Beautiful, disturbing, funny, haunting, classic.

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2011)

Stanely Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" is his best work, and one of the best movies ever made. One big "thing" about this movie that really makes it a landmark film in history is its content. This movie is really rated 'R'. Explicit sex, rape, and sadistic violence. This doesn't make the movie good, but in the 70's when it was released, it shocked everyone, and was even withdrawn from England. This really shows Stanley Kubrick's fearless directing. So that's a big reason why its known as a landmark film. But as a movie itself, its flawless. Malcom Mcdowell (who should've been nominated for Best Actor when released) gives such a chilling portrayal of a disturbed young man. In the beginning, just the his voice overs give you the chills, and with dialouge, he again is so chilling. Then towards the conclusion, he shows his transformation, and is so vulnerable. Classic performance in film history. Next, Stanley Kubrick's directing is so beautiful, and yet, disturbing. This movie really introduced deep psychological themes, and many movies were not advanced like it at that time in the 70's. Next, Stanley Kubrick is just such an innovative director. His directing gives his movies just such a visual attraction. He just uses so many techniques and made this film so creative and groundbreaking for any movie at that time. This movie has such a great screenplay too, also written by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay has such great narration by Alex. It delivers his madness and thoughts in such a casual way, that that becomes the attitude of the film, and you get comfortable with it. It also has great dialouge. It also is very "weird" and not super realistic, but Stanley Kubrick constructs this future society so easily that the dialouge comes so naturally. It also blends a very sadistic form of dark humor. Along with being a sci-fi psychological movie, it also is known as a dark-comedy. And so this makes this screenplay very fresh and smart. So I love this movie. Its definitely one of my favorites. While some older movies can feel kind of out-dated, this movie is just so advanced and really original that it will really always be mentioned as a strong part of movie history. 10 out of 10 stars