Worth Viddying (watching)

Rating: 9/10 (14 April 2013)

Yeah, I'm a fan.
I made a mistake of mentally blocking out this film for many years, harbouring a misconceived grudge that ACO is nothing more than an arty, complicated film-making statement about very little. Now I realise I was wrong.
It's an enjoyable film with an imaginative, sarcastic, pretty daft plot that rumbles along and keeps you interested (mostly) throughout. It's bizarre and rather stifled in places due to the exaggerated British/false accents and its generally old-fashioned feel, which isn't going to appeal to horror/violence/gore aficionados from the 21st Century, I accept that, especially due to its rather drawn out, pompous and indirect nature.
It's sordid entertainment regardless of how striking or bland it might seem, with an underlying, sinister presence, a revolted, angry attitude towards life, mostly society, but also with a soft underbelly and an almost dear, childishly witty heart - the heart of Kubrick, I guess.
I've gone through a phase of watching, appraising and re-evaluating Stanley Kubrick's films, all of them, since the 'The Killing' and 'Paths of Glory', and I'm pleased with 'A Clockwork Orange'. 9/10 for me.