Very Good but...

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 1999)

Dr. Strangelove is a really good movie, but I don't feel that it deserves to be #9 all-time (its rank as of this writing). My main problem with it is the ending. I felt that the movie should have ended when the first bomb hit. If Kubrick wanted to include the dialogue which followed, he should have but it before the bomb landed.
The other thing I want to point out is that General Ripper's theory about floridated water is not as creative as it seems today. The belief that floridation was a communist plot was a real and fairly wide-spread belief during the 50s.
Overall Dr. Strangelove is quite good, a certaintly a classic. I just don't feel it should be #9 all-time. Rating: 8/10