Moral of the story: None.
Recommended highly to all VF members that list “Serial Killers” as one of their “likes”. You want to meet one? If you met Henry (Who is based on a real-life serial killer) and told him how “cool” you thought he was, he’d stare at you and then make you his next victim. Dumba$$es.
Shocking when it was released, disgusting and pointless (not to mention outdated by those that need even MORE blood and guts to make a horror film…see “Gore Film Afficionados – Analysis Of A Subculture”) today.
Grade: F
11/21/12: I suppose one could argue that the moral of the story is: Some people are beyond help/sympathy (see ‘Natural Born Killers’). Whether it’s their “fault” or not, it simply is so…therefore one must accept this and act accordingly. As Henry can have no “friends” (He’s a sociopath, he doesn’t view anyone as a “friend”…people are things to him) to attempt to be his friend in any way is foolish and self-destructive to one’s self and everyone and everything in one’s life. It’s like walking up to a scorpion with the best of intentions and then being surprised when you are stung.
All that being said, I still think this movie is a piece of sh1t. The one-dimensional acting of the lead is, I guess, “brilliant”…he’s playing a Sociopath, after all. Well done. So what? It’s still disgusting and pointless. If you want to know anything about Henry/sociopathy, read a book/article/anything on the condition.
The only reason to watch this is if your favorite scenes in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ were the rape and ultra-violence ones and you wish Kubrick had filtered out all that other “meaningful” cr@p.
Grade: F
5/3/14: By my own comparison (‘Natural Born Killers’), just because I don’t like a movie (and I don’t like this one) doesn’t mean it’s a complete failure. So for the lead’s “in-character” acting, this comes off my F list and hopefully falls further into obscurity. Grade: D-