Monday, May 10, 2010

A Must Watch Movies Online: Tropic Thunder

By Sidney Lancaster

If you haven't seen it yet, Tropic Thunder was actually one of the better comedies of the year. We know, we know, how could it be, right? It stars Ben Stiller, who's been making nothing but bad comedies lately, and Jack Black, who's one note act is getting stale. But... These guys are actually firing on all cylinders again, here. This is a script they actually seem to enjoy being a part of, they're not just spitting out lines that you can just tell they don't find funny, and it really is one of the top must watch movies online.

The movie is really all about spoofing modern Hollywood culture and phoniness and the concept of what's real and what's not keeps recurring throughout the film. This is made clear in the opening where we see a series of fake trailers showing what sort of films the main characters usually star in. The best of these is probably Jack Black using fat suits to spoof Eddie Murphy's recent films.

As you probably know, the story revolves around a group of actors who are led to believe that they're going through a rigorous survival training routine for the film and wind up in over their heads when the situation gets a little too real. This really works with the theme of the film being sincerity and fakeness, and the fact that a fake situation becomes real is an incredible premise, everything considered.

The theme of the film is one of honesty, the movie is about phoniness and sincerity, and all of the characters have to come to terms with who they are in life. While it's a comedy, you find yourself actually rooting for these characters to see things through, to succeed in their internal struggles and find out who they are and their place in the universe.

It's a very funny film, too, of course, but it's also a moving and dramatic film, as well as an exciting one. The movie is really more than you'd expect from Ben Stiller these days, who seems content to just collect big paychecks for big budget movies with low mileage jokes. This one is actually one of his very best, though.

What makes these action scenes interesting is the fact that, when the characters finally come face to face with the badguys, they're not carrying real guns, but prop automatic rifles, so they're only firing blanks while the other side of the gunfight is firing live rounds. This provides a whole new dynamic to the concept of the movie shootout unlike anything we've ever seen in an action flick before.

While watching the movie, look out for one of the greatest film cameos ever. You won't be able to figure it out right away, and don't let anyone spoil it for you. Once you figure out who it is, it's the biggest laugh of the film.

If you want a movie with a lot of laughs, a lot of action, and its heart in the right place, Tropic Thunder is one of the better films out there today in that regard, and it's definitely worth a try if you'd like to see Ben Stiller prove to the world that he can still be pretty funny, when he wants to be, that is. - 2361

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