read the book...

Rating: 1/10 (25 May 2002)

Kubrick got it all wrong. the main problems with the movie were the tempo, the art direction, and most of all Kubrick's twisted obsessions and interpretations. He may have been bound into the futuristic sixties-mod style, but it does not fit the book or subject matter. The movie drags on and on and on at a snails pace, completely against the flow of action in the book. And then there's Kubrick's own personal perversion. He, if you've seen moer of his work, loves nudes. everywhere you look in this movie there's nude paintings, and statues, and various impressionistic nudes and classical nudes and marble nude statues which pour drugged milk from the nipples. though i am not opposed to nudity in various forms, it completely destroyed the purpose and mood and theme and everything that was good about the book. and it was all so clean! anyway, the movie hit rock bottom for me when instead of accidently killing an old woman with a small statue(like in the book), he crushed her head with a giant ceramic penis. I cant tell you how the end was, i couldn't watch it all the way through and had to shut it off, i was that disgusted. just read the book, dont bother with this horrible interpretation.