hyped garbage

Absolutely brilliant

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Stupid, living in the past people overestimated this boring, nonsense, not funny at all movie. People see 'cult' directors names and already like the movie.

In a cold war time and right after JFK assassination, what does Kubrick is indeed original: it's like if today we did a comedy about terrorism and while America keeps tight, only France did it so far with Youn and Vive la France. Here the premise recalls what happens in Wargames (the human element to launch a nuclear attack) but in a reverse way (the attack is launched!): It's funny (and comforting) that the path to the actual detonation is very complicated and not limited as a single red button to push like we are told. The military sets and equipment looks very accurate and in this cold, serious world, it's very unusual to find indeed comedy: I remember Hot Shots but here there's no really patriot feeling but frightening humans behavior: the military mind to look for an enemy to attack, the amoral and amnesic use of Nazi scientists for the arms race... There is also a lot of hidden things to notice: I like the army tagline Peace is our profession because it parallels our french name of military forces: Defense Ministry while in fact we keep attacking! Scott is really good as a obsessional general (wilder than Patton) and Sellers is indeed a master of disguise because I didn't get he was also playing the President (that's explain why I found this character a bit soft!). Watching him is a bit like watching another comedy genius, our french Les Nuls: he acts like Chabat with the look of late Bruno Carette.

My father, Terry Higgins played a small but important part in the making of this wonderful film, back in 1963, working with the set designer. Mad people in charge of nuclear weapons - nothing changes! I always think this film is as much for educations as for entertainment. Sadly, my father died last Monday.

Originally this film was supposed to be marketed to college Audiences. I think that was a complete mistake by people who do not understand the film. First, General Rippers paranoia stems from his conviction that floridation of the US water supply is a communist plot to destroy his ability to have sexual intercourse with a woman. The proof is in the pudding, because he tells his exec RAF Group Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) that he tried and failed. The rest of the movie steamrolls from here. Suffice to say it is fantastic. It is so realistic that when the movie debuted in theaters the USAF showed a disclaimer on the screen to terrified audiences assuring them that nothing like this could ever happen. Just see the film.