You have to watch the behind the scenes short film. It’s a 10 min documentary of “Kirk Lazarus” immersing himself in his character by hiring some black people to be his family. Literal comedy gold.
that happened to me too! I saw the 3 of them promote the movie IRT on the MTV movie awards and when I saw it in the theater? The first war scene? 🤣 I was like where's RDJ??
It's impossible to take this movie as disrespectful when you realize it's making fun of the exact thing you're claiming is disrespectful. Such a masterfully made comedy.
@@kindofabigdeal7284I enjoy people reacting to this movie quite a bit and so far not one person (no matter what skin colour) was offended by that character - quite on the contrary, he's many people's favourite part of the movie. :) Well, SOME light skinned people have a second or two where you see them thinking "OMG, can I laugh about this?", while dark skinned reviewers go in laughing out loud from the beginning. And that is an observation I find a little funny in itself ^^. Everybody quickly gets that he's not making fun of dark skin (the way "classic" black face was used more often than not), but this is supposed to be an actor who takes his job WAY too far. I think they're called "method actors"? And sometimes you hear stories about some being WAY too much into their characters, like with the one who played the joker in the first Suicide Squad. The makeup itself is pretty damned impressive - hats off to the makeup people working on DowneyJr - and you really can forget you're watching a white guy in makeup, the acting completes the picture. :)
I like how he recognized RDJ immediately, but didn't register he was playing a black guy until she pointed it out. That's gotta be one heck of a complement to the actor.
It was even more confusing seeing it in theaters, because the real trailers lead right into those, so by the time you catch on, you're like "wait, how many of the other trailers I've already watched were fake?"
@@elbruces on top of that, in the theatrical cut, they even had the green "This trailer has been approved for audiences" screen before each one, so unless you caught some little details it was pretty much impossible to tell until they called Ben Stiller by the wrong name 😂
Not me, tbh. Since it was a satire of Hollywood movies, it didn't really fool anyone I knew back then. Of course, since the trailers hit closer to ACTUAL movies, it was understandable.@@elbruces
When I watched it with some friends (I had already seen it, they didn't), I literally hat to take the remote from them because they wanted to skip that part. They would not believe me it's part of the movie. XD
When RDJ says he "doesn't break character until he's done the DVD commentary", its not just a line. On the DVD commentary, he does the commentary as whatever role he's supposed to be on screen at the moment - Kirk Lazarus, Lincoln Osiris, Neil Armstrong, etc. Its like watching an entirely new, yet equally funny, movie to see it with the commentary on
Ben Stiller originally wanted Tom Cruise as the agent (the character played by Matthew McConaughey). Tom Cruise wanted to play a studio executive, wear the big arms, and dance. They wrote a whole new character for him, and that's what we have today.
McConaughey's agent role closely resembles Owen Wilson's mannerisms more, considering his extensive collabs with Ben Stiller. However, it was also during that time when Owen Wilson attempted to self-delete in 2007 and Matthew took over the role while Owen recovered.
Actually and technically he didn't do black face. He was playing an method actor, who did black face. That is a big difference. ;-) Being a murderer and playing as an actor murderer also ;-)
Rob McElhenny pulled it off in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Streaming services pulled the episode for racism, despite the joke being the same as it is in this movie - that the character is too ignorant and insensitive to realize how fucked up what he's doing actually is. There's also a few episodes where his wife, Kaitlin Olson, plays belligerent, racist charicaturrs, and is told how insensitive and wrong it is. Those are also pulled from streaming.
C Thomas Howell did it in an old movie called Soul Man with Rae Dawn Chong. He marked that he was black on a college app to get affirmative action and got in. Lol
Toby McGuire actually did win the MTV Movie Awards best kiss award. That wasn't even a joke. He won for Spiderman. RDJ did do the DVD commentary for this movie. Great reaction guys!
Apparently that was a really hard kiss to do, with water running in his nose while upside down. Lucky it was raining in some ways as Kirsten Dunst couldn't tell how much of it was snot from his nose! Slurp, slurp.
It's the most perfectly delivered "What the fuck?!!" that I've ever seen. An impossible mix of double take, confusion, anger, incredulity, and exasperation.
@@bigpictureguys8415 Yes. It's not 100% accurate but it is much more accurate than any other foreigner attempting it that I've heard. I'm not referring to the accent he uses throughout the movie as that's American. I'm referring to the accent he used in the interview scene at the beginning.
@@AlphaLimaXray I think Josh Brolin would've likely won that year, especially since he was the only Supporting Actor nominee that year in a Best Picture nominee.
My dad is a borderline movie historian, so most of my childhood was him showing me a wide variety of current and older movies. Me and my dad saw this together when it came out, and we were laughing until we cried because of how it simultaneously was a satire of a bunch of war movies and filmmaking in general. There were a ton of callbacks to other war movies throughout like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, We Were Soldiers, etc.
Sounds like me and my dad, he's very wise in real life and horror buff to movies, and we figure out conspiracies and shit and find Easter eggs from other movies❤😊😊
That was my late best friend's ATF scene. I still laugh picturing him completely losing it in the theater. He basically had the entire theater cracking up for 5 minutes. That and "dangle your dice on Lance's forehead" almost killed both of us. 😂😂😂
15:49 the “Never go full r*tard” scene of both one of the most ridiculous and yet most brilliant speeches in comedy history. Kirk makes incredibly accurate points about how the academy and Hollywood as a whole treat roles of people who are either autistic or mentally handicapped. Also Robert Downey Jr in fact stayed in character throughout the actual commentary for Tropic Thunder! Listen to it, it’s hilarious.😂😂
I mean...Sean Penn got nominated BECAUSE he went full retard,no one except the academy liked that shit. They might not have either but maybe felt bad. But I do agree that there's a lack of nuance and depth when you go full retard cause you play a condition more than a person.
Fun fact! When this came out in 2008 I got to see the premiere( they did it at Camp Pendleton, while I was a Marine), and Stiller, Downey Jr and Black rolled up in Humvees and took pics with everyone! It’s was pretty sweet. Nonstop laughing at the base theater.
So here's a question to think about. Is that line in reference to his character wearing blackface then dressing as a Chinese farmer, or is it in reference to himself playing an actor that in turn portrays someone else?
@@patrickevans9604basically he’s playing a dude, n that dude played a dude, who played a dude who did blackface it’s confusing af but that’s essentially the premise
Kirk Lazarus was meant to be a parody of guys like Heath Ledger and other method actors who were infamous for getting *way* to into their character (the film came out before he died). And Stiller really is that ripped for the role, he's talked about how brutal the diet and exercise regime was.
Daniel Day-Lewis would be a better example, since he was known for being method with pretty much every role he's accepted. AFAIK Ledger was only method for the Joker role, unless he started living like a knight and jousting for Knight's Tale and did a lot of -bareback- horseback riding for Broke Back Mountain.
@@Kaspar.C0LD I know that Heath didn't "go crazy" playing Joker like people exaggerated. Aaron Eckhart on the hospital scene remembered Heath muttering and pacing in Joker-mode when on set between takes; but on the way to makeup at the end of the day Heath pulled him aside talking normally "that was some good fucking work back there, man." By accounts he was in good spirits after wrap and couldn't wait to see how the movie would turn out. I think it really was just an accident, what happened.
Not really, it was more like he was dancing to a hip hop song during a makeup test. The crew thought it was funny so they worked it in the script. If I am wrong, I apologize.
I had a BLAST watching you guys watch this- Tropic Thunder is one of my all time favorites, and I KNEW you were not prepared for how magically insane it is! So glad you loved it!
Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise really did great in this movie. RDJ was nominated for an oscar in a supporting role, but that was the year of The Dark Knight, so it went to Heath Ledger, obviously. I also wonder if they're going to notice that Tom Cruise is even in the movie, it took me a couple of watches to realize :P
@@StayFractalesque Not sure what you’re trying to say? Prosthetics are pretty terrible, which I probably didn’t notice when I was younger. And I can’t remember ever actually seeing a Tom Cruise movie, so I probably don’t recognise his face very well
@@StayFractalesqueI actually did not notice when first watching until my friend that showed me the movie quit hinting at the surprise cameo and just flat out said, "that's Tom cruise bro" it wasn't exactly super obvious to everyone cause some of us were too busy enjoying the movie to figure out that was Tom in a fat suit
Dude! Your reaction to the director stepping on a "real" land mine and getting blown up unexpectedly was EPIC! It was the same way in the theater..."Uhhh...what just happened?".
The running across the bridge at the end, with the stabbing and tossing the kid, for you guys, is THE only falling out of the chair reaction I will ever respect....for now. lol
The farting scene at the first was a callback of what Eddie Murphy did in "The Nutty Professor (1996)" - He literally played many characters and they did the same family fart jokes.
this came out when i was in tech school in the military. they showed it at the theater in base. the whole place was roaring. stayed packed for the next week or two. i saw it 3 times
Wild ain’t it? Lol. I think he might’ve already been iron man I can’t remember which came first but both iron man and this came out in 2008. I’m glad politics wasn’t like it is now back then. Had this move been done later it would’ve offended a bunch of people and I bet Disney woulda fired him and cast someone else out of fear people would boycott them if they didn’t
@@jeremyroberts8822the two movies came out in the same year. Iron man was finishes filming first I believe, but came out later in the year due to more post production work being needed
The trailers at the start are actually doing a really big job to establish the characters. Tells us a lot about what kind of actors they are supposed to be.
You guys' reactions had me crying 😅😂😂 me and my late brother used to watch this together all the time. You guys were the perfect audience for this film! 👏 ❤
I was so confused that y’all didn’t get that the movie was making fun of actors and movie as a whole. I’m over here dying laughing that they are questioning literally everything.
Welcome to reaction videos from folks who grew up under the umbrella of identity politics.. ..they honestly don't even know what to think of it.. "am I allowed to laugh at this?" ..lmao
@@StayFractalesque That’s a bit unfair. They obviously enjoyed the movie and laughed at many of its scenes. They clearly didn’t have an issue with the blackface, as they found it hilarious. If they were politically correct, they would’ve been offended, but they weren’t. They didn’t understand some of the themes and commentary, but that doesn’t mean they’re politically correct.
I worked at my local cinema when this came out, i'll never forget the promotional banners we had organised the names as "Stiller Black Downie". Still makes me laugh to this day.
The early scene where Ben Stiller gets shot about 100 times is a parody of a scene from a serious Viet Nam movie, "Platoon", which happens to be awesome.
He’s a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! Hahaha. It’s just so outrageous - the baby flying through the air…hahaha. When Mair fell off his chair…hahaha.
Love your videos! My wife and I were sitting here in bed watching just to see your reaction to the “For four hundred years…” scene. Omg! We looked at each other and started laughing that the scene got you so hard it made y’all change clothes! 😂
Back when awards weren't infected with affirmative action and DEI agendas.. ..RDJ, the darling of the MCU, would be canceled in 5 minutes if this was made today..
22:18 I'm so glad you're not offended by RDJ's casting. However, as an Australian, I'm offended that they couldn't cast an Australian actor to portray an Australian actor. 😤
Good video, guys. My opinion is that RDJ didn't do blackface. His character did. His character took another character too far. It was clearly meant to be taken that way, as the actual black dude brought attention to it throughout the movie. It was comedy. It was funny.
Fun Fact RDJ's character says he stays in character until he is done with the DVD commentary. And RDJ does the DVD commentary in character as his movie character.
I subscribed just because of your reactions, especially when you just jump out of your seats and walk away. I was laughing my butt off when the director blew off on the mine, the Lance scene, and when the kid was thrown off his back. You 2 reactions are great. Great job guys, give me more.😂😂😂
You had the same realization as the entire movie theater did…Yes that is Tom cruise. When I saw this the entire place realized it at the same time and was like “Nooo way” lol Also Robert Downey Jr. is a legend for taking that role, he was actually pretty scared to do it but went out on a limb for it lol.
"Im just confused why Robert Downey Jr. looks like that."
Because he's the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude.
LOL
😂
Or is he a dude who has no idea what dude he is and claims to know what dude he is?...
I think he might be confused who he is though.
No, RDJ is the dude playing a dude playing the dude disguised as another dude.
You have to watch the behind the scenes short film. It’s a 10 min documentary of “Kirk Lazarus” immersing himself in his character by hiring some black people to be his family. Literal comedy gold.
Are you serious lol
@@dewanewelch1744it’s on RUclips. It’s funny
omg i need to see that, thank you. 😂😂 i cant wait.
@@dewanewelch1744 It's been 8 months, did you ever find the vids for it? They're crazy, lol.
Sophie not recognizing Robert Downey Jr is the greatest endorsement of this role I have ever seen.
that happened to me too! I saw the 3 of them promote the movie IRT on the MTV movie awards and when I saw it in the theater? The first war scene? 🤣 I was like where's RDJ??
I subscribed just because of this. Hahaha
Bruh, the movie is so funny, it's scary.. "I'm a little scared now to watch it.." ..don't be afraid to watch a comedy guys.. sheesh.
Instant sub. 😂
He should have got Oscar
It's impossible to take this movie as disrespectful when you realize it's making fun of the exact thing you're claiming is disrespectful. Such a masterfully made comedy.
Seriously. This movie is a classic
@@kindofabigdeal7284I enjoy people reacting to this movie quite a bit and so far not one person (no matter what skin colour) was offended by that character - quite on the contrary, he's many people's favourite part of the movie. :) Well, SOME light skinned people have a second or two where you see them thinking "OMG, can I laugh about this?", while dark skinned reviewers go in laughing out loud from the beginning. And that is an observation I find a little funny in itself ^^.
Everybody quickly gets that he's not making fun of dark skin (the way "classic" black face was used more often than not), but this is supposed to be an actor who takes his job WAY too far. I think they're called "method actors"? And sometimes you hear stories about some being WAY too much into their characters, like with the one who played the joker in the first Suicide Squad.
The makeup itself is pretty damned impressive - hats off to the makeup people working on DowneyJr - and you really can forget you're watching a white guy in makeup, the acting completes the picture. :)
@@commanderkruge Nah I've seen every reaction to this movie that's out there and the black reactors definitely mull it over more.
It's the best modern satire ever created
This
The moment she asks Where? LMAO!!! "WHY DOES HE LOOK BLACK?" LOL
I like how he recognized RDJ immediately, but didn't register he was playing a black guy until she pointed it out. That's gotta be one heck of a complement to the actor.
Busted out laughing when she said, "why he look black?" 😂
I love how confused every reactor gets when the fake trailers start.
It was even more confusing seeing it in theaters, because the real trailers lead right into those, so by the time you catch on, you're like "wait, how many of the other trailers I've already watched were fake?"
@@elbruces on top of that, in the theatrical cut, they even had the green "This trailer has been approved for audiences" screen before each one, so unless you caught some little details it was pretty much impossible to tell until they called Ben Stiller by the wrong name 😂
Not me, tbh. Since it was a satire of Hollywood movies, it didn't really fool anyone I knew back then. Of course, since the trailers hit closer to ACTUAL movies, it was understandable.@@elbruces
Shit was hilarious. Idk why no one got it
When I watched it with some friends (I had already seen it, they didn't), I literally hat to take the remote from them because they wanted to skip that part. They would not believe me it's part of the movie. XD
When RDJ says he "doesn't break character until he's done the DVD commentary", its not just a line. On the DVD commentary, he does the commentary as whatever role he's supposed to be on screen at the moment - Kirk Lazarus, Lincoln Osiris, Neil Armstrong, etc. Its like watching an entirely new, yet equally funny, movie to see it with the commentary on
This is a fact I can confirm... respect
That made me buy the DVD and it is the Greatest Commentary Ever
There’s a documentary they released on RUclips about making Tropic Thunder (the fake movie). It’s pretty neat
Get out! I have the DVD, gotta see it again this way
The commentary track is almost as good as the movie. Absolute gold.
Ben Stiller originally wanted Tom Cruise as the agent (the character played by Matthew McConaughey). Tom Cruise wanted to play a studio executive, wear the big arms, and dance. They wrote a whole new character for him, and that's what we have today.
Tom Cruise quote: "I want FAT HANDS and I'm going to DANCE"
And many actors have commented how the character is "spot on". Meaning there really are people that bad in the industry.
McConaughey's agent role closely resembles Owen Wilson's mannerisms more, considering his extensive collabs with Ben Stiller. However, it was also during that time when Owen Wilson attempted to self-delete in 2007 and Matthew took over the role while Owen recovered.
@@greyngoI think he was basically doing a Harvey Weinstein impersonation
@@greyngo I love that Tom was like "This is my chance to shit on every studio exec I've ever met and I'm not missing it"
RDJ the only white man alive to ever successfully pull off black face.
Actually and technically he didn't do black face. He was playing an method actor, who did black face.
That is a big difference. ;-) Being a murderer and playing as an actor murderer also ;-)
@mioszkrawec7793 ... dude RDJ murdered blackface in this... dude serial killed it so hard I need milk.
Rob McElhenny pulled it off in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Streaming services pulled the episode for racism, despite the joke being the same as it is in this movie - that the character is too ignorant and insensitive to realize how fucked up what he's doing actually is. There's also a few episodes where his wife, Kaitlin Olson, plays belligerent, racist charicaturrs, and is told how insensitive and wrong it is. Those are also pulled from streaming.
C Thomas Howell did it in an old movie called Soul Man with Rae Dawn Chong. He marked that he was black on a college app to get affirmative action and got in. Lol
And RDJ went home empty handed. Never go full blackface.
Toby McGuire actually did win the MTV Movie Awards best kiss award. That wasn't even a joke. He won for Spiderman. RDJ did do the DVD commentary for this movie. Great reaction guys!
Apparently that was a really hard kiss to do, with water running in his nose while upside down. Lucky it was raining in some ways as Kirsten Dunst couldn't tell how much of it was snot from his nose! Slurp, slurp.
That's why it's funny, it's a stupid award lol
@@sproductionsinc yes
To be fair, that kiss is surprisingly decent in dry conditions
Yeah the point of the bit is the contrast between Kirk Lazarus with his 5 Oscars and Tobey Maguire with his measly MTV best kiss award.
He didn't drop character until after the dvd commentary. That's dedication.
Facts! I remember when it came on DVD and turned on the commentary. He was still in character 😂😂😂
The commentary is so worth it
22:34 “For 400 years, that word has kept us down.” 😂
Ey just because it‘s a theme song doesn‘t make it not true.
I absolutely lost it the first time I saw that part. Had to pause the movie for like two minutes. I think it's Al's face that gets me
It's the most perfectly delivered "What the fuck?!!" that I've ever seen. An impossible mix of double take, confusion, anger, incredulity, and exasperation.
That is my favorite scene from the whole film. It's so damn hilarious.
😂😂😂
Everytime I watch that scene. It brings me back to when I watched in the theater. One of the best audience experiences. Everyone laughing!
5:53 "Why he looks black?" OMG you made my night lol😂
As an Australian I can say RDJ has done the most accurate Australian accent by a foreigner I've ever heard.
As an America, that's good to know.
Edit: OP secretly corrected themselves so now my comment makes no sense. :(
That can’t be true.
Seriously?
@@bigpictureguys8415 Yes. It's not 100% accurate but it is much more accurate than any other foreigner attempting it that I've heard.
I'm not referring to the accent he uses throughout the movie as that's American. I'm referring to the accent he used in the interview scene at the beginning.
Who in crikey fuck is Half Squat?
he did an Australian accent in natural born killers as well. (he also does excellent British accents )
My man lost it.. when Ben.. threw the little kid 😅
RDJ was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for this movie.
That is something that sounds fake but is actually true lol
Had he not been up against Heath Ledger as The Joker, that year, I bet Downey would've won. He played that role faultlessly.
@@AlphaLimaXray I think Josh Brolin would've likely won that year, especially since he was the only Supporting Actor nominee that year in a Best Picture nominee.
And he finally got one for Oppenhemier!
My dad is a borderline movie historian, so most of my childhood was him showing me a wide variety of current and older movies. Me and my dad saw this together when it came out, and we were laughing until we cried because of how it simultaneously was a satire of a bunch of war movies and filmmaking in general. There were a ton of callbacks to other war movies throughout like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, We Were Soldiers, etc.
Sounds like me and my dad, he's very wise in real life and horror buff to movies, and we figure out conspiracies and shit and find Easter eggs from other movies❤😊😊
Can he recommend any borderline movies?
Don't forget Defoe's death scene in "Platoon".
I almost fell out of my damn chair when Sophie said "I thought he was a black guy!" I was done... that did me TF in.. lol
The “400 years“ line hit you like a truck. Lol
"Gimme that goddamn map"😂😂gets me everytime 😂
Suck my unit! lol that whole exchange is awesome :D
That was my late best friend's ATF scene. I still laugh picturing him completely losing it in the theater. He basically had the entire theater cracking up for 5 minutes. That and "dangle your dice on Lance's forehead" almost killed both of us. 😂😂😂
Me too.😂
When he turns around, "fuck you!" 😂
Just the snatch of the map did it for me
That was the BEST reaction to the director blowing up I have ever seen! 😂😂😂😂😂
15:49 the “Never go full r*tard” scene of both one of the most ridiculous and yet most brilliant speeches in comedy history. Kirk makes incredibly accurate points about how the academy and Hollywood as a whole treat roles of people who are either autistic or mentally handicapped.
Also Robert Downey Jr in fact stayed in character throughout the actual commentary for Tropic Thunder! Listen to it, it’s hilarious.😂😂
It's a really good little speech, but from reactions, many people find it hard to parse, especially in the moment.
@@zegh8578 very good scene, but this braindamaged generation things its a bad word
It is a bad word lol, that's why they did the scene as they did... It's mean to be offensive@@thekingtserriednich9510
And they mute it wtf
I mean...Sean Penn got nominated BECAUSE he went full retard,no one except the academy liked that shit. They might not have either but maybe felt bad. But I do agree that there's a lack of nuance and depth when you go full retard cause you play a condition more than a person.
This is one of the greatest comedies of all time. Crazy that the year 2008 saw this masterpiece, along with Pineapple Express and Step Brothers.
Fun fact! When this came out in 2008 I got to see the premiere( they did it at Camp Pendleton, while I was a Marine), and Stiller, Downey Jr and Black rolled up in Humvees and took pics with everyone! It’s was pretty sweet. Nonstop laughing at the base theater.
Wow! That’s amazing! Thank you for your service. 🫡
Damn I wish I could have been in that room. The floors were probably shaking with laughter.
That’s so cool!!
You better have those framed in your living room!
@@wristcontr0lmy ex wife still has them in some album somewhere. :)
Tom Cruise actually dressed as this character for the MTV Movie Awards and danced on stage.
I remember that. Lol
I'm sad that he went crazy with Scientology, and fell out of love with Nicole.
Your reaction to Tug Speedman yeeting that little kid off the bridge made my day...amazing reaction vid!
That scene breaks people. It's one of the funniest things ever put on film.
YEET!!! 🤣
One of the few movies I've seen more than 20 times and still makes me laugh.
"I'm the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"
So here's a question to think about. Is that line in reference to his character wearing blackface then dressing as a Chinese farmer, or is it in reference to himself playing an actor that in turn portrays someone else?
@@patrickevans9604basically he’s playing a dude, n that dude played a dude, who played a dude who did blackface it’s confusing af but that’s essentially the premise
Best line make me laugh so hard every time.
@@patrickevans9604 yes....
ruclips.net/video/tKvqhlhXq9s/видео.html
This movie is satire at its best! Pure gold.
"man that's the theme song from the Jefferson's!"..... I saw this on opening night. It was CRAZY FUNNY!
Just because it’s a theme song don’t mean it not true
Robert Downey Jr’s character is a prime example of satire. I love the way he portrayed it, and how it was written.
Kirk Lazarus was meant to be a parody of guys like Heath Ledger and other method actors who were infamous for getting *way* to into their character (the film came out before he died).
And Stiller really is that ripped for the role, he's talked about how brutal the diet and exercise regime was.
Daniel Day-Lewis would be a better example, since he was known for being method with pretty much every role he's accepted. AFAIK Ledger was only method for the Joker role, unless he started living like a knight and jousting for Knight's Tale and did a lot of -bareback- horseback riding for Broke Back Mountain.
@@Kaspar.C0LD I know that Heath didn't "go crazy" playing Joker like people exaggerated.
Aaron Eckhart on the hospital scene remembered Heath muttering and pacing in Joker-mode when on set between takes; but on the way to makeup at the end of the day Heath pulled him aside talking normally "that was some good fucking work back there, man."
By accounts he was in good spirits after wrap and couldn't wait to see how the movie would turn out. I think it really was just an accident, what happened.
Ledger never did that. People spun a false narrative
Jared Leto is a much better example of an over-the-top method actor Joker, but that was way after this movie.
The movie came out 8 months after Heath died
RDJ's reaction to hearing Lance 😂
"Lance... Lance?? What the f*ck?!"
I love for a second he doesn't react... Then he does
@@ryans6280 "Almost" goes over his head ha ha
Great reaction y’all had me cracking up, she couldn’t tell he was RDJ. 😂😂 the whole reaction I was cracking up. 😂😂😊👏
Stuck on Ben Stiller having muscles, and RDJ playing a black guy the whole movie, and I'm totally here for it. 😂
Tom Cruise's conditions for doing the film were that he have big hands and do the dance routine.
a fat suit*
@@NewsofPEon camera he said he has 2 conditions. "I want fat hands and I wanna dance"
A real odd man
Not really, it was more like he was dancing to a hip hop song during a makeup test. The crew thought it was funny so they worked it in the script. If I am wrong, I apologize.
@@marcen12 i mean i heard that, that is the story about the big hands but if he's dancing BTS it was definitely his idea
I had a BLAST watching you guys watch this- Tropic Thunder is one of my all time favorites, and I KNEW you were not prepared for how magically insane it is! So glad you loved it!
Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise really did great in this movie. RDJ was nominated for an oscar in a supporting role, but that was the year of The Dark Knight, so it went to Heath Ledger, obviously. I also wonder if they're going to notice that Tom Cruise is even in the movie, it took me a couple of watches to realize :P
No, it did not.. everyone says that.. come on, don't cope for them.. it's sooo obviously Tom Cruise
@@StayFractalesque Not sure what you’re trying to say? Prosthetics are pretty terrible, which I probably didn’t notice when I was younger. And I can’t remember ever actually seeing a Tom Cruise movie, so I probably don’t recognise his face very well
@@StayFractalesquelol I watched a lot of Tom movies and even I was like hold up is that cruise? the moment he talked I was like yeah that’s him lmao.
Tom Cruise was my least favorite character, he was trying way to hard and it doesn't feel natural. Robert and Ben carried this movie.
@@StayFractalesqueI actually did not notice when first watching until my friend that showed me the movie quit hinting at the surprise cameo and just flat out said, "that's Tom cruise bro" it wasn't exactly super obvious to everyone cause some of us were too busy enjoying the movie to figure out that was Tom in a fat suit
Dude! Your reaction to the director stepping on a "real" land mine and getting blown up unexpectedly was EPIC! It was the same way in the theater..."Uhhh...what just happened?".
The running across the bridge at the end, with the stabbing and tossing the kid, for you guys, is THE only falling out of the chair reaction I will ever respect....for now. lol
The farting scene at the first was a callback of what Eddie Murphy did in "The Nutty Professor (1996)" - He literally played many characters and they did the same family fart jokes.
"Nobody says that out loud" 😂
Not today they don't but in 2008... everything was possible.
@@movieman175 Is that what your parents said to you? lol
yh people used to say that word out loud and it was never meant in a nice or positive way, always to look down on people.@@movieman175
Free speech .. get your head out of your governized ass bro
This movie could never be made today 😅
Such a great comedy
this came out when i was in tech school in the military. they showed it at the theater in base. the whole place was roaring. stayed packed for the next week or two. i saw it 3 times
I had just gotten out in 2007 and this movie was so good I legit saw it 6x in theaters
The Jack Black character is a heroin addict, he’s going through withdrawal; that’s why he’s acting like that.
They missed it cuz they don't pause the movie when they talk or laugh for a long time
RDJs literally a guy playing a guy playing another guy.
This mans ended up bein Iron Man ya'll. 🤣🤣🤣
as he should have
Wild ain’t it? Lol. I think he might’ve already been iron man I can’t remember which came first but both iron man and this came out in 2008. I’m glad politics wasn’t like it is now back then. Had this move been done later it would’ve offended a bunch of people and I bet Disney woulda fired him and cast someone else out of fear people would boycott them if they didn’t
@@jeremyroberts8822the two movies came out in the same year. Iron man was finishes filming first I believe, but came out later in the year due to more post production work being needed
Iron Man came out 3 months before Tropic Thunder
SO happy yall picked up on all the lil golden hilarious moments like when RDJ says “any tips ya got”
The explosion forward and to the side was a Tom Cruise Mission Impossible joke.
When I saw your reaction to Tugman throwing the kid off the bridge I lost it. LOL
The trailers at the start are actually doing a really big job to establish the characters. Tells us a lot about what kind of actors they are supposed to be.
You guys' reactions had me crying 😅😂😂 me and my late brother used to watch this together all the time. You guys were the perfect audience for this film! 👏 ❤
I was so confused that y’all didn’t get that the movie was making fun of actors and movie as a whole. I’m over here dying laughing that they are questioning literally everything.
Welcome to reaction videos from folks who grew up under the umbrella of identity politics.. ..they honestly don't even know what to think of it.. "am I allowed to laugh at this?" ..lmao
@@StayFractalesque That’s a bit unfair. They obviously enjoyed the movie and laughed at many of its scenes. They clearly didn’t have an issue with the blackface, as they found it hilarious. If they were politically correct, they would’ve been offended, but they weren’t. They didn’t understand some of the themes and commentary, but that doesn’t mean they’re politically correct.
Plus spoofing two of the biggest Vietnam movies Apocalypse Now, and Platoon.
That is not the premise of this movie. Wow.
This comment was written before watching the whole video and it shows
You guys jumping back from the explosion and Mair running out of frame are some of the best reactions I've seen for this movie.
It is a heroine plant. "I knew it was coke"😂😂😂
I worked at my local cinema when this came out, i'll never forget the promotional banners we had organised the names as "Stiller Black Downie". Still makes me laugh to this day.
"Just because it's the theme song for The Jeffersons doesn't make it not true."
This movie summed up in a quote: "What is happening?" XD
11:07 nearly spat my drink out at your reaction xD HILARIOUS FILM 10/10
Is that Toby Mcguire!!!??? LOLOLOL 😂😂😂😂
The early scene where Ben Stiller gets shot about 100 times is a parody of a scene from a serious Viet Nam movie, "Platoon", which happens to be awesome.
This is the best reaction!!! ❤❤❤ you guys made my night
He’s a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! Hahaha. It’s just so outrageous - the baby flying through the air…hahaha. When Mair fell off his chair…hahaha.
Y'alls reaction to the land mine seen was priceless 😂😂😂
“Sophie cmon they’re ACTORS” 😂😂😂🤣💀
RDJ delivered one of the funniest characters ever. He just killed it.
In the middle of watching as we speak, and I’m praying that you guys find out that home boy is Tom Cruise 🤣
5:37 THIS is the exact reaction we was waiting to see. A priceless capture of realisation from both of you 😂😂😂 SUBSCRIBED!!
I see Tropic Thunder, I click! 🤣😂😂😂 LETS GOOOO!! 👍😎👍
This movie had me CRYING in theatre!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Stiller just YEETING the kid always has me rolling!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Love your videos! My wife and I were sitting here in bed watching just to see your reaction to the “For four hundred years…” scene. Omg! We looked at each other and started laughing that the scene got you so hard it made y’all change clothes! 😂
Robert Downey Jr. was actually nominated for an Oscar for this movie. No JOKE.
Back when awards weren't infected with affirmative action and DEI agendas.. ..RDJ, the darling of the MCU, would be canceled in 5 minutes if this was made today..
and honestly he should've won it
@@NewsofPE damn straight
@@NewsofPEAny other year, sure. He wasnt beating Heath Ledgers Joker.
“for 400 years…..” 🤣🤣🤣 ☠️
Bro literally had to cover his face and dive upon his chair 😂
5:47 DAMN YOU!
"WHY IS HE BLACK?"
I was on the Floor😂Laughing!
Seen a bunch of Reaction shows... I spilled My JAVA ☕!
DAMN IT! 😡
22:18 I'm so glad you're not offended by RDJ's casting. However, as an Australian, I'm offended that they couldn't cast an Australian actor to portray an Australian actor. 😤
I love Jon Voight's cameo where he's mad that he lost the Oscar to Tugg
The director stepped on a land mine. That’s why he got blown up.
I saw this in the theater when it came out and the entire place was SCREAMING laughing 😂😂😂
This was by far the best reaction to Tropic Thunder I’ve seen. 😂😂😂
Good video, guys. My opinion is that RDJ didn't do blackface. His character did. His character took another character too far. It was clearly meant to be taken that way, as the actual black dude brought attention to it throughout the movie. It was comedy. It was funny.
Seen this in the theater. One of my favorite movies. Glad you enjoyed it!
The kid getting thrown always make me fall out of my chair laughing
I'm glad you guys enjoyed this hilarious movie! It always gets me.
Y'all...I have not belly laughed that hard in a long time.😂😂😂 your reaction is priceless
This was their try not to laugh challenge. We all died laughing the entire movie hahaha
"I was 8 years old when this came out"... and all of us old farts are crying now.
"Just cause it's a theme song doesn't make not true" 😂😂
Fun Fact RDJ's character says he stays in character until he is done with the DVD commentary. And RDJ does the DVD commentary in character as his movie character.
I subscribed just because of your reactions, especially when you just jump out of your seats and walk away. I was laughing my butt off when the director blew off on the mine, the Lance scene, and when the kid was thrown off his back. You 2 reactions are great. Great job guys, give me more.😂😂😂
You had the same realization as the entire movie theater did…Yes that is Tom cruise. When I saw this the entire place realized it at the same time and was like “Nooo way” lol Also Robert Downey Jr. is a legend for taking that role, he was actually pretty scared to do it but went out on a limb for it lol.
22:18 "I just realise they definitely gave him (RDJ) the black man part and not the black man."😂
Robert Dawney Jr actually got nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in this movie 😂😂
I very much enjoyed this reaction. The two of you are a lovely couple.
Black face makeup has never been a more funny reaction hahahah ❤️❤️❤️
It's not even real blackface, because you can actually believe they're black.
Watching your reactions is liking seeing the movie again for the first time. Terrific work!
This was the best tropic thunder reaction I’ve seen! Love your laughs at the Lance part hahah
I stayed home sick from work today! This was the perfect for you watch! It was so fun to see you guys laugh at all the parts! Thanks for making it
If you liked this movie y’all might like “Blazing Saddles”
Not sure if y’all watched it before but it’s one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.
The kid throwing scene got me l o l. 😂😂😂
I've seen countless reactions to this movie and y'alls is by far my favorite. That was great.