Thoroughly Amusing

Rating: 6/10 (12 December 2009)

This is one of the most interesting movies I have ever seen, it was amusing and fun to watch. I have to say that my favorite part of the movie was just the characters names (Jack D. Ripper, Merkin Muffley, "King" Kong, "Buck" Turgidson, etc). Just hearing the characters call another character one of their obnoxiously silly names was just enough to drum up a laugh. Peter Sellers did an excellent job playing three characters, and he was able to switch back and forth between characters while making both characters very believable. While enjoying this movie, I felt that it sexualized females very much, with the only female character wearing a bikini, and then the same woman being the Playboy centerfold that "King" Kong is reading in the cockpit, and I thought that that was the only lame part of the movie. I thought that the cinematography was very well done, and seeing the plane fly through the air in a very campy (as it would be referred to now) 60s style definitely made for a good laugh, even though it wasn't supposed to be funny. I also liked being able to learn about the scares and politics of nuclear weapons and the Cold War. I enjoyed this film, it's not my favorite, but I would definitely watch it again.