Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
45% overall with a pattern worth knowing: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opens well and fades. Early-round voters favor it; the films it faces in finals tend not to. Peter Sellers playing three roles in a satire about nuclear annihilation shouldn't be the funniest film of the 1960s, but it is, and that impossible combination of dread and comedy gives voters something no other film on the ballot can offer. 1.8s avg decision time (platform avg: 3.5s). No deliberation needed.
Synopsis
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Strong at 56% in the opening round, solid at 33% in the semis, then 20% in the final. The further Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb goes, the tougher the opposition — and the results show it.
Against Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb wins only 20%. Some matchups simply don't go your way.
In Stanley Kubrick's filmography, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ranks #6 of 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey leads at 71%; Paths of Glory at 40% trails.
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