Finally, after four weeks at the number one spot in the Box Office, The Dark Knight’s reign at the top has been ended by Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder, a comedy spoof movie within a movie.

Amidst plenty of protests because of the liberal use of the word “retard” in the movie, those of us who saw the humor in the movie still found it funny. I always think that when we go to watch a movie, we want to have a good time. Don’t take it too seriously, whether the word “retard” or some other offending words are used though these words should not be used in the real world.

Despite ending its run at number one for four weeks, The Dark Knight managed to rake in a total of US$471.5 million to surpass Star Wars [1977] which grossed a total of US$460 million, earning the distinction of being the second highest grossing movie of all time.

Someone emailed me about the movie, Tropic Thunder, about two weeks ago but I was too busy to check it out. Well, guess what? Time flies and Tropic Thunder is slated to open in local cinemas this 13th August, 2008. If you do not know about Tropic Thunder, it is said to be a movie within a movie, where these actors are actors in the movie who have set out to film a war movie in Hawaii.

Tropic Thunder movie poster

There, they met a group of drug runners who mistook them as American intruders. Perhaps they thought that these actors were real American military personnel.

Tropic Thunder is an action comedy co-written by Ben Stiller. I tell you, Ben Stiller has the funniest face that no matter what movie he is in, it is just ‘funny” and I guess he knows that, that’s why he wrote a comedy. Apparently, it is based on his own experience as a young actor where he and all his actor friends would go off to shoot war films.

Ben Stiller has managed to cast a host of A-list actors, I guess they are all his friends who at one point of their careers, also acted in war films.

Besides Ben Stiller himself, who also directed the movie, watch out for Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte and Robert Downey Jr. as a black man. Some people are offended about this but relax…. this is just a movie; totally my kind of movie.