Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Tropic Thunder was as good a satire as I've seen in a good long while. Pretty stunning just how much mocking of the modern studio system was allowed. Downey Jr. rocked the house, but everyone - even those I don't like as much - succeeded in making me like them tonight. Even Tom Cruise, who is a pretty good sport for appearing in a movie starring/written/directed by someone who's overtly mocked him in sketch comedy and somewhat indirectly mocked him in this very movie.

Pineapple Express had pleasing character development and scene work. It didn't work as well as an action comedy as, say, Hot Fuzz (or Tropic Thunder, for that matter.) But I still enjoyed it - despite not being much of a toker myself.

[flippyshark]

Saw Tropic Thunder tonight also. That was just tons of fun! I went in knowing very little, so the element of surprise and discovery was strong for me.

As for Clone Wars, ever since I heard that

Spoiler:

Jabba's son is named Stinky

and

Spoiler:

Stinky has an effete, Truman Capote-ish uncle

, my inner bad movie fan has kind of wanted to see it, but I can definitely wait until it's free on TV. Also, I overheard a kid, about twelve, commenting on Clone Wars as he left the theater: "That sucked wad." He and his friends looked glum.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Pineapple Express had pleasing character development and scene work. It didn't work as well as an action comedy as, say, Hot Fuzz (or Tropic Thunder, for that matter.) But I still enjoyed it - despite not being much of a toker myself.

So, it's the action movie Cheech and Chong should have made? (I don't know much about it, other than having seen Seth Rogan on The Daily Show essentially saying that his advice to young viewers was to drop out of school, smoke a lot of grass and write a movie about it. Also, it's technically impossible to be less of a toker than me, but I've enjoyed a lot of stoner cinema, for whatever reason. I probably covet the contact cool.)

If it's anything like Hot Fuzz, I'll probably enjoy it, but it's already on my wait to rent it list.