Nothing funny about the action scenes, the fire, the death of the ambassador. This is some of the best combat action ever put on film. But the outdated sexism, racism, and machismo of the film's vision comes across in many strange and inadvertently hilarious ways.You know the loyal native translator who loves the big, tough operators? You see the arc he has, going from a goofy outsider, to a shaky new recruit, to *almost* one of us? Well, it's a great story. And it has a name. Two words, people: GUNGA DIN!!!!Now about the infamous "crying wife" scene at the drive-thru window of McDonald's. It's meant to be sad, but comes across as grating and blatantly insincere. And unintentionally funny. And there are a couple of reasons why. First of all, anyone who has ever deployed overseas has heard plenty of guys say how *glad* they are to be getting away from the wife and kids. That's a big part of the draw. This movie pretends that side of things doesn't exist -- then makes the wife a great big nagging cry baby. And this is not a new thing. Fifty years ago there was a classic book called "Love And Death In The American Novel" by Leslie Fiedler. And he said that all of American literature is basically men in flight from women. Men seeking death as an escape from sex. Men seeking families of men to avoid building a family with a woman.Well, see, this is what this movie really celebrates. You have a lad who keeps *saying* he has to get back to his wife and kids, that he has to pay off his insurance, trim the hedges, and blah blah blah blah blah. But then, you have his buddies, always joking, always laughing, ready to die for each other, no nagging women around, just the guys, lifting weights, joking around, watching movies, goofing on funny stories, living kind of easy and natural with no nagging women around.Come back to the Annex again, Huck honey!