Entertainment / Tropic Thunder The '00s' Most Disappointing Movies 'Tropic Thunder' leads the way By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Dec 5, 2009 8:00 PM CST Copied 1. Ben Stiller, left, and Robert Downey Jr. in a scene from "Tropic Thunder." It should have been much, much better. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Merie Weismiller Wallace) See 4 more photos The decade had lots of lousy movies, but 11Points rounds up the most disappointing—those that didn't live up to their promise: Tropic Thunder (2008): Amazing cast, great premise. Slam dunk, right? Not when "your go-to bit is a retarded joke." Such a lazy waste. Bruno (2009): Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat follow-up "didn't expose homophobia—it manufactured homophobia." Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Oh, Indiana, you deserved so much better. He was "completely bastardized." King Kong (2005): So much hype, so little payoff. Boring. Religulous (2008): Bill Maher could have done something profound. Instead, he went for cheap laughs. For the full list, which also includes Spider-Man 3, Little Miss Sunshine, and Wedding Crashers, click here. (More Tropic Thunder stories.) Report an error