Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005): B
Its really hard to classify Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in one genre. Its part screwball comedy, private detective mystery, and partly a conspiracy thriller. The film which stars Robert Downey Jr. pre Iron Man as a low level thief and Val Kilmer as this sophisticated Hollywood fixer/consultant starts off great. There's a scene with Downey Jr.'s character doing a audition without knowing he's auditioning which is terrific. After that though its mostly downhill - the interaction between the two leads is mostly entertaining and is fairly funny. The flashbacks in my opinion don't really work and the conspiracy element is pretty stupid. There is a ridiculous amount of violence and its refreshing to see a movie that utilizes guns that actually results in someone getting killed (because believe it or not sometimes when a gun is fired people are hit and killed). Robert Downey Jr is really solid in the film, he really sold me on him being some neophyte criminal. As a comedy, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is exceptional, when it veers into drama its vey mediocre. Overall it’s a fun movie though and worth watching.
Its really hard to classify Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in one genre. Its part screwball comedy, private detective mystery, and partly a conspiracy thriller. The film which stars Robert Downey Jr. pre Iron Man as a low level thief and Val Kilmer as this sophisticated Hollywood fixer/consultant starts off great. There's a scene with Downey Jr.'s character doing a audition without knowing he's auditioning which is terrific. After that though its mostly downhill - the interaction between the two leads is mostly entertaining and is fairly funny. The flashbacks in my opinion don't really work and the conspiracy element is pretty stupid. There is a ridiculous amount of violence and its refreshing to see a movie that utilizes guns that actually results in someone getting killed (because believe it or not sometimes when a gun is fired people are hit and killed). Robert Downey Jr is really solid in the film, he really sold me on him being some neophyte criminal. As a comedy, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is exceptional, when it veers into drama its vey mediocre. Overall it’s a fun movie though and worth watching.
Tropic Thunder (2008): B+
Tropic Thunder might have the most loaded cast of movie that’s not part of the Oceans franchise. Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, and Danny McBride all have decent sized roles in the film. Obviously the movie is probably best known for Robert Downey Jr.'s role as an Australian actor that has surgery to look black to play the role of an African-American within the film (amazingly this role got him an Oscar nomination). He is terrific in the film and every scene he is in is hilarious. I really didn't find any of the stuff with Jack Black funny it was more just gross. The trailers in the beginning of the film is probably the best part of the entire film and there are scattered moments throughout the film that are funny. A good amount of the jokes are kind of stale and the film aside from Robert Downey Jr's parts is not really that rewatchable of a movie in my opinion.
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