Tom Cruise looked like he was having an absolute BLAST playing that character. I mean, they ALL gave it all, and had an obvious blast, but Tom was even more so.
Its funny how Robert Downey jr knows exactly what’s going on from the start, but won’t break character to tell them. He really does the dvd commentary in character.
Even more unfortunately, Heath Ledger was no longer with ua, to get the Oscar he was awarded. As good as RDJ was, Ledger reserved that recognition for his role as Joker.
@@eddietucker7005 Heath ledger earned that award through blood, sweat, and tears. This movie should have waited until January 01 because Robert Downey Jr deserved the Oscar after this performance.
This movie has sooo many memorable moments. I kept waiting for you to realize it was Tom Cruise. I didn’t know until the credits were rolling, insane. The whole movie is glorious.
During the pandemic, there was actually a small online movement to "cancel" Robert Downey Jr. over this role because a bunch of people suddenly found Tropic Thunder during lockdown and totally misunderstood the context of the Kirk Lazarus character. But that movement fell apart rather quickly when it was pointed out that it wasn't blackface with the intent to denegrate black people. The whole character is a satire of Method actors who go to extreme and even inappropriate lengths for their roles in order to be taken seriously and win awards. And despite the outrage people had over Kirk Lazarus, somehow no one was triggered by Simple Jack, nor did anyone try to cancel Ben Stiller over Tugg Speedman "goin' full retard" with his insensitive portrayal of a mentally handicapped character. It shows how hypocritical and selective their outrage was.
Small is an overstatement. It was virtually nothing but some media outlets ran with it to get people upset at the idea of canceling RDJ to click on their articles.
Australians should "cancel" RDJ for playing the Australian "Kirk Lazarus". Because there are so few Australians in Hollywood 🙂 RDJ and Tom Cruise were GREAT!
I don't usually listen to the commentary on DVDs or Blu Rays, but one of my friends told me it was essential to with this film. RDJ was one of the people on the commentary and in the film he has a line something like "I don't drop character until the DVD commentary is done". He does the whole film commentary with the black voice and as soon as he removes the wig in the movie, he starts doing commentary in his own voice ... now that is method and a perfect throw back to that one line in the movie.
25:22 that’s the same experience everyone had watching this for the first time. I had no idea it was Tom Cruise until his name came up at the end of the credits
Fun fact: The character Les Grossman was not in the original script. Ben Stiller showed the script to Tom Cruise asking for advice. Cruise came up with the character on the spot and offered himself to play it. He then asked for fat hands and being able to dance. Stiller was reluctant but agreed anyway and wrote the part thinking he could just cut the scene if he doesn't like it. He eventually came fully on board once he saw Cruise in full costume.
Sadly, I hadn't seen it myself, just read about it, but RDJ actually stayed in character for the DVD commentary of thr movie. Heck, he even switched his characters and only talked as himself at the very end.
The commentary is just as funny as the movie. Ben Stiller is like Will Ferrell in that he's funny but he takes his work very seriously. Ferrell was serious on the Elf commentary but Jon Favreau's director commentary was hilarious. So here's Stiller, seriously talking about the writing, the concept, his work as a director, and RDJ is dropping hilarious comments as Lincoln Osiris. Then Jack Black is mostly sitting with them, trying not to laugh himself to death over what RDJ is doing. I've listened to that commentary a few times.
You said this movie would be canceled if it came out today and it got me thinking... imagine all the movies we are going to miss out on in our lives because of the publics sensitivity these days
I honestly have never laughed harder than when I saw RDJ as a black man (& Dave Chappelle a white news anchor🤣🤣) so hilarious, I’m glad he took this role. Great movie!
I love that this movie not only has parody moments of war movies (Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, etc) but is a giant satire of Hollywood and actors in general
@@NewCandyCane I remember I was at a hotel with my parents and my dad wanted to watch an action movie so he rented this neither of us knew what was coming, he thought it was just a normal war movie but we were both losing our shit lmao
I remember when this came out. It was absolutely legendary. RDJ became my favorite actor around this time. From iron man to tropic thunder he went from being a big actor to falling off with drugs, etc and then exploded and became one of this biggest well known actors of the time.
It took me years to figure out the throw away line "I'm a Rooster Illusion" and what I think happened is reality hit our boy and he realizes he's a fake soldier and his career is tanked. Now the red string on the cork board I used to come up with that is 1, the scene this takes place in is all about actors hitting moments of Clarity. 2, an Illusion isn't real it's just a hallucination it's not real and 3. Why Rooster? Rooster is an Alice in Chains song about a viet nam vet which contains the line "walking tall machine gun man, they spit on me in my home land". He tanked his entire career with simple jack and now he's playing a soldier to try to get it back. This is also why he chose to stay, until he didn't. He's a hostage playing the roll that killed his career but people love him.
What I love about this movie and it’s not often mentioned is that it’s a hatchet piece on the Hollywood industrial complex. The excesses of Tinseltown are exposed, in the most satirical way, in the form of method acting, drug abuse, technical effects mishaps, etc and has a character that epitomizes each excess (Tom Cruise as “Les Grossman,” the king of the fiefdom, MM as the production runner, Nolte as the lying and deceitful scriptwriter/author, the director literally in over his head, plus many more). Needs several rewatches to get the subtext of Hollywood excesses and how the film goes about exposing each one. Absolutely brilliant.
Legitimately one of the most well written films in history. The amount of writing talent that went into this and thought... it's impressive as hell. And then to put it to film and pull it off in a way that isn't completely insulting to pretty much everyone... genius. And the cast. Who the hell manages to get a cast this stacked. These are all power house actors. Everyone knows Tom Cruise gives 120% 24/7... but everyone else nailed it as well.
By far… THE BEST movie ever- and your (very late) reaction to that being Tom cruise is probably the epitome of this entire episode! 🤣 I loved it! Keep ‘em coming!
RDJ was mocking blackface. Also, Kirk Lazarus' line gives the whole thing away. It's a movie about a movie, disguised as another movie! What you just watched was actually THE movie.
I'll admit, I knew that I knew him but I couldn't place him. With the hair, the glasses, the fat body effects, I didn't recognize Tom Cruise. I haven't seen him do so good a job of "disappearing" into a role, ever. The movie had its moments, but it also, as is expected in a comedy, had moments that really were breaking the immersion.
Tropic Thunder ages like a fine wine, funnier every year. I remember watching it in theaters like age 13 and have rewatched it at least 20 times since then. I miss the days of funny comedies.
This is one of those movies that makes you laugh your ass off the first time you watch it. The writing is hilarious and the actors actually took it serious enough to act instead of relying on the punch lines
Hands down my favorite comedy of all time. As someone who saw it in a crowded theater on opening night, I can tell you it was one of the hardest I heard an audience laugh. This movie fuckin slayed.
This movie is exactly your type of humor. I had that thought and went to see if you had reacted to it already. Not suprised and glad you had, it would honestly be disappointing if you hadn’t yet.
Watching you trying to figure out who was playing Les Grossman was worth the time it took to watch the entire reaction. First reaction I’ve seen you do… subscribing.
You’re reaction to that being Tom Cruise was awesome 😂😂 This movie was so stellar. In 2008 people were still upset and offended but if you look at the cast list what are they going to do - cancel all of Hollywood?!
After watching this, one thing is for certain. Alex made the right choice becoming a lawyer, and not a doctor. Him freaking out at the sight of blood and guts was hilarious.
RDJ adlibbed the script ha ha. Tom Cruise came up with that dance. I'm surprised you couldn't pick his voice. This movie was just amazing and I feel the modern version of either Monty Python or Mel Brooks movie.
Tropic Thunder: The longest, most-entertaining Tivo commercial that anyone ever attempted to make. This movie was epic with everyone stealing scenes from each other. Lightning in a bottle.
Im pretty sure RDJ had a subtle 4th wall break in this too He was playing an australian actor who was playing an african american soldier right ? The line though : "Kirk Lazarus : Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude." Im a dude ( RDJ ) playing another dude ( KL ) disguised as another dude ( Hot LZ ) Dunno if that was scripted or not or did I miss something in the movie about his character ? ( Watched it ages ago )
Jim Carrey was caught up with playing Andy Kaufman in the movie man on the moon. On set Andy Kaufman's father was on set and treated Jim as if he was Andy his son.
Tome Cuise portrayal of Les Grossman (The Gross Man if you will) was a pleasure for him, because he did the part only to bully a producer he hated. Dude literally was like "i will be on your movie, but I will have freedom with my character." Simply a GOAT move.
This was the movie where I realized the brilliance of Robert Downey Jr. The success of this movie led him directly into the Iron Man franchise. I went back and watched everything he'd done before this and he was always really good. You're right, this movie could not be made now, just like Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles couldn't be made now. When a country loses it's ability to laugh at itself it's in deep doo doo.
Tom cruise needs to do more comedy that was fucking awesome and probably one of his best roles in my opinion lmaoo RDJ was the MVP though "Collar up some greens! Some crawfish, hah!"
People didn’t get offended because most of them realized that Blackface was a joke at the expense of a narcissistic hugely successful method actor, not at the expense of minorities. Now, the indiscriminate usage of the R-word still offended many, as that wasn’t handled as carefully.
This actually has some really important commentary on disability. The “don’t go full r*” speech. People don’t want the reality, that for many with disability there’s nothing inspiring. They won’t get better. It scares people. So movies feed them inspiring stories of people with disability who do get better and achieve things. But for most disabled people that’s not the reality.
"I'm a dude (Neil Armstrong) playing a dude (Father O'Malley) disguised as another dude (Sgt. Lincoln Osiris)." Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) has completely forgotten who he is... Kirk Lazarus was pulled from the refrigerator upon reentry to Earth's atmosphere and through his agent found he had to be a gay priest. Of course Neil Armstong lacked acting experience, but went for Immersive Acting, but without the ability to remember his lines he dropped that and let the script read him. Why not? He's a strong astronaut who usually succeeds at things, but Neil Armstrong found it was hard to lose the persona of being gay and not knowing how to be a black man chose the "Roots" character of Chicken George for his accent, but no doubt it was unnerving to see himself in the mirror when he heard he was scared of himself. Neil Armstrong probably found it hard to understand himself as a black man. You gotta give credit to Tugg Speedman for knowing how to crack his opponent during an argument.
The biggest controversy was not Downey Jr.'s character or portrayal. Yeah some didn't care for it. Others admired his commitment to the point where they felt it was very well done, others didn't recognize him. The biggest thing of all was the "Simple Jack" character and the "Never go full retard." conversation in the film. There were literally scores of people with Down's Syndrome outside of theaters protesting the film. Including other groups of people with physical disabilities. But all in all, every bit of controversy did the film a lot of good as people were hearing about the walk outs, the protests, and everything... thus making them all the more curious and they ended up going to see the movie anyway.
RDJ was nominated for an Oscar for this role. Had it not been for the legendary, stunning performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight that same year, he very well may have won it.
Tom Cruise was actually taking hip hop dancing classes at the time he got the role in Tropic Thunder. And Tom actually asked that he could have the bald head and prosthetic fingers.
The Tom cruise reveal was shocking to everyone watching this for the first time, anyone who said they knew by looking was a liar 😅 Tom cruise said he wanted big fat hands 😂
Watching this in 2024 makes me really happy that Alex actually did get shared and got the YT thing to work and got to move to Hawaii. Dude is really the solo movie reaction goat 🐐 ❤
I just started watching your channel and i like your jokes, even the offensive ones and yet your reaction "what😶" to the end of the first trailer blew me off😂
Hands down one of the best movie experiences. When everyone processed we were looking at Tom Cruise in a fat, hairy suit. The silence after the landmine. Everything Kirk Lazarus.
That scene when the Ben Stiller character Four Leaf is on his knees and raised his hands in the air! It’s A Homage To The 1986 Movie Platoon and The Actor in that Dying Scene Is William DaFoe! MIND BLOWN!!!
I saw this one in theaters in middle school and I honestly didn't like it at all. Then I watched it with my dad on DVD and understood what it actually was. Every subsequent rewatch I pick up on some new little detail that makes me fall in love with the film even more! Great reaction Alex!
KNOW THE LINE WHERE R.D.J. SAYS, I won't drop this act until the DVD commentary? Just buy the DVD and watch with the commentary turned on. U will see a great performance!
Being a 100% Injured Combat Veteran Service Related... Your reaction to WAR is intriguing to me. That 1000 yard stare is no joke. I was eating, laughing at your reaction. FMJ reference, AINT WAR HELL? HAHAHA
Tom Cruise looked like he was having an absolute BLAST playing that character. I mean, they ALL gave it all, and had an obvious blast, but Tom was even more so.
It's even better when you hear that the character was all Tom's idea.
@@JakeNukem3D He wanted fat hands and to dance
One of the very few actors who could get away with a “take” on Harvey Weinstein - at the time, anyway.
So different from other characters he plays. So good!
Its funny how Robert Downey jr knows exactly what’s going on from the start, but won’t break character to tell them. He really does the dvd commentary in character.
Ye and he didnt tell his fellow actors he would be doing so, so the start of the dvd commentary is quite awkward XD
..............."I think I might be nobody" 🥺
Robert Downey Jr was nominated for an Oscar for this role… unfortunately that year he was up against Heath Ledger’s Joker 😬
Even more unfortunately, Heath Ledger was no longer with ua, to get the Oscar he was awarded. As good as RDJ was, Ledger reserved that recognition for his role as Joker.
Heath earned that one to be fair. But RDJ was definitely a valid nominee.
It was a worthy loss unlike The Green Mile losing to Oscar bait trash like American Beauty.
Heath Ledger did not deserve to win. RDJ deserved it.
@@eddietucker7005 Heath ledger earned that award through blood, sweat, and tears. This movie should have waited until January 01 because Robert Downey Jr deserved the Oscar after this performance.
You weren't alone with the Tom Cruise mystery. When the credits cane up and it showed it was him, the whole theatre went nuts! None of us knew!
They were all good, but RDJ and Tom Cruise killed it..!!
💯
The role that led Jim Carrey to some "extreme behavior" was Andy Kaufman in "Man on the Moon"
Oh that makes sense. Because kaufman was really out there.
This movie has sooo many memorable moments. I kept waiting for you to realize it was Tom Cruise. I didn’t know until the credits were rolling, insane. The whole movie is glorious.
Same, Some were like it was so obvious, but I didn't know until the end too. I also didn't know he was in the movie either.
Same. It's so obvious now, never noticed during the film itself.
It's much more fun if you don't realize until the end. The bald head and big hands are really a good disguise.
The whole time i was thinking “that fucking dude looks familiar…” The ENTIRE movie until the credit rolled. Couldn’t help but laugh
Whoever had the idea to put Tom Cruise, Matthew McCougnahey and Bill Hader in one room was absolute;y genius. I'd love to see BTS of that scene lol
It's pretty cool that Ben Stiller - Wrote, Directed, Produced AND was the main actor in this movie.
Co-wrote. Give Justin Theroux his credit
Ben Stiller is a fantastic director. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Severance… fantastic stuff.
His magnum opus imo
@@GoodKingMortI love Severance. Such a good and thought provoking show
During the pandemic, there was actually a small online movement to "cancel" Robert Downey Jr. over this role because a bunch of people suddenly found Tropic Thunder during lockdown and totally misunderstood the context of the Kirk Lazarus character. But that movement fell apart rather quickly when it was pointed out that it wasn't blackface with the intent to denegrate black people. The whole character is a satire of Method actors who go to extreme and even inappropriate lengths for their roles in order to be taken seriously and win awards.
And despite the outrage people had over Kirk Lazarus, somehow no one was triggered by Simple Jack, nor did anyone try to cancel Ben Stiller over Tugg Speedman "goin' full retard" with his insensitive portrayal of a mentally handicapped character. It shows how hypocritical and selective their outrage was.
which is weird bc usually context doesn't matter to the mob
Small is an overstatement. It was virtually nothing but some media outlets ran with it to get people upset at the idea of canceling RDJ to click on their articles.
So many black actors jumped in to stand right behind RDJ saying it was the funniest shit they have seen in a long time too.
Australians should "cancel" RDJ for playing the Australian "Kirk Lazarus". Because there are so few Australians in Hollywood 🙂 RDJ and Tom Cruise were GREAT!
I hate woke idiots.
I don't usually listen to the commentary on DVDs or Blu Rays, but one of my friends told me it was essential to with this film.
RDJ was one of the people on the commentary and in the film he has a line something like "I don't drop character until the DVD commentary is done". He does the whole film commentary with the black voice and as soon as he removes the wig in the movie, he starts doing commentary in his own voice ... now that is method and a perfect throw back to that one line in the movie.
25:22 that’s the same experience everyone had watching this for the first time. I had no idea it was Tom Cruise until his name came up at the end of the credits
Fun fact: The character Les Grossman was not in the original script. Ben Stiller showed the script to Tom Cruise asking for advice. Cruise came up with the character on the spot and offered himself to play it. He then asked for fat hands and being able to dance. Stiller was reluctant but agreed anyway and wrote the part thinking he could just cut the scene if he doesn't like it. He eventually came fully on board once he saw Cruise in full costume.
"i want BIG hands and I'm going to dance" - Tom when asked if he wanted a part. ( actual quote)
fat hands
It was with Conan O'Brien
"Satan's Alley" is a movie I WISH was real!
😂🤣
That always makes me giggle! 🤭 -x-
That movie trailer had us crying laughing in the theater😂😂😂
"Man, I don't drop character til I done the DVD commentary"
Get the dvd and watch the commentary, good stuff!
Sadly, I hadn't seen it myself, just read about it, but RDJ actually stayed in character for the DVD commentary of thr movie. Heck, he even switched his characters and only talked as himself at the very end.
The commentary is just as funny as the movie. Ben Stiller is like Will Ferrell in that he's funny but he takes his work very seriously. Ferrell was serious on the Elf commentary but Jon Favreau's director commentary was hilarious. So here's Stiller, seriously talking about the writing, the concept, his work as a director, and RDJ is dropping hilarious comments as Lincoln Osiris. Then Jack Black is mostly sitting with them, trying not to laugh himself to death over what RDJ is doing. I've listened to that commentary a few times.
Pretty sure it's on TH-cam if you don't own a physical copy of the film.
There's also a short "documentary" when Lincoln Osirus basically goes insane and tortures a family. It's actually quite hilarious
HAHAHA! I saw this the day it came out. The theater never stopped laughing. RDJ and Tom Cruise stole the show, but they all killed it.
You said this movie would be canceled if it came out today and it got me thinking... imagine all the movies we are going to miss out on in our lives because of the publics sensitivity these days
I honestly have never laughed harder than when I saw RDJ as a black man (& Dave Chappelle a white news anchor🤣🤣) so hilarious, I’m glad he took this role. Great movie!
I love that this movie not only has parody moments of war movies (Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, etc) but is a giant satire of Hollywood and actors in general
Everyone THINKS they're ready for Tropic Thunder... it's only those that have watched it once before that ARE ready for it.
Saw it in the cinema, peak times
@@NewCandyCane I remember I was at a hotel with my parents and my dad wanted to watch an action movie so he rented this neither of us knew what was coming, he thought it was just a normal war movie but we were both losing our shit lmao
@@MarvelKnight1995 normal war movie with Ben Stiller and Jack Black yeah right
I remember when this came out. It was absolutely legendary. RDJ became my favorite actor around this time. From iron man to tropic thunder he went from being a big actor to falling off with drugs, etc and then exploded and became one of this biggest well known actors of the time.
It took me years to figure out the throw away line "I'm a Rooster Illusion" and what I think happened is reality hit our boy and he realizes he's a fake soldier and his career is tanked. Now the red string on the cork board I used to come up with that is 1, the scene this takes place in is all about actors hitting moments of Clarity. 2, an Illusion isn't real it's just a hallucination it's not real and 3. Why Rooster? Rooster is an Alice in Chains song about a viet nam vet which contains the line "walking tall machine gun man, they spit on me in my home land". He tanked his entire career with simple jack and now he's playing a soldier to try to get it back. This is also why he chose to stay, until he didn't. He's a hostage playing the roll that killed his career but people love him.
....that actually makes sense. Does that make the line not funny now?
@@cheeseburger12
It's certainly no _less_ funny - it just has an added dimension to throw it into deeper relief. 😎
What I love about this movie and it’s not often mentioned is that it’s a hatchet piece on the Hollywood industrial complex. The excesses of Tinseltown are exposed, in the most satirical way, in the form of method acting, drug abuse, technical effects mishaps, etc and has a character that epitomizes each excess (Tom Cruise as “Les Grossman,” the king of the fiefdom, MM as the production runner, Nolte as the lying and deceitful scriptwriter/author, the director literally in over his head, plus many more).
Needs several rewatches to get the subtext of Hollywood excesses and how the film goes about exposing each one. Absolutely brilliant.
Legitimately one of the most well written films in history. The amount of writing talent that went into this and thought... it's impressive as hell. And then to put it to film and pull it off in a way that isn't completely insulting to pretty much everyone... genius. And the cast. Who the hell manages to get a cast this stacked. These are all power house actors. Everyone knows Tom Cruise gives 120% 24/7... but everyone else nailed it as well.
Bro… when I watched this in theaters when it first came out I had no clue that was Tom Cruise until the end too. Blew my mind.
By far… THE BEST movie ever- and your (very late) reaction to that being Tom cruise is probably the epitome of this entire episode! 🤣 I loved it! Keep ‘em coming!
RDJ was mocking blackface.
Also, Kirk Lazarus' line gives the whole thing away. It's a movie about a movie, disguised as another movie! What you just watched was actually THE movie.
I always smile when I hear the high-pitched Wilhelm Scream when Tugg throws the kid off of him at the end.
The movie you were thinking of was Jim Carey in "Man In The Moon". Jim played Andy Kaufman so intensely it took months to let go of the character.
I'll admit, I knew that I knew him but I couldn't place him. With the hair, the glasses, the fat body effects, I didn't recognize Tom Cruise. I haven't seen him do so good a job of "disappearing" into a role, ever.
The movie had its moments, but it also, as is expected in a comedy, had moments that really were breaking the immersion.
Tropic Thunder ages like a fine wine, funnier every year. I remember watching it in theaters like age 13 and have rewatched it at least 20 times since then. I miss the days of funny comedies.
i love how long he gets into the film to not realise jack blacks character is going cold turkey on drugs and thats why he is the way he is xD.
I was so waiting for you to realize that was Cruise
I LOVED this reaction. One of my favourite movies 😂
Such a brilliant film. Directors and Producers take note... this is real comedy.
This movie is epic for so many reasons. A true classic
RDjr is not in Black face
He's portraying a Black dude.
There's a difference.
And we love him.
No, he's a New Yorker playing an Australian portraying an African American
@@TheNightOwlKS he’s an Avenger playing a New Yorker, playing an Australian, playing a black guy
The bottle of soy sauce in the operating room, gets me every time!!
Nah, he’s a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude
@@Ash3s_97 true
This is one of those movies that makes you laugh your ass off the first time you watch it. The writing is hilarious and the actors actually took it serious enough to act instead of relying on the punch lines
Not just the 'first time.' 😂
Every time I see RDJ speaking the local dialect, but with a "black accent" I lose my shit. He fucking nailed that role
agreed!
They tried it with test audiences and it just didn't work until they tried it with the Lincoln Osiris voice speaking Chinese. Instant hilariousness
Hands down my favorite comedy of all time. As someone who saw it in a crowded theater on opening night, I can tell you it was one of the hardest I heard an audience laugh. This movie fuckin slayed.
That scream when he kicks the head gets me every time
Best. Tom. Cruise. Role. Ever.
This movie is exactly your type of humor. I had that thought and went to see if you had reacted to it already. Not suprised and glad you had, it would honestly be disappointing if you hadn’t yet.
Watching you trying to figure out who was playing Les Grossman was worth the time it took to watch the entire reaction. First reaction I’ve seen you do… subscribing.
This movie is a lot funnier if you've seen Platoon and Apocalypse Now. There are so many references to those movies.
Def one of my favorite comedies... they all killed it.
RDJr doing the DVD commentary with Ben Stiller is funnier than the movie.
YES! Was looking to see if anyone else brought this up. Get the dvd just for the commentary! It’s so worth it!
You’re reaction to that being Tom Cruise was awesome 😂😂 This movie was so stellar. In 2008 people were still upset and offended but if you look at the cast list what are they going to do - cancel all of Hollywood?!
It’s fine. Leftists got offended, the world kept spinning, and not a single rational human being gave two craps about what they thought.
13:28 That _is_ Hawaii. As in, that's where they filmed this.
One of my top 10 of all time. This movie is amazing and I don't think it could be made today, but it's just... so good.
After watching this, one thing is for certain. Alex made the right choice becoming a lawyer, and not a doctor. Him freaking out at the sight of blood and guts was hilarious.
The Director's Cut is way better than the theatrical release and it's funnier. It adds fifteen minutes to the running time.
RDJ adlibbed the script ha ha. Tom Cruise came up with that dance. I'm surprised you couldn't pick his voice. This movie was just amazing and I feel the modern version of either Monty Python or Mel Brooks movie.
I love that you keep calling him Half Chub! 🤣🤣
Tropic Thunder: The longest, most-entertaining Tivo commercial that anyone ever attempted to make.
This movie was epic with everyone stealing scenes from each other. Lightning in a bottle.
The kid getting yeeted kills me everytime
Im pretty sure RDJ had a subtle 4th wall break in this too
He was playing an australian actor who was playing an african american soldier right ?
The line though : "Kirk Lazarus : Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude." Im a dude ( RDJ ) playing another dude ( KL ) disguised as another dude ( Hot LZ )
Dunno if that was scripted or not or did I miss something in the movie about his character ? ( Watched it ages ago )
I love this film so funny and great actors in it.
Ur reactions and comments are hilarious.
I really needed this today and to laugh so thank u 😊
Jim Carrey played Andy Kauffman and stayed in character for the entire duration of the film. Its called Man on the Moon and that is a must watch.
Jim Carrey was caught up with playing Andy Kaufman in the movie man on the moon. On set Andy Kaufman's father was on set and treated Jim as if he was Andy his son.
Tome Cuise portrayal of Les Grossman (The Gross Man if you will) was a pleasure for him, because he did the part only to bully a producer he hated. Dude literally was like "i will be on your movie, but I will have freedom with my character."
Simply a GOAT move.
This was the movie where I realized the brilliance of Robert Downey Jr. The success of this movie led him directly into the Iron Man franchise. I went back and watched everything he'd done before this and he was always really good. You're right, this movie could not be made now, just like Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles couldn't be made now. When a country loses it's ability to laugh at itself it's in deep doo doo.
This movie came out months after Iron Man.
them scorcher movie trailers in the begining sums up how it feels to be a dad
Tom cruise needs to do more comedy that was fucking awesome and probably one of his best roles in my opinion lmaoo
RDJ was the MVP though
"Collar up some greens! Some crawfish, hah!"
You've just seen one of the best comedies of the last 25 years, when the movie industry still had some cojones and nobody got offended but anything...
People didn’t get offended because most of them realized that Blackface was a joke at the expense of a narcissistic hugely successful method actor, not at the expense of minorities.
Now, the indiscriminate usage of the R-word still offended many, as that wasn’t handled as carefully.
No one got offended, not then and not now. Twitter isn’t real.
The only people getting offended are those when the realize no one is a actually offended.
0:58 atan's Alley is supposed to be like Brokeback Mountain lmao and homie said he'd watch that one 👀 🤣
Iconic line, "Never go full retard."
This actually has some really important commentary on disability. The “don’t go full r*” speech. People don’t want the reality, that for many with disability there’s nothing inspiring. They won’t get better. It scares people.
So movies feed them inspiring stories of people with disability who do get better and achieve things. But for most disabled people that’s not the reality.
Check out the DVD commentary. RDJ actually stayed in character until it was over
"I'm a dude (Neil Armstrong) playing a dude (Father O'Malley) disguised as another dude (Sgt. Lincoln Osiris)."
Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) has completely forgotten who he is...
Kirk Lazarus was pulled from the refrigerator upon reentry to Earth's atmosphere and through his agent found he had to be a gay priest. Of course Neil Armstong lacked acting experience, but went for Immersive Acting, but without the ability to remember his lines he dropped that and let the script read him. Why not? He's a strong astronaut who usually succeeds at things, but Neil Armstrong found it was hard to lose the persona of being gay and not knowing how to be a black man chose the "Roots" character of Chicken George for his accent, but no doubt it was unnerving to see himself in the mirror when he heard he was scared of himself. Neil Armstrong probably found it hard to understand himself as a black man.
You gotta give credit to Tugg Speedman for knowing how to crack his opponent during an argument.
When you are watching an entire movie with Tom Cruise without knowing you are watching a movie with Tom Cruise.
Remember Alex, it's only latex and corn syrup died red.
Blood flavored corn syrup
Written and directed by Ben Stiller. Frikkin genius!
The biggest controversy was not Downey Jr.'s character or portrayal. Yeah some didn't care for it. Others admired his commitment to the point where they felt it was very well done, others didn't recognize him.
The biggest thing of all was the "Simple Jack" character and the "Never go full retard." conversation in the film.
There were literally scores of people with Down's Syndrome outside of theaters protesting the film. Including other groups of people with physical disabilities. But all in all, every bit of controversy did the film a lot of good as people were hearing about the walk outs, the protests, and everything... thus making them all the more curious and they ended up going to see the movie anyway.
RDJ was nominated for an Oscar for this role. Had it not been for the legendary, stunning performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight that same year, he very well may have won it.
Robert is wearing contacts... LMFFFAAAOOO
I can't believe how many people have reacted to this movie and can't recognise Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise was actually taking hip hop dancing classes at the time he got the role in Tropic Thunder. And Tom actually asked that he could have the bald head and prosthetic fingers.
Greatest line of all time xD: Im a Dude, playn a DUDE, disguised as another Dude 🤣👌
One of my favourite movies. Gold.
Watched this one twice. So much fun watching you react to Tom’s character!!!
The Tom cruise reveal was shocking to everyone watching this for the first time, anyone who said they knew by looking was a liar 😅
Tom cruise said he wanted big fat hands 😂
Tom Cruise and Robert Downey JR are so good in this movie.
Its truly one of the most AMAZING creations this side of the cold war!
Watching this in 2024 makes me really happy that Alex actually did get shared and got the YT thing to work and got to move to Hawaii. Dude is really the solo movie reaction goat 🐐 ❤
I just started watching your channel and i like your jokes, even the offensive ones and yet your reaction "what😶" to the end of the first trailer blew me off😂
It’s a shame you didn’t see this in the theatre those trailer openings hit different
Hands down one of the best movie experiences. When everyone processed we were looking at Tom Cruise in a fat, hairy suit. The silence after the landmine. Everything Kirk Lazarus.
The cast list is absolutely insane one of the only Ben stiller films I actually like
Finally! I'm not the only one who didn't realize that was Tom cruise!
That scene when the Ben Stiller character Four Leaf is on his knees and raised his hands in the air! It’s A Homage To The 1986 Movie Platoon and The Actor in that Dying Scene Is William DaFoe! MIND BLOWN!!!
I saw this one in theaters in middle school and I honestly didn't like it at all.
Then I watched it with my dad on DVD and understood what it actually was. Every subsequent rewatch I pick up on some new little detail that makes me fall in love with the film even more!
Great reaction Alex!
I'm just amazed that you didn't knew it was Tom Cruise...
KNOW THE LINE WHERE R.D.J. SAYS, I won't drop this act until the DVD commentary? Just buy the DVD and watch with the commentary turned on. U will see a great performance!
I love this movie so much
Robert Downey didn't do black face Kirk Lazarus did. LOL
Being a 100% Injured Combat Veteran Service Related... Your reaction to WAR is intriguing to me. That 1000 yard stare is no joke. I was eating, laughing at your reaction. FMJ reference, AINT WAR HELL? HAHAHA
I have watched this movie for years. I love it. I just watched your assessment- loved it. Took me three tries to know that was Tom Cruise!
its amazing Jeanne!
Technically Load and Lock is correct. You're loading the round then locking it into place.