Ingenius

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2003)

Anyone can make parody (see Leslie Nielsen), but it takes a great deal of intelligence and wit to make a film like this.
Humor: the jokes are dead on, but you might need an American History textbook with you to understand some of the humor. Kubrick knew what he was doing and up until the mid-90s, when the next generation that never knew the perils of nuclear war started taking over, this had to be the best satire ever made. It still is.
Awards: The Academy is a bunch of nincompoops when they consistently pass over great art like this in favor of...Tom Jones and The Sound of Music? What is THAT?!
Sound: in low-budget, independent works like this, sound tends to be left out and considered a minimal priority. Not here, every click and beep of the CRM-114 is authentic-sounding and the echoes in the War Room are dead on. Even the gunshots maintain that Looney Tunes tune to them. All I can say is "wow".
Cinematography: The camera is beautifully manipulated (in a rather straightforward) with no behest on Kubrick's part to keep things simple but effective. "If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid."
Acting: this film is all about over the top performances and every single act puts his ingredients into the stew. Fortunately, unlike such efforts as Batman Returns, everyone gets a good amount of say while still being memorable. "Hey! What about Major Kong?"
Overall: As a sci-fi film, Dr. Strangelove remains one of the best in depicting human error (a concept further elaborated on in 2001) and thus retains its placing in the classics of the genre. Sci-Fi, after all, is not about slimy ALIENS or big bug battles, but rather the effects of mankind's existence on his own psyche. Or so I see it.
A worthwhile film that has not aged as well as others. You either will agree that it is incredible or find it loathsome, incomprehensible, and boring. If the latter, get your head screwed on straight because XXX has decayed your brain.