The Russians are Coming,The Russians are Coming! (1966)

Nominee

First post of August!!! How did we get here???

This movie is to Lost in Translation as Gandalf the White is to Saruman...its what it should have been...or at least could have been. (My geek is showing hardcore...GENERAL WIN!) It was FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many one-liners and ridiculous situations that I didn't know what to do with myself. I mean look at the premise we have a small American island town that thinks they are being invaded by the Soviets. Splendid, just wonderful. There is also just an ensemble cast of bit characters that provide us with the heightened reality that is comedy. People in comedies ,like the ones in this movie, are funny because we have met them in real life but they are even bigger! When the actors are uninhibited our laughter is equally given in return.

Also I was equally pleased with that fact that it had a moral. It reminded me of the cartoons I used to watch on PBS and I was almost waiting for some over excited middle aged male voice to come out of no where and say "HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY KIDS!!!" Don't worry it did not happen but what did happen was soooo cheesy...but comedies are allowed to do that and it did so I did not care! 

Overall:This is situational comedy at its finest. It may not be high art but it provides us with the quality entertainment I expect from a good movie. I reccommend it and I promise you won't regret it.