From the MTV Movie Awards (which I never bother watching… way too “hip” for me, thanks) comes this “viral” promotional clip for Tropic Thunder. It starts out great with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black. They manage to pull both Iron Man and Kung Fu Panda into a promo piece for Stiller’s film pretty creatively.

However, to me this is an example of one of the problems with comedy these days: Not knowing when to quit. I thought it was really quite funny for about the first minute and a half, but then it goes on for about another 2-3 full minutes and it literally beats the point of the skit into the ground. Overkill IMHO.

Plus watching Stiller kowtow to a stereotypical bored, disconnected teenager annoyed the heck out of me. On the other hand I really enjoyed Downey Jr in the skit.
Source: MTV

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We’ve got We had the restricted (aka red band) trailer for the upcoming R-rated comedy Tropic Thunder, but since we don’t have age verification here we were asked to pull the trailer. Be warned that the following trailer is most definitely not suited for all audiences.

We haven’t covered it much here, but for adults who don’t mind crass humor this looks like it could be pretty damned funny. Of course one of the dangers of judging a comedy based on a trailer is that sometimes all the funny bits are there and there isn’t anything new left for the movie itself.

You can still see it here:

One of the more interesting things about the movie is that Robert Downey Jr (now a “hot property” and bound to add box office to this flick) plays a white guy playing a black guy in the film. There’s been the expected bit of controversy over this, which I think is overblown and pretty dumb.

Anyway, I’d love to hear what you think about this based on the trailer (again, remember this is an R-rated trailer).

So what do you think? Over the top extreme humor or just crass and dumb? I’m hoping it’s the former and not the latter.
Tropic Thunder opens on August 15th

There’s a movie that seems to be in the early stages of causing an uproar over a racial issue. Apparently in this movie, someone of one race will be wearing realistic makeup to make the character seem like he is of a completely different race.

Besides the obvious outcry that this is demeaning, is the accusation that work has been taken away from someone of the target race who could just as easily have been hired to play the part in the film.

If you’re curious about what I’m talking about, see below.