[kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic Thunder

[Brendan]

Oh yeah I have to watch that again, been yonks.

I just caught Samuel L Jackson's 'The Man' on telly and sneered my way
through it...total B-grade rip off of Midnight Run, which is one of my top
10 Funniest :) Surprised he lowered himself to that.


>

> best comedy ever; 'What About Bob" w/Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.>

> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:35:41 -0500> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic

> Thunder> > Trailers are the worst way to judge movies. The Simpsons Movie

> trailer, > for example, had the least funny bits.> > I haven't see Tropic

> Thunder, but the metacritic.com review aggregator, > which links to

> reviews from Roger Ebert, the New York Times, the LA > Times -- all of

> which give it good reviews -- is a good place to see > what's what. Of

> course, any of these outlets also gave 40 Year Old > Virgin good reviews,

> and I hated that film.> > There have been so many horrible comedies lately

> that I'm just eager for > a good one. I don't like fun made at the expense

> of the disabled, but I > also recall a huge boycott from protesters in the

> disability activist > community over Clint Eastwood's _Million Dollar

> Baby_, and I went on to > see that, and thought it was a fine film.> >

> -Oliver> > > Brendan wrote:> > I've scratched my head (figuratively) every

> time I've seen the previews> > for it, the only funny thing I've noticed

> about it is the apparently> > unintentional resemblance Jack Black bears

> to Brian Dennehy. (I reckon> > Dennehy needs to be sent up the way

> Shatner, Hasslehoff, and Norris have.> > And Busey. Imagine having Dennehy

> for a Dad...you'd be fucked.)> >> > Other than that I just don't get the

> joke, and comedies are generally my> > favourite movies. If what they have

> shown on the shorts are the pick of> > the bunch...hrm. I tend to agree

> with the comments about the offensive> > portrayal of intellectually

> disabled people.> >> > PS: Talking about offensive comedy, was pleased to

> see George Carlin> > discussed in glowing terms during an interview on

> Letterman last> > night...and even more pleased to hear how many albums he

> has done, I only> > have a few.> > > >

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