Tue Mar 1, 2022, 04:52 PM
vlyons (9,492 posts)
Dr Strangelove
thinking about this Kubrick movie today and the complete absurdity of war. Greatest anti-war movie ever made. My favorite scene is a fist fight between the Russian ambassador and a US general in the war room of the White House, and the President says, "You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
of course the most famous scene is when Maj Kong (Slim Pickens) rides the bomb.
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vlyons | Mar 2022 | OP |
lpbk2713 | Mar 2022 | #1 | |
Walleye | Mar 2022 | #2 | |
Blue Owl | Mar 2022 | #3 | |
gratuitous | Mar 2022 | #4 | |
vlyons | Mar 2022 | #5 | |
Kid Berwyn | Mar 2022 | #6 | |
Beausoleil | Mar 2022 | #7 |
Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 05:03 PM
lpbk2713 (41,868 posts)
1. "Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."
That line makes me laugh. |
Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 05:03 PM
Walleye (22,708 posts)
2. Yeah, there's no point in having a doomsday machine if you keep it secret
I’ve been thinking about this movie, too one of my favorite all-time movies
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Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 05:43 PM
Blue Owl (43,812 posts)
3. A true classic that has become even more relevant over the years...
Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 05:47 PM
gratuitous (80,486 posts)
4. "I think the auto-destruct mechanism got hit and blew itself up"
A movie that requires you to watch and listen closely to get all the little jokes and one-liners.
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Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 05:59 PM
vlyons (9,492 posts)
5. Then there's Gen Jack D Ripper
played by Sterling Heyden. Gen Ripper uses the letters POE as part of the code to cancel the nuclear attack. POE stands for purity of essence, because he is obsessed with only drinking pure spring water. He thinks the commies have a pl;ot to Weaken Americans by putting floride in the water systems. He reached this conclusion, when he noticed that he felt weaker after ejaculating in sex. lol lol lol He still has sex with women, but never gives them his pure bodily essence.
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Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 06:03 PM
Kid Berwyn (11,500 posts)
6. "Your commie has no regard for human life, not even his own."
“Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war? ... He said, ‘War is too important to be left to the generals.’ When he said that, fifty years ago, he may have been right. But today war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.”
![]() “I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence.” |
Response to vlyons (Original post)
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 06:15 PM
Beausoleil (2,545 posts)
7. My favorite movie
Sometime, I'd like to sit and watch this movie and then top it off with Dr. Strangelove for a special double feature:
You get to see Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellers in both movies! |