Friday Fight: Tropic Thunder: Good Movie Or Best Movie Ever?
Even though Lindsay and Gabe are friends, they very rarely agree on anything. Every day, they have a fight about something. On Fridays, we publish one.
lindsay: there's a new Tropic Thunder super-restricted red band trailer and it's so worth entering your birthday to watch!
lindsay: do you have anyone who you just look at them and laugh
lindsay: like ben stiller
gabe: there is you
lindsay: his face is just hilarious
gabe: and that is all
lindsay: hahahahaa
lindsay: I think it looks like one of the funniest movies ever.
gabe: it looks fine.
lindsay: ok tropic thunder: great movie or the greatest movie?
gabe:: it is neither of the things you mentioned
gabe:: not a great movie
gabe: by any means
lindsay: I think it might be finally what cures our country's racial ills.
gabe: how is that?
lindsay: I don't know lemme watch it again
gabe: you have this tendency
gabe: to make really sweeping statements
gabe: about modern race relations
lindsay: yes I know
gabe: as they relate to stupid movies
lindsay: haha, harold and kumar
lindsay: yes
lindsay: I think it's just this big desire of my heart
gabe: to see more people in black face?
lindsay: and somehow I always think pop culture can help
lindsay: god, you suck
gabe: i don't think that robert downey jr. in black face or a movie about an asian pothead have anything to do with curing racism
lindsay: how about You're A Dick
lindsay: vs No i'm Not
gabe: it just looks like Scary Movie for smart people
lindsay: Well, I think the world is begging for Scary Movie for smart people actually
gabe: begging
lindsay: Obviously Scary Movie doesn't cut it
gabe: the world is begging for access to clean drinking water and medicine
gabe: but sure
gabe: yes
lindsay: but a good parody of shitty movies, or the shitty parts of good movies is refeshing
gabe: i don't know, i think parody can only take you so far
gabe: and Ben Stiller keeps playing action heroes and muscle-bound dudes like it's a joke
gabe: but i don't think it's a joke
gabe: i think that's really what he wishes he was
lindsay: but his face is so FUNNY
lindsay: This is the first movie in 15 years where Nick Nolte's intensity matches the rest of the movie.
lindsay: Spoiler alert: Steve Coogan dies:
lindsay: One thing that disappointed me in robert downey jr's performance in this trailer and probably the movie
lindsay: is all the jokes are that he's australian
gabe: why does that disappoint you?
lindsay: so I want to see some sort of american guy does australian guy does what he thinks is stereotypical black guy
lindsay: like Victor/Victoria but for accents
lindsay: but he still sounds American
gabe: so what disappoints you?
lindsay: I know that would have been an Oscar worthy feat, but if they're going to go to the trouble to make him australian
lindsay: I guess that would be incredibly subtle
gabe: what are you talking about?
gabe: i'm so lost
gabe: this fight is a disaster
lindsay: Our fight about Tropic Thunder falls apart like apocalypse now
gabe: have you even seen apocalypse now?
lindsay: yes
Posted by Lindsay at 6:49 PM in Friday Fight
Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Tropic Thunder
I'm not sure my love for Robert Downey Jr could outweigh my intense hatred for both Jack Black and Ben Stiller. It's kind of a toss up.
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I'm going to side with Lindsay and say it's going to be the greatest.
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gabe: and Ben Stiller keeps playing action heroes and muscle-bound dudes like it's a joke
gabe: but i don't think it's a joke
gabe: i think that's really what he wishes he was
TRUEST THING SAID YET!
He's been doing this since The Ben Stiller Show (playing the hunky Luke Perry inspired character). Always with his shirt off. A MODEL!?!?! Always hunky or hot or beefy. WHAT A TOTAL DILL
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well he probably has a comical opinion on those Het-Boy heterosexual type jock boys who push their manliness so much that it gives off the opposite effect.. i know i can't stand them. but they're great for punchlines in jokes. and he pulls it off so well. White Goodman in "Dodgeball"? Tony Perkis (flawless) in "Heavyweights"?
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