Tropic Thunder, E! True Hollywood Story?

Question

seriously! is this a joke!

this is crazy! its on at the moment, if youre watching it, what are you thinking?

Answer 1

i thought it was funny, but i don't understand why it was done

Answer 2

I watched it and it was very entertaining. After seeing the film in a screening a few weeks ago, I've been following the marketing for the film very closely, and this was one the best ideas so far for increasing publicity for the film. The entire thing is fake (although it may be confusing for unaware viewers), and it was great how they had the actors stay in character for the interviews (along with writers and producers joining in). Tropic Thunder has done a lot of various marketing techniques including fake websites, the release of the energy drink Booty Sweat, a fake viral video, creating an entire fake documentary ("Rain of Madness"), and other promotions. It will be interesting to see if the promotions help the film succeed at the box office.

Answer 3

This movie has been reviewed and quoted as "an instant classic". I think that E! chose to make this THS because they wanted to make sure people understood the movie, because if you haven't noticed, it hasn't had as much publicity as, let's say, batman. Also, there isn't a lot said about how the movie was made, where it was made, who wrote it, and how it came about, as other movies are when they first come out.