They sure do, yo.
Gary "Yeah I Was In That Movie" Oldman is quite a F**KING good actor. And in Tropic Thunder, they do one of the most unique things I've ever seen. Over the last several years we've seen फिल्में attempt ORIGINAL comedy. Sometimes it's something bold like "The Ringer", something in response to criticism such as with the South Park film. While Tropic Thunder features versions of both these elements, they attempt something truly remarkable: They make a comedy device...out of Gary Oldman. Gary "I was Drexl in True Romance For Christ's Sake" Oldman.
They do so in the character of Robert Downey Jr. He plays a deeply pretentious actor with an English accent (from Australia though) who says things like his art is the tool that drives human emotion. He plays a Vietnam-War stereotypical black soldier like Gary Oldman would, completely immeersing himself into this black man even when the cameras aren't rolling. I've never seen that in my god damn life.
My girlfriend made me see Nick & Norah this weekend. I should make HER see RoboCop 2. See how SHE likes Clockwork Orange-like cinematic torture.
Gary "Yeah I Was In That Movie" Oldman is quite a F**KING good actor. And in Tropic Thunder, they do one of the most unique things I've ever seen. Over the last several years we've seen फिल्में attempt ORIGINAL comedy. Sometimes it's something bold like "The Ringer", something in response to criticism such as with the South Park film. While Tropic Thunder features versions of both these elements, they attempt something truly remarkable: They make a comedy device...out of Gary Oldman. Gary "I was Drexl in True Romance For Christ's Sake" Oldman.
They do so in the character of Robert Downey Jr. He plays a deeply pretentious actor with an English accent (from Australia though) who says things like his art is the tool that drives human emotion. He plays a Vietnam-War stereotypical black soldier like Gary Oldman would, completely immeersing himself into this black man even when the cameras aren't rolling. I've never seen that in my god damn life.
My girlfriend made me see Nick & Norah this weekend. I should make HER see RoboCop 2. See how SHE likes Clockwork Orange-like cinematic torture.