Lacks dept on the main character and realism on choreographs

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2019)

I watched this movie the first time years ago, before having read the book, and I thought it was good.
Now, years after, I had forgot quite a lot about the movie and I read the book without the influence of the movie.
Now I've seen the movie again, and I can see how much is lacking. Is not a bad movie, Kubrick's cinematography is always interesting, and the movie actually has every part or scene from the book, so is not a totally bad adaptation, and the story is told whole and quite faithfully.
Still I felt like it lacks emphasis in very important aspects of the original story, which shows how violent and hateful is Alex and really hardcore violence though the whole story, but not gratuitous, violence is as important as any other character in this case.
This movie is from 1971, so I totally understand the violence being a bit lowered, still, the choreographs look quite silly and fake, and in my opinion makes the hole thing look more ridiculous than shocking. Using better angles and lighting could have help achieving better and more realistic results on this matter.
Then, the initial part where Alex hangs out with his gang and we see how vicious, skilled in violence and smart he is, and how dominant he is with them and also with his family is totally lost in the movie, which makes the character's dept and the whole sense of conflict on the audience on if the "treatment" he receives is absolutely unnecessary. Here he's almost a nice guy.
Also I felt it was overacted a lot of times, acting wasn't great in my opinion.
Then, and this is totally my taste, the psychedelic atmosphere Kubrick's version has is not completely to my liking or how I imagined it while reading, but still a fair point to experiment by the director and it's undoubtedly interesting.
Good movie over all but in the end, it falls short in depth of the characters (the main mostly) and a bit overacted, but the story is there and it has a visual twist from the director to make it feel fresh.