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“Tropic Thunder” Movie Disguised as Another Movie
Sep 4th
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Hotshots Movie Reviews
Movie Disguised as Another Movie
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
TROPIC THUNDER is an R-rated comedy that is a spoof of war movies, of Hollywood actors, and of Hollywood itself, but the best thing in it is a famous actor spoofing himself that you might not even recognize.
And, no, I am not talking about Robert Downey, Jr.
Nor am I talking about Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Nick Nolte, or Matthew McConaughey, who also appear in the movie.
The story is about the modern-day making of a Vietnam war movie, and it is one of those disastrous efforts in which everything that can go wrong does go wrong, and then even more goes wrong on top of that. In fact, after just five days of shooting in Southeast Asia, the project is already one month behind schedule.
The studio wants to shut down the production, but the director comes up with a novel plan to save time and money. He sets the five main actors down in the middle of the jungle, tells them that they have to reach a certain destination on a map, explosions will go off around them, hidden cameras will record the action, and the scene won’t be over until they reach their final destination.
Unfortunately, something goes horribly wrong right at the start and the production shuts down, but the actors don’t know that and keep following the plan.
One of them is Kirk Lazarus, an Australian five-time Oscar winner who is the epitome of method acting. He is playing a Black sergeant, has undergone a skin treatment that actually turned his skin dark, and he stays in character, he says, until he does the DVD commentary for the movie.
In fact, he says, “I’m the dude playing the dude, disguised as another dude.”
So, the movie becomes a one-joke movie: lost in the jungle without a clue.
But the actors fight among themselves, one gets separated from the rest, and it becomes a two-joke movie.
Then they encounter a drug gang whom they mistake for actors playing enemy soldiers, and it becomes a three-joke movie.
Finally, back in Hollywood the foul-mouthed head of the studio is ranting and raving, the lead actor’s agent is trying to negotiate perks for his client, and it becomes a four-joke movie.
TROPIC THUNDER is best described as a movie playing the movie, disguised as another movie.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Route 66 Travel Series
Feb 18th
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Route 66 Travel Series
Route 66 Travel Series
Route 66 - Part 1 - Chicago
November 13th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 2 - Illinois
November 12th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 3 - Missouri
November 10th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 4 - North East Oklahoma
November 9th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 5 - West Oklahoma
November 8th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 6 - Oklahoma & Missouri
November 7th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 7 - Oklahoma
November 6th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 8 - Texas & Oklahoma
November 5th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 9 - New Mexico
November 4th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 10 - New Mexico
November 3rd, 2014
Route 66 - Part 11 - New Mexico
November 2nd, 2014
Route 66 - Part 12 - New Mexico
November 1st, 2014
Route 66 - Part 13 - Santa Fe
October 31st, 2014
Route 66 - Part 14 - New Mexico and Arizona
October 30th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 15 - Winslow Arizona
October 29th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 16 - Williams Arizona
October 28th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 17 - Arizona
October 27th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 18 - Arizona
October 26th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 19 - Truxton Arizona
October 25th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 20 - Kingman Arizona
October 24th, 2014
Route 66 - Part 21 - Arizona and California
October 23rd, 2014
Route 66 - Part 22 - California
October 22nd, 2014