We don't want to have a mine-shaft gap

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2006)

This is funniest film of all time. This film proves that you can be hilarious and significant. The humor is intelligent, precise, and well-crafted. Kubrick doesn't resort to cheep tricks and shenanigans. The actors play their respective roles with ultimate sincerity. They completely believe in everything that happens. That is why this film is so brilliant. Kubrick understands perfectly the message he wants to send, and places the exact amount of irony into it. I love the way the men on the base respond to the invading troops. "Those Ruskies are really good. Those look exactly like our tanks." I love the glee with which Gen. Turgison talks about launching a preemptive strike. "Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks." I love the way President Muffley talks on the phone with Premier Dimtri. "I'm sorry, too, Dmitri... I'm very sorry... *All right*, you're sorrier than I am, but I am as sorry as well... I am as sorry as you are, Dmitri! Don't say that you're more sorry than I am, because I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are... So we're both sorry, all right?... All right." I love Major Kong and the silly expressions he uses. "Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones." I love the way Dr. Strangelove has to fight to keep his Nazi side from taking over. "Mein FÃ¼hrer! I can walk!" Every time I watch this film I laugh harder than I did the last time I watched it. Excellent film.