Dr. Strangelove

Looks like Gen. Ripper was right all along... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40962808/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Saw it as a kid and loved it as a straight comedy. Any movie that had grown-ups acting like buffoons was great back then. Saw it years later, when I was able to see past the cartoonish characters and understand the more subtle wit and the horrible implications of the plot line and realized what a unique and brilliant motion picture it is. George C. Scott had some funny dialogue, but his facial expressions alone were priceless. The montage of actual H-bomb footage set to Vera Lynn's classic WW2song "We'll Meet Again" is my favorite ending of any movie.

This is Peter Sellers best work ever. Very funny and disturbing.

Boring, overrated, empty. I can understand that some like it because it is anti-war. But interesting, this movie?! Nothing interesting happens there. One of the top 5 overrated movies I watched.

The sequences in the aircraft are spot-on for military authenticity. Slim was a bit too low-brow to have been the man in charge of that aircraft but his performance was great fun overall. Sellers was excellent, a bit too far out for the Henry Kissinger/ Ex-Nazi in the wheelchair but fine as the other two characters. James Earl Jones was very good in what may have been his first film role.

One of the all time great comedies and is still as relevant to politics as it was back then.

wow!WOW!

This was not merely a great film, but an important one. For those too young to remember, let me tell you: the Cold War was a damned scary time! We may simply have been lucky that the people in charge of the world didn't blow it up. Kubrick's film was, perhaps, the first time a serious artist had the nerve to view the Cold War as a proper subject for satire. In so doing, he gave us all a new way of looking at the central reality of our world. In those years, we were never more than half an hour away from annihilation -- whether because of a mechanical error (as in Fail Safe) or the deliberate act of a madman, like Jack D. Ripper in Strangelove. But the very policy of our government was known as Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). How much difference was there, Kubrick wanted us to ask, between General Ripper and, say, Curtis LeMay, or President Muffley and President Johnson? After seeing Strangelove, it was impossible to take our Cold War leaders or policies at face value. We could... Read more

I thought this movie was so boring it lacked substance and character

The third most overrated film of all time.

Released in 1964, Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb is cinema in its finest art form. While the dominant Cold War theme is a bit dated now, the film serves a practical purpose today, namely to give a genuine feel of what conditions the world was under during that time for subsequent generations notwithstanding the strong undertones of dark humor. For the uninitiated, the basic story is that American Air Force General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) sends the attack signal to an airborne bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. King Kong (Slim Pickens). Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) realizes that Ripper is crazy and attempts to contact the President (Peter Sellers) who is barricaded in the war room with his advisors, the hawkish Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) and ex-Nazi Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers) as well as the Russian ambassador (Peter Bull). As the men debate the merits of letting the chips fall or trying to stop the bom... Read more

Very good, with strong funny performances, tight direction and a good script.

One of my all-time faves.Not a wrong note in it! Sellers is absolutely, positively, without a doubt, superb! His RAF officer and Doc Strangelove characters had me rolling! Absolutely great comic timing! You see the beginning of Kubrick's style, with the camera, the backgrounds, the attention to detail. I was in the Air Force in the 90s, and things still haven't changed - there really are nuts like that on base squadrons. I love the message behind the madness. This movie can't be duplicated - it's like Duck Soup meets Catch 22 or something. THe Major Kong / bomb/ penis scene and Strangelove talking about postapocalyptic life are fantastic. His whole hand w/ a mind of its own / ex-Nazi schtick - I just can't speak any higher - true genius. Sellers was a hell of a talent - he wasn't even a comedian by trade!

Practically perfect in every way. Casting, screenplay, black and white, totally quirky. Let's face it, when you get as many LEADING ACTORS in one film (and they're all at their peak), it's gotta be off the chart!

Where the hell is Major Kong?

I worship this movie. I worship Stanley Kubrick, the great artist who made this masterpiece. I worship the sense of ridiculous, cold irony that permeates every second of it. I worship George C. Scott as Buck Turgidson, who is the single funniest person in the film. And everything else in this film, I worship as well. A seriously funny movie. Hysterical, but with a deep, dark, cynical message. A satire for the ages. One of the greatest films ever made.

Stanley Kubrick was an artist, it is quite obvious. He knew exactly how to push the right buttons. With "Dr. Strangelove," he pushed as many as he could and still made a very controversial, very ludicrous, very sardonic piece of cinema. But, we cannot place the brilliance of the film at Kubrick's feet alone, for there are plenty others who deserve just as much credit. George C. Scott is brilliant as the often eccentric U.S. general. Peter Sellers, in all three roles is as funny as one can get (athough I think Scott was much better than Sellers here). Sterling Hayden's Col. Ripper is so clearly insane, it is hilarious to hear him talk of the Soviets "draining us of our precious fluids." And of course, there is the bomb sequence. Words cannot begin to describe how insanely over-the-top, yet brilliant that scene is! "Dr. Strangelove" is a great film. Certainly, one of Kubrick's best, and a candidate for one of the greatest movies ever made.

One of the most shocking moments I have ever seen on film is definately the cowboy riding the bomb. That was incredibly powerful, yet also terrifying. Still, I cannot reccomend this film enough. Peter Sellers is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT AND MARVELOUS in it, as is Sterling Hayden (surprise, surprise, recognise him from The Godfather?), and George C. Scott. Kubrick pulled off ANOTHER masterstroke, the real greatness of his films began with Dr Strangelove, and went on to 2001: A Space Oddysey, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket. This film is hilarious, dark, and even terrifying at times. Peter Sellers, wow, he was absolutely amazing and mesmerizing in his 3 roles, I say: GET THIS OUT. Summary: ONE OF THE FUNNIEST AND GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE.

The best satire about war I have seen on film. Stanley Kubrick is a genius. Peter Sellers acting climax with his multiple roles. A great visual with Slim Pickens riding his " hoss" to his destiny.

In a word- DARK. This is one of the weirdest films ever made. Funyn at times, and at others just downright sick. Peter Sellers is fantastic in his portrayl of 3 different characters. But the finest performances come from Sterling Hayden as "Colonel Jack D. Ripper" and from George C. Scott. There is much comedy and some moments of true sadness. Definitely a cult classic of epic proportions.

Hysterical comedy on a scary subject. Brilliant direction from the master - Kubrick. Performances from Sellers, Scott and Hayden are first rate. Highly recommended.

One of the most surreally funny movies ever made. This film was also a well-done jab at extreme right wing hawks and mindless warmongers. As far as I'm concerned the sentiment of the entire movie could not have been summed up better than it was in the scene in which Slim Pickens zealously rides the bomb to his death - "Yeeeehawwww!". Considering it was released in 1964, none of us need wonder why it became one of the most popular cult movies of all time.

Dr. Strangelove is an extremly boring and dull movie that was unimaginativly made, and Peter Sellers makes a total fool of himself. It's extremly dark and gothic, and it's just totally stupid.

This film is biting, twisted, and bloody hilarious! Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott, and Peter Sellers are just brilliant.

Hilarious. Peter Sellers is the jack-o-all trades. The doomsday notion is so real that I sometimes wonder if some country has got it happening today. Flying down on the bomb is a great scene.

This movie is just silly and I love it. Peter Sellers does a hilarious job in all three of his parts. This movie has some of my favorite images like Dr. Stragelove trying to suppress a Nazi salute, the insane officer firing a belt fed machine gun at his own troops, yelling "Feed me!", and of course the cowboy riding the ICBM. Overall, hilarious and one of my all time favorites.

Possibly Stanley Kubrick's best work, Dr. Stragelove is a hilarious and brilliant take on the age of atomic weapons. Saturated with symbolism and a fantastic performance by Peter Sellers makes this a true classic.

A classic Stanley Kubrick movie, who is incapable of producing a bad film. The movie was both hilarious and poignant, reminiscent of Catch-22 in its satirical yet altogether believable portrayal of world militaries.

My favorite Kubric film. A cold war satire that entertains even today. Hilarious through and through.

This movie is one of Stanley Kubrick's best as it has a great plot & characters.

Awesome movie by the greatest movie director af all time.

Since Kubrick is my favorite director, his commentary on the cold war in Dr. Stragelove is highly ingenous.