Worth watching

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 2003)

I am not one of those who bow to the temple of Stanley Kubrick. "Eyes Wide Shut" was pathetic, and I've yet to understand what's behind the cult status of "A Clockwork Orange." I do like satire, though, and I did enjoy this movie. Peter Sellers is always worth watching, and the best scene in the movie is the (actually very long) telephone conversation with the drunk Soviet premiere, trying to tell him that the US has just accidentally launched a nuclear attack because one of the generals went...funny. Dr Strangelove himself was actually a little overdone although he had some great moments(how did a former Nazi become an American citizen?)George C. Scott's overzealous military officer could easily be transported over 40 years to our military today and fit right in (according to him, we're in competition for superiority with the Russians even in the mine shaft), though the enemy target has changed. Keenan Wynn, as "Bat" Guano (get it?) has the best line in the film-"If you don't get the president, you'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company!" A fate worse than death...