A...Kubrick...Fairy...Tale

Rating: 7/10 (6 March 2012)

Millions of words have been written about A Clockwork Orange. The social, psychological, political, ethical, moral views Etc. Etc. To say this film was a LITTLE controversial when it came out......is like saying George W. Bush is only a LITTLE stupid. Stanley Kubrick and his family got death threats---he had it shelved---and ordered that it never be shown in the U.K. until after his death.(Thats what happened). The story is actually very simple...bad boy commits murder...he is trialled on a new "cure" for BAD PEOPLE...one of his victims gets revenge...the "cure" doesn't work. Its psycho / sexual Hans Christian Anderson. Goldilocks with vodka and lime & bitters twist. Snow White and the seven erections. There are (of course) very confronting scenes---the rape seen--where the husband is forced to watch. The middle aged fruit cake who gets smashed in the head with a giant penis. A few other milder bits of violence. Kubricks direction is O.K. (a little pedestrian at times). The script is average. The actors do there thing. Its no where near being a classic. Its only A Clockwork Orange. (It is...however...an above average movie.)
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