Creepily Brilliant.....

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2008)

A Clockwork Orange, considered by many as late director Stanley Kubrick's most controversial film (more so than Lolita), is a film that was made during the hype of the acid frenzy: it has that feeling of discord and hallucination; like a world imagined by the worst person you can think of. And yet, it amazes you, enthralls you, and other verbs meaning it's a pretty good movie. My personal favorite scene was after the first few scenes, after the night's shenanigans, when he is alone in his room. He sits, puts on some Beethoven, and goes into his own world of ultra-violence; that speaks volumes about Alex, our protagonist, or is it antagonist? It's hard to even tell anymore; What I can say about this film is that it envisions a world where the government can change a man to meet their fancies; maybe writer Anthony Burgess was predicting the future of humanity; a world where our personalities can be altered to meet someone's fancies. Questions like these have been asked for ages, and this film may or may not give an answer, but it comes pretty damn close
Now, onto the film itself: very well made, really recreates the novella on the big screen, though some things are added in and some are changed (Gene Kelly, I salute you), but it stays true to the main theme of the movie: you can't change someone; you can't cure them of their faults.