I caught Tropic Thunder this weekend and found it a little too broad for my tastes. The head-on scathing look at Hollywood was certainly funny but parts of it went a bit too far to the wayside. For instance, as much as I enjoy Jack Black, there is absolutely no reason for his character to be in the film other than to add body humor jokes. Those jokes just debase the insightful Hollywood-focused humor in the rest of the film and bring the whole project down a notch. In addition, Robert Downey Jr. is excellent but nearly all of his truly great lines are in the preview which I saw before every other movie I attended this summer. I have to note though that the one long RDJ speech not in the preview, which is the speech that has caused an uproar in the disabled community, is actually a dead-eye satire of Hollywood and the Oscars and is very, very funny.
Indeed, as you may have already heard, after you've seen the previews, the only material that will come as a truly delightful surprise are the scenes with Tom Cruise. I don't wish to ruin them for those who haven't seen the movie but trust me - he's hysterical. If only he could continue taking on parts like this where he can show off his true skills and avoid the leaden dramas (and keep his comments on psychology and love and life to a minimum), he could truly be the Golden Boy again.
P.S. Does anyone else have a burning desire to see Satan's Alley? Coming out in the fall when?
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