Friday, August 22, 2008

TROPIC THUNDER VS. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

TROPIC THUNDER is funnier. I was a big fan of Ben Stiller's old TV show in the 90s, and this movie is the closest thing he's done to his old show. It gets a little weak at the end, where Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr.'s characters each faces an identity crisis, and Matthew McConaughey shows up in Viet Nam from out of nowhere, but other than that, TT delivers.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is kind of lightweight. It's mildly entertaining, but seems lazily written. It gets by on the likability of the two lead actors.

But for sheer laughs, I have to go with TROPIC THUNDER.

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