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Rating: 5/10 (18 October 2005)

Dr. Strangelove I thought was an interesting movie. It was black and white, which was kinda boring but it did have a lot of very good points. The idea of this movie and its viewpoints were incredible. I believe that anyone that had lived in THAT time period would have understood the movie completely and gotten every situation of satire. However, me being 15 years old really didn't understand many of the jokes about government and about war. I wouldn't have found many of them funny/ironic if it wasn't for Mr. Black explaining them all. I would buy this movie, put and it away, and maybe watch it again when I'm older. I would probably understand it better then. It did keep my attention some of the time, mainly at the end. Dr. Strangelove was a very interesting character. It was funny how all of the the people in the government really thought that they would be able to work out this problem. Their ideas for survival were ridiculous and this is what made the movie much more entertaining. A lot of the movie was related to something sexual which captured a lot of peoples attention as well. The men in the government knew that if the bomb hit then the "doomsday" device would go off the whole world would be blown up. Still they were trying to think of solutions to what they would do if this did happen. When we as the audience all knew they would all die. This ironicness keep my attention for most of the movie. But again, if I was watching this myself on my own time I probably wouldn't have understood most of it. I'd give this movie about a 4/5ish rating.