The Movieforums Top 100 War Movies Countdown

Tropic Thunder is . . . fine.

Like, it's an okay comedy. I enjoyed it in the theater when it came out. It would never occur to me to put it on a list of war movies (regardless of IMDb classification).

When some of the movies I love don't make the list, this will be one I'm a little salty about, LOL.

Fine.
*grumble grumble*

Tropic Thunder is the second title thus far to have appeared on a previous MoFo List. It was #59 on the MoFo Top 100 Comedies.

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HINTS:

84:

Guy 1: “(insert title here).”
Guy 2: “Big whoop. This happens in EVERY movie of this genre.”

85:
Again? It was hard enough seeing this happen once.

85. Hot Shots: Part Deux

The unexpectedness continues - 16 films in and so far none of mine have made a showing. I'm confident though, that most will show. I usually am, until near the end of the countdown where I go through a period of shock that not every single person has the same taste as me.

86. Mrs. Miniver - Definitely heard of this, but had no idea what it was about. I haven't seen any William Wyler films pre-Roman Holiday, except perhaps Wuthering Heights. Might have to seek this one out.

85. Tropic Thunder - This seems to be a really well-regarded comedy seeing as it's appeared on Mofo countdowns twice already. I thought it was okay - I've got the 2-disc Director's Cut edition on DVD, but it doesn't fit into my absolute upper tier of comedies. It's good though. I'll watch it again if given enough of a nudge. It doesn't immediately spring to mind when speaking of 'war movies' mostly because it's a movie about making movies first and foremost - although there is action towards the end, and the characters are making a war film. Great Tom Cruise cameo (much more than a cameo - I don't know why I always call his role one), and a whole host of performers - when Ben Stiller is really on (he'll show up in a film such as Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny and steal the show) he's a whole lot of fun to watch. He's directed a number of hugely successful films as well, so no surprise he had such a sure hand and great comedic instinct making Tropic Thunder.

Seen : 8/16
Heard of : 11/16
Haven't heard of : 5/16

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84: Casualties of War
85: Rambo: First Blood, Part II

And it dumbfounded me then a!so...

No votes. I've seen Mrs. Miniver once and liked it. Tropic Thunder seems like my kind of thing and I enjoyed it enough at first but watching an extended edition DVD undercut things and I've never felt like revisiting it in any form.

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Mrs. Miniver is a classic film I've meant to watch for the longest time but I never seem to catch it when it airs on TCM. Have only heard great things about it so I look forward to that one day or night when I catch it.

Now Tropic Thunder is a pick I can get behind. I didn't consider it for the list but I think it's hilarious. Before I'd ever seen it I bought it fairly cheap at a video store and got the Director's Cut. I don't know what the differences are between it and the theatrical version and I don't care because now that I've watched it, this can be the only version I see, so funny it is. Everyone is terrific in it and I love that it especially skewers that um, certain city that turns out movies that we were taking about earlier. You know.

Nada from my list.

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One of the most mentioned films on MoFo that I haven't seen yet is Mrs. Miniver so I'll get to it soon, I promise.


The reason Tropic Thunder gets so much hate is because I think there are still many 'Flaming Dragon' sympathizers active here on MoFo since the Comedy countdown.
I have it at #98.

SEEN 9/16
BALLOT 1/25

88. Enemy at the Gates (2001, Jean-Jacques Annuad)
Terrible film in my opinion. Cockney Russian accents, terrible acting and a woeful script.

87. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, Barry Levinson)
I like this one. Quite emotional. I'm due a rewatch. Didn't make my list

86. Mrs. Miniver (1942, William Wyler)
Not seen this one

85. Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller)
One of the worst, most painfully unfunny films I have ever seen.

Well to be fair, it is a comedy, so st least there, like it or lump it you can't fault its eligibility.

For the latest tranche of films (#85-92), none of these were on my list. I've seen Hotel Rwanda (decent) and I'm fairly sure I saw Good Morning, Vietnam! way back when (Robin Williams, RIP, is not my guy). The rest I haven't seen. I regret nothing.

What was going on here this morning? I come on early for hints and instead I get Minio's private collection.

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