{"id":5333,"date":"2017-01-08T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2023-12-23T18:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T23:36:42","slug":"tropic-thunder-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5333","title":{"rendered":"Tropic Thunder-2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tropic Thunder-2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #593<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed January 8, 2017<\/p>\n

Grade: D-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tropic Thunder (2008) was a ridiculous film that I found to be harsh, tedious, and very loud. Attempting to be a satire of sorts, it fails on almost every level.<\/p>\n

The main issue was with the characters, who are abrasive and unlikable.<\/p>\n

The only redeeming qualities are Robert Downey Jr.’s and Tom Cruise’s portrayals, though they both play idiotic characters.<\/p>\n

The plot is something of an ode to 1979’s Apocalypse Now, in that the plot throws back to the Vietnam war.<\/p>\n

A group of narcissistic actors is filming a Vietnam memoir on location in the jungles of Southeast Asia when they are abandoned and forced to fend for themselves amid a group of drug lords.<\/p>\n

The film’s attempt at humor fell flat for me. It just seemed like a group of crazed guys running around the jungle acting wild and the film held little point for me.<\/p>\n

Cruise’s part was interesting but way too small.<\/p>\n

Directed by, and starring Ben Stiller, who should stick to acting (if that).<\/p>\n

How Downey, Jr. scored an Oscar nomination for this drivel is beyond me- despite his acting being one of the better efforts in the film.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Supporting Actor-Robert Downey Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tropic Thunder-2008 Director Ben Stiller Starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr. Scott’s Review #593 Reviewed January 8, 2017 Grade: D- Tropic Thunder (2008) was a ridiculous film that I found to be harsh, tedious, and very loud. Attempting to be a satire of sorts, it fails on almost every level. The main issue was with … Continue reading Tropic Thunder-2008<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,151,2677,2383,2673,49,2671,2675,1928,858,2209,2676,368,1643,2126,2672,1031,207,1800,1961,1756,2674],"tags":[142,152,2684,2386,2680,252,2678,2682,1934,860,2213,2683,369,1649,2128,2679,1041,208,1803,1967,1761,2681],"class_list":["post-5333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2008-films","category-actionfilms","category-alicia-silverstone","category-ben-stiller","category-bill-hader","category-comedies","category-jack-black","category-jason-bateman","category-jennifer-love-hewitt","category-jon-voight","category-justin-theroux","category-lance-bass","category-worst-rated-films","category-martin-lawrence","category-matthew-mcconaughey","category-nick-nolte","category-robert-downey-jr","category-satires","category-sean-penn","category-tobey-maguire","category-tom-cruise","category-tyra-banks","tag-2008-movie-reviews","tag-action-films","tag-alicia-silverstone","tag-ben-stiller","tag-bill-hader","tag-comedies","tag-jack-black","tag-jason-bateman","tag-jennifer-love-hewitt","tag-jon-voight","tag-justin-theroux","tag-lance-bass","tag-worst-rated-films","tag-martin-lawrence","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-nick-nolte","tag-robert-downey-jr","tag-satires","tag-sean-penn","tag-tobey-maguire","tag-tom-cruise","tag-tyra-banks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19679,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions\/19679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}