A hilarious take on the most dreadful scenario.

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2013)

There's one film from the 1960's that takes a peculiar stance on politics, and presents it in a way that some would not normally find humorous, but still remains a hysterical film. Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' is a movie that screams "What if" and puts us in a situation where nuclear war is starting to become an inevitable turnout. Dr. Strangelove shows all sides of the matter, and turns this cold war catastrophe into something of a sarcastic black comedy.
When a U.S. Air Force General becomes so delusional of a communist conspiracy theory that he impulsively orders an all out nuclear attack on Soviet Russia, things start to turn a little bit disturbing. With no prior knowledge from the president about the orders, the whole situation becomes one big fiasco between all the U.S. officials and a lone Russian Ambassador. The film continuously builds up to a dreadfully catastrophic circumstance, as they discover that the Russians have just finished constructing a defensive "Doomsday Machine" that will utterly wipe out all life on Earth at the sign of any hostility. But consistently retains a grim silliness, while all the different characters bicker at one another and impose extreme political views to assert effective action.
The theme of this movie takes after the whole "paranoia style", and pokes fun at the responsibilities of the figures of the government. It portrays a world of paranoia where at any moment now could blow itself to smithereens. And In this film, that finally has become the case. As we watch this preposterous dilemma unfold, the men in charge handle it like it's some sort of childish accident. It sends a message that we are fully capable of doing some dreadful things, and shows how absurd such actions can be. But when put under reasonable light, is only pure silliness.