Dr. Strangelove

As I stated in a previous post, I planned on watching more Stanley Kubrick films. Well, I decided to watch Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and I suppose I was a little disappointed. That's probably because I hyped the movie up for myself or maybe I didn't find much to relate to because of the generational gap. I think it was pretty good satire of when you give too much power to an unorganized government. Peter Sellers was brilliant in this film as I didn't realize that he also played the President and thought he was only the British officer and Dr. Strangelove. I would still recommend it though.

A Clockwork Orange

I just watched A Clockwork Orange the other day and man... I'm not sure what to say. I felt pretty desensitized to the violence as we all see so much every day in this modern era, but all the nudity still struck me. And that's what I hear most of the complaints about, the violence and the nudity. I think that people who watch this film and can only complain about those things are looking into the film with a rather shallow approach. If you focus more on the idea this film is getting across, it becomes a brilliant film. So what do we do with hardened criminals? Do we punish them, try to cure them, or just kill them off to get rid of them? Can a sociopath ever be cured or is he bound to be that way forever? Overall, I really enjoyed this film. Well, maybe enjoyed isn't the right term, but it got me thinking. I've already seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, and I think I'll watch many more of Stanley Kubrick's films.