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I saw imdb's rating and the comments on Dr. Strangelove...Although I was never bored, It simply was not funny enough for me to laugh out loud.
I had to smile when the president spoke to his russian counterpart...and it was a pleasure watching Sellers at work. The rest of the cliché's were so true, they weren't even funny? The story is not far fetched at all...it is very plausible except for the one guy on the bomb that is. Comedy is one of my favourite genres and I like virtually all comedy except Leslie Nielsen slapstick..
What is wrong with me for not thinking it is one of the greatest comedies ever?
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Good film but not great.Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell them you're Jewish"
It has less relevance and resonance in the post-Cold War era. Plus, what was viewed as dark, cutting satire then seems tame next to a "South Park" episode. It's one of those movies that people are cajoled into remembering as great (its Kubrick, so you HAVE to love it!) - until they watch it again and realize it's been overhyped - like the hugely overrated "Citizen Kane".Peter Sellers is better in "Being There" or any of the Pink Panther movies. (On a side note, Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, is producing a remake of The Pink Panther with Steve Martin playing Inspector Clouseau.)
You just aren't old enough maybe? I grew up in the 50's next to SAC (duck and cover? What good will that do if you are in a smoking hole?) As for Slim Pickins riding the bomb, don't you remember "Hopalong Cassidy" with him yelling "Hey, Bill. Wait for me!" He was the cold war counterpart of his character in the cowboy series. It is a classic because it is disturbing and too close to true for comfort, but also reminds us of the fatalistic sense of humor we had to develop back then in order to stay sane.
- nuclear combat toe to toe with the Rooskies.Dr. Strangelove is quite simply my favorite film of all time. It remains at the top of my personal list. I was in college when it first came out and of course we were all worried about the cold war.
It was the first VHS movie I ever bought. And I once made an audio casstte tape of it just to listen to in my car on work commutes.
I think it is simply dated now. It was hilarious at the time. There is not a seriousness about a total nuclear threat anymore as there was. We have the "dirty bomb" worry somewhere in the back of our heads, but at the time of this release there were fallout shelters ready everywhere and school children were drilled on emergency procedures. Public warning systems in the form of massive horns were even periodically tested in many places. Truely creepy stuff, and the perfect setting for a black comedy.
-Bill
...satires ever. I don't think it would rank as a greatest comedy. And today it's a little dated. You should have seen it back during the cold war - then it was funnier.
but you gotta love Pickens riding that bomb! It had a few other moments too. As far as Kubrick/comedy, I thought Full Metal Jacket was good.
precious bodily fluids. You must have an imbalance :--))
> The rest of the cliché's were so true, they weren't even funny?Which cliche's? The crazy general? The stoic Soviet diplomat? The manic ex-nazi scientist? How many of these characters have you met?
> The story is not far fetched at all...
It's pretty farfetched, right now at least. The president has the nuclear control codes, without those codes you can't arm a nuclear weapon. SAC controls pretty much all that stuff, one loony general can't order a nuclear strike.
> What is wrong with me for not thinking it is one of the greatest comedies ever?
It's a very low key, black comedy. If that's not your cup of tea then you won't find it funny. There's nothing wrong with you at all :)
Try watching it again, and play close attention to the cinematography, especially in the war room. Remember, Kubrick had a reason for pretty much every shot in his movies.
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Grossly over-rated? Not funny?"You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
"Remember when we were firing the machine gun? Keep feeding me, you said, and I kept feeding you! Remember?"
"A fella can have himself a pretty good time in Dallas (later re-edited to say "Vegas") with this stuff."
"You just go ahead and start your countdown, and I promise ol' Buck'll be back before you can say 'Blast-Off!'"
"Mein fuhrer! I can walk!"
"Of course I like to call you! Of course I like to say 'Hallo'!"
When I showed a friend "Dr. Strangelove" for the first time, he didn't laugh at all. He thought it was too close to the truth. For an interesting counterpoint, now see the Henry Fonda drama "Fail Safe," which was released almost at the same time as "Strangelove."
I think that if you find cliches in "Dr. Strangelove", it is because others have stolen from it over and over again. Perhaps its "essence of purity" has been drained from it, so to speak. The perspective of time does make large parts of it seem almost like a documentary, but keep in mind the crazy things our government has done since "Strangelove"! And remember, when Ronald Reagan became president and took his first tour of the White House, he asked to see "the War Room"!
The script had it as "Re-entry!"
I forgot the great line that had to be cut when the pie-throwing sequence was edited out after Kennedy's assasination:"Our president has been cut down in the prime of his life!"
It is a very good film that the popular opinion tends to present as some completely unique monument. I suppose if you saw it during the Cold War, it would have resonated stronger, but all that mundane stuff should not really matter.
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His judgement are God like....He is so good to you, Victor. So good. His mildness is so far above....
There are certain lines I would never cross, and I think that you've just alluded to one of them! ;^)AuPh
Perhaps I would have found DS to be a "great" film if I had viewed it during its (original) theatre days.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.I s'pose you don't remember LBJ's campaign ad (with the little girl picking petals of the daisy, the countdown, and the nuclear explosion) either.
Those were the days...NOT.
I can understand its audacious place in history, beyond that, I don't get it. It's my suspicion that most fans enjoy it vicariously through that prism.
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