completely misses the point of the book

Rating: 3/10 (12 November 2017)

I really looked forward to see this movie. I read the book first and really liked it and where it was going.(would rate it 10/10) So, I was already quite sure about the fact that I would definitely like this movie. With this big name, Stanley Kubrick, on the front cover and the movie itself being under the best rated movies of all time it was pretty clear for me that this movie would do its thing good. Well well well, it was not all what I thought it would be like. Kubrick somehow achieved to f*ck this great book completely up. To make it short: The novel "A Clockwork Orange" is written by Anthony Burgess and has a very huge point: it is a plea for free will, for freedom and has many, many great ideas. The movie by the "genius" Kubrick fails to portray any of the criticism in the book. It is just a mash up of female nudity, phallus symbols and dialogue, taken from the novel, that is completely misused and reversed. All characters here, except for Alex, are stereotypes and only the main actor does good work, portraying "Kubrick's version of Alex". The setting doesn't feel right for the story at any time and is just (as the characters) some modern art installations of the 70's one after the other with no deeper sense or contribution to a higher thing. THIS is what a pretending piece of filmmaking is. The "ultra-violence" and how it is portrayed is also laughable. In the movie, the shocking acts of violence from the original story are presented pretty harmless as if Alex and his droogs and no single f*cking other person ever had the intention of hurting anyone really bad. The main actor does a good job, the soundtrack is gripping and fitting and it is interesting to watch these meaningless art installations(3 stars), but every other thing is done wrong in this movie. Can't recommend this movie. Read the book instead or at least before watching the movie.