Tropic Thunder

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feeds@yuku.com (hkdrs) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:15:56 GMT

Netflix just emailed me to tell me it should be in my mailbox this afternoon!

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feeds@yuku.com (Bski10) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:09:49 GMT

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - how could RDJ imitate Russ if no one would know what he was doing??????

I got a great kick out of TT - takes nerve to make a flick like that!

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feeds@yuku.com (Isobel1013) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:59:44 GMT

Mara!

Awesome Oscar ad. Thanks for posting that!

I'm glad to hear that none of the smart ladies around here got bent outta shape over RJD in TT. As for the other actors, my boyfriend said that it was "Jack Black's triumphant return to supporting roles." :)

Hugs,
Iz

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feeds@yuku.com (MM01) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:59:42 GMT

I love it.

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feeds@yuku.com (susi079) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:14:26 GMT

Sincerely hope to see RDJ gets recognition come Oscar time. I remember years ago, he was so good in "Chaplin." Such a versatile actor.

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feeds@yuku.com (hkdrs) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:06:23 GMT

HAhahahahahahaha! That's great.

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feeds@yuku.com (marafromnowhere) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:53:51 GMT

I loved Downey in Tropic Thunder (not so much the other guys). Imitation - or homage (semantic BS if you ask me) is the sincerest form of flattery right? This ad cracks me up.

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feeds@yuku.com (susi079) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:42:19 GMT

Just gotta see the movie again when it comes out on DVD in my country!

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feeds@yuku.com (hkdrs) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:20:10 GMT

"I'm the dude, playing the dude who's playing a dude!"

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feeds@yuku.com (susi079) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:39:25 GMT

Tropic Thunder is great fun! LOL!! RDJ is a riot. Channeling Russ or not, I think he's amazing in it. Totally makes me LOL when he said something like "I don't get out of my character until the DVD commentary." Bwaaahaahhaaaa!!!

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feeds@yuku.com (Isobel1013) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:23:44 GMT

Cool, thanks ladies. I loved this in the theater and I'm glad its out on DVD now for a second look. I guess I read the quote wrong. RJD said he wasn't "channeling" Russ, but it was a homage. Better description.

Hugs,
Iz

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feeds@yuku.com (hkdrs) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:41 GMT

LOVED this movie! ANd will be buying the DVD becuase I can't wait to see what they do for extras. Here's the other discussion: http://crowecrossing.yuku.com/topic/1818

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feeds@yuku.com (Cindy4764) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:06:16 GMT

It was a pretty funny movie and RDJ was brilliant. I bought it for hubby for Christmas and I bought the 2 disc version cause I wanted to see all the extras, LOL! Downey made it pretty clear in several interviews that he'd thought of Russell as well as DDL and Colin Farrell as he was shaping the character but that it was an homage, and he also was adamant about how much he admired Russell's talent. I do hope the two of them get to work together some day.

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feeds@yuku.com (Calrabbitfkyuku) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:26:36 GMT

I loved Tropic Thunder and thought that Robert Downey Jr. was fantastic and hilarious. There definitely was a lot of Russell in the character, but some of Daniel Day Lewis as well - "I don't drop character until the DVD commentary is done." However, in a weird way, I thought that the impression was both a take-off on and an homage to Russell at the same time. Some of it was about how much commitment he puts into getting a character right.

Just thinking about that...

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feeds@yuku.com (CatherineYVR) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:11:59 GMT

I thought he said publicly he wasn't doing one!

Tropic Thunder

feeds@yuku.com (Isobel1013) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:05:44 GMT

I know this post should probably be in the other thread, but I've been dying to ask what everyone thought of Robert Downey Jr.'s "Russell impression" in Tropic Thunder. Is there another thread somewhere where you already discuss this? I've been away for a while.

I thought the movie was really funny, and that his impression (he said publicly that he was doing one) was funny but not real mean. Maybe a little. :)

Thanks,
Izzy