Roger, I don't quite understand what you were getting at by reposting my comment.

Can you explain the line at the end?

I really did not hate the movie. It just wasn't as funny as I had hoped.

I wanted to laugh so hard as to imperil my internal organs.

I wanted milk to shoot out of my nose and I don't drink the stuff.

I wanted to lose bladder control.

I wanted the people in front of me to doubt my intellectual capacity, and wonder if I was offended by "Simple Jack."

So, I guess I went in with undrealistic expectations.

What a waste of time this movie is... OMG Who thinks of this stuff... Time to read a book! codld jojogetbk

Bill

It's a good example of the movie tastes going in affect the audience response.

The gore upped the laughs for me, a lot of that has to do with my humor, which I know is more personal than universal.

A lot of my comments were directly responding to Dryer's post and his disappointment that it was not more Spinal Tap-like.

I definitely understand the frustration you had with the hollywood satire angle because there have been better takes on that subject done. My personal fave has always been "S.O.B."

The movie never once pretended to portray itself any other way than over the top and ridiculous. I laughed til I cried, and am still laughing today when I think about what I saw last night.

If you want "Spinal Tap" and "Tenenbaums" go watch those movies. It's like criticizing "Caddyshack" because it's not "Annie Hall". Humor has different tiers and each person likes one, some or all for different reasons.

Dont believe the hype !! The decieving trailer shows very little of the plot for a reason; there isnt one.

It startes out promising, the first twenty minutes; fake trailers, on-set quarrels, but then it abruptly changes gears into some moronic crass Will Ferrell film. Its merely a string of bad individual sketches pasted together. If anything is worth seeing it's Robert Downey, Jr's performance. Throughout the film all I could think is what a wasted premise; which under a better director with a more defined script wouldve been classic. I was hoping for a SPINAL TAP-type film, instead I paid for an overbudgeted, overhyped Dane Cook film.

After seeing Peter's review plastered all over for TROPIC THUNDER, I have to wonder if I saw the same film. Traver's as of late seems to be picking up the slack of the "quote for pay" MAXIM critic.

If youre still on the fence take this litmus test: ZOOLANDER or THE ROYAN TENENBAUMS. If you chose ZOOLANDER, your likely to enjoy this film or as Travers stated, "hurt yourself from laughing" However, if you were expecting a much more subdued edgy film and respect your time, then dont bother.

This movie was a disappointment to me. I think movie industry insiders would probably find it funnier, but most of this stuff has been satirized before. Yeah, we know Hollywood types are stupid and that their personal assistants have personal assistants.

We know that agents major in minors and get the big stuff all wrong. These are old jokes and have been told better in old movies.

Tom Cruise isn't any edgier when he's unrecognizable in a fat suit with painted on liver spots and a combover. He's still the lamest star in Hollywood. I like Stiller, but man, Ben, learn some self-restraint. Taste isn't always a bad thing.

The violence, while over the top is still to graphic to be truly funny.