Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[flippyshark]

oh, wait, I do have one nitpick about Tropic Thunder. If you go see it, first of all, don't feel the need to wait through the credits. There are no cookies at the end. (That's the only reason I hung around. It seemed like the kind of movie that might have a post-credits gag of some kind, but no.) Secondly, don't stay for the credits, because, it does one very annoying thing. It replays, over a backbeat, some of the memorable lines of dialogue from the movie you just saw. I think this is a mistake. It comes off as self-congratulatory, like the filmmakers are running up to you and saying, "Oh! Wait, remember that part where Jack Black said ****?" "Oh, remember a few minutes ago when Ben Stiller said****? Wasn't that fvckin hysterical?" It left a bad taste for a movie I really enjoyed. Please, filmmakers, let me digest the experience myself. Don't tell me which lines you thought were the funniest. Okay, end of fervent nitpick.