This is probably Kubrick's best work, how can you hate?

Rating: 10/10 (27 September 2011)

This is a great movie. And I've read the book which is, amazingly, even more disturbing. Yeah, it's sick. That's the point. But the only flaw is that Kubrick, who is an amazing director, used the American version of the novel rather than the original British version, in which Alex grows up and lives a normal life. But that's still not the point of the movie or the book. It's a commentary on how we have allowed society to become OK with "ultra-violence." It's supposed to be about how if we continue down this road we could actually allow 14 y.o. boys (that's what age they were in Burgess's novel) go around raping women and young girls (they were 10 y.o. in the novel) and beating innocent people, doing drugs, etc. I mean if you want to criticize someone let it be the author. Kubrick was just making a wonderful piece of art, and he even toned it down a lot. And yet it still was looked down upon in the country it was written and filmed about. Yet the academy and critics accepted it for what it was. Sure it is disturbing. That's the point. We all watch war movies and think nothing of violence. How is this different? This is fiction. The movie is almost addictive. I have see much worse movies that are hard to watch. Ever seen Funny Games? Now THAT is a messed up movie, much worse than this in my opinion. Doesn't make it a bad film. Heck, watch any horror movie. Just because you could see their faces shouldn't make it worse. Great movie, I don't care what anyone says.