Summer Movie Review 2008 # 11: Tropic Thunder

Hands down, this is simply one of the best comedies I've seen in a while. With an all star cast top billed by Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr. It's hard not to laugh at some of the dire situations these people put themselves in. They play actors making a war movie in the mountains of Vietnam. When their prima-donna attitudes costs the director to lash out at them, veteran soldier Nick Nolte advises the director to take it to the extreme - have all the actors on set and film the movie in real life, only that it got too real. This is actually one of the better films I've seen this year. It's not the typical comedy where something happens and the audience laughs, it's made funny because of the situations and lines the characters engage in. With a load of cameos from Tom Cruise, Matthew Mcconaughey, Jason Bateman, Tobey McGuire, Alicia Silverstone and Jon Voight - this is a definite must-see for everyone. Applauses definitely go to Robert Downey, Jr for playing 'a dude playing another dude disguised as a dude'... Honestly, I can't stop laughing from start to finish. Tropic Thunder: 9/10