Thunder in the tropics

The new movie Tropic Thunder looks like a hoot, based on the previews. Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr. in blackface, and Ben Stiller (not one of Rico's favorite actors) rock out in a cross between Apocalypse Now and Air America, with a touch of The Deer Hunter and Good Morning, Vietnam. But this ain't Platoon, or Hamburger Hill, so if you're expecting a 'real' war movie, don't go...