second best kubrick

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2003)

some people say that this movie has some unnecessary violence, i don't feel that way. i believe that the violence was necessary to show where is our nowadays society heading. some of the violence showed on the screen doesn't differ much with the real world, and unless we do something in a few years the society will become exactly like in the movie. i know that nowadays people do some things worse than the ones in the movie, but overall the movie is worse. i don't know what everybody thinks, but i feel that way.

besides this the movie is excellent. kubrick is at his best. malcolm mc dowell delivers one of my favorites performances ever. i loved him, specially when he was undergoing the ludovico treatment. another character that impressed me was patrick magee as the writer. i could name a lot of memorable scenes, but the bests are the "singing in the rain" scene, the ludovico treatment scene and when alex's ex friends semi - drown him. screenplay was outstanding and i think the movie is better than the lousy book by anthony burgess.
this movie is greate, second best of kubrick and one of my favorite movies ever. 10/10.