A Clockwork Orange - I like Clockwork Orange. A lot. The movie has it's flaws, mainly in it's way of positioning it's themes so it doesn't come off as a movie that's too full of itself, but the good far outweighs the bad here.
Things I love about Clockwork: The script, by golly, is astounding. The way Alex and his peers communicate could single handedly make me want to quote them all damn day. There are many scenes in the movie that are absolutely insane -- such as the scene where Alex harasses the yoga chick with a giant cock statue -- and yet they totally fit the movie. The majority of the film feels almost dream like due to the costume design and other assets. I kept trying to connect the movie to a 1970's Britain but it always came off as creative as possible, Alex and his gang's costumes for a main example. This type of creativity, whether through the script or costumes, made Clockwork feel very much ahead of it's time in some ways.
Alex, the main character, despite his immature musings in the first half was an extremely likable character. I thought I'd end up hating him, but I felt sorry for him. I thought the ending could have been done better, but it certainly wasn't bad. I plan on importing the UK edition of the book eventually. Finally, the narration from Alex added to the movie's quality a lot. Unlike Full Metal Jacket, which used a pretty dull narrated voice over that didn't add anything to the film, Clockwork's narration was quite beautiful.
Things I didn't like about Clockwork: The reconditioning themes, and the sort of anti-government tidbits. I felt they could have been presented better, and that the final part of the movie where it shows Alex suffer for his decisions in the past, should have been much longer. I don't know if the movie is an exact adaptation of the book, so I'm not going to fault the source material.
All in all, I felt that A Clockwork Orange was a simply astounding movie, and while I'm not going to bust anyone's balls and claim it as the great moving picture achievement of all time, it's certainly earned it's place and deserves some respect as a high quality film. 8.5/10