Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2014)

I read and heard a lot of things about "A Clockwork Orange." before I sat and watched it. As a kid I knew that this is a movie to stay away from. That the amount of violence and graphic horrors on the screen are too much for the average watcher, and obviously for a kid. The movie takes place in future England, and indeed got a lot of people back in 1971 to storm out of the cinemas repulsed. When I watched it for the first time it was already 2011. I couldn't understand what the noise was about. It was not even close to be as terrible as I expected. The reason is one: the movie is an early prophecy that comes true these days. What was repulsive in 1971, is today not as half as repulsive cause is much closer to the reality.Our world really does go down-hill, and Kubrick was not provocative, he well pictured the future. This is my favorite movie. The Symmetrical shots are beautiful, the use of hard shadows and the language all add so much to the creative storyline written by Anthony Burgess. Cinema at its best.