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Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
dont think i saw a thread for this movie yet... but i thought id let everyone know that it is HILARIOUS and definitely worth seeing... a few surprising and funny cameos and just overall one of the better executed comedies ive seen in awhile... and im not especially a fan of stiller or black

also... dont waste your time on "mirrors"... i snuck into it after TT and it wasnt even worth the $0 i paid... not that i had high hope... every horror movie in the last 10 years uses the SAME story... i blame the japanese for introducing the creepy mental teen girl with long dark hair as a staple of the horror genre
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  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 10,057
    sgossard3 wrote:
    dont think i saw a thread for this movie yet... but i thought id let everyone know that it is HILARIOUS and definitely worth seeing... a few surprising and funny cameos and just overall one of the better executed comedies ive seen in awhile... and im not especially a fan of stiller or black

    also... dont waste your time on "mirrors"... i snuck into it after TT and it wasnt even worth the $0 i paid... not that i had high hope... every horror movie in the last 10 years uses the SAME story... i blame the japanese for introducing the creepy mental teen girl with long dark hair as a staple of the horror genre


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  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    I have been wanting to see this damn movie since I saw previews in June!

    I have seen "The Dark Knight" three times, it's time for a comedy like Tropic Thunder. I might go and see it tomorrow since PHELPS (the badass) has his last swim competition tonight! I can't freakin miss this one!!
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  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    sgossard3 wrote:
    i blame the japanese for introducing the creepy mental teen girl with long dark hair as a staple of the horror genre

    don't blame the Japanese, they do it right, the problem is that it's done wrong when copied. That what US film makers get for being unoriginal. You can't have a great movie in the US without it being copied a zillion times poorly.
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  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    I was so looking forward to this movie... and was let down hard! I think I laughed once. I agreed with your Step Brothers review a few weeks back.. that movie was fucking funny:D.. but I felt this one didn't come close to the potential it seemed to have from the previews.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Trailer wrote:
    I was so looking forward to this movie... and was let down hard! I think I laughed once. I agreed with your Step Brothers review a few weeks back.. that movie was fucking funny:D.. but I felt this one didn't come close to the potential it seemed to have from the previews.


    :( bummer......
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    "What a stupid lamb."
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    I thought it was funny.

    But like most comedies, the first 10 minutes is the best.




    SOMEWHAT SPOILERS FOLLOW...



    Booty Sweat, Bust a Nut, The Scorcher, The Fatties, Satan's Alley... I thought I was going to die laughing.
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    I thought it was funny.

    But like most comedies, the first 10 minutes is the best.




    SOMEWHAT SPOILERS FOLLOW...



    Booty Sweat, Bust a Nut, The Scorcher, The Fatties, Satan's Alley... I thought I was going to die laughing.
    yah i agree the beginning was the best part... and then there were a handful of other great lines and parts... nothing nonstop like superbad and wedding crashers but i still thought it was good... i bet its even funnier to hollywood insiders that can relate to all the shit... maybe my perspective was thrown off from seeing such a shitty movie immediately after... sorry trailer that you didnt like it
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  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 10,057
    I saw it last night like I said I would, laughed a bunch and was a solid comedy all around. Cameo's were funny as hell. Nothing like getting lit up and going to the movies to have a good laugh
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    CROJAM95 wrote:
    Nothing like getting lit up and going to the movies to have a good laugh

    Maybe that was my problem... I wasn't lit up.:D
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    I havent laughed this much since...hmmm....Pineapple Express :) Great movie
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  • newwetkojaknewwetkojak Posts: 62
    how can someone not laugh at this movie? i don't understand.
  • LostdoggieLostdoggie Posts: 257
    I thought it was great. Jack Black's character was so funny.
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  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    newwetkojak wrote:
    how can someone not laugh at this movie? i don't understand.

    You can't really expect to go see a Stiller, or Jack Black movie and think it's going to be a flick with great acting and winning oscars! The guys are goofballs who are very good at making us laugh!! :p


    Pineapple Express looks great as well!!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    newwetkojak wrote:
    how can someone not laugh at this movie? i don't understand.

    I just didn't think the movie was that funny. and before everyone jumps on me for being uptight, not accepting it for what it is, blah blah blah... let me just say that I'm a big Ben Stiller fan. I've liked and laughed at all his movies, with the exception of Heartbreak Kid. Zoolander and Something about Mary are two of my favorite comedies of all time! Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly are also classics:D Maybe it the was the fact that no one else in the theater laughed.. it always makes the movie more enjoyable when the audience is into it. I guess I'll have to see it again to form my final opinion.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Trailer wrote:
    I just didn't think the movie was that funny. and before everyone jumps on me for being uptight, not accepting it for what it is, blah blah blah... let me just say that I'm a big Ben Stiller fan. I've liked and laughed at all his movies, with the exception of Heartbreak Kid. Zoolander and Something about Mary are two of my favorite comedies of all time! Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly are also classics:D Maybe it the was the fact that no one else in the theater laughed.. it always makes the movie more enjoyable when the audience is into it. I guess I'll have to see it again to form my final opinion.


    Zoolander.....such a funny movie!! :D

    I loved Meet the Parents too!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Loved this movie. Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey were welcome cameo's (well a little more than cameos I guess) and thought they were HILARIOUS.

    Funny!!

    Also loved Pineapple Express and Step Brothers!!
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  • vital5vital5 Posts: 5,486
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    SOMEWHAT SPOILERS FOLLOW...



    Booty Sweat, Bust a Nut, The Scorcher, The Fatties, Satan's Alley... I thought I was going to die laughing.
    These sucked me in big time.... until the 'Satan's Alley' Clip.... I had a thirst for some 'Booty Sweat' and was about to rush out to get me some and also thought those two crap films were going to be released.

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  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    I just got back from seeing it and I thought it was funny but could have been much better. When the Booty Sweat ad started I thought it was for real for about 10 seconds. "I love the pussy dripping down to the floor."
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  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    Trailer wrote:
    I just didn't think the movie was that funny. and before everyone jumps on me for being uptight, not accepting it for what it is, blah blah blah... let me just say that I'm a big Ben Stiller fan. I've liked and laughed at all his movies, with the exception of Heartbreak Kid. Zoolander and Something about Mary are two of my favorite comedies of all time! Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly are also classics:D Maybe it the was the fact that no one else in the theater laughed.. it always makes the movie more enjoyable when the audience is into it. I guess I'll have to see it again to form my final opinion.

    i am the exact opposite. ben stiller is the least funny guy out there, and every single one of those movies you listed sucked so hard. but tropic thunder was fucking hilarious in SPITE of ben stiller, thanks mostly to robert downey jr.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    catch22 wrote:
    i am the exact opposite. ben stiller is the least funny guy out there, and every single one of those movies you listed sucked so hard. but tropic thunder was fucking hilarious in SPITE of ben stiller, thanks mostly to robert downey jr.
    agreed... i thought "the ben stiller show" was pretty funny... but everything since is pretty meh... and the funny moments in his movies has nothing to do with his delivery (which i feel is the most important part of comedy - gene wilder)
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Tom Cruise looked like a dickhead. Literally. .....it was quite fitting actually. I don’t like that man.
    Other than that the movie was great!

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    Robert D. was da bomb!
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