Sheer Genius

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2017)

Dr. Strangelove was a film that changed the way I looked at movies. I had just started to get more interested in movies at the time, and my roommate had the DVD and I was interested, so I popped it in, and it changed the way I looked at film.
Watching Dr. Strangelove, I experienced emotions that I had never experienced before while watching film. It was gripping. I was physically distraught at the thought that one man's foolish actions could destroy the world, and even watching it without growing up in the Cold War, I still felt fear at the thought that a pitiless machine could right then destroy life as I knew it. But despite this anxiety, I still laughed several times during the film. It was the best of satire, portraying something as both real and absurd.
No film is perfect, though, and some parts do move slower, and some juxtaposition by George C. Scott is a little grating and predictable. But despite all that, I would highly recommend this movie to any film lover.