[Dan in Wichita]

Masterpiece? IMHO, it was one of the stupidest movies I ever saw.

[cgbg]

Every stand up comic knows that at least ten percent of the audience will hate even their best jokes.

We are all different that way.

The movie specialized in irony.

One example was the troops shooting at each other with a big “Peace is our Business” sign overhead.

or....”You can’t fight in the War Room”

or....”You are going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company” for stealing a dime....

[rlmorel]

I disagree...it was a masterpiece of satire, IMO, but...there are too many who view it as more than what it was. It was, as a product of the times, an anti-war movie, but more so...a satire. And in the end, a movie...entertainment.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

And in the end, it is a movie, and people’s tastes in movies are certainly a very disparate thing. I rarely hold someone’s tastes in movies fully against them, but I still do that myself, as evidenced by the latest “Barbie” movie that I did not see.

[Red Badger]

I didn’t get it when I was young, but now I do.

In fact, it looks more and more prescient, as time goes by...............

[SisterK]

though not everyone’s cup of tea

the movie pokes fun of the military industrial complex
it is a 1984 peek at the pentagon
it is leftardism unchecked

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I bet you’re a real blast at parties.

[blitz128]

Watch it again, lol, it is full of subtle stuff
Like “there’s no fighting in the war room”
Col Jack Ripper.

Saw it as a kid and thought it was a serious movie(which it is but missed the satire), since then it ranks up with holy grail for a movie that I watch and see new stuff every time
Just my 2 cents

[stanne]

It’s a satire. It makes fun of people who had their fangs out

The tone, photography, settings were serious and believable. Peter sellers plays three different main characters. That’s straight faced comedy. Scott is hilarious. The lines are sublime. ‘Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! Theis is the war room!”

Of course it’s a stupid movie. Don’t watch it.

But many enjoy it. Some people enjoy the stupidity

I have to work with illogical people all day. I find it comforting to watch stupidity get mocked.

[Clutch Martin]

I like Kubrick films, but I also like Tarantino and Coen brothers... my sister thinks that kinda off, I dunno they’re entertaining in an abstract way.

[j.havenfarm]

Thank you. It’s way overrated

[rickomatic]

Masterpiece? IMHO, it was one of the stupidest movies I ever saw.

How old are you? I lived through the Cuban missle crisis. This movie was very timely. And hilarious.