"Me? I know who I am!" This movie was insane! The satire and comedic timing were through the roof. Not to mention the amazing performances (RDJ we're looking at you) We hope you enjoy the reaction! If you'd like to support the channel and gain access to the full length reaction become a member of our patreon bit.ly/3ICVrJ6 Watch our reactions early! kzbin.info/door/iCUz1bHid4H9mu6g2IOjXgjoin
@RockPowerUSA7 ай бұрын
Your fans have been waiting. You have delivered. Many of us, I assume think, after watching many other reactioners to Tropic Thunder that this is our pinnacle. This movie is an addiction and finding the best reactioners is our journey.
@scotter237 ай бұрын
Ah another movie not allowed to be made today. It was more fun when movie nerds ran Hollywood. Glad you found this one! And the world did not end with its viewing :-). It’s incredible what we are all supposed to be offended by and yet no one can explain why, just that they are. It’s ok to laugh you guys. Multiple times you looked ashamed to laugh like you weren’t supposed to. We should just laugh at what is funny and not worry about what nameless faceless folks on the internet think. Who made this? Ben Stiller did. And we had a better Hollywood and world then. And it was five mins ago. Love your reactions!
@taravati1817 ай бұрын
you could never make a movie like this today everyone is way to sensitive. but its ok to laugh at jokes i promise.
@messagedeleted19227 ай бұрын
@@scotter23 lol ok then this movie could be made today for sure. Would it be made no, but oh yeah it could be made.
@TonyPena997 ай бұрын
This is the type of movie that you can watch over and over and keep on picking up on certain details. Totally enjoyed watching your reactions 😂😂
@babalonkie7 ай бұрын
Ben Stiller did not just star and direct this film... he also wrote and produced it. One of his best.
@machdude33667 ай бұрын
Ben Stiller definitely is one of my favorite directors. He's not the best, but out of all of the directors in Hollywood that are mostly defined by their style, Ben just does a lot of weird things and sees if they stick. He's got a hugely varied pool of scores, but when he hits, he REALLY hits. The magic combo is if they can get Ben Stiller and Nicholas Cage to work together.
@josephgood27047 ай бұрын
It speaks to how he was able to make Severance with such quality filming and direction.
@D0S817 ай бұрын
he's done a few right? Zoolander, there's something about mary,and did he do kingpin? i cant remeber.
@babalonkie7 ай бұрын
@@D0S81 He actually has only completely made very few, He has directed and stared in quite a lot but stared, directed, written and produced... very few. Off the top of my head, i think it's actually like 2 or 3. Upon checking... 3 films. Tropic Thunder, Zoolander and Zoolander 2. He has done a couple of TV series/releases ontop.
@Karthig19877 ай бұрын
I loved the Walter Mitty movie
@dragonforce6277 ай бұрын
When Tom Cruise was asked to star in this movie, he only had 2 conditions. He wanted to dance and wear a fat suit with big hands, and Ben Stiller said "sure". Also roughly 3/4 of the character Les Grossman was improvised by Tom Cruise!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
That is genius! He killed it as the studio exec! Probably because he based it off someone he knows 🤣
@Lethgar_Smith7 ай бұрын
It sure comes off like Harvey Weinstein. Was that the intent do you suppose? Long before his scandal broke he was already known to be quite the scumbag within Hollywood.
@ciaranconlon847 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnightsit's widely acknowledged that his character was about 90% Harvey Weinstein. It's slightly soured by suggestions it's also anti-Semitic but that has never been confirmed. I just wish he would take more comedy roles, or just let him loose on the Les Grossman character for a whole movie!
@Daveyboy1008807 ай бұрын
Cruise pretty created the character! Ben Stiller said that he asked Tom Cruise to read the script and give his opinions during pre-production, and Cruise said that he thought the story needed another level to it, suggesting that an all-powerful studio exec be involved. Stiller liked the idea and Grossman was created. Cruise also asked that he not be named in any publicity, so his appearance would be a surprise to audiences. Oh, and Matthew McConaughey’s character was due to be played by Stiller’s frequent co-star Owen Wilson, but Wilson was going through some personal troubles at the time so McConaughey stepped in at the last minute.
@fernandogimenez75207 ай бұрын
Harvey W. has fat hands......
@michealwillingham90147 ай бұрын
As a black man I thought RDJ in blackface was absolutely hilarious but I didn’t know he was in black face until I saw iron man and it was still funny
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Ey! That means the writers and actors involved knew how to do what they did, make some important commentary on what goes on in Hollywood while doing something preposterous!
@haraldisdead7 ай бұрын
It was REALLY good makeup
@MrDevintcoleman5 ай бұрын
Yeah, THIS is how you do this kind of satire. When people complain that you “can’t do stuff like this anymore” they usually mean they’re mad that they, themselves can’t make racist jokes anymore. It’s a fine line, for sure, but this is a master class in how it’s done right.
@extremeking4255 ай бұрын
oh god here goes the "as a black" comments... fishing for likes... shut up!
@michealwillingham90145 ай бұрын
@@extremeking425 yeah no offense this is America so I can comment on whatever so there’s nothing u can do about it except for stop replying on my stuff thank you
@ProjectPiperCustoms7 ай бұрын
Fun fact. Just like he said in the film, RDJ stayed in character as Lincoln Osirus for the dvd commentary of this movie! Its fucking hilarious!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Hahahaah whatttt, no way 😂😂😂
@ac72687 ай бұрын
That was indeed a fun fact
@anthonyleecollins93197 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnights And when his character shifted to the Australian accent, he followed suit. It is so good.
@patinho55897 ай бұрын
He did it as an Australian actor?
@jmg42087 ай бұрын
RDJ character; an Australian actor playing a African American soldier disguise as a Viet farmer was the funniest thing ever ! I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguise as another dude.. 😂
@Rlogsdon1007 ай бұрын
The fact that he is speaking Chinese but still won't give up the black accent is hilarious
@D0S817 ай бұрын
i noticed that too, i love when actors can do that. best one i ''saw'' was Mel Blanc who does Bugs and Daffy, do Bugs doing an impression of Daffy but still sound like bugs, and vice versa, instead of just swapping their voices. its harder than just doing accents. As someone who does accents, mixing two like that is tough.
@CgGoil7 ай бұрын
@@D0S81, that is actually seriously impressive.
@TheSchaef476 ай бұрын
Well yeah. He wasn't playing a Chinese dude. He was playing a black dude *disguised* as a Chinese dude.
@buffettfan7 ай бұрын
One thing many people miss is in the end credits when we see Matthew McConaughey's character flying back to the States on a G5. He took the offer, but used it to rescue his friend.
@MnemonicHack7 ай бұрын
I did not know that, and it only makes me love this even more.
@clevelandcbi7 ай бұрын
I watched this several times before it finally hit me.
@mustlearnmore48847 ай бұрын
All these years (I saw this in the cinema and on DVD multiple times) and I never knew about this! Cheers!
@buffettfan7 ай бұрын
@@mustlearnmore4884 It took me a long time to see it as well.
@TheSchaef476 ай бұрын
They must have cut a scene that would have made that connection more firmly, instead of him magically showing up at the end.
@johnestell34427 ай бұрын
As a fellow African American male RDJ's performance had me in tears! My stomach hurt watching this movie. Wasn't offended at all, because they were making fun of Hollywood.🤣
@gloriatobias62165 ай бұрын
Hes the only actor that could pull it off on a worldwide stage. It was blackface turned at Hollywood. Not making fun of black people. I thought it was smart also. Couldn't be done today as everyone is offended by the sun being too bright and the night being too dark .
@bipolarewok7 ай бұрын
Here's a funny story about method acting. When Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Oliver were working on the movie Marathon man, Hoffman played a sleep-deprived character, and stayed up for three days straight for a scene. When he told Oliver about it Oliver responded with "My dear boy, why don't you just try acting?"
@ZackScroggins5 ай бұрын
There's a similar story about Tim Allen and Allan Rickman during the filming of Galaxy Quest.
@zbennalley7 ай бұрын
RDJ did the narration for the booty sweat commercial, and the funny thing about the beginning is that if you watched this in theaters, it played alongside other trailers, so you didn't know the movie started yet lol
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
That is brilliant! What a way to start your film and what an experience that must've been in the theater. People were probably a bit confused until they caught on 🤣
@shirleydurr4117 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnights That's how I saw it in the theater. I was about to make another trip to concessions when the first commercial started until I recognized Brandon T. Jackson. I started yelling to other people getting in my line of vision to sit down because the movie had started. Maybe they were too scared of the Black woman ordering them to sit down to disobey.
@jeremyv34707 ай бұрын
Robert Downey ACTUALLY finally drops his character at the end of the DVD Commentary. The DVD Commentary is equally as hilarious as the movie.
@RhapsodyinGlue7 ай бұрын
thanks, was shocked far i had to scroll to see a mention of that. I mean that was the cherry on top of the Meta aspect.
@alevelazco107 ай бұрын
i recommend to watch it with the commentary, is even funnier
@MattB2603Ай бұрын
Yes he went from Lincoln Osiris to Kirk Lazarus and finally RDJ with his voice.
@Khay-777 ай бұрын
One of the most original scripts to come out in a long time for a comedy.
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Definitely original! And they managed to drive their point all the way!
@thegladve7 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnights thank you so much for this I needed that laugh today.
@patrickevans96047 ай бұрын
And bringing in Downey was quite a risk at the time because he was still considered to be too much trouble to bring in on projects. This movie released the same year as Iron man, but hit theaters before that career resurgence for him
@alexfielding71917 ай бұрын
So proud that they refuse to apologise for this film.
@CgGoil7 ай бұрын
And they shouldnt. I dont see what they have to apologise for.
@georgealvarez11957 ай бұрын
cant stand this "we exist in modern times so we know better and are better" mindset, especially after a certain ovid sickness proved them to be wrong. no actually you arent smarter, arent more "educated", arent more "sensitive to racial issues" than any other generations simply because we were born in "modern times" . Its been proven we are just as dumb.
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise6 ай бұрын
The only people mad about this are this new generation who are mad at literally everything. Theyre constantly mad at comedians and actively boycotting them wherever and whenever they can, then ignoring people who say things and actually mean it.
@hopthefencetofreedom6 ай бұрын
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaisereminds me of boomers constantly cancelling literally everything they don't like, anything unchristian, anything slightly weird or out of the ordinary etc. it seems we've come full circle!
@hopthefencetofreedom6 ай бұрын
@Jimbo-zn6oz it's the truth. Boomers are the OG snowflakes. Cancelling games, films, music that they don't agree with. Mom's for Liberty etc etc. They invented the trend!
@V0ltron7 ай бұрын
"I'm the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! You the dude that don't know what dude he is!" I loved that line!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
His delivery throughout was so damn good! He has some incredible comedy skills!
@seanbrookshier14667 ай бұрын
Best line ever
@gerhen45057 ай бұрын
Yup RDJ playing Lazarus disguised as Osiris. Amazing......
@IcarusDrowning-gz8se7 ай бұрын
@@gerhen4505 Yes! Most people seem to miss that point. That's not Kirk Lazarus speaking. That's actually RDJ. An extra layer of meta that slips by most people lol. Good catch
@brandonbanks43947 ай бұрын
He's Robert Downey playing and Australian disguised as a black man. He's the dude playing a dude.. disguised as another dude. He deserves the oscar
@kylec2547 ай бұрын
This is, without a doubt, the gold standard for meta comedy. Just the idea of actors playing actors playing characters alone is well worth it.
@ravensdark997 ай бұрын
This is hands down one of the best comedies of all time. RDJ somehow managed to nail that char and make it funny without being really offensive..I have never ever seen anybody else been able to pull that off
@adamcrandall40176 ай бұрын
Why do you think they had Toby McGuire and the whole “everybody’s gay sometimes” line. It was to establish that this dude goes insanely far into it so much so that he most definitely had intimate relations with Toby. Just for the role. That’s really the only way it was to be handled. And why the majority of people don’t find this particular role to be offensive. Instead it’s epic.
@plectrumura7 ай бұрын
RDJ fighting his face back into a scowl after grinning involuntarily is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. This movie is such a classic. Fun fact: I actually recognized the Jefferson’s theme song before it was remarked on and I was already nearly in tears.
@lacko6237 ай бұрын
I think the line "Alpa, when you wrote 'I love da pu$$y, was ya thinkin' about danglin' your dice on Lance's forehead?" doesn't get enough appreciation 🤣 Loved your reaction and your insight. This movie is one of my absolute favorite comedies. I remember watching it in theaters on the same day as Iron Man 😄
@bradclements95177 ай бұрын
It probably won't surprise you to know that RDJ was nominated for an Oscar for this role.
@Carandini7 ай бұрын
Shame he lost to Tugg Speedman.
@hugechunkydragon89847 ай бұрын
He woulda won if The Dark Knight didn’t come out the same year
@renestuder5156 ай бұрын
@@hugechunkydragon8984Exactly. I felt a bit bad for Downey Jr. being up against Heath Ledger that year. Ledgers win was 100% certain (and well deserved).
@sebastianseptiadi24207 ай бұрын
28:20 “For 400 years, that word has kept us down.” 😂
@emmanueljosephsuebu7294Ай бұрын
I can't get enough of it;especially the way RDJ said "you about to cross some fuckin' line."😂😂😂
@teresas817325 күн бұрын
Few people realize that’s a theme song from the iconic sitcom “The Jeffersons”.
@ChrisMovieMisfit7 ай бұрын
Another fun fact for you, when Ben Stiller asked Tom Cruise to do this, Tom actually asked if he could have fat hands and he wanted to dance. He was really insistant about it. Ben Stiller didn't understand this request until Tom did it. So Tom basically made the Les Grossman character what it was lol.
@V01t27 ай бұрын
"Who the criky f$ck is half squat?!" This is RDJ's magnum opus 🤣
@clevelandcbi7 ай бұрын
I laughed so hard when he called Tugg "Captain Simple Jack" 😂😂😂
@clevelandcbi7 ай бұрын
Getting offended at the Crocodile Dundee joke while keeping in character as a black American killed me. "Pump the brakes, kid. That man's a?national treasure." 😂😂
@batmanvsjoker77257 ай бұрын
The characters in this movie are basically parodies of actual people in Hollywood. The action star, the warshed up comedy star, the extreme method actor, etc. This movie is a satirical take on Hollywood and I love it!
@gloriatobias62165 ай бұрын
Pretty sure Jack was parodying Real life Robert Downey Jr. This generation has no idea what he was before iorn man. He was unwell to say the very least. Anyone under 25 only knows him as the hero that literally saved the universe and that's honestly inspiring. Him saving his own life was a public miracle.
@jjkcharlie7 ай бұрын
I don't drop character until I've done the DVD commentary. Ain't no lie. I watched the commentary.
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
No way…he was still in character!? 😂
@jjkcharlie7 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnights yes. All the way until the last 10-15 min.
@@OfficialMediaKnights He played a hardcore thespian in the movie, and then did the commentary so hard that Ben Stiller remarked on how he -- RDJ the person -- was just showing off how good of an actor he was. Ben apparently felt showed up like his character in the movie! haha
@gsf237 ай бұрын
From what I have heard, Stiller originally wanted Cruise to play the agent. After reading the script, Cruise told Ben that he needed to have the studio perspective to tie it all together. So, Ben added the studio part, gave it back to Cruise and Cruise said he would play the studio exec but only if he could have fat hands and dance.
@patrickevans96047 ай бұрын
Actually the agent was originally supposed to be played by Owen Wilson but he had just tried to kill himself and was struggling mentally so Matthew took that role. Tom was only ever supposed to give him a critique of the script and suggested the movie exec les Grossman. That's the only role Tom even considered or was asked to play in it
@PandezPanda7 ай бұрын
apparently jack black was doing (or just got) Kung Fu Panda at the time and wouldn't stop talking about it on set - so they added in Ben Stiller's love of / killing a panda LOL
@sammitchell36577 ай бұрын
That's awesome never knew that
@nathanlindahl83367 ай бұрын
I can’t believe you guys never saw this! I’m ecstatic you hadn’t cuz it’s an absolute TREAT to watch your reactions!!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
That means a lot to us! Thank you for watching these with us 😃
@SG-js2qn7 ай бұрын
This is IMO a Hall of Fame comedy. There's a lot of great comedies, but for all the crudity, this one is a notch above most, because of all the meta layers and excellent performances.
@robling19377 ай бұрын
One thing that cracks me up is the first time I saw this movie, I hated it. I think I was pretty newly in the army and expected it to be more serious, and because it wasn't I hated it. Then years later, a buddy put it on one night while a bunch of us were hanging out and drinking. I almost pissed my freaking pants watching it and have been in love with it ever since.
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Sometimes you gotta give a movie a second try. We actually do this with every film we’ve hated or disliked because you never know. Sometimes it’s just your mindset! Glad you enjoyed it eventually!
@Cifer777 ай бұрын
"an incredibly tan RDJ" Oh bless your heart... lol
@MattB26037 ай бұрын
That is the funniest and most tactful description of RDJ's character in this.
@LesDexia137 ай бұрын
You know you're watching a good satire when you start scream-laughing.
@los_reyes18727 ай бұрын
Where ben stiller did the pose in the beginning of the movie with epic music was from a vietnam movie called Platoon. Definitely worth a watch.
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
It’s on our list! Gotta give it a watch soon 😄
@phj2237 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnights It's a classic, and part of director/writer Oliver Stone's informal trilogy on the Vietnam War, the other two movies being "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989) and "Heaven and Earth" (1993), both great movies as well. Funnily enough, Tom Cruise is the lead in "Born on the Fourth of July", and to this date it's my favorite of his performances, and in "Heaven and Earth", Tommy Lee Jones delivers some absolutely haunting scenes.
@thecelticblog7 ай бұрын
Praise God! Music to my ears! @@OfficialMediaKnights
@Bosston627 ай бұрын
I’ll never not watch a reaction for Tropic thunder. Truly one of the greatest comedy movies ever made IMO
@MartinMundorf7 ай бұрын
at least... Im not the only one with that very habit! :D
@orlandoawilliams7997 ай бұрын
I saw this in the theater. I decided that for the first time I'd watch a DVD commentary. It was worth it. It's still the only one I've ever watched. RDJ deserves an award. 😂
@batmanvsjoker77257 ай бұрын
Robert Downey Jr playing a parody of Daniel Day-Lewis will just never get old
@KenseiSanjian7 ай бұрын
"Spit that script $hit out!"😂😂😂
@JohnBogna7 ай бұрын
*blinks and grins like a maniac*
@razorfett1477 ай бұрын
That brief moment of RDJ breaking character for a couple seconds with that half smile was just sooo mint 😂😂😂
@stevenmonte73977 ай бұрын
Such a great line! RDJ was so epic!
@clockwork2047 ай бұрын
@@razorfett147 one of my favorite scenes. He just looks so goofy. And that smile is so infectious, especially knowing it's a genuine character break.
@boddaboom772 ай бұрын
@razorfett147 so glad they left that in.
@TheLwaller097 ай бұрын
Sadly, this is the last documented instance of Kirk Lazarus surfacing for air and where we get to see him as he was. Later that year (2008), he would take on herculean task of becoming Robert Downey Jr, playing Tony Stark, playing Iron Man. A role in which Lazarus has become consumed by, and has not broken character even once in the last 16 years, even raising a family as the Robert Downey Jr character. Truly method.
@ricardorgomez7 ай бұрын
I was dating someone who made me watch movies I would never watch. This was on the list..... By far one of the funniest movies I had ever seen. Downey Jr.'s performance was AMAZING! He talked quite a bit about the experience. He LOVED it. Loved your reaction! I thought Denise was going to bust a gutt!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
This was incredibly funny! The Hollywood criticism left and right, the actors delivering these lines flawlessly while keeping a straight face! That’s how you do it! Thank you for watching this with us😄
@SubterrelProspector7 ай бұрын
I love you guys. Probably the most entertaining and savvy reactors here. But I can tell you guys struggled with this. Like you sometimes didn't know if you should laugh or not. I promise you, you're suppose to laugh at all of it. Audiences completely understood the joke in 2008 (it being a satire of Hollywood). RDJ was nominated for best suporting actor Oscar for his role. The only contentious thing about the film that was discussed was how frequent the "R" word is used. Not that it was used in general. People STILL understood what Stiller was making fun of (Hollywood's self importance, apathy, and cheapening of real people's struggles and experiences).
@JohnDAmico-ci2hz7 ай бұрын
Ya, seems like so many of the inside jokes went right over their heads along with the countless memes.... One can tell they don't react to many Comedy's....
@seanbrookshier14667 ай бұрын
I agree, Absolutely the best pair of reaction and reviewing of movies. I am so glad I came across them. Watched about half of all they did so far and will watch all.. very talented pair here..
@batmanvsjoker77257 ай бұрын
Tom's angry rant at the drug dealers is simply gold 😂
@WolfHreda7 ай бұрын
If any of you haven't seen The Gentlemen, you definitely should. Guy Ritchie absolutely crushed it, and McConaughey is great in it.
@VictorD807 ай бұрын
So many movie references: Platoon; Blair Witch; Close Encounters; Apocalypse Now and more.
@tigqc7 ай бұрын
The main point a lot of people miss with Robert Downey Jr.'s "Full R****d" speech is how Hollywood tends to treat acting rolls that involve the handicapped and LGBTIQA+. You might've noticed in the pictures at the end that's what every actor other than Ben Stiller was nominated for before Kirk announced the winner.
@pemp96067 ай бұрын
The disability films definitely dominated the Oscar’s in the 99’s and early 2000s. A lot of them were great but some of them were definitely distasteful. It stopped being about the characters and more about getting praise from the academy.
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Oh absolutely!! It's astounding that people with disabilities, who actually belong to the LGBTQIA+ community get overlooked for parts they are right for and it's still happening. Same thing goes for them casting a white man from Australia, paying for his genetic surgery to play a Black man in a Black part and not hiring someone who is actually, you know, Black.
@FaithfulHorrorhound7 ай бұрын
Oh, like Disney's last 25 years.
@VictorD807 ай бұрын
RDJ's performance is not offensive because it's not demeaning or degrading. I know some who speak in this manner. Especially during the '70's.
@CgGoil7 ай бұрын
The important thing is also to remember, that he isnt playing a black guy in this. He is playing a guy, who is playing a black guy, and therefore the way he talks is based on his characters prejudice.
@seanbrookshier14667 ай бұрын
What do you mean "you people"? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "YOU PEOPLE"? Hahahaha. Love it
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
The fact that he was able to keep a straight face through all that! 😂
@Nekotaku_TV7 ай бұрын
I don't get it.
@michaeltrivette17287 ай бұрын
@@Nekotaku_TV You wouldn't. You have to be this tall to ride.
@Nekotaku_TV7 ай бұрын
wat@@michaeltrivette1728
@Daveyboy1008807 ай бұрын
As much as I enjoyed the reaction, I enjoyed the post-movie chat even more! So insightful and genuine, and appropriate to the film. It is indeed a minor miracle that this film got made and on such a large scale, and also that it is as good as it is. Major props to Ben Stiller (and Tom Cruise!), and to our Media Knights for taking the time at the end to explain their thoughts and feelings so well. As a side note, one of my favourite bits that never really gets mentioned is at the end when we see Tugg Speedman’s fellow nominees, featuring Sean Penn playing a blind guy and Tom Hanks playing a guy in a wheelchair! Both actors had been accused of doing exactly what Tugg did with Simple Jack, so I loved seeing that! I’m guessing they both must’ve given their permission for their likenesses to be used as well, so good on them for being sports.
@satyadasgumbyji89567 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise stole the show for me. After this came out I read somewhere they were working on a sequel of sorts starring Grossman character. Then Cruise surprised an audience at some awards show in full characters & I was psyched af. Then I never heard anything else about it.😔 See ya! ✌️🌎❤️
@MrQuinn-tc3uo7 ай бұрын
He took the money and the plane,but he used it to save tug. Quick scene in the end shows him on the plane with his son.
@datswassup076 ай бұрын
As a black man, seeing Robert Downey Jr play a black man is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life 😂
@RockPowerUSA7 ай бұрын
I'm just telling you as a movie watcher that I love this reaction from you even though I've seen so many from others I want to tell you how enjoyable it was to watch with you guys. People have been waiting for you for this moment. My life is completed on this journey of Tropic Thunder reactioners.😂❤😊
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
That means the world to us! Thank you for watching this with us ❤️
@voorheesjason31617 ай бұрын
Ben Stiller though ... his face expressions are awesome 👌🏼 RDJ ... wow, best 🙏 Jack Black ... ridiculously brilliant 👌🏼
@louielouie227 ай бұрын
American Made. One of Tom Cruise's best in my opinion. It was a crazy true story.
@jishin757 ай бұрын
Under the radar movie. Pun intended.
@ryankomisarz16437 ай бұрын
Hilariously listening to actor Jay Baruchel “the kid” playing Kevin Sandusky, - shouting cuss words left and right knowing he voices Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon makes all his interactions 20 times more funnier to me LOL.
@ZwiekszoneRyzyko7 ай бұрын
He doesn't get enough credit for this movie. Too many good performances and he gets overlooked.
@teresas817325 күн бұрын
@@ZwiekszoneRyzykoI agree, he’s so good in this. He plays the one “normal” character amongst all the “insecure” ones he’s working with and that contrast legit makes the film even funnier. Ben Stiller wrote a great comedic script for EVERYONE in this movie.
@sleepyandsalty7 ай бұрын
Stiller losing it while talking to RDJ is a spoof of Marlon Brando/Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now's climactic scene. Fantastic film, I know you guys enjoy Coppola
@timothypage2527 ай бұрын
I love how RDJ literally did the commentary in character.
@DenimDasher857 ай бұрын
I’ve never been a fan of chocolate or energy drinks, but to this day I still want some “Booty Sweat” and a “Bust-A-Nut Bar” 😂😂😂
@andyc13187 ай бұрын
RDJ was amazing in this and actually was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor. Terrific movie that could never be made today.
@gloriatobias62165 ай бұрын
Never. Today people get personally offended when their clothes are still damp from the dryer... from their own dryer. I think the term is dryphobic.
@batmanvsjoker77257 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise said he would only be in this movie if: -he had fat fingers -he would dance Not a huge fan of the man, but that is honestly iconic
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Him being the studio exec was the perfect choice. He embodied Hollywood’s true face!
@germanmagicstories7 ай бұрын
I absolutely adore this movie. I think it is Ben Stillers best movie as director and as a movie fan I love this satirical point of view to the industry. I didn`t recognize Tom Cruise until I saw the credits. Love every scene with him in it. Especially the first call of flaming dragon and Tom yelling at them. Ben asked him if he wanted to be in this movie and Tom said. "Only when I have huge hands and may dance!" Every role was casted and written amazingly and everyone did a great job. You see and feel the mental issues every role in this movie has. Absolutely amazing work of art
@NoelMcGinnis7 ай бұрын
Jeff Portnoy had his gun hidden in his 'prison wallet'. 😂
@ramon.rnt19927 ай бұрын
This is If "screw it" and "wtf" was a movie and im here for it. Everytime i need a laugh i put on this movie. Prob wont be a movie like this in a long time! So ballsy hahahaha
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Lol factsss!! Honestly, we both were amazed it was made even back when it was! The unforgivingly harsh critiques of studios were relentless and hilarious!
@haraldisdead7 ай бұрын
Good shit for not taking yourself too seriously, Toby McqGuire.
@GershomSeventyEight6 ай бұрын
Absolutely, nothing messed up or offensive about any of the humor in this movie! It's pure gold!! No apologies.
@batmanvsjoker77257 ай бұрын
I could watch Les Grossman dancing for hours
@VictorD807 ай бұрын
From a so called Black man, as a "Black" man RDJ is perfect! Also an homage to his father, Robert Downey, who did the voice of a "Black"man fire his movie Putney Swope (1969). I use the Malcolm X term "so called" because there is no country Black. So there are no Black people. And every human is a shade of coffee brown. Love this movie.
@Tampahop7 ай бұрын
Brilliant comedy and satire. This movie completely changed my opinion of Ben Stiller. Between this and Dodgeball, Ben Stiller is making some of the best comedies ever.
@TJSaw7 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Les Grossman was Tom Cruise’s idea. The original script didn’t have a studio exec bearing down on the production team and Cruise felt that they needed that weight to make things more interesting. He loved the finished script so much that he decided to play Grossman. “I need fat hands and I’m gonna dance”, he said to Stiller 😂
@elbruces7 ай бұрын
Seeing this in theaters was like... you see some trailers and ads... and then you see some more, and they keep getting weirder, and once you get it, you're like "wait, how many of the ones I already watched were fake?" Genius.
@matthewweng848324 күн бұрын
'We dont negotiate with terrorists.' Not only is it meta for Cruise, but he's a frigging film producer... lol
@bethcushway4587 ай бұрын
"I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!" RDJ's face when he says that line never fails to kill me. You can see he's so close to breaking🤣🤣🤣
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Hahahah that line and the delivery was so preposterous and amazing!
@captgeech7 ай бұрын
@@OfficialMediaKnightstheres a reel on youtube of the raw footage from that scene it's pretty fascinating
@aielan7 ай бұрын
Great reaction! Not only is this an awesome movie, but I can say that I got married at the same time where some of this movie was filmed. I was in Kauai in July of 2007 and stayed in a resort 2 down from the scene where Les Grossman had the remote feed with the crew - my wife and I walked through the set either before it was set up or after it was taken down. I also flew in a helicopter over the set/scene at the beginning where the jets blew up the tree line (saw the treeline and the tents from above - assuming before being blown up as I didn't see anything burned).
@mrjackpots13267 ай бұрын
There are very few movies like this, for obvious reasons. Mel Brooks is the only other director I can think of who satirizes Hollywood, although he does it with more affection. Stiller is a power in Hollywood so he can do pretty much whatever he wants. Among his many awards is a Teen Choice Award for best hissy fit in 2002's Zoolander. Tropic Thunder heavily references Apocalypse Now and Platoon. The scene of Stiller getting riddled with bullets at the beginning is identical to a scene in Platoon where Willem Dafoe's character dies.
@MikkosFree7 ай бұрын
If you really want to see RDJ do amazing voice work, try reacting to Heart and Soul.
@JustGrowingUp847 ай бұрын
My favorite satire, together with Team America!
@seanbrookshier14667 ай бұрын
America, fuck yeah!! Lol
@JustGrowingUp847 ай бұрын
@@seanbrookshier1466 I sense - waves hand like a Jedi - that I like your comment!
@7thsealord8887 ай бұрын
With all you were saying about how you expected the movie to go, I was just living for that moment when the landmine went off, and you both went "Holy S##t!" Priceless. :)
@mikenadanada74307 ай бұрын
McConaughey is the BEST agent EVER !!! Lol... Long live Tivo 😂
@imbombero7 ай бұрын
I love how you two kept thinking you knew how the plot was going only to have the carpet pulled….this was such a well done goofy movie!
@JaRW77 ай бұрын
I remember being legit confused if booty sweat was a real product when that came on in the theater. After watching similar ads and trailers, we didn’t know the movie had started until the Scorcher trailer.
@Mr-gg8ek7 ай бұрын
Surprised to have read really far into the comments and no one had mentioned RDJ was nominated for an Oscar for this role. Unheard of for a comedic role. The only other one I can think of is Kevin Kline for A Fish Called Wanda... and he won!
@cruelangel86897 ай бұрын
And I still would have given it to him instead of Ledger.
@WokenAsc7 ай бұрын
There Is no fucking way in hell they could make this movie today 🤣 Tropic Thunder is a treasure we have to protect at all cost.
@pemp96067 ай бұрын
Which is sad
@pangaea907 ай бұрын
This movie is definitely a National Treasure. One of the best comedies ever made and all the actors and writers (esp. Ben Stiller's genius) are underpaid
@ricardorgomez7 ай бұрын
Actually, Downey Jr. said on Rogan "Well, you CAN.....".. But there was a healthy dose of sarcasm with that comment.
@gryndyl7 ай бұрын
Naw, sure they could. This movie was never as controversial as everyone seems to think it was.
@nihlify7 ай бұрын
I think he was serious. It just that few big name actors would want to put their name on the project and the backlash would be bigger.@@ricardorgomez
@jtlynn19286 ай бұрын
This was when everyone had a sense of humor and DIDN'T CRY ABOUT EVERYTHING 😢❤
@tigrecito487 ай бұрын
anyone who doesnt like this movie could never be my friend
@Noelia-Nedds-You7 ай бұрын
The fact these two laughed even when they thought they weren't "supposed to" gives me hope for this lost generation
@EmoDragracer7 ай бұрын
So lost. Sure.
@kevinshelley28037 ай бұрын
@@EmoDragracer Better believe it.
@Tumbleweed_7 ай бұрын
Yeah 👍
@MajaZaguan7 ай бұрын
Denise's laugh reminded me to recommend "Amadeus"! Milos Forman made a timeless masterpiece, it's worth watching it for sure!
@Sir_AlexxTv7 ай бұрын
With all the stupid cancel culture that exists today they couldn't make a film like this, absolutely brilliant. 😂
@alexandervasel68457 ай бұрын
I saw this movie at the theater and loved it. Thanks for letting me see it again through your eyes!
@TheGrumpyHobo7 ай бұрын
Fun fact: while being tied up on the back of the cow thing, jack black got bucked off so hard he did a full backflip and almost hit his head on a rock. He said it's the closest he's ever come to dieing on set. Sadly, the camra wasnt rolling so theres no footage of it.
@aspeckt17 ай бұрын
This is by far the best war movie y'all have ever reacted too
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Woah! And we’ve got some pretty heavy contenders 😂
@JeshuaSquirrel7 ай бұрын
I appreciate that you picked up on what the character of Grossman was lampooning. That character was suggested by Tom Cruise after reviewing the script for Stiller.
@mikeburke87727 ай бұрын
The end scene where Tom Cruise is dancing has absolutely nothing to do with anything else in the movie. But it’s hilarious and I can’t picture the film without it.
@IZZY_EDIBLE5 ай бұрын
RDJ is so good, not only was he not crucified for TROPIC THUNDER, he earned his 2nd Oscar nod for it.
@thehorrorcounselors47477 ай бұрын
I love that you guys find the humour in these comedies, So many people were outraged with tropic thunder, but the fact that you guys got it, just makes you more awesome!
@OfficialMediaKnights7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Comedy is a tricky thing, it's all about context. Satire specifically is notorious for criticizing while making you smile but still driving the point home. If you can understand what the satire is criticizing then you can definitely find this type of comedy funny. This was brilliant!
@user-zp4ge3yp2o7 ай бұрын
Did anyone kick up a fuss about this film? I don't remember it
@juliorivera57857 ай бұрын
RDJ ACTUALLY recieved an Oscar nomination for Tropic Thunder!
@allenruss29767 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Finally a reaction that actually gets it. And thank you for being the only ones to recognize Nick Nolte. Loved every minute of this reaction
@devdweightАй бұрын
Genuinely my favorite comedy of all time. Like y’all said just so meticulously crafted and well done. Nothing could ever replicate it or nobody could even try.
@theeLonelyRedPanda7 ай бұрын
During the mtv movie awards the year it came out this film was nominated in a category. And as promotional material and a bloody fun time. They got tom to come out as the character and he performed a whole routine. Even got to dance with JLo. Whole performance isn't on youtube but you are able to find bits and pieces about.
@timwalsh74847 ай бұрын
I've said it before and I'll say it again, you guys are by far the best movie reaction channel. You guys truly understand and appreciate the movies you are watching and give a insightful and entertaining analysis. Great work as usual!
@georgeprchal39247 ай бұрын
"Simple Jack belong to us now!'
@BigMike2467 ай бұрын
Watching Tom Cruise dancing through the credits was almost worth the ticket price in itself.
@nicholasstehl63757 ай бұрын
I love Bill Hardee’s audition story for this. He went in and Ben Stiller said he heard he could do an impression of one of the guys on set. Hader did the impression and Ben Stiller laughed like crazy and gave him the part without an actual audition for the character. That’s how he played him too, specifically in the ending scene.