Definitely a watershed work that changed movies forever. A brilliant shocker that gets your blood boiling every time you watch it.
Many people waste too much time over-analysing this movie, trying to find its hidden meaning or message. Of course many of their interpretations are valid, some of which are even profound. However in my opinion, they have missed the point. This is not "1984" or "Faust" for crying out loud. The filmmaker's real intention is just to shock and disturb with graphic depictions of the ugliness and grotesqueness of the primal animal instincts of human nature. And on that alone, Kubrick succeeded brilliantly and gives the film a legitimate claim to being the best movie ever made. As for the message, if there is one, it's not important and who cares. It is just an ultra-violent movie made some thirty years ago when the moviegoers were still watching "The Sound of Music" and "My Fair Lady". Surprisingly thirty years later, it has not aged that much and still retained much of its shock value. Now folks, forget about the message and just enjoy the movie for what it is and be shocked and disturbed.
A true ass kicker and arguably the best movie ever made. But be forewarned, definitely not one for the under-aged and the squeamish. 10/10.
Many people waste too much time over-analysing this movie, trying to find its hidden meaning or message. Of course many of their interpretations are valid, some of which are even profound. However in my opinion, they have missed the point. This is not "1984" or "Faust" for crying out loud. The filmmaker's real intention is just to shock and disturb with graphic depictions of the ugliness and grotesqueness of the primal animal instincts of human nature. And on that alone, Kubrick succeeded brilliantly and gives the film a legitimate claim to being the best movie ever made. As for the message, if there is one, it's not important and who cares. It is just an ultra-violent movie made some thirty years ago when the moviegoers were still watching "The Sound of Music" and "My Fair Lady". Surprisingly thirty years later, it has not aged that much and still retained much of its shock value. Now folks, forget about the message and just enjoy the movie for what it is and be shocked and disturbed.
A true ass kicker and arguably the best movie ever made. But be forewarned, definitely not one for the under-aged and the squeamish. 10/10.