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Tropic Thunderous Laughs

The movie about a movie about a real war that the actors thought was a movie was the best comedy of the summer, hands down. It had us laughing out loud and at times so much that you would miss part of the following dialog, but that was just fine by me. The cast was pretty good - Ben Stiller plays a smarter version of Zoolander while Jack Black is the less than funny strung out comedian but it is Robert Downey Jr. who really shined as the Australian actor who is so method he never breaks from his African American 60's persona [until the end of the film when he removes his wig and gives us his best Aussie accent]. Given those three guys it is ironic that a serious actor like Tom Cruise would steel the whole movie as the overweight, balding and foul mouthed studio head character who runs a tight ship and can get Low with the best of them.

The thing I really liked about this film was the writing and timing. When they went for a joke, they went all in and did not feel it necessary to try and sprinkle in a little humor is each scene. This allowed the funny scenes to be very funny while the serious or action scenes to remain true to the story. And not to be outdone by the real fake film about a fake real war, the fake trailers before the film and after the real trailers [confused yet?] were awesome. Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown, The Fatties: Fart 2 and Satan's Alley gave each of the stars a chance to star in a really fake movie coming soon but it was the fictional rapper Alpa Chino promoting his two brands Booty Sweat energy drink and Bust-A-Nut candy bar that had the greatest shock value.

I guess it's not too shocking since Paramount Pictures announced that it would be marketing the energy drink which is shown throughout the film. The product is going to be marketed in college bookstores, Amazon.com, and other retailers so be on the look out for some good ol' Booty Sweat.

Labels: Movies

posted by TheWino @ 11:35 AM