The production quality of Tropic Thunder is maniacal. It was maybe the best directed, best written, most beautifully photographed movie of 2008. It is a satire about Hollywood and an allegory about the Iraq War. Sure, it is a bit troubling that it is a big-budget Hollywood movie bemoaning the production process of big-budget Hollywood movies. It is a little offensive that Tom Cruise characterizes a rich, disgusting Hollywood producer who is also Jewish. But in about 7 minutes of screen time, Cruise knocks it out of the park.
What is an appropriate way for a movie star to age? By becoming a caricature:
“Oh, okay, Flaming Dragon, fuckface. First, take a big step back and literally fuck your own face. Now I don’t know what kind of pan-Pacific power play bullshit you’re trying to pull but Asia, Jack, is my territory so whatever you’re thinking you’d better think again, otherwise I’m gonna have to head down there and I will rain down an ungodly fucking firestorm upon you. You’re gonna have to call the fucking United Nations and get a fucking binding resolution to keep me from fucking destroying you. I am talking scorched Earth, motherfucker. I will massacre you. I will fuck you up!
(hangs up phone)
Could you find out who that was?”
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