Tropic Thunder

Picking Nits

Production logic and consequence-free action

In the discussion (6)
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  • The hidden-camera plan is challenged because the production would depend on consumer camcorder footage.
  • Four Leaf's fraudulent war memoir is questioned because other veterans should have exposed it. — Joel Anderson
  • The panda's presence and attack are questioned.
  • The discussion asks why the guerrillas do not kill Tug and why nobody hits anybody despite sustained gunfire.
  • Kirk maintaining the makeup for weeks and possessing more Oscars than Hepburn or Daniel Day-Lewis are questioned.
  • Four Leaf surviving is criticized because a redemptive sacrifice appeared to be set up.