Life Remixed

Okay so Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder were the two big comedies that caught my eye this summer, and I happened to watch Tropic Thunder in theater opening day. TT is a movie directed by Ben Stiller, starring Ben Stiller (yea i know..), Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. The premise of TT is that the three stars are big blockbuster actors on the set of making a war movie called “Tropic Thunder”. They get caught up with real bad guys and hilarity ensues.

I’ll make this review short and sweet. This movie starts out VERY slow. I found myself bored during the first 30 minutes of Tropic Thunder. However, once I got towards the middle of the movie I couldn’t stop laughing. It is a REALLY funny movie. I’ll also mention that I hate Ben Stiller, and the fact that he directed the movie didn’t appeal to me. The saving grace of Tropic Thunder was none other than Robert Downey Jr. He was HYSTERICAL. You might remember Downey from his epic role as Tony Stark aka Ironman. In Tropic Thunder he plays a black stereotypical soldier and is absolutely hilarious. It was worth seeing this in the theater just for Downy Jr, every time he spoke I couldn’t help but laugh.

The plot is stupid and ridiculous, but the plot isn’t very important in this genre. It’s all about the ride and the ride was good. In my opinion Pineapple Express was funnier and more enjoyable, but Tropic Thunder was VERY funny as well. If you could only see one I recommend Pineapple Express and wait for Tropic Thunder to come out on DVD.

Tropic Thunder 3.9 out of 5