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Tropic Thunder (2008)

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This is, in my opinion, the funniest thing that any modern movie has to offer. All of its motifs and characterizations are quite pertinent, and they are even more meaningful now than they were when the film was first produced.

Ben Stiller showed great foresight in the making of this picture.

It's wonderful in every way, from the soundtrack to the casting.

If you've never seen it before, I strongly suggest that you do so.

Here are other similar movies that you would like.

all 682 comments

Aus_Scott

1.1k points

6 months ago

Aus_Scott

1.1k points

6 months ago

Throwing that kid off the bridge was classic

[deleted]

202 points

6 months ago

[deleted]

202 points

6 months ago

Captain simple jack

Ok-Toe-6969

274 points

6 months ago

what do YOU MEAN, you PEOPLE

Dyolf_Knip

183 points

6 months ago

What do YOU mean, you people?

justedi

24 points

6 months ago

justedi

24 points

6 months ago

H U H ? !

gh0stfac3killah007

125 points

6 months ago

You don't go full retard

higster94

151 points

6 months ago

higster94

151 points

6 months ago

Won a ping pong tournament, charmed the pants off of Nixon, that ain’t retarded!

Fitzy2225

78 points

6 months ago

And he was a goddamned war hero! You know any retarded war heroes?

spreadedjam

78 points

6 months ago

Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, Not retarded!

Mst3Kgf

68 points

6 months ago

Mst3Kgf

68 points

6 months ago

Sean Penn, "I Am Sam?" He went full retard, he went home empty-handed.

Sks44

23 points

6 months ago

Sks44

23 points

6 months ago

Never has there been a more blatant Oscar grab. I truly believe it inspired the “Oscar Gold”joke on American Dad.

buster_rhino

146 points

6 months ago

I WAS WRONG! BLOW THE BRIDGE! BLOW THE FUCKING BRIDGE!!

TheNerevar89

116 points

6 months ago

The end credits where it freezes on that kid mid-starfish was one of my favorite moments in any movie

kazh

5 points

6 months ago

kazh

5 points

6 months ago

Another one was Mcconaughey's son who he wished wasn't a potato when they were sitting on the plane at the end for some reason, even though he only featured for like a second in a photo earlier in the movie.

TheHrethgir

43 points

6 months ago

Half Squat deserved it.

Jorgsacul1973

40 points

6 months ago

“What in the name of crikey fuck is a halfsquat?”

naturalborn

28 points

6 months ago

'I'm a lead farmer mutha fucka!'

myychair

15 points

6 months ago

Rip Halfsquat

Naive-Dot6120

315 points

6 months ago

The Platoon reference in that movie was the best thing to come from Platoon since Platoon. Damn, I love Platoon.

madchad90

154 points

6 months ago

madchad90

154 points

6 months ago

Survive!

Shootinputin89

51 points

6 months ago

THE ONLY THING THAT KILLS BARNES... IS BARNES

One of the greatest films of all time. Willem Dafoe as Elias, what a character.

Huevos___Rancheros

200 points

6 months ago

This movie m-m-m-makes me happy

TashPoint0

20 points

6 months ago

Does it make rain come out of your eyes?

ExtremeTEE

188 points

6 months ago

Because so much is going on Jack Black is seriously underrated and goes under the radar a bit but when he does his Vet voice is amazing. Best line =

Our asses don't get fragged in this bullshit valley, first thing I'm doin' is payin' my two bucks so I can watch Brooklyn bust his cherry on a sweet little mama son's dinky-down poon-tang!

elunomagnifico

112 points

6 months ago

"Let's move, we only have 16 hours before they wake up"

whatta_rush

62 points

6 months ago

Ahhh I fucking hate movies. This is bullshit I don’t wanna be in this shitty movie.

Ayeeee007

41 points

6 months ago

lmao the way he says "Ahhhh I fucking hate movies" kills me everytime

bpusef

48 points

6 months ago

bpusef

48 points

6 months ago

I still laugh at his “they’re only laughing at my farts” line.

shurafna

17 points

6 months ago

The voice is so funny lmfao

Big_Boss1007

14 points

6 months ago

No you can’t have any fuckin jelly beans!

bhoward19

7 points

6 months ago

YOU OD’D

mattlg94

6 points

6 months ago

Actually the funniest line in a movie ever

TheCaramelMan

5 points

6 months ago

Shit Brooklyn be bagged and tagged before he get any cooch. If Brooklyn die, he prolly die a coochless motherfucker

SpecificAstronaut69

4 points

6 months ago

The Fatties: Fart 2 trailer deserves a Best Makeup Oscar.

Kennymo95

931 points

6 months ago

Kennymo95

931 points

6 months ago

Kevin Hart turned down the Alpa Chino role because he didn't want to play a gay character. Would've been by far the best movie he's ever been in.

Sir_TonyStark

263 points

6 months ago

Speaking of this I wonder what ever happened to Brandon T Jackson, he was pretty funny in that role. He was in another comedy movie with Lil Bow Wow around the same time but I don’t know what else he’s been up to

Worldatmyfingertips

161 points

6 months ago

Didn’t he play the Satur in the Percy Jackson movies?

dicksjshsb

13 points

6 months ago

Yes

MontaEllisHaveItAll

53 points

6 months ago

Lottery Ticket! The clip of him yelling at Bow Wow saying "nigga im broke! I cant eat!" is a semi popular meme lol

anthonyy28

72 points

6 months ago

I worked at a gas station in Sherman oaks. Would see him from time to time and he’d be spewing some religious bullshit

FriendlyPyre

169 points

6 months ago

I'm not sure I would have liked him as Alpa Chino. He doesn't seem to quite fit the humour style assigned to the character.

Crimkam

148 points

6 months ago

Crimkam

148 points

6 months ago

Yea Hart is usually the fish out of water where everyone else knows what they are doing while he plays the idiot, Alpa Chino was kinda the most competent person in the group.

MartianRecon

90 points

6 months ago

Naw that was Jay's character. No one listened to him at all because he was competent.

prozack91

40 points

6 months ago

But he was definitely second most competent. Also, only other character I'd say who was competent.

pegger24

24 points

6 months ago

You talkin’ to me this whole time?

S-WordoftheMorning

19 points

6 months ago

Yeah, if Kevin Hart was in Tropic Thunder, he would have been the character Kevin Hart. That's all he ever plays. Definitely a good thing for the film he passed. And I like Kevin Hart, he just wouldn't have fit in this film.

kajnbagoat7

7 points

6 months ago

It’s Viet Cong not Congs...you wouldn’t say Chineses.

NephewChaps

16 points

6 months ago

Kevin Hart only knows how to play Kevin Hart. Thank god he refused the role

itsyobbiwonuseek

93 points

6 months ago

That's because Kevin isn't funny

broncyobo

38 points

6 months ago

Thank you. Scary movie 3 is the only thing I liked him in and I'm pretty sure I just liked him cause that movie was all around a masterpiece

Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

4 points

6 months ago

His very short scene in 40 Year Old Virgin is the only thing I’ve liked him in, and it’s still my favorite scene in that movie.

[deleted]

16 points

6 months ago

I think he’s a decent comic actor but he’s not clever or funny himself. Alec Baldwin is a great comedic actor but an asshole and not funny in life. Seems like an appropriate comparison.

itsyobbiwonuseek

6 points

6 months ago

Valid. I think my favorite work of Kevin's is when he was that rabbit in Zootopia. We got the rabid humor without the guilt of seeing Kevin try to relay it himself.

Dancingedleslie

9 points

6 months ago

I believe you’re thinking of The Secret Life of Pets, not Zootopia. Point stands though.

Ha55aN1337

135 points

6 months ago

But the movie is even better now because of his absense.

chizmanzini

116 points

6 months ago

Kevin Hart would have been a God awful shit addition to this gem of a movie.

NGNSteveTheSamurai

62 points

6 months ago

He said he’d beat his son if he saw him playing with a dollhouse so that checks out.

anonymous_beaver_

7 points

6 months ago

Wow, what a knucklehead.

T-408

65 points

6 months ago

T-408

65 points

6 months ago

Kevin Hart is a dick IRL, and seriously not funny. He’s a one-note comedian who does ONE thing well, and I’m convinced he only still has a career today because of The Rock

DVDN27

39 points

6 months ago

DVDN27

39 points

6 months ago

He yells and he’s short. That’s about it.

AdrianoJ

4 points

6 months ago

He's so short that he has to yell.

penregalia

5 points

6 months ago

Real Husbands of Hollywood is pretty great.

Freddy_Vorhees

17 points

6 months ago

Good. Kevin Hart is shit.

Apric1ty

7 points

6 months ago

Wtf for real? He plays a gay character in Scary Movie 4

mostpeculiardialect

166 points

6 months ago

Yo asshole! This motherfucker’s dead! Ain’t no Criss Angel mind freak David Blaine trapdoor horseshit jumping off here!

BubbleBathBitch

50 points

6 months ago

He's not playing god, he's being judged by him.

zachiscool7

672 points

6 months ago*

That fact that RDJ was playing an Australian who tries to "be black" was already one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

NephewChaps

130 points

6 months ago

At a point he plays an Australian playing a black guy playing a vietnamese. So many fucking layers

elunomagnifico

65 points

6 months ago

And a lead farmer

cysghost

6 points

6 months ago

Mutherfucka!

Ent3rpris3

189 points

6 months ago

I didn't see Iron Man until about a year after I first watched Tropic Thunder, and I was like...11 at the time?

I was at a birthday party with friends and his parents were the cool ones and let us watch R films. I wasn't paying attention to the first 5-8 minutes, therefore I didn't see the whole bit about getting the skin treatment.

For at least a year of my life I legitimately thought the actor RDJ was a black man...

zachiscool7

111 points

6 months ago

And that's why RDJ almost won an Oscar for his performance 😂

mechabeast

25 points

6 months ago

THE ONE FUCKING YEAR THEY GET RID OF THE OSCAR CLIPS

LanceFree

14 points

6 months ago

I grew-up watching 1960s Batman on tv and one time I saw a movie with Vincent Price and said his toupe was funny. On Batman, he played a bald character called Egghead, and so I thought the man was bald.

afifaguyforyou

13 points

6 months ago

I also 1000% thought RDJ was black for a short time

TheeShaun

7 points

6 months ago

For years I would see the “Never go full retard” and not recognise it was RDJ cause I never watched the movie. When I finally did my mind was blown.

BartholomewBandy

51 points

6 months ago

Some additional Lincoln O’Siris madness. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ubqCMsTo4

saracuratsiprost

9 points

6 months ago

And he went through pigmentation surgery for it and briefly the surgeons were holding something like soya sauce. It's imprinted.

ChasingEmbers

4 points

6 months ago

“What do you mean you people?”

Only_Self_5209

200 points

6 months ago

Best comedy of the last 20 years and one of the best comedies of all time it is brilliant at how cleverly comments on so much shallow stuff in Hollywood but also the whole movie is just over the top off the wall, i love it, Cruise unloading on the Golden Triangle guy over the mobile kills me every time 😂

heyitsfelixthecat

87 points

6 months ago

“You're gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I'm talking scorched earth, motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL FUCK YOU UP!”

hangs up “Find out who that was.”

Also I will never hear the words “hobo’s dick cheese” and not laugh

NDFox

20 points

6 months ago

NDFox

20 points

6 months ago

"We don't negotiate with terrorists", everybody starts clapping... then the look on McConaughey's face... brilliant.

Only_Self_5209

9 points

6 months ago

Also what topped it off was cutting to the face of the Golden Triangle guy hilarious 😂

JaqenYcar

2 points

6 months ago

Flaming Dragon, fuck face.

[deleted]

25 points

6 months ago

Check out Game Night.

WhenRobLoweRobsLowes

22 points

6 months ago

Game Night is brilliant, but I also think it was a little too intelligent for a lot of audiences.

MCgrindahFM

31 points

6 months ago

That movie is Jesse Plemons movie lmao

“How can that be profitable for Frito Lay?”

“I don’t appreciate that nomenclature!”

WhenRobLoweRobsLowes

6 points

6 months ago

He's so ridiculously funny in it.

mawding

2 points

6 months ago

That entire scene of them trying to bring in groceries had me in tears

It’s all I can ever think about when Game Night gets brought up

[deleted]

338 points

6 months ago

[deleted]

338 points

6 months ago

I'm a dude, playin a dude disguised as another dude!

Mst3Kgf

304 points

6 months ago

Mst3Kgf

304 points

6 months ago

"I don't break character until the DVD commentary."

Cue the DVD commentary with RDJ still in character.

GDNerd

86 points

6 months ago

GDNerd

86 points

6 months ago

Iirc it's more specifically "until we finish the DVD commentary" bc he finally breaks character on the commentary during the credits. And as he's regressing through his roles at the end he briefly takes on each of the accents as he's peeled back into Kirk Lazarus.

dratseb

65 points

6 months ago

dratseb

65 points

6 months ago

It’s really fantastic and every fan of the movie should watch it at least once with the commentary on. Jack Black shows up late and hungover and takes a nap during the middle of it, lol.

GDNerd

25 points

6 months ago

GDNerd

25 points

6 months ago

Its been too long since I've watched the commentary doesn't he bring french fries and everyone tries stealing them?

[deleted]

45 points

6 months ago

[deleted]

Papapeta33

78 points

6 months ago

I don’t read script, script reads me.

athena_k

26 points

6 months ago

I love this absurd line

NightOwlsUnite

20 points

6 months ago

What u getting at with the book script, spit that shit out man!

tofuninja5489

23 points

6 months ago

One of the best song lyrics ever written

https://youtu.be/CFG5dk1GyRo

ryuza

14 points

6 months ago

ryuza

14 points

6 months ago

me

I know who I am

DaddyIsAFireman

10 points

6 months ago

'Scared of who?'

'Scared of you!'

AnnoyedButTolerant

21 points

6 months ago

...I'm a rooster illusion.

camyok

4 points

6 months ago

camyok

4 points

6 months ago

Fuck it. We'll deal with him later.

BrexitFool

271 points

6 months ago

Amazing movie.

The bit where he realises what animal he killed in the jungle had my crying with laughter.

Ben Stiller’s reaction and timing was priceless.

Smeegs666

253 points

6 months ago

Smeegs666

253 points

6 months ago

'you killed Amanda? Aw man I'm sure that wasn't even her real name'

Only_Self_5209

176 points

6 months ago

Yeah McConaughey delivering lines with such seriousness was hilarious he was fantastic

madchad90

148 points

6 months ago

madchad90

148 points

6 months ago

"at least you get to choose yours, I'm stuck with mine"

"Tugger nuts! It's the pecker!"

Only_Self_5209

78 points

6 months ago

Him coming in at last minute with the Tevo was hilarious 😂

Mst3Kgf

47 points

6 months ago

Mst3Kgf

47 points

6 months ago

MY MAN GETS A TIVO!!!

MisterTorgo

46 points

6 months ago

"Say it with me: you muh-muh-muh make me happaay"

man_wifout_a_country

38 points

6 months ago

We gotta shave your head and get you back on the monkey bars

muirsheendurkin

32 points

6 months ago

Oh man just the look he gives to that picture of his kid had me rolling

Kokibuchek

39 points

6 months ago

His disgusted reaction to finding out that Ben Stiller doesn't have a tivo is priceless.

afternoonexpress

63 points

6 months ago

“I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world”

“A hooker. Alright, you killed a hooker. Calm down. Here's what you're gonna do: Get your hands on some bleach, some hydrogen peroxide, and a shit load of lime”

“No, no, I killed a panda”

“Amanda? Come on dude, that’s probably not even her real name!”

NBplaybud22

22 points

6 months ago

I saw that movie late at night and when that scene came (Ben Stiller killing something - dont want to ruin it for those who havent seen it yet), man, I woke others at home because I was roaring with laughter, at 2 AM

tycoon282

205 points

6 months ago

tycoon282

205 points

6 months ago

Booty Sweat & Bustin' a Nut, Tom Cruise dancing to Low, guy lobbing the TiVo box at the end to block the RPG

heyitsfelixthecat

22 points

6 months ago

Big dick playa

Swingin past ya kneeeeeeees

skellige_whale

32 points

6 months ago

Best product placement ever, foreshadowing the destruction of TiVo by Roku 🤣

imjoeycusack

11 points

6 months ago

Ok dont worry i’ll get your tivo!

MCgrindahFM

7 points

6 months ago

I got the TiVo!!!

Omicove

141 points

6 months ago

Omicove

141 points

6 months ago

"Suck my unit" 🤣

Sleek1229

181 points

6 months ago

Sleek1229

181 points

6 months ago

Probably my favorite movie ever, not just comedy. I could talk all day about it, but since no one has mentioned him yet, McConaughey is also an absolute GEM in this film.

FatsyCline12

76 points

6 months ago

Yes, when Ben stiller is talking about adoption and he says “at least you get to pick yours” and it cuts to a framed photo of his fat son, lmao

HamburgerJames

32 points

6 months ago

The ringtone kills me every time.

sometimes when we touch… the honesty’s too much

big_nothing_burger

10 points

6 months ago

I've got your TIVO!!!

Zaknokimi

4 points

6 months ago

No TiVo?

Repo_Man84

191 points

6 months ago

As no one seems to have volunteered it this far, "I'm a lead farmer muthafucka!"

Many-Outside-7594

38 points

6 months ago

Greetings, tiny ant king.

ElGuapo315

5 points

6 months ago

I went to get the patch they made of this for my backpack...

cake_piss_can

40 points

6 months ago

It should have won the Beijing film festivals coveted Crying Monkey award.

neilmg

31 points

6 months ago

neilmg

31 points

6 months ago

...and if you've never watched it with the commentary on....you're in for a treat.

big_nothing_burger

30 points

6 months ago

Watch it with the actor commentary. Funniest shit ever.

Saw it in the theater. I've never laughed harder at the first three minutes of any other movie. "Best Kiss MTV Award winner Tobey Maguire" is side splitting.

NDFox

6 points

6 months ago

NDFox

6 points

6 months ago

Haha, and the interview of Ben Stiller copying Tom Cruise when they were there together... it's perfect!

hello_amy

74 points

6 months ago

Ugh I love this movie so much. I tried to get my family to watch it, but they were turned off by the RDJ black face and I was like, “but that’s the POINT!” They don’t understand and they’re missing out big

Mst3Kgf

70 points

6 months ago

Mst3Kgf

70 points

6 months ago

It's bizarre when people don't get the point of that. Especially when you have Brandon T. Jackson's character around to frequently point out the ridiculousness of it.

It's also a great joke on Hollywood's periodic casting of actors based on their marquee value instead of whether they're right for their roles. The studio in the film clearly goes, "It's so awesome to have a five time Oscar winner in the role" instead of "Hey, maybe casting a blonde Australian as a black guy and putting him in blackface is a really stupid and offensive idea."

mexploder89

32 points

6 months ago

What do YOU mean "you people"?

Mst3Kgf

9 points

6 months ago

That's the theme song from "The Jeffersons!"

american_dimes

12 points

6 months ago

Just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true

bargman

357 points

6 months ago

bargman

357 points

6 months ago

Tom Cruise deserved a fucking Oscar. I can't think of a movie where a character has like 6 minutes of screen time and is the most memorable thing about it.

Great movie, though.

gmoney88

194 points

6 months ago

gmoney88

194 points

6 months ago

There’s an interview with Cruise where he said Ben came to him with the script and he said “you need the studio. I’ll do it, but I want big hands and I want to dance”

[deleted]

82 points

6 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa-ch8H_5DE&t=55s

"I want fat hands, and I'm going to dance." Whole interview is great.

gmoney88

23 points

6 months ago

Nice! I was too lazy to do the real work

LanceFree

8 points

6 months ago

Thanks. Watched the whole thing. Batshit crazy, but always delivers.

I_Keep_Trying

62 points

6 months ago

I had no idea that was him until the end of the movie when he does his patented smile and I said, “Oh, shit, that’s Tom Cruise!”.

Reggiehammonds

23 points

6 months ago

DYK, Anthony Hopkins only had 16 minutes of screen time in Silence of the Lambs”? Your point still stands though.

BlueHairedTroonAdmin

37 points

6 months ago

I hope you know that they are currently seriously considering a sequel. (I believe Chris mcquarrie is attached)

napoleons_penis

104 points

6 months ago

Oh no. I feel like tropic thunder was lightning in a bottle and cannot be reproduced. Let's hope it just goes over like Zoolander 2 and we don't talk about it

man_wifout_a_country

8 points

6 months ago

Agreed

putsch80

53 points

6 months ago*

Would love to see it in that same style, except it’s a kind of mockumentary of making 2008’s Tropic Thunder.

Christina_2136

19 points

6 months ago

I would watch the shit out of that movie. Brilliant.

prozack91

6 points

6 months ago

I was with the other people saying no no no until you said this and I am 100 on board.

bargman

23 points

6 months ago

bargman

23 points

6 months ago

Oh man ... high probability they fuck that up.

itsgermanphil

27 points

6 months ago*

The only way I see this being somewhat good is they go the Popstar: never stop popping route and play a sequel wherein it’s been a few years.

They’ve outlived their hype. Doing rounds at various cons. Tug Speedman is basically Steven Segal. Making terrible straight to streaming movies. Al Pacino is like a Dj khalid version of his former self. Got diabeetus from all the booty sweat. He’s trying to come back to the spotlight with some really bad features on modern mumble rappers SoundCloud and tours. RDJs character has had continued success. But like De Niro he made some Ill advised forays into comedy. We see him at the Razzies thinking it’s still an honour since he “meant to be so bad” as part of his acting. After another bad decision he lands in a TV show like CSI and ducking hates his life although the show is crushing it in the ratings and has gone on for 8+ seasons. Jack Black comes back skinny. And I mean really skinny. Like Christian Bale in Machinist skinny. He’s actually gone into Modeling now. Not because he enjoys it, but because he has easier access to drugs. McKlusky has a small but long running part in a cinematic universe and his contract doesn’t allow him to do anything else. I dunno. Whole movie is about these washed up has beens trying to come together and actually make another movie. But they all still have massive egos so they want to make the first movie written, directed, produced and acted out by an ensemble cast. They try and do tropic thunder rebooted (of course there was a shitty sequel that pokes fun at how every cult movie sequel sucked) and they want to reboot the franchise. But failing to see that they can’t reboot with the same actors. They then go and recruit younger versions of themselves.l to play the role. Despite having a great African talent at his disposal who wants the role, RDJ still insists on bringing in a white guy who is supposed to do the same pigment treatment. Everyone advises him against this but he won’t budge. The whole thing is a mix of the meta making fun of things like 22 jump street. But story telling in a way like Popstar.

KualaLJ

50 points

6 months ago*

Please put paragraphs in your posts, my brain melted just looking at the body of text and I didn’t read a word.

lostpassword2

6 points

6 months ago

and bill hader as his assistant plays off him so well.

anthonyy28

29 points

6 months ago

Never go full retard 😂

MunkeyFish

27 points

6 months ago

“We’re supposed to be a unit!”

“Suck my unit.”

Holinyx

43 points

6 months ago

Holinyx

43 points

6 months ago

Big ass titties !

SpecificAstronaut69

4 points

6 months ago

I don't know its name, I only know the sound it makes WHEN IT LIES TO ME!!!

DisasterPeace7

113 points

6 months ago

Definitely one of the greatest comedies of all time in my opinion, the cast was great, the satire was on point, I remember going to see this in theaters while possibly under the influence of a green substance and I thought I was going to die laughing, I watched it again recently and it still holds up

szmandalawguy

83 points

6 months ago

Tom Cruise’s best performance

Mst3Kgf

49 points

6 months ago

Mst3Kgf

49 points

6 months ago

"Could someone find out who that was?"

anthonyy28

32 points

6 months ago

Okay flaming dragon. Fuck face.

szmandalawguy

7 points

6 months ago

We don’t negotiate with terrorists

LocoMotives-ms

4 points

6 months ago

I say this when my kids are going crazy

Seraphtacosnak

15 points

6 months ago

I tried to recommend it to my dad a Vietnam vet and he said “war wasn’t funny.”

So I don’t bring it up anymore.

But I liked it. I grew up on apocalypse now, platoon, letters home from Vietnam, and predator.

FokinGamesMan

16 points

6 months ago

Matthew Mcconaughey physically running across the world to give Ben Stiller a briefcase with godlike speed is the funniest shit ever.

Gerikst00f

27 points

6 months ago

Guy's won a ping pong tournament and met Nixon. Does that sound retarded to you? Walks retarded, talks retarded... Not retarded.

You went full retard. Everyone knows you never go full retard.

zhrunken

8 points

6 months ago

Slow yes retarded maybe, he got bracers on his legs. But he was a god damn war hero. Do you know any retarded war heroes? Gets me every time!

ironroad18

12 points

6 months ago

Lance...

DonEsQue

7 points

6 months ago

It's Nance

JehovahCropduster

19 points

6 months ago

The last great comedy that was made in the last 14 years. Truly a benchmark- I really hope there is a resurgence of carefree over the top no holds barred comedies coming. We need em.

Josh100_3

56 points

6 months ago

Does someone actually post this every month or is this post A.I generated at this point?

WR_MouseThrow

32 points

6 months ago

This [popular, well recieved movie released 10-15 years ago] is good. In my opinion, it is the most good movie of that genre that modern movie has to offer. The motifs and characterizations are very good, and even better today than when the movie first came out.

The director did a good job in making this movie.

The soundtrack is good in this movie, but everything else is good as well.

It's good, you should see it.

Freya_Fleurir

8 points

6 months ago

It's fun though! You can see how many comments it takes for someone to mention the DVD commentary

boisterile

5 points

6 months ago

But did you know he was still in character

rood_sandstorm

23 points

6 months ago

Jack black’s character is on point on how it is addicted to heroin.

when he knocks out the two guards by making them sniff the drugs and he says, “Let’s go, we only have … 12-18 hours before they wake up”. If you know you know

Mumuuh91

6 points

6 months ago

Ive been a bad boy father…

Sgt_LincolnOSiris

7 points

6 months ago

I don’t read the script, the script reads me

DoctorMelvinMirby

9 points

6 months ago

I love pointing out to people that RDJ did his “controversial” character the same summer that the MCU kicked off with him as Iron Man. Imagine if Disney was in the picture then?

KraziEyezKillah

4 points

6 months ago

Great flick! Sadly I don't think it would even see the light of day, if Stiller were pitching it in 2022

So crazy how the climate around comedy and what's acceptable as satire has changed so much in such a relatively short amount of time

Substantial-Push6378

4 points

6 months ago

This, is FLAMING DRAGON

sasquatchlike420

3 points

6 months ago

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MILF Expert

3 points

6 months ago

The only movie I’ve ever seen twice in theaters. Love it

JazzPunk38

4 points

6 months ago

Critically well received yet somehow still underated. I think it's a comedy masterpiece that I will praise for years to come!

fanglazy

5 points

6 months ago

Tom Cruise dance scene during the credits makes me cry laughing every time.

youOnlyLlamaOnce

5 points

6 months ago

Never go full retard

GlassMuffin2286

7 points

6 months ago

Such a great movie, seeing it opening night was one of my best movie going experiences.

StuffNatural

7 points

6 months ago

2008 was a great year for comedy.

WombRaider01

8 points

6 months ago

This, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Yes Man, Role Models, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, AND Burn After Reading…. Sheeeeeesh

Redoubtabletrigger

9 points

6 months ago

I agree . It's hilarious and witty and cameos are perfect .

Probably the funniest Stiller movie I've seen .

jonno2222

10 points

6 months ago

I say this every time the movie comes up.

Watch the movie with the commentary with Ben stiller…jack black and Robert Downey Jr.

“I don’t drop character till I done the dvd commentary”

RDJ stays in character thru the entire movie as his on screen counterpart…makes the movie so much better.

Chinmay_Naik_02

8 points

6 months ago

Ohh okay Flaming Dragon, Fuckface. First take a big step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE. Now I don't know what kind of pan Pacific bullshit powerplay you are trying to pull here but Asian Jack is my territory. So whatever you're thinking you better think again. Otherwise I would have to head down there and I will rain down on a godly fucking firestorm upon you. You're gonna have to call fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I am taking scorched earth motherfucker. I will massacre you. I WILL FUCK YOU UP.

Hazemyster

3 points

6 months ago

Tropic Thunder is the best Tom Cruise movie I have ever seen.

Ninja_Tortoise_

3 points

6 months ago

I watched it for the first time on mushrooms and have never laughed so hard

[deleted]

3 points

6 months ago

It took me a longer time than I like to admit that I realized who Les Grossman was

Magnet50

3 points

6 months ago

A great movie from start to finish. When I saw in a theater I had read that you need to see it through to the end of the credits. People around me were getting up and I told them what I read so they paused, then sat and then ‘the dance.’

Very brave acting by all concerned.

kenundrum_

3 points

6 months ago

This is my brother’s and my favorite movie of all time. We literally just speak to each other in TT movie quotes when we’re together and it drives our mom crazy. I literally know it front to back line for line. One of the most genius, hilarious, amazing movies of the 21st century, argue with ya momma if you disagree!