With Comic Con wrapping up we have been sent over a few updates for next month's onslaught of comedies including that of Tropic Thunder. Due out on August 13th, some official reviews for the comedy have already begun to arrive.
Tropic Thunder Reviews
Below you will find two of the first official reviews for Tropic Thunder that are a bit confusing. Both claim that the film is good and should rake in a hefty amount of skrilla, bought both throw at least one neg at the film's comedy. I don't necessarily get it, but at least they are positive.
Variety
A smart-alecky sendup of Hollywood in general and action films in particular, "Tropic Thunder" undeniably provokes quite a few laughs, but of the most hollow kind. Ben Stiller's star-laden farce makes every effort to be outrageous as it pokes knowing fun at a troupe of spoiled, self-centered actors who get more than they bargained for making a "Rambo"-like rescue drama in Southeast Asia. Apart from startling, out-there comic turns by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, however, the antics here are pretty thin, redundant and one-note. But that note will strike a chord with a substantial, comic heat-seeking audience, particularly of the fanboy and combat-ready stripes, making for hefty late-summer biz.
Postive? Negative? Tough to decide. Let's see what the next review had to say...
Hollywood Reporter
“Tropic Thunder” sends up all things Hollywood, from pampered actors and outrageous media tycoons to war movies in general. OK, these are easy targets. But Stiller and co-writers Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen hit 'em with a fair degree of accuracy and consistency.
After a summer devoted to superheroes — indeed, Stiller’s co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black played superheroes in “Iron Man” and “Kung Fu Panda” — how gratifying it is to experience a movie taking the mickey out of super-impossible heroics.
It’s by no means a perfect comedy — nor would you want it to be. Gags and stunts are all over the place, yet the film does de-Stiller-erize the essence of contemporary movie comedy even as it has fun with outrageously crude jokes. “Tropic Thunder” should give mid-August a strong shot of boxoffice caffeine.
By no means perfect? Now I'm really confused. Investigate these two reviews for Tropic Thunder by clicking the bold links above.
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