A Clockwork Orange

Brilliant, savagely cynical, perceptive, funny, perpetually relevant - this movie, for me, perfectly demonstrates the power of the film medium at its highest potential. The comments on virtue, free will, redemption, religion, government, radicalism, and the human spirit are accurately and beautifully expressed through McDowell's sublime performance and Kubrick's impeccable and meticulous direction.

A Clockwork Orange is easily one of the greatest, and yet strangest and controversial films of all time. When you sit down and watch this film, you will have a large variety of emotions going through you. You'll watch this film and be disturbed about what you see, and yet you can't help but laugh at some of the things they say. It's truly a unique experience. Kubrick paints a perfect portrait of the future, filled with memorable scenes and a great score. Unique and Different.

A Clockwork Orange always evokes interesting feelings. On one hand it's dark and frightening, but on another it's both funny and colourful. In A Clockwork Orange it's the atmosphere that creates the strongest emotions with me; the powerful music, fine acting and strong direction from Kubrick are all quite memorable.

Decent, but I get sick of seeing it treated as some sort of gold standard of film by self-satisfied nihilist nerd boys suffering from misplaced aggression and the woeful tendency to see detached, casual violence as the hallmark of coolness. Much like the cult of "Fight Club", I think that if you find a tattered 'Clockwork Orange' poster in some asshole's dorm room, you can safely assume they missed the point and merely think the movie's "fuckin' badass, dude".

Honestly this is one of the most terrifying films I've ever seen in my entire life. Even though it's not depicted as real, in fact it's downright surreal, the sheer subject matter and how it's delt with is just downright nauseating at times, which I believe is exactly what Kubrick was going for. There's also some great subtle black humour throughout the film which really adds to the overall tone of the film.