Movie Review: Tropic Thunder
Star, Star, Star, Star, St
Generally I’m not a Jack Black fan. We can set that to the side. Ben Stiller can be a mixed bag. He wins here. Robert Downey Jr…. I kinda liked him before this. He was brilliant here. Jay Baruchel and Brandon T. Jackson filled out the “platoon” really well. Steve Coogan … don’t really know his work prior to this, but he did a great job here.
Lighting, camera, sound, music… spfx, makeup… locations… even the story… Excellent.
The gore… the explosions… Lovely… and then there’s the fearlessness. Excellent.
…Although, I have to say I thought the comedic “actors thrust into the reality of their play” thing was a little better executed in Galaxy Quest…
All in all… four and a half out of five stars.
… Oh, and Tom Cruise.