tick tock tick tock clockwork oranges are exploding...

i never thought i'd say this, but i think the movie made more of an impact than the book!!! shockers! it's just that violence in print does not get the kind of graphic, sub-cutaneous reaction that it gets in visual. but in one way the movie missed the point completely - the book is not about violence inherent in all of us, it's not about finding out that no matter how sick this is making you feel there's a part of you that knows that urge and understands it and you're mr. hyde too ha ha ha! in fact, the book's true motive (yes i'm the messiah so shoot me!) is really revealed in its ending, in a few short lines that deliver a punch so hard you're left gasping for breath and thought - it's about youth!!! youth striving to shed shackles, youth caught in self-loathing awakening to a sick new world, violent fuck-you i-don't-give-a-damn youth!!! and THAT's why it's a book that every generation must have a copy of!!!