TROPIC THUNDER (2008) Movie Reaction! | FIRST-TIME!! | Is Robert Downey Jr. a BLACK MAN!?!

[@jansenart0]

This was the same year as Iron Man. It was an insane year for RDJ.

[@serenitymuszings]

And Sherlock Holmes!!!!

[@lafatte24]

A true Renaissance. I think he owes a lot to his wife as well, I remember seeing him in gothika with Halle berry which was directed by his wife. And then suddenly he was in these hits. Prior to those movies he wasnt getting cast because he was uninsurable

[@SuryaGupta-te7fq]

@@lafatte24 you mean deborah or susan? he's had 2 wives, also google says gothika was directed by a man so im a bit confused. either way the guy made it, picturesque american dream

[@lafatte24]

@SuryaGupta-te7fq Susan!! And my mistake she was the producer not the director

[@dabreal82]

Tbf no one really expected iron man to be what it was.

[@mugchic03]

The realization of how long it took for you guys to realize that was Tom Cruise🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zayzuess]

Literally seen this soon as he said it 💀

[@JonezyVhee]

RDJ was nominated for an Oscar for this role. He lost to Heath Ledger for "The Dark Knight." Fun fact: this movie is worth owning on dvd...be does the entire commentary in character. It's amazing😂🎉.

[@728GT]

His commentary is HILARIOUS

[@sfslax]

I saw this movie in theaters and i cant ever remember a big group of people laughing so hard at anything ive been at in person

[@theresashores2512]

Omg that belt ad! 😂😂😂 I was like, “What is this ad? It’s not meant to be real, right? Feels like an SNL skit.” Then I realized it was a part of your video. 😅

[@fluxalt]

I was googling it lmao. Was wondering why no ad info popped up and i wanted to send it to other people lmao.

[@jdjack519]

That was so meta that It was perfectly appropriate. You're really going to make a comedic fake ad in a reaction to a movie full of comedic fake ads? Don't threaten me with a good time

[@irollerblade13]

"Everybody knows you never go full Re74rd" and "Im a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!" are quotes that i catch myself still saying at least 5 times a year lol

[@buffmaloney]

Congratulations. You figured out Tom Cruise much faster than any reactor I have seen.

[@fluxalt]

I think the Canadians noticed it right away or at least someone did.

[@sarahhughes4437]

...you're joking right?

[@Moondragon1821]

Too many people don't realize the satire behind RDJ doing "blackface" and it being also satire about actors who take themselves way too seriously. This shit was sooo funny. It's like White Chicks but WAY more nuanced rather than just for the comedy and ridiculousnes.

[@JonezyVhee]

@Moondragon1821 the fact that he was nominated for an Oscar irl for this role...basically proving the point of what they mocked in the movie. The press treated him just like the press in the film...jarring and hilarious. I'll never forget that era.

[@IamGrootOG]

I'm just a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude! Favorite quote 🎉🎉

[@kayrenee3473]

I'm the dude that knows what dude he is!

[@IamGrootOG]

@kayrenee3473 😂

[@Tejroe]

I would like to note that Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in this movie.

[@IamCaptainInsano]

Oh man, this is going to be a blast! Tropic Thunder is hilarious! When Tom Cruise agreed to do this movie he said he wanted his character to have fat hands😂

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

Yeah man. Everyone in this movie was good, but Tom took what was supposed to be a brief cameo and turned it into the funniest role in the whole freaking film! Absolutely stole the show!

[@mistyxmarlboro]

@@ryadinstormblessed8308 & they had to let him dance (he took hip hop dance classes!)! 😂😂😂

[@marcwhite3322]

You guys miss a lot of the dialog by chatting through the scenes... But not bad.

[@LauraCourtneyette]

Tom Cruise has such an unmistakable voice - glad you guys caught it!

[@funtourhawk]

Straight up one of the best movies ever made, it's completely STACKED...something like this will never get made again.

[@Artemis_in_the_Woods]

Never clicked so fast in my LIFE

[@BobTheSkull]

Not only was that Lance. That was Lance Bass of NSYNC fame

[@biancaeze14]

Lemme tell you! I’m being SO serious when I say RDJ is the only white man I would be okay with playing a black man/blackface cause HE DID A DARN GOOD JOB! I saw it when it first came out and didn’t even know it was him! 😂😂😂😂

[@corimyers4985]

White folk tried to cancel RDJ for this a few years ago. Black folk said nope. We are in on the joke, you’re not. He wasn’t mocking black folk, he did his job well. It was funny as hell, but was respectful.

[@Hortonfantastic4]

There are two movie reactions I watch regardless of whether I’m subscribed or not: Good Will Hunting and TROPIC THUNDER. And it’s even better when it’s a reaction channel I am familiar with and already subscribed. Let’s go

[@NophiMitchell]

I'm pre-laughing and I didn't even press play yet!🤣

[@trentondhuggins]

Tom Cruise had 2 requests to be in this movie: 1. To have large hairy hands and arms. And 2. To dance

[@OzzybinOswald]

A guy in the early 60s chemically darkened his body and went undercover in the Deep South. He wrote a book called Black Like Me.

[@lianamadison]

when this first played in theaters.... the real ads went straight into the fake ads with NO type of intro at all

[@jansenart0]

Nick Nolte is the voice at the start, he also played the author pretending he had no hands. He was in a really really good drama called Lorenzo's Oil about a father learning biochemistry to try to cure his son of a very rare disease. It really showed off his range. He did indeed also play The Father in Hulk (2003). If you consider the intro carefully, "South East Vietnam" is the FURTHEST area of Vietnam from the combat, so the clue that he was a fake was there from the start.

[@corimyers4985]

I saw this in theater and we didn’t catch that it was Tom Cruise until the credits. We damn near died laughing. I suggest you google Les Grossman and J Lo, MTV awards for a good laugh.

[@One_foot_in_the_Grave]

Oh my fucking god, these two men are funny as fuck I had to subscribe. I'm a white dude from Canada and these motherfuckers sound exactly like me and my friends when we sit around laughing and joke about shit !

[@aquario6944]

Holy shit....i haven't started this yet but it's my B'day and who knew I'd get to eat dinner to these gents watching this classic. What a gift.🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Here's to my fingers being crossed that they like it.😂🤞

[@laughingoutloud5742]

Happy Birthday!!🎉

[@CamilleGinaa]

Raddd, happiest birthday 🌸

[@kerryknight228]

Happy Birthday! 🎉

[@Lannaareyy]

Happy birthday 😊🎉

[@corimyers4985]

Happy born day!

[@kentmcintyre32]

What do you mean you people! Haha Love the reaction lads.

[@terryconnelly484]

This was part of tom cruise's comeback tour after jumping on oprah's couch going crazy

[@Angelacarolinax.]

I remember not to long ago ppl tried to cancel RDJ for this role and the whole movie in general I swear ppl take everything seriously like this movie is hilarious, so many ppl don't have a sense of humor and don't enjoy movies for what they are

[@alexsampsonite2176]

A few muted articles and tweets, maybe, but apart from that, no real cancellation attempts that I can remember

[@marcwhite3322]

Actually the m16 was horrible with jamming and malfunction with dirt and water during Vietnam..... They actually used condoms to cover the muzzles when passing through water...

[@tenlow2]

RDJ wasn’t in blackface, Kirk Lazarus was.

[@nameless1692]

Ive been a bad bad boy... Father kills me haha

[@kadoom8843]

“That’s meth activity right there!” 😂

[@stevenmonte7397]

I saw this at the theater when it came out! Best movie experience EVER! It was WILD!!

[@theConquerersMama]

Such a good time.

[@tonygourdine512]

This being a spoof, has several movie references. Some are 1 The Deer Hunter 2 Platoon 3 Rambo 4 Apocalypse Now, just to name a few !!!!

[@lafatte24]

Tropic thunder got me through some scary times. One night I legit thought my room was haunted (a basketball started bouncing even though it was on the floor the whole time) I put on tropic thunder on my ipod video turned over and let it take away my fear.

[@Swoopiny]

Ya'll gotta watch Dodgeball with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Hilarious

[@jordanalford2825]

This was an all time reaction man. I saw this on the Patreon and I was absolutely dying watching y’all couldn’t wait to see yall put this out on KZbin.

[@TheExyle]

Oh hell teah. Glad you guys did this one! 😂 Booty Sweat blocker from the jump!!!😅

[@Toriiidori]

I really like this green and purple colour combo Brandon has on! And as always great reaction 😊

[@malloryfranklin4822]

Finally !!!!😂😂 One of my favorite RDJ movies.

[@janetnwonderland]

"Whenever a drug addict has an idea, don't even let him express that idea to you." Bwahaha! Words to live by.

[@jasminewebster6907]

I saw this in the theaters and it was sooooo funny and I did not realize Tom cruise was in here until the 2nd watch

[@Xl081x]

Watch "Belly" staring DMX and Nas , "Takers" staring T.I. ,Chris Brown and others and "Smoking Aces" staring Alicia Keys, Taraji P. Henson, Ryan Reynolds and others 💡👍🏾

[@dmille1959]

"Someone said they were close to me?" 🤣

[@o.joei.b9929]

Seen the name of the channel and tropic thunder!? Automatically subscribed

[@Chads-Account]

Calling jay, logics stunt double is priceless. I died, you got a new subscriber

[@chavezn2004]

Bro, I thought that belt ad was a regular youtube ad for a second until I heard Adisons voice. "Tell them Adison sent you" 😂. That was a dope edit, and I could tell that you put some work in there. Good job.

[@petalstt45]

The way I hollered when yall realized that was Tom Cruise. 😂

[@RahemtheDream13]

Lol my favorite comedy, Glad yall doing this movie

[@beachlife8367]

6:36 Bro talkin bout Bobby Womack! Dude! You know yo music for real!

[@tavarisp452]

FYI - iron man and tropic thunder came out the same year

[@joeyken81]

Just in, already know this gonna be an all-time classic reaction

[@BobbyT9913]

That belt ad was a nice touch 😂

[@keywesttexmex1]

You can replay this so many times 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brettcloud8550]

5:54 Good call! Nick Nolte was in fact Bruce Banner's dad in the Hulk movie with Eric Bana. He was also the father in the movie "Warrior" with Tom Hardy.

[@chaost4544]

One of my favorite Tom Cruise roles. Cruise didn't like Harvy Weinstein before all the stuff with him came to light but was popular enough to avoid Weinstein's usual wrath. Les Grossman was more than likely a parody of Harvy Weinstein's bullying and disgusting behavior. Cruise must have had fun roasting that disgusting human.

[@chefskiss6179]

"...or Radio 2." I genuinely spit my drink out through my nose. 😂😂😂

[@lostsol6757]

And just like that, y'all made my Friday night!!❤

[@roguecivilian6958]

Yooooo! This is one of my favorite comedies EVER. I have never laughed so hard in a movie theater as when this movie came out.

[@vanessavalentin3788]

I’m glad you guys have a great sense of humor!

[@AshLee92490]

What makes the blackface genius is that the whole point of the movie is making fun of Hollywood and all of the bs, INCLUDING the history(and present) of casting white actors to play POC characters which they're still kinda doing, obviously not as commonly done(it's more colorism based now, which is still whitewashing lol). But with RDJ's character, there's the double whammy because he's a method actor, and sometimes method actors tend to get a bad rep because, depending on the role, some of them have a tendency to take it too far or get in too deep, either affecting their psyche either, or crossing lines/boundaries and pissing off the people because they're beubg very annoying or being a horrible person (looking at you, Jared Leto). So, the mockery here isn't to mock black people like blackface was traditionally done as, but to mock the f*ckery of Hollywood casting, method actors that doo too much, and Oscar winning character actors that kinda ridiculous, but you accept the bullsh!t because of how talented they are lol. Basically Hollywood making a movie making fun of Hollywood lol. It's brilliant...

[@theConquerersMama]

💯

[@jasminewebster6907]

Survive! 😂😂😂 I say it til dis day

[@alleyezonme2909]

Funny thing was he stayed in character in the dvd commentary 🤣

[@ElectricHyenas]

It is speculated that Tom Cruise's portrayal of Les Grossman was inspired by Harvey Weinstein. Fun reaction!

[@SPACE_BOOOOOST]

Both the fat hands and the dancing were Tom's idea, which makes this role even better.

[@edn]

Those fat hairy hands on Tom was insane lol! -Adison

[@Thundernoob98]

48:40 the moment you are waiting for 😂😂

[@RyoHazuki224]

48:50 HAHA it took ya that long to recognize Tom Cruise! LMAO! To be honest he fooled pretty much everybody man, that shit is hilarious!

[@PrincessSarah090288]

The fact that you guys didn't realize that was Tom Cruise until ya'll were half way thru the movie was hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@questionablehumor2800]

5:14 Brokeback Monastery

[@theConquerersMama]

My son also say The Bear! From Over the Hedge When he hears Nick Nolte's voice.

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

59:12 "Is it violent?" Look up water buffalo vs lion. That lion gets absolutely pulverized before it even has a chance to move!

[@74myo]

35:05 Bro unfortunately you are so wrong about this war area. The original M16s were pieces of shit and would jam and malfunction in combat. Muddy jungle water would fuck that weapon up

[@vegasviking86]

This reaction was sponsored by Booty Sweat, Bust-a-Nut, and everyone's favorite... Meat Stick!

[@anitahargreaves9526]

I needed a giggle, Thank you for sharing this. 👵🇬🇧😂

[@MrBellsa61]

Tom Cruise took his role on one condition, that he get to wear giant hand makeup/prosthetic things.

[@-Epiphany]

Brandon ain neva gon 4get that Adison dont know who Bobby Womack is...😂😂😂

[@connorcraft9594]

RDJ did this the same year as Iron man which is crazy to think about and he was nominated for an oscar for his performance in this film

[@corimyers4985]

Fun trivia, the little boy is based off a real little boy who really did lead a drug cartel.

[@venus3393]

Hood classic!😂

[@s1lentsamurai]

Im commenting and liking already hearing neither of you have seen this. Oh man, I'm here for it.

[@farmboykent9122]

1-800-BELTS= Dead

[@terryconnelly484]

I don't know where that parody of a commercial of a belt for kids where that came from but that was awesome

[@LatashaWooden]

I was waiting for y’all to figure that out 😂

[@YogarAdon]

RDJ had an Oscar nomination for this role, and he probably would have won it, but was up against Heath Ledger's Joker.

[@dirkdiggler9173]

Omg my night is made !!! First off a walking dead and breaking bad reaction durning the day and now tropic thunder at night !!

[@chrisbrocknc]

Rambo is the only Rambo. the sequels were all awful. The old M16's we used in Vietnam were very prone to misfire if they got dirty, so troops tried their best to keep their rifles clean an serviceable. The Vietnamese used AK-47's which were less susceptible to this, so they were considered more practical for the environment.

[@shadowfire_08]

20 SECONDS AGO GANG 🫡🔥🍻

[@agentwashington2946]

This was a surprise I can't believe you guys had not seen this masterpiece lol

[@WolfyTheIn-between]

Tom Cruise killed me 😂

[@thesmileyeffect]

I've been waiting to watch this for myself, so I'm looking forward to your reactions to help me decide if I should watch it in full.

[@missmegan4052]

Been so excited for this ❤

[@kiin..]

Theres an interview wherr Tom Cruise said he actually asked to be in this movie, the only thing he asked for to do it was that his character had to have fat hands

[@74myo]

41:00 I WAS WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT 😂😂😂😂 subscribed

[@lafatte24]

HAVEN'T SEEN ZOOLAND!?#?#@!?#!@?@!?? ZOOLANDERRR!!>@!$>!"!@$>"

[@tempsitch5632]

The white version of The Nutty Professor came out in the 60’s. Murphy’s was a remake.

[@4c3fr3h1y]

The white version of the nutty professor came out in 1963 lol

[@fizzilgig1993]

"all black people don't even sound like that" - Adison (while him and Brandon sound exactly like that). You ain't wrong, but you ain't exactly right either.

[@Swttng780]

You never go full r….😂😂😂😂 this movie was hilarious. Took me a min to recognize Tom cruise

[@randallwilliamson3838]

What is he going to do with his G5? Fly to Vietnam, save his client and best friend, and then fly home.