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Tropic Thunder (2008) film

Discussed in 7 episodes · 8 film takes
PKA Score 7.2/10
Taylor
6.2🦉/7
3 takes
Kyle
8.3/10
3 takes
Woody
5.6/10
2 takes
IMDb 7.1 RT 82% Metacritic 71
PKA and critics roughly agree

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 606 @ 46:15 — PKN 606
Discussion of Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface performance and the movie's quality
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“that's a great movie holds up i haven't seen it in years but i that's one that's worthy of re-watching it's tremendous”
▶ PKA 802 @ 1:07:21 — PKA 802 W/ Scott Sullivan MMA: Micro In The Locker Room
Tom Cruise cameo and Ben Stiller's physical transformation for the role
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“And the dancing was great. Like like I watched that movie a few months ago. It's so good.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“That's all his idea. He's like He's like, "I got an idea for this character. It's a little different than what you were pitching, Ben. I want to have big hands and I need to dance."”
▶ PKA 778 @ 42:50 — PKA 778: Finding Swingers On A Cruise
Discussed Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface performance and whether it's acceptable when done well
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, it's so well done that I bet if you showed that picture to someone who didn't know who Robert Downey Jr. was, they'd be like, Yeah, it's black man.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“you have to do the whole body. You have to like hand paint and stuff for you to be intimate.”
▶ PKA 738 @ 1:54:30 — PKA 738 W/ Brandon Herrera: The New ATF Director Pardons FPSRuss
Discussion of the comedy war movie including Robert Downey Jr's blackface role, Tom Cruise's performance with fake hands, and the film's humor.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“Robert dowy Jr completely committing to the black face and the the character and I I brought it up before but there are those behind the scenes uh videos of him and his black family”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Tropic Thunder is hilarious I'm on an island by myself I I was like Kyle drastically overrate this movie so I just looked it up nope the internet agrees with Kyle”
Woody · likely▼ negative
“I didn't like it that much really I thought it was so funny”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the movie's hilarious I I've only seen it like once in the last 10 years but even when I saw it a few years back I was like yeah this holds up this is this is a funny movie”
▶ PKA 729 @ 37:42 — PKA 729 W/ Hutch: Is One Less CEO A Good Thing?
Tom Cruise's comedic role in Tropic Thunder discussed positively
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Tropic Thunder I forgot he was in that as the funny executive that is that movie I watched it within the last year that movie holds up so well”
▶ PKA 639 @ 13:55 — PKA 639 W/ Wolf: Belle Delphine Collab, Milking Jordan Peterson,
Extended discussion of Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface role in the film, its satire, and whether similar comedy could be made today
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“I think there'd be a little [ __ ] if Robert Downey Jr did this bro you're insane and quartered no you know what by the way I was right about the Olsen twins”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“there's very few instances where it's I remember hear no evil see no evil or whatever because I can just still see I think Richard Prime was the blind one”
▶ PKA 608 @ 3:51:58 — PKA 608 W/ Brandon Buckingham: Wings Returns, Brandon's Boxing M
Discussion of Robert Downey Jr's blackface performance and Tom Cruise's role, comparing it to other controversial movies from that era
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i don't think anyone gave a [ __ ] because he did such a remarkably perfect job”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“i think that that could not be be made now even something like uh tropic thunder they couldn't do now”