Seductive,Disturbing,Pervert and an engrossing masterpiece studded with some brilliant acting.

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2009)

The main protagonist Alex is a sociopath with no emotion who revels in sex, violence, and talks in a weird language, has a python for a pet and loves listening to Beethoven,especially the 9th symphony. He sings "Singing in the rain" during a rape scene and drinks milk in some sleazy bar full of nude female mannequins. The movie is highly entertaining with a solid storyline and some amazing cinematography. This is a controversial masterpiece, and, in a way groundbreaking, thought provoking and downright intelligent. You see a spectacle of absurd dialogue's, interesting costumes, gaudy sets and some bold images. Kubrick's on screen depiction a female body is disdainful, cold, cheap, and impersonal. The scenes portraying nudity are unaesthetically done but that goes with the the feel of the film.
Although the film opens on a very strong note it tends to drag a bit in the second half. The fight scenes thou foolish are thoroughly entertaining. The movie raises a very important issue that a man ceases to be a man due to his inability to make a choice and is driven by suicidal tendencies.
The term clockwork orange is some kind of a compound metaphor. It means something organic(free) has been converted to a controllable and an inorganic process. The experiment that Alex undergoes carves out "clockwork oranges" out of human beings such that they have no decision making ability and are forced to act in a some predetermined way no matter what the circumstances.
We have seen many movies that glorify violence where we are love with a protagonist who kills for fun. But never was I repulsed by a film portraying violence. This movie showed that nothing good ever comes due to violence but the condition deteriorates further into evil. It's a very weird and a bizarre film, but for those who can digest it is thoroughly entertaining. It's not watered down and surely not for everyone, but surely an experience not easily forgotten.
Till then Viddy well my Brother Sir, Viddy well.