Another classic provided by Master Kubrick

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2009)

I'm pretty sure that everyone remembers the looks on your faces the first time yo watched this film. Like me, millions and millions of people were shivering, with shaky hands and had Beethoven's ninth symphony on their heads for weeks after leaving their nearest cinema or after watching it on VHS or DVD for the first time ever. "A Clockwork Orange" is a movie that will remain on your memory during your entire life, not only for the film's brutal violence scenes, but for the entire social criticism. I mean, few films or few directors know how to transmit their messages like "Clockwork.." or dear old Stanley. Even a 12 year old (it is not recommendable though, unless you want a traumatized boy for the rest of his life) can understand the big picture of the film: the alarming fact that the society has become a hostile, violent ecosystem based on drugs, alcohol, popular music and sex. It is such a shame that most of the films of the 21st Century are based on these facts. And sometimes I must admit that I was afraid of Kubrick at sometime because in two of his films: "2001" and "Clockwork" had very accurate predictions about the not so far future. For example: in 2001, Clarke and Kubrick said that in the 21st century man kind would live in outer space and explore the entire Solar System. Also they described a very intelligent, autonomous computer with its very own feelings. Just think about it: we have the technology (I bet Apple and Microsoft already have their versions of HAL-9000 in development), what we need is the money and the motivation to do it. "Clockwork" is even more accurate about this century: hijacks, terrorism, 9/11, drug-dealers in every street of Mexico, Colombia and Central America... it's all there. Well, anyways, I loved the film. Highly recommendable (for all those who are mentally apt to watch it).