Fascinating

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2003)

Absorbing from beginning to end. I'm starting to read the book now; it truly is an amazing story, but the movie is its own work of art. Many of the shots and camera angles are very modern, such as the fast-moving threesome which reminded me a lot of a scene from Requiem For A Dream...Kubrick was lightyears ahead of his time. It wouldn't have been the same without the villany and charisma of Malcolm McDowell, and though these words can't do it justice, I highly, highly recommend it, as it is now on my top films list. It's definitely not for everyone though; the indulging into violence and terrorizing others and the almost 1984 style of his treatment (which is in itself sort of a perversion: Alex still is his same person; he just physically can't do the things he wants to, and society took advantage of his disability, only accepting him when he's his old self) are enough to disgust some and simply repel others. But if one can see this from almost a darkly humorous point of view, your eyes will be glued to the screen until the end credits.