Absolute Genius!

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2004)

Stanley Kubrick once again, dazzles and amazes. Dr. Strangelove is simply revolutionary, witty, entertaining, funny as heck, and of course, with a powerful message underlying it all. Kubrick felt that so many of the absurdities of nuclear war (etc.) had to be left out in order to make the film a serious piece, but he also felt that they were necessary in order to get the full message across, so he decided to make the film a satire, unlike the book, which it is based off of. The result of this, is nothing short of extraordinary!
Each character's name has sexual connotations and such. If one delves deeply enough into the matter, and begins to take notice, the entire film has a sexual underlining. From the first scene of the aerial "re-fueling" to the matter of "precious bodily fluids" with General Ripper to the ending idea of the underground society, primarily made up of men - sex is all around! Also at the center of the film is the idea of "mutual assured destruction" and the "doomsday device" - there is so much hidden between the layers of this film - its impossible to do it justice in a short comment.
I urge everyone to take notice of every aspect of this film, from the differing camera shots and angles, to the dark humor, and of course, the message that lies underneath it all. For, in a Kubrick, only if one does this, can one achieve the full affect! =) Peter Sellers does an amazing job in his three roles. The immortal line "You can't fight in here, this is the war room!" shall live on forever in every film buff's mind. And of course, Dr. Strangelove being hardly able to maintain his hail Hitler arm - simply fabulous and extremely funny.
The only fault might be in the fact that Kubrick cut out a final pie throwing scene which would tie up some loose ends (i.e. the Russian taking a secret picture of the large map on the screen) but Kubrick didn't like the final outcome, so he cut it from the movie. Still, this is movie magic and film at its best! Stanley Kubrick, master auteur, does it again.