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Summary: THE BEST!
Review: This is the best role of Peter Sellers and George C. Scott and also the best movie of Stanley Kubrick.
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Summary: The greatest, most fascinating dark comedy ever made
Review: This film was absolutely intriguing. From the beginning I was hooked. It says they're not parodying anyone. That may have been true but I sure could find some real ironic characters. Ripper reminded me of General MacArthur. The President reminded me of Truman, and Strangelove reminded me of every stereotyped nazi refugee scientist I've ever seen. This film is just plain hillarious though. Captain Mandrake and the mumbling, speech defficient corporal was hillarious. However, as the film draws to a close. The laughter turns into a kind of depressed feeling that turns the movie upside down and after that, the idea of WWW3 doesn't seem so funny anymore.
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Summary: The Cold War, the atomic bomb, and lots of laughs
Review: Stanley Kubrick, returning to his views on the insanity of the military first expressed in Paths of Glory, has created the ultimate black comedy about the possibility of nuclear war. General Jack D. Ripper decides to put a stop to "the international Communist plot to sap and impurify all our precious bodily fluids" by ordering his B-52 bombers to attack Russia with nuclear weapons. It's up to the Pentagon War Room to halt the attack before World War III begins. How they go about it is both funny and frightening, showing the ineptitude of the U.S. military and government. Sterling Hayden is great as the gruff and imposing General Ripper. George C. Scott, in probably his best role, is General Buck Turgidson, the Communist-hater who reluctantly advises the President to follow Ripper's lead. Slim Pickens is the rowdy cowboy pilot whose plane can't be recalled and who might jeopardize the whole world. And Peter Sellers, in a stunning feat that could easily have earned three Oscars, plays the roles of Ripper's second in command Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, and the famous Dr. Strangelove, refugee from Nazi Germany who is confined to a wheelchair and has an interesting tic. This movie is essential for anyone interested in the cold war and the military, or anyone who's looking for one of the greatest films ever made. (Pay close attention to a young James Earl Jones as the bombadier.)
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Summary: Plumbbob, Crossroads, Mandrake, Bikini, Russ, & the Big One
Review: In the late 1940's, Admiral Blandy of the US Navy said, "I am not an atomic playboy...I am not doing these tests to satisfy some personal whim". Proceeding this statement, the continuation of nuclear tests on Bikini, Eniwetok,Christmas Island and the Nevada Proving Grounds led to such a great exaggeration of power and perversion through the unrelenting detonation of thousands of nuclear explosions (some near 100 megatons!)and at least 331 atmospheric explosions (how about that ozone---CFCs seem an unlikely culprit)that it had to be America's most severe and secret addiction. The propaganda surrounding the "general crisis of hostile nuclear invasions" was a front to allow for the continued stockpiling of nuclear weopons, and it was a liscence for the contiuned 'orgasmic' detonation (check this theme out as a metaphor and motif in the film!) of sub-aqueous, atmospheric, sub-terranian as well as surface detonations throughout the 50's and early 60's. This film, aside from its 'dark' genius, develops many of the truths that surround this "era of defense" and the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a check point in the history of the human conscience. A mandatory family possession. I will show it 24 hours a day on my own satellite. I will open a restaurant called Strangelove's. I will serve my favorite drink, a Precious Bodily Screwdriver. I will contact and interview Slim Pickens and reveal the truth about his secret admiration for world destruction. Is he still alive?
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Summary: I was deeply suspicious of the full screen aspect ratio, but
Review: I loved the video of this, one of the greatest films of all time. Was there really a changing aspect ratio? I couldn't tell, which may be the point. I almost didn't watch the DVD because it was not in wide screen, but even a wide screen fantatic has to accept a great video experience. Kubrick directed the first three really great science fiction films. All previous sf films, however beloved, require a little bit of a blush and shuffling of feet. Strangelove/2001/Orange do not.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I originally didn't want to see this film(I am 14 and it is black and white, you know how it is)but my parents made me. Before it was over I was asking my parents if we could go out an buy it the next day. My favorite part is when Gen. Buck Turgison(George C. Scott)tells the president(Peter Sellers) that US bombers are going to attack their targets inside of Russia. Scott's facial expressions in this scene alone make this movie one to see over and over again. This is a film for all ages(although a few parts might go over a youngster's head), and I can't recomend it enough.
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Summary: Hilarious time after time
Review: I saw this with my dad as a kid and enjoyed it. I have probably seen it 20 times since then (I'm a big kid now) and it never gets old. Peter Sellers' acting is just great, along with the all star cast (when they were young). The movie begins a little slowly but picks up. One of the best things I like about it are all the small funny innuendos throughout the film. A must see film (video).
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Summary: Suprisingly enjoyable
Review: I was in my early 20's when I caught this old black & white film one lazy Saturday afternoon. Being a child raised on John Hughes films (Weird Science, Sixteen Candles) I was sure this film would bore me to death. However, I was quickly caught up in its dark, obscure humor and stunned to see George C. Scott in a highly animated comic role. He is hilarious! I am also amazed at Stanely Kubrick's ability to keep the tone of this film so deadly serious, but manage to make every scene incredibly funny. I will never again be able to think of Slim Pickins without seeing him riding that 20 megaton bomb to his death, whooping and hollering like a cowboy. Makes me laugh just thinking about it! Definitely not a film for everybody, but if you enjoy dark cold-war comedy you should get a kick out of this.
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Summary: Required watching
Review: This movie, along with "On the Beach", should be required watching once a year for the President, all members of Congress,the Cabinet and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Summary: Greatest Film Ever Made
Review: Without hesitation I always regard Dr. Strangelove as the greatest film of all time. Whenever I watch it with someone new that hasn't seen it, I am constantly saying, 'Oh, this is the best part! This is great.' and then two minutes later I'm saying again, 'Oh, this is the best part!' It is just one after another, after another collection of great scenes and memorable lines. The only complaint I have with the DVD version is that it is not wide screen or multi-formatted like the description implied, and it doesn't have English sub-titles for the hearing impaired.
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