Another brilliant satire from Stanley Kubrick! So many iconic moments, rom Slim Pickens riding the bomb to the closing credits playing to " We'll meet again". One of the best films of the 60s
Can world leaders overcome their petty differences and stave off Armageddon after a rogue US general obsessed with the purity of his precious bodily fluids unleashes a nuclear-armed bomber wing on the Soviet Union? Peter Sellers plays three roles, but George C. Scott's jingoistic General Buck steals the show. The Cold War may be over, but decades later fears about the power of our technology coupled with the fallibility of our leaders still make the hilarious yet horrifying jokes in this black comedy resonate still.
I just didn't find the movie all that amusing or entertaining. There were certainly some laugh-out-loud moments, and the idea of the film is great, but it was busy either being overly silly or just plain boring. I suppose a lot of it comes down to Kubrick, whose style I just never learned to appreciate.
very good movie. It entertaining and hilarious with its satire of Russia and American army in ww2. Storyline was great and so was the acting especially Peter Seller.
Profoundly funny. It's understated dark comedy satire unlike anything I've ever seen before. Peter Sellers is epic as Dr. Strangelove and really defines this anti-war film.
Only Kubrick could make a film about World War III into one of the greatest black comedies ever produced. And of course, Peter Sellers is the main focus with his trio performance, including Dr. Strangelove.
I see Dr. Strangelove as an anti-war film. It does this by showing how easily a conflict can turn into a huge threat for the world.
It''s a technical masterpiece and is a must see for all Kubrick fans.
not a 2001 fantasy of when machines think they are God!
but instead a tunnel vision take on Man's Possible Stupidity
dealing with two much power and their unjust selfish ways on how to deal with it.
One of Mr. Sellers Best...he plays 3 parts, Stanley was giving him a fourth but after some thought said 3 is enough..
One Of James Earl Jones, first major films...also George C. Scott gives a bravado performance.
Highly recommended if you are a fan of Cold War Drama.
By far one of the wittiest movies ever. Masters the english languages with severe understatements, double entendres and crude references. Brilliant performaces from Sellers and Scott.
Cleverly made satire.. however not enough funny moments to be a 5-star comedy.. whats the deal with everyone going on about the line "Gentleman you can't fight in here, this is the war room"?? I could see that line coming a million miles out..
A movie on a serious topic filled with satire. It had some funny moments and an ending that is quite unusual compared to pretty much any other film I've seen. Not my favorite Kubrick movie, but not bad nonetheless.
Mr. President, about, uh, 35 minutes ago, General Jack Ripper, the commanding general of, uh, Burpelson Air Force Base, issued an order to the 34 B-52's of his Wing, which were airborne at the time as part of a special exercise we were holding called Operation Drop-Kick. Now, it appears that the order called for the planes to, uh, attack their targets inside Russia. The, uh, planes are fully armed with nuclear weapons with an average load of, um, 40 megatons each. Now, the central display of Russia will indicate the position of the planes. The triangles are their primary targets; the squares are their secondary targets. The aircraft will begin penetrating Russian radar cover within, uh, 25 minutes.
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 93 minutes
My review:
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb is an absolutely awesome classic masterpiece from legendary director Stanley Kubrick. The plot is very weird and has bizarre characters which work really well with Kubrick as he has done bizarre yet fucking amazing movies. This film is set in the Cold War and probably the best film that is about the Cold War. Peter Sellers delivers outstanding performances as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley and Dr. Strangelove. They are all 3 completely different characters that appear totally different aswell. He definitely deserved his Best Actor Oscar nomination. They George C. Scott?s performance as Air Force General Curtis LeMay is really good aswell. This film is a black comedy and I am not really interested in black comedy films but I thought this film was pretty funny but not hilarious though. I thought that the camera work and visual effects that is used on the planes and the scene with the bomb is absolutely superb. I can only think of this and Paths Of Glory as black and white Stanley Kubrick movies. This film can be quite complicating in some ways for me but it is still an enjoyable masterpiece though. This film will always become a masterpiece for a very long time that will make people laugh and will make it enjoyable for everyone.
It doesn't happen often, but this is one of those times - I see what the entire cinematic world acknowledges as a masterpiece, and I just don't get it. What is supposed to be the ultimate black comedy ever made, and I don't find it all that funny. George C. Scott is great, I'll grant that, but Sellers' parts (all 3 of 'em) were nothing to crack a smile over, especially the title character, whose antics did nothing to advance the story. I love Kubrick's work in general, but maybe this was a generational thing, and since I didn't grow up with Cold War terror, I can't appreciate the satire here. I mean, EVERYBODY can't be wrong, can they...?
Stanley Kubrick's satire of Cold War politics, right in the middle of it, came at a time when it was ceertainly not cool to joke about the bomb, but it was cool to riff the government. Vietnam was wearing even the government down. In the story, an insane doctor with a fascist robotic arm threatens to blow up the world using a bomber, starting with an attack on the Soviets. The government teries to stop him. Features the classic moment of a cowboy leader riding a ballistic nuke to the target like it's a bull. Ha. Black and white early 60s style with similar humor, and a million jabs against the cold war.
i take back everything i said about comedy not being able to rise above 3 stars -- for there is peter sellers with kubrick "direction," if you can call turning on a camera direction. this film (and lolita) are like the results of two auteurs working in some improbable type of concert -- if such a scenario were possible with the retention of the word auteur. this is a permanent classic skewering of american military-industrial-bureaucratic instrumental governing. oh, and the cold war. i do not consider kubrick a god, but more like an old testament prohet. sellers is a bodhisattva
Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a black comedy dealing with the Cold War. Basically, a crazy Air Force general orders a group of US B-52 bombers to carry out "operation R" which means the President has been killed and they are to proceed with a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The President is not dead and the President wants to order a retreat but that is impossible as the planes will not receive outside communication unless the correct 3-letter sequence is given first and there are 17,576 possible permutations. While the film warns us at the beginning that there are security measures in place making this film impossible, it doesn't really matter. The film attempts to satirize the Cold War and the theory of mutual assured destruction, and it is quite effective in doing so.
The starring actor in this film is Peter Sellers who plays the title character of Dr. Strangelove, the President of the United States, and a group captain. Playing three roles in one film is rather impressive in itself, but Sellers is great doing so. The group captain is British and Seller produces a realistic British accent (which is no surprise as he is British), the President is American and Sellers comes off as American, and Dr. Strangelove is a former German Nazi and his German accent is equally impressive. The film also has actors like George C. Scott and James Earl Jones. Everyone else is good enough, but Sellers' characters are easily the most noticeable.
Overall, this is a good, fast-paced film that's largely entertaining. While it isn't the greatest film I've ever seen, it's certainly above-average and offers very good criticism of the Cold War.
it's a bit of a strange film, and doesn't flow quite as well as other kubrick films, however it has some great moments, and peter sellers is better than ever in not one but three roles (the best being the title character).
It's a comedy film,right?Well,not really,unless you can point out that conference rooms and Seller's character alterations and satirical quotes are comedic.So it's a satire...and my slice of eccentricity in it.
The president of the United States must contend with the Russians and his own political and military leaders when a fanatical general launches a nuclear bomb attack on the U.S.S.R.
Sellers excells in his multirole adaptation of Dr. Stangelove, Captain Mandrake, and the president.
A very successful dramatic comedy by the late Stanley Kubrick, who showed once again how great of a director and producer he is.
Some lame idiotic jokes along the way, but all in all, just a classic.
o.o i didn't understand that last part... youtube could have subtitles on complicated scenes. i couldn't understand a word of what that strange guy was saying! xD but it's good! i got the major picture.
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