Sunday, August 10, 2008

Dr. Strangelove



This is quite simply one of the funniest movies you will ever see.



And I, for one, cannot imagine why the whole world has not seen this movie. It's absolute genius.



It's a Roger Ebert Great Movie. And here is what he has to say:

"``Dr. Strangelove's'' humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat ... ah, now you've got something."



Roger Ebert also says that, "Kubrick made what is arguably the best political satire of the century, a film that pulled the rug out from under the Cold War by arguing that if a ``nuclear deterrent'' destroys all life on Earth, it is hard to say exactly what it has deterred."



Peter Sellers is phenomenal. Although, I would argue strongly that there is no movie with Sellers in he's not phenomenal. And yes, everyone is aware that he plays three different characters in this movie.



George C. Scott is stunningly good. Although, once again, he usually is.



I think that's all for now. The movie won awards, but I don't feel like listing them.
Besides, why do you need another reason to watch a movie?

Just go.



You didn't actually expect another picture for the end of this post, did you?

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