For all those who think this is crap

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2005)

I've recently been reading some of your comments and posts saying this movie is overrated and a piece of "crap". I even just read Roger Ebert's own review of it and even he seems to not understand it. Maybe I'm wrong in this, but it seems to me that all you people just seem to not get the movie. Maybe I can explain it to you. The movie is about the ability to control society. The movie asks the question of whether or not society can be controlled without sacrificing art and creativity. Many of people might be asking how I came to conclusion. All I simply did was think about it. Rogert Ebert, in his review, said that the fact that Alex listens to Beethoven was completely pointless and served no point to the meaning and only helped to stylize the film more. He was wrong. The music Alex is so passionate about is supposed to represent art in our society. It is very important to the film. Alex himself represents all the violence in the world. In the film, a hospital attempts to "cure" Alex of his need to commit acts of violence but in the process of doing this, they also make him "allergic" to Beethoven. What the film is asking is "can we cure society of violence without sacrificing art?" This is the meaning to the film. It is not just some film glorifying violence, and it definitely not the definition of the word "crap". Please people, think about a film more before you start hating it.