Excellent movies

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Am I the only one who thinks A Clockwork Orange is just a curiosity? I thought the movie itself was rather bland and just plain weird, sure the psychological elements were really well presented and it raised a few very good question about psychological treatment and it's ups and downs but at the end of the day it was just a peculiar piece of psychology rather than a good movie to me.

As somebody who puts aesthetics in the forefront always, and considers this type of subtext as secondary (not necessarily superfluous though,) I can say I genuinely think it is a great film. I love this type of dry black humor, the irony being punctuated by the incongruous soundtrack (which is pretty awesome.) Seeing as it is a Kubrick movie it is wonderfully directed with careful, borderline (or not even) obsessive attention to detail, fantastically shot and with great performances from McDowell and the old guy in particular, though almost everybody is good. Don't really know what else to say - I do like it and I personally despise pretentious "artistic" appraisal of art that ignores the artistic aspect.

The movie is definitely bizarre though, although I don't really see how that is a bad thing. Several people including Davids Lynch and Cronenberg have built a career on that niche.