Less than satisfied

Rating: 5/10 (3 September 2008)

I went to Tropic Thunder expecting to laugh a lot (as I have done in most of Ben's other movies) and I found it hard to do so, it just struck me wrong, maybe because I am an Iraq vet with PTSD. I think that some of the lines and scenes in the film, although meant as a parody of the way Hollywood does Vietnam type war films and not actual veterans, were still in bad taste. I won't do any spoilers and I know that maybe my views are tainted by my own experience but I just had a hard time with it. I went for a laugh and found little to laugh at despite the obvious intent to lampoon movie producers, directors and actors. I'm sure that it was not meant to disparage Vietnam or other vets but like I said it hit me wrong. Maybe a couple of years ago I would have given it a 7 on my rating. I am glad that a lot of people like it better than I do.