★★★★★ Excellent
★★★★ Great
★★★ Good
★★ Okay
★ Bad
★★★★★ Excellent
★★★★ Great
★★★ Good
★★ Okay
★ Bad
This was a five star movie when I was eight.
For someone with an unhealthy obsession with nuclear weapons, it doesn't get any better than this.
'The ball was powerful and arrogant like Jupiter. Slowly and silently it crept upwards… Having broken through the thick layer of clouds it kept growing. It seemed to suck the whole earth into it. The spectacle was fantastic, unreal, supernatural.'
Get the anniversary edition if you can.