Rating of
2/4
Catastrophic Thunder
BryanFury - wrote on 10/13/08
Upon seeing this movie I thought to myself what a complete waste of talent from such a great cast to what might could've been the funniest flick this year. It was really a shame their comedic prowess weren't used to their full potential. I mean c'mon Jack Black and Stiller plus a Robert Downey, a combo like this three should’ve blown my brains out laughing. So I guess it comes down to the chemistry thing. There was really not much going on between these three. And they're not even trying to be funny. It would have been nice if they were doing improv and just mess their lines up, that would've been something. Although it kind of reminded me of a previous Ben Stiller movie the Mystery Men, the big difference is it was funnier than Tropic Thunder. Also there is a big similarity of character between Stiller’s Mr. Furious and his character here. JB didn’t do anything special, he just whine and whine the whole time he’s on screen. Downey’s performance was good, but likeable not really. I wished he had funnier lines to say. Tom Cruise is again in his unusual self talking about galaxies and doing his crazy mambo jumbo dancing skills. Well to me there’s nothing too special about that, it’s not like I haven’t seen that before. Overall there were a few funny scenes and more unfunny ones so I guess there isn’t much to say about it.
