Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) by Humberto A — 19 Aug 2012
If I were to sum up everything beautifully and ironically done in Dr. Strangelove with a single sentence it would be this: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!".
Stanley Kubrick's best movie ever made? Very likely...
The way the director picks on a very serious situation 30 years back and makes it a black humor comedy (sometimes very subtle, sometimes throwing everything in the viewer's face) shows how genius he was.
The movie takes place in 3 sets, all with their singularities and enormous amounts of fun. The first being the USAF base that locks itself up, even to it's allies (THEY MIGHT BE COMUNISTS, TRYING TO STEAL OUR BODILY FLUIDS!). Second is the War Room, where generals show how much their love for the country and the army comes before their love for human life while the US president talks via phone with a drunken stereotyped USSR President. Last one is the amazing B-52 that is sent to drop it's first load of bombs onto enemy territory, being commanded by old-fashioned-military-cowboy Major "King" Kong.
Everything in this movie is brilliant.
Mockery of the military and their smart strategies, such as building more and more atomic bombs to 'avoid' enemy atack? You got it here. Meaningless gibberish talk while the world is about to blow? Sure. Ex-Nazi crazy doctor with plans of rebuilding society thru selection of human beings? Why not!? Throw in his still-nazi-arm and you got it all...
One of the best movies ever made, I can't stress enough how much everyone should watch this.
This review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was written by Humberto A on 19 Aug 2012.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has generally received very positive reviews.
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