Tropic Thunder
Ok, so I will admit that my affection for Robert Downey Jr. borders on the insane, that my love for him as an actor has possibly crossed over into full blown obsessive delusion since Iron Man came out, but trust me on this — go see Tropic Thunder. (Especially if you are a frustrated NYC comedian struggling with the decision of whether or not to move to LA because you are in love/hate with movies and the film industry.) Amazing casting, production values that comedies usually only DREAM about, and Ben Stiller was actually funny! Really funny! Holy shit did I love this movie. I giggled my pants right off watching it. Really, I can’t wait for you to see it.
I almost don’t want to say anything else about it, so I don’t ruin it for you, but…ok I will say this: Robert Downey Jr. is a pretty, pretty man. Pretty in that “I’m broken enough that if you fuck things up with me it won’t be the worst thing in the world, so really, give it to me, no holds barred, do your worst, Eliza Skinner. You can’t knock me down. I can take it. I can take YOU. It’s weird, because I never imagined that I’d fall in love so suddenly here in the parking lot of a 7eleven in Los Feliz, but fuck it, Eliza Skinner, that’s the way life GOES. I am in love with you. Let’s destroy each other” way. That kind of pretty.
Pretty funny, too.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I will ditto those comments except that you liked it a tiny bit more than I. And I think Downey Jr. is pretty in the “Hey, Chris. Come hang with me. We’ll drive across country, hitting all night diners. And tell stories messed up stories. And if, out in the Nevada desert you happen to get drunk and we mess around, there will be absolutely nothing gay about it” pretty.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:38 am
hehe. im sure thats how he’d actually talk. i’ve read a few interviews lately and he’s all about the verbose.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:07 am
I lost it totally when he was describing the meal he could cook for them, and a few more times before and after that.
August 24th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Robert Downey Jr. is the type of man who has gotten better looking with age – and this is even with the drug hell that ravaged his mind and body. I didn’t notice it until I went and saw Tropic Thunder; there on screen was a black Downey Jr. and holy fuck was he sexy. Tonight I saw Iron Man and was just simply enjoying the whole package.
I love men that get better with age.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:32 am
1) I really, really wanted to see Jack Black snort down a mountain of heroin. He deserved it for the pleasure that seeing him tied to a tree brought me.
2) I had no idea that Tom Cruise was in that movie. None whatsoever. He was actually pretty good and not creepy at all.