Tropic Thunder

Who:  Amber & Jonathan
What:  Tropic Thunder
Where:  AMC Pleasure Island
Why:  Jonathan picked

I thought this movie was really hilarious!!!  It was rated R for a reason (the opening scene shows some skin and words meaning private parts).

I love when movies involve all sorts of random famous people in cameos.  This movie was full of cameos!  I don't want to ruin any of them for you though...

In case you didn't read the other Movie Yak about Tropic Thunder (by John), I'll run down the movie for you:

A bunch of prima donna actors are making a Vietnam War movie based on a true story.  They are over budget, running behind and causing trouble for a first time director.  The Vietnam Vet, who wrote the script about his Vietnam War time, has an idea for the director.  They set up a bunch of cameras in the jungle, drop off the actors in the middle of the jungle, and tell them to get to work!  They will not be taking back to hotel pamper land until they are done shooting.

Of course, things go horribly, horribly wrong, and one of them gets caught by some real bad guys with real guns.  Even though the actors only have guns with blanks, they continue to shot at the bad guys the entire movie -- what's up with that.

Eventually they learn to work together, defeat the bad guys, and live happily ever after.  I highly recommend this movie, unless you're not a fan of R ratings.