Tropic Thunder Blu-ray

Tropic Thunder

 (2008)

Action | Adventure | Comedy | War



Pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co- stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

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Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan
Director: Ben Stiller

Tropic Thunder Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Tropic Thunder explodes onto Blu-ray with a high quality 1080p, 2.35:1-framed transfer. The film's visuals are stunning from beginning to end, that transfer an all-encompassing marriage of fabulous color rendition, attention to detail, and a film-like look that makes this a first-rate visual Blu-ray. The bright greens of the jungle foliage (these scenes shot in Hawaii), the darker army greens of the uniforms and helicopters, and the dirt, grime, and caked-on filth that coats faces and uniforms makes for what is nothing short of pleasing eye candy in nearly every frame. Many of the scenes that take place outside of the jungles of Vietnam are rich and colorful with a myriad of hues that jump right off the screen. Likewise, the jungle sequences are equally impressive, though with a more limited color palette, obviously. Darker, nighttime scenes exhibit good blacks and the film's grainiest sequences. Each actor/soldier wears a basic Army-green uniform with personal effects on each one -- a bandolier across the chest and a Hershey's bar in the helmet strap adorn Portnoy's uniform, for example, and the fine detail on each uniform is amazing, close-up shots revealing every stitch and seam with startling perfection. The disc also features razor-sharp clarity, little-to-no softness, and well-rendered flesh tones. Tropic Thunder is yet another in an ever growing list of visually impressive Blu-ray discs from DreamWorks.

Tropic Thunder Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Tropic Thunder booms onto Blu-ray with an aggressive Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The soundstage is filled to the brim with effects, atmosphere, music, dialogue, and bass. Helicopter rotors subtly rattle the floorboards, a party sequence in chapter 5 rattles the windows rather effectively, but the "bungle in the jungle" explosion as heard early in the film doesn't really pack much of a punch for such a large sonic event. Nevertheless, most everything about the track is perfect. Sound precisely follows the on-screen action; as a helicopter flies from front to rear, the sound flows with it, the sound system matching its every move on the screen. The actors' first engagement with a real enemy, whom they consider nothing more than extras firing blanks as squibs go off all around, fills the soundstage with the sounds of automatic weapons fire all over the place; the rear channels spring to life with gunshots and impacts as the confusion and intensity of the all-too-real firefight coming to vivid life, the scene making for a very good wartime movie audio experience. A driving thunderstorm as heard in chapter 11 isn't quite as enveloping an experience as it could have been, but several booms of thunder do shake things up rather nicely. The best sounding moments in the movie may be the scenes featuring Les Grossman dancing to hip hop music. The tune plays smoothly throughout the listening area with deep lows and crisp highs spreading perfectly across the entire stage. Tropic Thunder also features pitch-perfect dialogue reproduction. This is a top-notch soundtrack that comes just shy of receiving a perfect score due to the sometimes inconsistent bass.

Tropic Thunder Blu-ray, News and Updates

• Today on Blu-ray - November 18th - November 18, 2008


• Full Details for Tropic Thunder Announced - October 15, 2008


• Tropic Thunder Announced for Blu-ray (UPDATED) - October 10, 2008

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