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Best movie ever!

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Being a fan of some Marvel, some DC movies I find it refreshing to watch a movie without amazing special effects where the actors must keep the viewers attention and the script had a more important role in the success or failure of a film. This movie, while not my favorite, is a nice change of pace from today's average action/sci fi flick. One thing I noticed that will likely ruffle the feathers of the average liberal democrat, while Colossus(a US super computer) and Guardian(the Soviet counterpart) are getting to "know" each other and also expanding our knowledge of the universe, you will notice that the Guardian(Russian) computer is moving at a much slower pace than the Colossus(US Super computer) is. Since liberals just love the former Soviet Union with all it's Gulag's and iron fisted excess, I figure it might upset them that the writer(s) thought it necessary to point out that the Russians are ALWAYS a few steps BEHIND the USA in just about every endeavor. Thought you might enjoy that info.

I will admit this is probably tied with another apocalyptic film called "Phase Four" but it's still one of the geekiest films in general but most especially apocalyptic films. My memories go back to 70's TV and they would show this film often and I would always watch it up to the soviet scientist's death and switch the channel. I hate long commercial breaks and it's funny that I would watch it several times and thats the last part I remember so less then half way through. This alone gives proof to just how geeked out this film is, if you are not a geek you will for sure be fast forwarding this. That said, it's fun to watch! My reservations are that they show firing squads but don't really show the nukes going off. The first nuke is only covered via the big board like they do in Fail Safe. It's like they wanted this to be toned down when they really could have gone dramatic with it with people dying by nukes. So it's kind of awkward and goes into some mind think chess match, which is implied. If Charlton Heston had done this it would have been epic. I like Eric Braeden in his war stuff, but Heston would have raised it up a notch. Still, the sets are way cool and the premise is very entertaining and because I'm on the geek side, 9 out of 10.

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Yes, the movie came out in 1970, so the computer stuff and general surroundings are dated. But, luckily, legendary Visual Effects artist Albert Whitlock is on hand to provide some very key effects at the beginning to help us buy into the film's premise of a very powerful computer just going online.This computer, Colossus, is given complete control over the United States' defenses. As you can imagine, that doesn't end up being the greatest decision ever made!What follows is for you to see. This really is a great movie, and needs to be seen for not just Sci-Fi fans, but thriller fans.Director Joseph Sargent helmed many good films, my favorite of which is another thriller, "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three." That also should be seen!All the attributes work: film score, cinematography, acting, etc. And, the ending has quite a nice kick. Recommended!******** (8 Out of 10 Stars)