FIRST TIME WATCHING Tropic Thunder (2008) REACTION! 

A lot of people forget, this and Iron Man were RDJ's "comeback" movies. He had spent the late 90's and early 00's in and out of rehabs, courts, and jail. The guy was a mess and was basically blacklisted in Hollywood for a decade. Thankfully he was able to get the help he needed and we have the RDJ we have today.

The Tom Cruise dance at the end is one of the best scenes in all of cinema that you never knew you needed😂😂😂

If you didn't catch it in the end credit scene's, Mathew McConaughey's character took the deal for the G5 and used it to rescue Tugg Speedman.

"That's the theme song from the Jefferson's!" "Just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true." One of the funniest lines of the movie!!!!

"Man, I don't drop character 'till I done the DVD commentary." Fun Fact: When recording the audio commentary for the Unrated DVD and Blu-ray, Robert Downey, Jr. actually spends the entire commentary in the character that appears on the screen as the movie progresses. Historical Fact: The South East Asian gang Flaming Dragon, led by a pre-teen boy, was modeled after God's Army, a guerrilla army in Myanmar. The group was led by twin brothers Johnny Htoo and Luther Htoo, who were nine years old when it was founded in 1997. Johnny and Luther Htoo were fond of American action movie heroes, especially the Rambo franchise. Cruise Unbound Fact: Ben Stiller said nearly all aspects of the Les Grossman character were developed by Tom Cruise, including the dancing and the look of the make-up. Stiller said that in addition to the more obvious make-up effects applied to Cruise's face and head, and the extra hair on his chest and arms, Cruise also decided to play the character wearing oversized prosthetic hands.

Great movie. And especially Robert D. J. is amazing. If he hadn't been up against Heath Ledger's Joker I have no doubt the part would have earned him an Oscar.

The same thing happened in the Clint Eastwood movie " The Good , The Bad & The Ugly ". They blew up the bridge and the camera wasn't even rolling. The director didn't even call " Action !!!" . It took them 1 week to rebuild the bridge .

FUN FACT: Kirk Lazarus was originally intended to be Irish, but since RDJ portrayed an Australian character in "Natural Born Killers" years prior, he felt more comfortable with an Australian accent instead.

The movie can be summed up in Lazarus' line, "It's a movie playing a movie disguised as another movie."

"Tropic Thunder", pound for pound, has one of the most impressive list of top shelf stars. Maybe the Ocean's movies, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", or "Anchorman 1 & 2" are on par with "Tropic Thunder".

"I'm the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!" Lol!!

This is the only for me to watch and enjoy Tom cruise in a movie Because he is doing everything you don't expect him to do

The "pigment augmentation" procedure had to have been just for promoting the film because, at the end, it comes off pretty easily when Tugg confronts Kirk.

Hey Shree, your analysis of the staricial aspects of "Tropic Thunder" is the most well thought out breakdown of the naunced character tropes that have ever been pulled off. ------ The movie was written by Ben Stiller so I think he was aware of the misconceptions he wanted to potray in the movie and the commentary he wanted to make on Hollywood. -------- As you pointed out, He had RDJ playing black face, but places a black character to jauxatapose the obsurdity of his portrayal of Seargant Osiris. ------ He has a top-notch actor like Kirk Laxarus point out to Tugg Speedman that he took his portrayal too far for "Simple Jack". -------- Plus all the other characters and their quirks, insecurities and flaw are on full display. -------- Letting us know that actors are not Gods, just people with a highly paid desired skill.

Hey Shree, we all know the legendary line Lazarus says "I don't drop character until I've done the DVD commentary". -------- Well, if you watch the Tropic Thunder DVD commentary RDJ is on it and he does the whole thing in-character as Lazarus (who is in-character as Sergeant Osiris). ------- It really doesn't get any better. WOW!!!!

You like Cruise? Watch "Magnolia". He was robbed of an Oscar.

Of the dozen or so TT reaction vids I’ve watched so far this is the most intelligent, incisive and aware. You picked up on everything real quick. Great job! I’ll just add that the scene in which Speedman was shot 100 times was emulating a scene from Platoon. There’s a few references from that classic film in fact.

Teen Choice Awards are given to any actor or actress. The award is voted on by teens. Lance was played by Lance Bass.

Robert Downey’s best role ever! He was brilliant!

RDJ was nominated for an Oscar in a supporting role

This movie is without a doubt high art

I think the implication was, that he ended up taking the plane. He is shown with "G5 Owner's" Magazine. I think he then used the plane to mount a rescue. I think after reading Tom Cruise, he realized he wouldn't get anywhere. However, he realized that accepting TC's concession would put him in a better position to help Stiller, while also GREATLY benefiting him - naturally. I think he made the best of a less than ideal situation. I think, this was the perfect movie for you to react to. You got it. That's not easy to do. This movie can be a bit confusing to a first time watcher. You didn't "Solve" the movie, close the book, then wait for your theories to be confirmed, but you GOT each moment, as the moments were revealed. You understood the motivations of the characters. You understood the story, and the plot. You made the connection between Speedman, and Four-Leaf Nolte. I like how you discovered Tom Cruise. It was the same way for me. I heard his voice coming from the screen. Then I ended up noticing his eyes & realized that it was him playing the role. It was a good reaction, and I surely couldn't add any more to it. My favorite parody series is the Naked Gun series. I hope you are able to watch the rest of them. As for Epic Movie and Disaster movie... My sympathies. You probably couldn't have picked any worse examples of comedies, though I wouldn't recommend "Cheap Detective, either". "Superhero Movie" wasn't that bad, and even had Leslie Nielsen in it. Out of the x-Movies that aren't "Scary Movie", "Superhero Movie" is probably one of the better examples. "Not Another Teen Movie" isn't bad either, though it's definitely for mature audiences. Keep it up, and I look forward to more content.

Nobody seems to catch that when Jack Black discovers the 'heroin', it's the same shape as Richard Dreyfus's fixation with the mountain in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The reason why Les Grossman's hands are big : "Les Gros Mains" means "the big hands" in French.

This film and Iron Man came out the same year and resurrected RDJs rep and career.

Another example of a movie that could not be made today, and this movie isn't even that old.

You can get a mini-flame thrower for $600-$700 USD. They are usually used to melt snowfall in driveways.

What do YOU mean, you people?! 🤣🤣🤣

"turned that mans hands into sunflowers" hahahahaha

I love movies and enjoy watching reactions to this particular film. Your reaction so far is one of my favorites. You have a great sense of humor. New subscriber!

Hey Shree, Tom Cruise's best character by far. His dancing at the end is epic.----- Gotta give props to Robert Downey Jr. as well. he totally crushed it.

When approached about doing the movie, Cruise said he wanted to have fat hands and dance.

Close with Full metal Jacket, but it's a actually a parody of Platoon, another fantastic 80s Vietnam war movie.

In addition to the recommendations I made on your other videos, another comedy film series I'd strongly recommend is Edgar Wright's "Cornetto Trilogy", not least because in the first film, Shaun of the Dead, there's a hidden bonus for Hindi speakers...

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE DVD COMMENTARY. RDJ doesn't drop character at all

I love that she knew it's wasn't just jokes made for shock but rather a satirical commentary on celebrities and method actors. Which is why it's hilarious to know Ben Stiller was the writer of this movie and more so Tom Cruise actually chose to design his own character and added the dance himself as well. However it's weird she thought they were attacking alpha for being gay. They were giving him crap for not coming to terms with his homosexuality. They even said theirs nothing wrong with it and everyone is gay once in a while.

This movie is so CLASSIC!!!! RDJ and Tom Cruise, hell, the whole cast is amazing! Ben Stiller is a genius for this movie.

The animated credits is amazing .

Rdj legit does the full commentary In character if have the time should deff worth a watch

Great reaction Shree. For a different comedic take on Guerrilla film making, you might check out Bowfinger, with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.

The movie started seamlessly after the real trailers, one of the funniest starts to a movie I've seen.

RDJ released two movies between his first and second Marvel movies: Tropic Thunder and Due Date. I didn't care for Due Date. It was just a remake of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with RDJ in the Steve Martin role and Zach Galifianakis in the John Candy role. Neither of the actors or the script could quite fill the shoes of the original.

The Satan's Alley one cracks me up the most........pun intended.

Tom Cruise was trying to be an accumulation of real life Hollywood producers when he was playing Les Grossman, and he really wanted to wear fake hands for the role too. It's a nice touch to make the character look more gross.

Tom's said in interviews that he held firm that he would do the movie IF they gave him fat hands and let him dance.

Great reaction!!! I recently found your channel and have been enjoying your style. It is always awesome when a reactor totally understands what the movie is doing. Looking forward to future videos. I recommend Wonderboys (2000) it also stars RDJ & Tobey McGuire as wells as a host of other top tier actors & actresses.

Most requested movie of 2023. It's still January 😆

Best reaction to Tropic Thunder!!! You get ALL of IT!!!

Fun Fact: Robert Downey Jr. did get an Academy Award nomination for this.

Probably the "last" Fun-Action movie in a old fashion way. Without any cringing like it is with "The Expendables" and stuff..

One of the best comedies, up there with there’s something about Mary. U totally got the parody and satire worthy away. They took scenes from raiders of the lost arch, platoon, saving private Ryan, deer hunter, apocalypse now, mission impossible, hacksaw ridge

In Peck's defense, a G5 IS a really nice airplane 😂

If you want a movie with Toby and RDJ, check out Wonderboys. The rest of the cast is really good too.

Tom Cruise was great and so unexpected but Paul Giamatti would have been great too.

About the 'blackface' of Robert Downey Jr. I personally think that everytime someone does something, it shouldn't be met with an automatic response but the context taken into account. In the movie they try to present an actor taking his role so seriously that he undergoes pigmentation change. The movie also address the issue by having other black characters calling him out on this. So I find it hard to believe racism was behind this particular blackface representation. An example of obvious racist blackface is the notorious Birth of a Nation (the 1915 film). A movie that on a technical standpoint is a masterpiece, truly, but storywise, it is a vile, racist, cheap propaganda for the KKK (the kkk actually was reformed and influnced by the movie). In it white actors are in blackface because, of course, no black man would want to play in a movie where they are presented as mindless animals hellbent on raping white women. So yeah, the movie is hilarious and note: I did not recognized at first Tom Cruise, but he is hilarious as the over the top greedy Les Grossman.

RDJ: I know who I am! I'm a dude playing the dude, playing another dude, disguised as another dude!!

Cash cow pun intended lmao 💛

Hi Shree, your reaction to my favourite Comedy muh muh muh made me hhhhappy! 'Scribed. Off to watch your Blazing Saddles reaction now, maybe you could do one of my other favourites, Young Frankenstein? Peace out.

So if you’re a Tom Cruise fan, then you got to see two of Tom Cruise’s greatest performances. “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989) and “Interview With The Vampire” (1994) Both phenomenal classic films!

You're going to want to watch Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and then watch the sequel(you can skip the third movie). These movie's are comedy gold

46:38 did you miss it when he said 'everyone's gay every once in a while!' ?

57:45 Did he give up the G5??? Really?? Think about it. How did Rick get there so quickly?? I like to think that he looked at his friend's picture and then looked at the picture of the G5 and decided Why not have both? I enjoyed your reaction😎

Heath Ledger, the Joker beat Lincoln Osiris for the best supporting role.

39:58 he almost broke character xD

Thanks!

Tom Cruise’s best character ever.

So Shree, flamethrowers, eh? Then I recomend: Once upon time in a Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino...

The scene where he gets shot tons of times is making fun of a scene in Platoon. If you haven't seen it, believe me, the scene deserved to be made fun of.

Tom and RDJ out of control🔥🔥🔥

Okay. Firstly, Shree, yours is perhaps the jolliest reaction to *Tropic Thunder* I have yet beheld, and your observations on its characters some of the most on-point to which I have been privy. Delighted I am indeed that it finds such favor with you. And secondly, my favorite Hollywood-on-Hollywood movie of all time is probably Blake Edwards's 1981 film *S.O.B.* (which was also the last film for William Holden). It was made chiefly to thumb his nose at Tinseltown for its treatment of him in the wake of his big-budget failure of 11 years previously, *Darling Lili.* That one had his wife, Julie Andrews, in a controversial shower scene, and in this one she plays an actress much like herself whose producer-husband (played by Richard Mulligan) has what he believes is a sure-fire way to turn their latest film flop into a mega-success at the box office. I should love to tell you more, but even more I should love your seeing it for yourself (and inviting me along for the ride of a lifetime). 😁 😎

Is “RDJ” your thing? Or maybe an Iron man thing? I’ve never heard anyone refer to him that way.

Ben Stiller has make a lot of great funny movies

Saludó desde la República Dominicana excelente vídeo

Great movie

You really should watch Prey And if you like satires, you should watch Starship Troopers

Trollhunter is fantastic!

I'm one of the few people on Earth that didn't like this movie but I had to watch your video so that I could hear you laughing through the whole thing 😂😂

Tivo ex machina 😆

Shree, it's not black face. Black face was an intentional exaggeration designed to make black people look stupid. That's not what's happening in the movie, and it's not offensive. I have not seen a single solitary black person say this was in any way offensive. In fact if you go and watch black youtubers reacting to Tropic Thunder they are laughing their asses off in every scene that he is on screen. RDJ has said he's gotten nothing but positive feedback, and Joe Rogan even asked people like Dave Chappelle, and Jamie Foxx what they thought of it. "Hysterical." We don't need to cry offense at everything. Sometimes its okay to just laugh at a funny thing. We treat everything as "damaging" these days and it's not. People used to be able to laugh at each other and themselves and not get it twisted into a social insult at every turn. 28:48 It's a free society. Actors do have the right to play whatever they want. If people had this attitude back in 2008, we would have been deprived of this hilarious movie.

The thing is, Disaster Movie and its ilk are terrible parodies. Good parodies are hilarious. My favourite parody is Young Frankenstein, it’s a masterpiece of comedy.

You keep saying "Artie J", but I think it's Robert Downey Jr., an actor, not the famous singer Artie J., though I admit they look quite similar.

best movie ever

Please do Zoolander, another Ben Stiller classic!

- Talking that long without pausing - Spending minutes wondering about an actor instead of focusing on the scene - Talking over dialogues to check something on your phone without pausing Not a good way to react. If you just mistook FMJ with Platoon, a forgivable excuse... if only!

Diet Coke!

Ben Stiller plays a great idiot and is fantastic when he loses his mind on screen. For the former - Zoolander For the latter - Heavyweights

And if you want a recommendation for more satires. An ingenious, more kind of meta style satire, that never winks at the camera, so many greatly misunderstood the film at the time and sometimes still do current day if they’re going in fresh. “Robocop” (1987)

Lex was not suppose to be this big,, there are interviews with Ben Stiller here on youtube when he explained what happened,,, Tom had been taking some dance lessons and when asked if he wanted the part he existed he would only do it if he could dance and be this big

very very funny ! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Also, I didn't put it together until you said it... I 100% totally can see Paul Giamatti as Les Grosman. If you've never seen the movie Shoot 'Em Up, then I definitely suggest that one. Shoot 'Em Up is a great "thin on plot" amazing action movie. Clive Owen plays the unwanting badass hero and Paul Giamatti plays the lead mean villian. If that movie was a 5 out of 10, then Paul Giamatti made it at least an 8 :P For those not familiar with it and/or doubting it's fun ride... I submit to you the following scenes a carrot as a murder weapon - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GZXtx2oRMuU.html my fav road rage scene - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OSKCWCPXQ-8.html

You sound like you're from Singapore

React to zoolander

Who cares if it's offensive.

I thought the music you chose was great.

Love your reaction and the length of this video, my only criticism is how PC the video editing of this movie. I have seen a lot of the reactions of this movie and some edits are more “generous” to the audience and they have gotten away with it on RU-vid.

Sorry but your constant harping on Downey being a black character is kinda dumb it is satire why do you go all in .in real time more people were upset over the simple jack stuff and the Tom cruise character had huge blow back .so kinda tired of all the whining about Downey's performance it was actually amazing but some are too childish to understand it

Best reaction of all time 💯

Booo-tee-swea-t

tom cruise: when you spent like 25 years being a hot male and said "fuck it, this will be hilarious"

You talk to much! You miss funny parts bc you talk alot