Dr. Strangelove or The Manchurian candidate ? Which should I watch?

[Room101]

I plan on getting really drunk and watching one of these tonight.
Which one should I watch? I have never seen them.

[madrchsod]

1. strangelove is funny

man. cand. is down right fu*king scary....

[Room101]

3. I need a Laugh, DR it is ............

Thanks,
:party:

Tomorrow I will watch the Manchurian candidate.

[joeybee12]

2. Never GOT Strangelove--Manchurian Candidate is a classic

Angela Lansbury is incredible. Imagine, an actress of that caliber without an Oscar and no-talents like Nicole Kidman and Helen Hunt have them!

There is no GOD!

[Dookus]

7. Hey!

I LOVE Nicole Kidman - she's a great actress! "To Die For", "Eyes Wide Shut", "The Hours", "Moulin Rouge"... ALL great performances!

[joeybee12]

11. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

They are not! She's an incredibly untalented "actress'! Her performances are laughable!

I repeat, there is no GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dookus]

13. hehehe....

Just gotta disagree.

If we wanna talk about God and the Oscars, we ought to focus on Diane Keaton.

[joeybee12]

14. I HOPE you mean that Diane deserves more than one!

She's brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Katharine Hepburn should have gotten even more than four!!!!!!!!

[Dookus]

19. I think...

Diane Keaton stinks up the screen in everything she does.

Up there with Darryl Hannah as the least-competent actress ever.

Keaton was OK in Annie Hall.... but every time I watch The Godfather, I cringe when she speaks. John Simon described her:

Diane Keaton is yet another of those non-actresses this country produces in such abundance - women who trade on the raw materials of their neuroses, which has nothing to do with acting.
Her work, if that is the word for it, always consists chiefly of a dithering, blithering, neurotic coming apart at the seams - an acting style that is really a nervous breakdown in slow-motion.

Hepburn's one of my all time favorites, but I think 4 oscars is enough for anyone.

Speaking of Angela Lansbury, whom I like (saw her in Sweeney Todd on Broadway), Simon wrote:

Angela Lansbury: God only knows where the notion that Miss Lansbury has class originated; perhaps her vestigial lower-middle-class English accent passes for that in our informed show-biz circles. She is, in fact, common; and her mugging, rattling-off or steam-rollering across her lines, and camping around merely make her into that most degraded thing an outre actress can decline into: a fag hag.

[joeybee12]

21. Who the F**K is John Simon?

That no-talent little worm!

Diane Keaton is that rare commodity--a woman who can bring that special something to every role and make you believe she's that person! Watch Marvin's Room to see what great acting is all about. Also, see how wonderful she is in Reds.

One of the greatest actresses of our time.

And Angela Lansbury is a legend!!!!!!!!!!!

[seamarq]

22. Lansbury has always chewed up the scenery. n/t

[Dookus]

24. She's always been best-suited for the stage...

she's also now the most-nominated actress never to win an Emmy (Susan Lucci finally won).

She never won an Oscar.

But.... she's been nominated for four Tony's and won each time.

[joeybee12]

27. Three Oscar nominations....

...no wins--should have won for Manchurian Candidate.

Emmys are proof that it's the role and not the actor/actress that wins.

[xray s]

Strangelove

It defines the extreme right.

oh, and make sure you use rainwater when you mix your drink.

[Droopy]

4. The Manchurian Candidate

One of my favorites.

[Dookus]

5. Very tough choice....

two of my favorite movies.

I'm in more of a Manchurian Candidate mood myself.

But ya can't go wrong either way!

[ablbodyed]

6. Manchurian Candidate....

incredible story. Fab acting, even by Frank. Then watch strangelove.

[phaseolus]

8. Manchurian Candidate

...for the absolutely creepiest kiss in cinema history.

[joeybee12]

12. Yeah, that kiss is freaky!

Did you know Angela Lansbury was younger than what'-s-his-name who played her son in that????????

[Dookus]

15. Actually..

she wasn't younger than Laurence Harvey. She's three years older than him. But still a creepy kiss ;)

[joeybee12]

16. I don't think you're right, but she did make a movie career out of playing

older women when she was much younger. She was only 17 in Gaslight, but still looked older than that even then!

[Dookus]

20. *shrug*

one can look it up.

Angela Lansbury born October 16, 1925

Laurence Harvey born October 1, 1928

[terrya]

29. In the novel by Richard Condon...

It's spelled out that there was an incestous relationship between Raymond and his mother. God knows, they couldn't be explicit about that in the film (it was 1962, after all). Thus, the kiss.

[HornBuckler]

9. Strangelove

And Then When You Get Really Shitty Pop In 2001

[donco6]

10. In your mood, Strangelove hands down.

M.C. is no laughing matter. Pretty much a downer, really. But great performance by Angela Landsbury.

[kstewart33]

17. Strangelove

A lot of funny black humor. Should go down well with multiple drinks.

The Manchurian Candidate--serious, disturbing stuff that is very well done. Lansbury is great; Lawrence Harvey is good, also.

[Cooley Hurd]

18. Booze and Strangelove is the best combo...

Weed and Manchurian goes better together.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

23. Ice Station Zebra

has 'em both beat!

Otherwise, I'd go for Manchurian Candidate myself. A lot of today shines through in it, methinks...

[Jack Rabbit]

25. No contest: go with Dr. Strangelove

The Manchurian Candidate is good, but Dr. Strangelove is one of the classics.

[pop goes the weasel]

26. Imagine * in the Frank Sinatra role

and Barb in Angela Lansbury's role.

Now think about how many former Trotskyites have a hand in neo-conservativism. See! The Manchurian Candidate was a prophecy! The Revolution will come after the destruction of capitalism from the inside! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

[terrya]

28. Manchurian Candidate. IMO.

Absolutely chilling (still) film of paranoia. Just brilliant from beginning to end. Some of the strangest dialogue ever...particularly in the scene when Major Marco (Frank Sinatra) meets Janet Leigh's character on the train. And Angela Lansbury is magnificent...when she tells Raymond "And we'll be swept into the White House with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy"....does that resonate today? I sure think it does.

It's John Frankenheimer's best film (he also directed "Seven Days in May and "Seconds"). With a great screenplay by George Axelrod.

God, I'm gushing about this. But it's a classic film.

BTW. There's to be a remake of "The Manchurian Candidate" coming. I think it will be a travesty, IMO. You don't tamper with greatness.