Read the book instead

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2002)

This is yet another movie that is nowhere near as good as the book. In fact, if you haven't read the book before seeing this movie, it would be difficult to understand large parts of the film, especially the opening and closing scenes. That doesn't mean that reading the book before hand will guarantee that you enjoy the movie, though, as I read the book, knew what was happening in the movie, and still found the movie to be awful. I admit, however, that the film was creative and was a new experiment in filmmaking; unfortunately, that experiment failed. It is one of those movies that seems like it should be good just because of its inventiveness and its supposedly "masterful" director. The basic plot itself is good, but Kubrick tried to do too much with it, and in the process turned an intriguing story into an incomprehensible two hours of disjointed, frustrating, and boring film.