i was cured all right

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 1999)

the problem people have with this movie is their either looking for a glorification of violence, or an apology for one. this film delivers neither.
some of the scenes in this movie are far more violent than any action-packed rambo movie, but only two people die throughout the film...it's the intensity of the violence that makes people say "ick."
the intensity and the awkward ambiguity...alex is the definitive anti-hero - should we root for him or not? this dialectic confusion is common in kubrick's works: killer's kiss, eyes wide shut, fear and desire...and a clockwork orange.
i for one am very glad kubrick left out the 21st chapter, which was a cop-out and distorts the meaning of the book...this is it's pure form.