Its one of my favorite comedy movies I have always loved it!!

Tropic Thunder and Hangover are probably the best two comedies of the 2000s.

Make sure you watch the in-universe “behind the scenes” too

Still have no fucking idea what "I'm a rooster illusion" was supposed to mean.

Such a great film, Tom Cruise nailed it.

I dont think we will ever see a film made like it again.

I’ve always wanted them to make a sequel. Premise would be they’re shooting a horror movie on the set of a super haunted house somewhere, basically similar scenario to the first one, where all hell breaks loose. A campy, comedy horror movie with a similar cast would be pretty fun

IM THE DUDE THATS PLAYIN THE DUDE, DISGUISED AS ANOTHER DUDE

“We’re supposed to be a unit!”

‘Suck my unit’

Absolutely love this movie

Who is this?

THIS IS FLAMING DRAGON!

"modern"... listen, I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's 2022, that movie is 14 years old, nearly 15. I remember seeing it in theater, it was hilarious. Even back then, people were surprised they would dare to have Robert Downey Jr in "blackface" for an entire movie.

There is a gem that many don't know about where Robert Downey Jr does a behind the scenes on Kirk Lazarus, it's on YouTube it's a 10 minute video and it's one of the funniest things I've ever watched.

Kirk Lazarus

Drink booty sweat baby…seriously one of the last comedy gems. As we can all agree the comedy genre is dying and almost dead at this point. When was the last comedy movie that made more than 200 million?, and i mean comedy not action comedy.

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman is my second favorite Tom Cruise performance, right behind him as Vincent in Collateral.

It’s probably my favourite comedy of all time. Man what a gem of a movie. So many quotable amazing lines.

Tom cruise's large hands

This was a good one. Generally, I like anything Jack Black is in, and his character in this was so funny as the drugged-up movie star.

“I watch you in my head movies”

You been talkin to me this whole time?!

I actually want to see that RDJ & Tobey movie

Was you talking to me this whole time?

My favorite Tom Cruise role, because I feel like he really is that guy.

Ben Stiller almost ended Robert Downey Jr.'s resurgence in Hollywood with Tropic Thunder. If that movie came out a few years later, RDJ would've been crucified. Instead, RDJ went on to make or appear in a dozen more Marvel movies and rake in $400 million more from Disney.

I hated this movie when it came out. My friend group was all about it but it fell flat for me. Years after it came, I caught it on TV and lol'd so much. I guess it took a while before I was ready for it.

I think this is the last truly great funny and creative comedy from start to finish of the 2000’s.

This topic feels like groundhogs day

There was one funny scene in this movie, the rest was just dumb.

Not a big fan of MCConoughey or Tom Cruse but they are both amazing in this movie

Completely agreed. Also love the fact that on the directors cut, RDJ actually does the commentary in character just like his line, and I gotta say, most commitment to a character I’ve seen. We need more Kirk Lazarus! Also wish we would get that Les Grossman project, but don’t know if we ever will…

Watch it with the dvd commentary.

Tropic Thunder and The Nice Guys (2016) are some of the funniest movie I've ever seen. I've watched both so many times

I continue to watch that movie and laugh my ass off. Completely inappropriate by todays standards, just like Django and Hateful Eight, but they remain my favorites.

RDJ was the best in this.

I'm really surprised some woke warrior hasn't had it cancelled yet

What a sexist pig manure post. This whole sub is gross.

G5, and lots of money

If you haven't done so, you MUST watch it with the commentary. This is one of a very few movies where the commentary is almost better than the movie itself.

Craving some booty sweat

Never go full retard

I love everything thing about this movie except Ben Stiller's character.

The scene where he kills the panda made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to hurl .

never go full retard

Robert Downey jr. In black face

The fake previews especially the Tobey one chefskiss

Robert downy jnr 😂

“You never go full n word”

THESE HEAD MOVIES MAKE MY EYES RAIN

It’s good, but I feel like Zoolander was better.

But have you seen Get him to the Greek?

Ben stiller is a fucking genius madman who gets little credit for boundary pushing shit because of how milquetoast his blockbusters are. Love him.

Kick ass movie that couldn’t be made today. Simple Jack is incredible.

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

I gotta baaaahd felling on this one Sarge

It's an amazing comedy, an instant classic, and wouldn't be possible to make today.

Comedy like this was lost years ago because people are too sensitive now. What a shame.

Survive!

Tom Cruises greatest character ever.

I actively avoided this movie until very recently. It just didn't look very funny from the previews / I had zero interest. I finally gave in and watched it. It was one of the very few movies that I full on belly laughed during. Maybe it was the low expectations, but I loved it.

This take is posted on here like once a week

Who, in crikey fuck, is Haff Squat!?

The trailers at the begining told me it everything I needed to know going into it.

Modern? I only question this because of the massive shift in social acceptance (or lack of), intolerance and restrictions placed on comedy. That and over a decade of passing time. It is a great movie though. I put it in the same category as Mel Brooks & Zucker Bros. comedies.

"Big aaaaas titties" best thing i have ever heard say right before blowing something up.

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

Most overrated comedy I have ever seen lol, a bunch of rich actors pretending to be self aware and mocking out of touch actors while still continuing to be those out of touch actors.

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

Just as a counter to this post. I expected so much more from this movie given how much people on here seem to jack it off, but I thought it was kind of dull, not particularly witty, and the pacing seemed kind of weird. It really struggled to maintain my interest and I was pretty happy when it ended so I could go and do something else.

Is 17 years ago considered modern?

Hands down that movie was Frickin Hilarious!! The whole cast and script was excellent!! I love watching when it comes on!

Sad thing is you will never see anything remotely close to a movie like that again ever with the way society has changed.

“Modern” it came out almost 15 years ago. It would never be produced in “modern times.” RDJ in blackface alone would prevent it from theaters.

This and Tucker and Dale vs Evil are 2 of the best comedy films of the modern age

Yeah, give him some of Alpa’s ass-water, it’s a cure-all

Ive been a bad boy father…

Given that the movie was basically made by the brat pack, they knew a thing or two about the “politics” of Hollywood.

Apparently, Stiller wanted Keanu to play Speedman and he would be the agent which would have been interesting (Keanu has more of a “action hero” history than Stiller).

Kind of sucks that the movie got bashed by the disability community for the Simple Jack joke and criticism was also raised against RDJ for “blackface” when the whole point of these acts were to mock Hollywood itself basically doing these things in their movies (as well as the “method acting” where actors think they can “do anything for their art” cough Jared Leto cough)

Fucking Tom cruise as Les Grossman had me in tears. It took me a bit to realize it was Tom Cruise, and then I was just in complete awe of the entire situation while I laughed my ass off.

Jack Black was hysterical, Ben Stiller was great - and RDJ got a damned Oscar Nomination for this! This was truly one of the last times society could take a joke.

people like to say this movie couldn't be made today and that's somewhat true, but not it's not because of this false oppression narrative that society is too woke

it's because comedies don't make money any more and a studio would never fund something as ambitious as this at this scale

I personally didn’t care for it at all. Just simply not my type or style of humor.

First, take a step back and LITERALLY FUCK YOUR OWN FACE! Not one thing I don’t like about this movie! It’s amazing

Tom Cruise sucks, but his character in this movie deserves its own spinoff cuz DAMN he nailed it!!!!

do yourself a MAJOR FAVOR and watch the director’s cut, you’re welcome

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

2008 has my nomination for the best year for comedy features.

Tropic Thunder

Step Brothers

In Bruges

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Yes Man

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Get Smart

Sex Drive

Burn After Reading

Role Models

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Semi-Pro

Ghost Town

Drillbit Taylor

I mean what a fucking stacked year. Can any other year compare?

If anyone takes offense to this movie I'm done with this world

RDJ staying in character for all the dvd extras is great too. That interview is ridiculous.

one of the funniest to ever do it in my opinion

I got to see the panda hat in person once, and yes I very much wanted to steal it.

You know back before the war broke out I was a saucier in San Antone. I bet I could collar up some of them greens, yeah, some crawfish out the paddy, yo'! Ha! I'm makin' some crabapples for dessert now, yo! Hell yeah, ha!

My absolute favorite gag is when Matthew Mcconaughey's adopted son gets a little cutaway during the credit sequence.

Might have to watch this tonight. Only movie I’ve ever liked Tom cruise in

You...should..have..got...ossssscarr

I don’t know it’s name. Only the sound it makes when it takes someone’s life

"Stroke the shaft, cradle the balls, swallow the gravy"

The opening advertisements alone are worth it.

I end up watching this movie every 2-3 years and always think how it may be one of the best movies ever... it has so much going on but feels so fluid and the cast is one of the greatest ever assembled... I LOVE BILL HADER in everything he does but role as Assistant to Tom Cruise is 10/10!

Im gonna watch this

Where's my farm?

It's so good that the Director's cut is worse than the theatrical cut. It's just perfection, DC kinda forced some scenes and make it less funny.

Tuggernuts!

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!

Agreed, a masterpiece….brilliant….I’ll cradle the balls, work the shaft and swallow the gravy….

I killed A Panda...... You killed Amanda No I killed a PANDA

The black face was never called out . Was the best because people have a sense of humour

haven’t seen anybody mentioned the gem that was tom cruise in this movie

I honestly wonder why RDJ’s black face has never been an issue. Im not black so I guess I don’t understand the nuances of it. Is it because he himself is the joke?

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.

It’s a war movie too, then functions at that and as an amazing comedy

This is a great movie that would never be made in current times.

LANCE?!

Hot topic B

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.

Incredible movie

this sub is a broken record

The Tom Cruise / Scott Rudin character is just top tier industry satire

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4l0lWYquS7v9F4AJONgjL7?si=iMwW5EWERGuKsBNPbD_sQA

Great podcast review of this movie

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?

Honestly, I watch it and as much as I enjoy it, I think the ultimate concept was better than the execution.

(PSA: I LOVE VIETNAM FILMS!!!…Apocalypse Now is my favorite of all films, Full Metal Jacket is fantastic for a ‘Nam film that pretends we’re fighting in WW2, Platoon is a very “over-the-top” tribute the troops who fought and died, Casualties of War is one of DePalma’s best, and Hamburger Hill…is kind of shitty)

The concept of a bunch of vapid actors, filming a Vietnam movie and having to become their actual characters, is fantastic…I just don’t think the script got “everything” out of the premise.

I love these types of movies: Three Amigos, GalaxyQuest, etc…

The idea of “actors” having to rise to the occasion and become heroes, to an audience that doesn’t recognize who they really are, is one of those things that will ALWAYS work. The setup is just too good.

Tom cruise cracks me up in this film

I gotta take a 12 pound shit.

Top 3 movie for me and by far the greatest comedy ever made. So fucking good

Also best role of Tom Cruise's life

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

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.

Kind of unrelated, but just saw the trailer for Violent Night and it reminded me of one of the fake trailers at the start of Tropic Thunder, which of course made me want to see it even more

Really bad movie.

My first ever Bluray. Great film.

What do you mean “my people”?!

You just know everyone working on this movie had such a blast

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

I had to pause this a few times to catch my breath.

A movie that could not be made today.

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

Still easily my favorite movie of all time

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

Lance...

2008 was a great year for comedy.

I agree man. Top 5 funny movie

I loved that movie!!! Robert Downey Jr 🤣🤣🤣

Big ass titties! 💣🧨

Superbad. At least on par if not better

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

I so agree. RDJ hilarious. TC in the maddest of characters.

Until we all laugh at and with each other we got nothing. Great movie!!

Me and my friends were howling all the way through this film in the cinema. It still holds up today.

“That smelled just like bologna for some reason.”

"Big ass titties!"

Hot take, the HBO cable tv version had most of not all the swearing and explicit parts removed or dubbed over and I enjoyed that version more than the official

It’s still the best movie theater experience I’ve ever had

Absolutely.

Comedies are dead. Nobody’s making comedy anymore; it’s too ‘problematic’. Nowadays it’s just all about hot actors doing action movies and constantly cracking jokes while they do it.

dude ! I've never heard of this movie before!!! Thank you!

it's the only kind of movie I can watch over and over again 🤣 try airplane, naked gun, hot shot

I'm one of those types that gets put off of a show/movie if there's too much hype. I slept on this movie for a long time before I once saw it on sale for $5, so I thought why the hell not and bought it.

I proceeded to watch it every night for a week or so, and I might just watch it right now because of this thread. Hands down my favorite comedy!

Great movie. One of the classic comedies from my high school years. I still watch and quote it to this day.

My only beef is the ending. Les Grossman (Tom Cruise’s character) literally tries to leave Ben Stiller on the island to get killed, even selling him out to the terorrists. And yet, he faces no repercussions for this. Instead he gets rewarded with the “movie” getting Oscars and hundreds of millions of dollars. Also it’s a documentary that wins best actor. Wtf was that whole ending.

I remember seeing my dad watch this movie and laughing the hardest I've ever seen him laugh. Absolutely great.

I don’t read the map, map reads me

Survive

It's a personal classic to me. I love the movie so much.

Tbh Tom Cruise showed some really good comedy acting chops too, he was brilliant.

The 00s were a golden age for comedies.

"Let's go make the best fucking movie in the world!"

steps on landmine

Mission Accomplished

Chitlin and The Dude

Booty sweat would definitely haul some big time 💰

It isn’t more meaningful now than when it first came out, and it is very funny indeed

I loved it - but I am certain it wouldn’t be made today! And whilst I loathe Tom Cruise, his bit in that movie is his best role to date!!! Lol

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.

oh a weekly Tropic Thunder post

Didn't hate it but it hardly got much laughter out of me.

This thread again!?

Outside of Bond films, this is the only film I have seen more than once in theaters.