The Magnum Opus of Disaster-Comedy

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2017)

A classic Kubrick movie with a plot so absurd it had to come from reality. This movie fits perfectly with director Stanly Kubrick's iconic body of work. Dr. Strangelove carries Kubrick's signature brand of storytelling: combined with tongue-in-cheek humor over a background of looming unthinkable disaster. Dr. Strangelove is a masterpiece of the disaster-comedy genre. The movie brings in stars both famous then and famous now such as George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, Slim Pickens, and of course, Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers.
The thing that makes Dr. Strangelove so unique is how Kubrick puts such an absurd and hilarious movie over the dark, terrifying idea of nuclear catastrophe. The movie almost doesn't seem like a comedy with the tense "World teetering on a knife-point" atmosphere; only to be broken by character names like "Alexi de Sadesky," "Jack D. Ripper," and "Bat Guano" to list a few.
The story unfolds when General Ripper exceeds his authority and sends bomber squadrons to attack Russia as he believes they are polluting America's fluids because the Communists only drink vodka. He holds out on his base while one of his senior officers - Peter Sellers - tries to talk him down. Meanwhile, President Merkin Muffley - Peter Sellers - gathers a council in the war room with top military officials, the Russian ambassador, and a disabled ex-German scientist – Peter Sellers – who keeps referring to him as, "Mein Fuhrer." All while a mysterious "Doomsday Device" threatens to obliterate civilization. Hilarity ensues, 10/10.