Here’s my “controversial” rate and/or hate of the week.
A Clockwork Orange.
One of those movies that you watch thinking, yep, I know I’m supposed to like this... but I just can’t get over the fact(s) that:
- good acting does not entail screaming every word at close to full volume and making every line sound like it’s being delivered during kiddies bookworm week at the local library. I’m sure this was supposed to mean something significant (God knows everything has to in a Kubrick movie), but to me it means that the movie drags like a shemale.
- The future is not set to become an amalgamation of all things ugly during the 70's. No matter how much bean bags refuse to die... actually bean bags die all the time, or at least sunbergs do... well the beans themselves refuse to die I suppose.
- Subtle as a brick to the head. That final scene could’ve been a movie in itself it was so long and desperate to prove the final all important point.
- The book is a million miles better than the movie (just thought I should throw that in there so as not to diminish my elitist status). I’m happy for Stanley to take crap books and make them into good movies... but vice-versa? Not too keen on that.
And there ya have it. A Clockwork Orange is crap. HATE!