A Fantastic Film

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2015)

There are so many positives, I'll just look at a few here. Firstly, the director. This film is directed by Stanley Kubrick, who made a lot of horror films like The Shining or 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he is a very good director, the shots he used are amazing! he uses a hand-held camera for most of his shots and even threw his out a window at one time, to imitate someone falling. Malcolm McDowell gave a convincing performance as Alex, mixing class and sophistication with savage and beast like, as his characters 'interests are rape, Ultra-Violence and Beethoven.' Also, there were some lines in the film that meant to sound serious but were funny and there were some lines that were just funny for the heck and I loved that tone.
Now on to the negatives, and I would like to say this film isn't for everyone, there was loads of graphic content in this film like violence, sexual content, nudity and even a Rape Scene! While those scenes aren't that bearable to watch in 2015, this was released in the 70's and opinion has quite changed since then. Also, if you guys haven't read the novel to this film, then you won't have a clue what they're saying. This film takes so much from the novel, including it's vocabulary, which is more impossible to pronounce than Cockney Rhyming Slang. And, also some characters are really bland, but that's understandable because it mainly focuses on Alex. and some of the actors put all their effort into this film. eg. Michael Bates as Chief Officer Barnes who puts 100% into such a small role.
On the whole, its a fantastic film, and it deserves a place in film history, even for the wrong reasons. Before I get to the score, I will say that if you do get a chance to see this film, like Shia LeBouf would say, DO IT!!! However if you feel uneasy with all the Violence and sexual content in this film, I don't blame you because its not the best thing to see, but I didn't mind. (It's not nice to watch, but it's also not that unbearable that I turned off my TV.)