to say when i saw the early trailers this looked terrible. but watcheing the latter ones it actually looks like a great movie. RDJ is riding the wave man. hop on board people. it will come out of noweher and be a smash. much like..um sister act!
Robert Downey Jr. is: BLACK HIGHLANDER by g-ride9000	Jul 10th, 2008 06:05:08 PM

Agree with Budgie Smuggler... by CaptainTripsUK	Jul 10th, 2008 06:32:35 PM
Coogan is only any good as Alan Partridge, god knows what Hollywood see in him, his own character stuff is exceptional, but his big screen outings all seems very flat in comparison, Around the World in 80 days, Night at the Museum, all very very flat.. Same as Ricky Gervais, The Office was an amazing achievement, but he has NOTHING to offer Hollywood.. Extras was OK, but nowhere as near as clever as Office, all I can see in Ricky Gervais is David Brent, his characters all seem EXACTLY the same.
Tropical countries are the best places to grow by DarthBakpao	Jul 10th, 2008 06:33:07 PM
PLANTS!
if you see one movie this summer by kafka07	Jul 10th, 2008 06:41:12 PM
Dark Knight Dark Shmight. See Tropic Thunder.
disagree with review on CRUISE by cekma	Jul 10th, 2008 06:49:33 PM
this movie will bring Cruise back into form. Soon as this hits big they will greenlight the hardy boys stiller cruise movie. I saw this last night in nyc. Yeah stiller had fun with Cruise, but he was outstanding on par with Downey in my book for the movies mvp. I thought Jack Black was also quite hysterical and really got better as the movie went on. Really a great comedy. Fun movie that simple.
He's funny, energetic and.... by Leafy McPlantsalot	Jul 10th, 2008 06:50:10 PM
WHOA funny AND ENERGETIC!!!! I AM THERE!!! Someone drank their coffee this time around. Stiller will own with his energy!!!
I hate Ben Stiller. by OptimusCrime	Jul 10th, 2008 06:50:45 PM
I will see this though. God, what insightful commentary I just provided.
Well, neither Hotmail nor I saved my review when I sent it out, by iamnicksaicnsn	Jul 10th, 2008 07:12:10 PM
Basically, I just said it was awesome, that Stiller hasn't done anything this good in a while, Downey was performance-for-the-year defining, his fake trailer was even the best, there were a couple little things I wish they'd changed, but the cameos were fucking awesome, and overall if you don't see this movie you're as retarded as Simple Jack! And it was from someone who's name isn't Judd Apatow!
Coogan: good in good films by scratcher	Jul 10th, 2008 07:16:05 PM
How good do you expect anyone to be in mainstream "comedies" like Museum and 80 days? He's amazing in 24 Hour Party People, and hilarious in Tristram Shandy. Maybe just Winterbottom films? Thanks for the spoiler-free review. Sounds great.
cekma: cruise before the credits by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 07:20:38 PM
you didn't think this was overkill? you kept laughing at all his moves several minutes after he started? i got tired of him at that point and wished they had stopped using him before that scene
OttopartS: you're the douche by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 07:27:58 PM
yeah i'm in the talkback and yeah you can call me names or violently disagree with my opinions if you want. is there a problem? you're a double douche for calling me a douche.
I reviewed this film for AiCN like 6 months ago Herc by BrightEyes	Jul 10th, 2008 07:58:36 PM
and got called a plant many times but when the film opens everyone will see how funny it is.
also Tom Cruise by BrightEyes	Jul 10th, 2008 08:07:27 PM
Was my favorite part of the film. So goddamn funny in this.
He didn't like Zoolander? Review is rendered useless! by matthooper8	Jul 10th, 2008 08:14:50 PM
Once he says he didn't like Zoolander, there isn't a need to read anymore of the review.
Zoolander was halrious. by ganymede3010	Jul 10th, 2008 08:24:19 PM
The best part is when they were trying to operate the computer. Then the music from 2001 started to play as they hoped around the computer and proceeded to beat it, like the primates did the obelisk in 2001. Classic comedy.
KISS MY BLACK ASS by the_desolate_son	Jul 10th, 2008 09:08:36 PM
Downey Junior = funny without trying (which is the key to being funny) Black = about as funny as cancer Stiller = not quite as funny as cancer Don't deny that which you know to be true. And what is it with you American audiences,? I'm always hearing about how fucking rowdy your audiences are. Laughing t this, cheering at that. Y'all sound like you need to lay off the caffiene.
BrightEyes: about cruise by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 09:22:45 PM
were you still laughing at him in the final few minutes when the credits started? like i said above somewhere, he was hilarious but the joke got old at the end...at least for me.
desolate_son by shran	Jul 10th, 2008 09:51:07 PM

The thing with American audiences by shran	Jul 10th, 2008 09:54:17 PM
is that we're demonstrative. This movie 'aint a night at the opera. And also we like to do things that annoy the rest of the world. We get together and plan it out, you see. And then we just laugh and laugh! At least we aren't bludgeoning people at futbol matches.
Jubba by BrightEyes	Jul 10th, 2008 10:04:41 PM
I was. But I can get how you thought it could get old but personally I loved every moment of it and it seemed a great way to go out of a very fun and funny film.
Brighteyes by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2008 10:34:17 PM
Fair enough - to each their own. If he had started jumping on a couch I would have lost my shit laughing. ;)
Um, I meant "tenets", not "tenants"... by faesforce	Jul 10th, 2008 10:39:24 PM
I'm a dumbass. I blame the Miller Lites.
Iron Man and Spider-man play gay lovers? by 2sdaychicken	Jul 10th, 2008 11:50:05 PM
Cool beans!
First by posbasso	Jul 10th, 2008 11:58:34 PM
Just Sayin'...
Oh that's just cold. by iamnicksaicnsn	Jul 11th, 2008 12:17:20 AM
Ice Cold.
on an unrelated note...about TDK by Jubba	Jul 11th, 2008 12:55:31 AM
i'm seeing the dark knight on tuesday and will send in another review if the site hasn't already been flooded by them by then. i have high expectations for TDK
Stiller is an awesome director by theycallmemrglass	Jul 11th, 2008 01:33:10 AM
Finally, he gets to direct a film since his criminally underestimated Cable Guy. Why did everyone hate Cable Guy as it was one of my favourite films and had hoped Stiller would direct more movies without starring in them. Interestingly, Jack Black was in Cable Guy too but was not used much. Seems to be the same case with Tropic Thunder according to the reviewers
theycallmemrglass... by applescruff	Jul 11th, 2008 04:52:58 AM
Stiller also directed Zoolander since Cable Guy. I just saw this movie tonight on the USC campus. I was gonna send in a review but seeing all the talkbackers complain about theirs not getting posted I decided to hold back. I think it was really funny, and there were more parts of it that worked vs. those that didn't, but Pineapple Express is a better movie. I say this cause these two are about to be in direct competition and I thought I'd weigh in on my opinion. I recommend them both, but if you're pinching pennies and don't do two movie weekends in a row, then you definitely wanna ride the Express. I also saw Hellboy 2 tonight and I really liked it, but fuck that The Dark Knight will OWN all you motherfuckers.
Saxondale by Papa Lazaru	Jul 11th, 2008 07:45:45 AM
For those of you who like Coogan but only think of Alan Partridge . Check out Saxondale . Classic stuff from Coogen . not as straight out funny as Partridge on the first viewing , but its a real grower on repeat viewings.
Cable Guy by Papa Lazaru	Jul 11th, 2008 07:47:28 AM
I dont get the hate for Cable Guy either . I love that film. Its on heavy rotation in my collection. Porno password is a game the whole family can enjoy .
Thetan Level VII by Brayedar	Jul 11th, 2008 09:21:22 AM
So I saw this thing in Boston as well, and yeah, I agree that it was pretty damn hilarious (and that Downey Jr. was easily the best part), but I must be the lone voice of reason here: The Cruise stuff is shockingly funny for the first minute or so, but then it just gets... kinda uncomfortable. It's so exaggerated that it starts to become, for lack of a better word, kind of sad. He's trying SO HARD to conquer his public image that it becomes transparently desperate, and the fact that he and Stiller are pals makes the whole thing such an obvious play for PR points that it's tough to watch without thinking of that. A little editing of his role would have gone a loooong way. Never did think I'd hear Tom Cruise say "I'm gonna rip her tits off", that's for sure.
How dare he! by Dopenose19	Jul 11th, 2008 09:55:22 AM
"Sure, he's making fun of the tenants of those movies and stealing scenes outright from them...". Damn you, Ben Stiller, those tenants deserve better than you mocking them and stealing them. It's not their fault they lack the funds or credit history necessary to purchase their own movies and have to rent space in others.
Respect the Cruise by adebisiUK	Jul 11th, 2008 12:38:39 PM
Not really a surprise to see Tom Cruise steal the movie. He's a brilliant actor who hadn't done comedy in a while (other than Oprah) and needed the good press. The whole scientology thing is weird but no weirder than a bunch of Kabbalah freaks, or even Christians.
Film great apart from Cruise by Giario	Jul 11th, 2008 02:28:04 PM
Are people really enjoying his work in this? He was far funnier in that Scientology video. In this he was shit. Nice bit of P.R. to win back the idiots I suppose. Otherwise the film was very funny.
Tom Cruise by Project424	Jul 12th, 2008 12:20:33 AM
Is it really Tom Cruise or just Ben Stiller dressed up as Tom Cruise? Neither interest me, but I just thought I'd ask...
shran by the_desolate_son	Jul 12th, 2008 01:16:03 AM
KISS MY BLACK ASS And then do it again, and again, and again. You slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!
Any movie featuring a character in blackface... by NiceGuyEddie19	Jul 12th, 2008 07:19:27 PM
Is by default at least worth watching.
Tom Cruise: DOA by thegreatwhatzit	Jul 12th, 2008 10:38:51 PM
Cruise has done irrevocable damage to his own career. A total tool. He's in denial of his own lifestyle (parodied on SOUTH PARK)...his marriage to Katie Holmes ("I'm not gay") is a farce, nobody's buying it...his performance on OPRAH was the catalyst for his own self-destruction ("I'm not gay")...his subsequent TV appearances turned into freak shows...and his latest outting with Oprah ("I've love you Katie ["I'm not gay"]) drew big laughs on THE SOUP. Consequently, LIONS FOR LAMBS died as a movie and DVD release--and VALKYRIE has been indefinitely postponed (Cruise's German accent drew sneers from the company brass). That asshole better be ready to live in that fat suit; another alter ego that can be appended to his gay/anti-gay facade.
Listen closely desolate_son by shran	Jul 13th, 2008 08:00:41 PM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That would be the sound of Americans laughing at you with the success of yet another plot to annoy under our belts. We do so love it when a plan comes together. Come back and play again real soon. Once your green card is renewed.

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