a clockwork orange

[cristian12]

to those who have seen the movie what did you think of it it was a little graphic but i liked the idea :thumbup1:

[leftace53]

Its been a while since I watched it, but I thought it was really good. It had the signature Kubrick dystopian feel to it. I haven't read the book though so I can't comment on the adaptation. Yes, it was a little graphic but I felt it to be necessary given the gravity of the subject and the fact that it was a Kubrick.

[Terminator X]

It's my favorite film of all time. Great thematic elements (can violent people be "cured?", do we live in an inherently violent society?, are we desensitized to violence?) accompanied by a killer soundtrack and a brilliantly over-the-top performance by Malcolm McDowell. I love all of Kubrick's work, but A Clockwork Orange stands a cut above.

[Who?]

A Clockwork Orange is one of the few instances where I prefer the movie to the book, 'though both are excellent.

[cristian12]

have not read the book i will look into it though

[howblackisyourflag]

I think it's one of the greatest films ever made, although at the same time one of Kubricks weakest.

[cristian12]

have not seen much of kubricks work i will look into it

[bawbag]

Great film, the novel is the best book i have ever read - alongside cuckoo's nest

[Tavarisch_Mike]

Its great, had never belived before that you could associate the son "singing in the rain" with violence :blink:

[Revolte_Wolf]

I honestly didn't like the movie. It felt really dry in alot of parts, some of it was decent, but it was way to slow for me at parts, the acting wasn't bad but had some sort of artist cottenmouth.

[Rakhmetov]

Its been a while since I watched it, but I thought it was really good. It had the signature Kubrick dystopian feel to it. I haven't read the book though so I can't comment on the adaptation. Yes, it was a little graphic but I felt it to be necessary given the gravity of the subject and the fact that it was a Kubrick.


It's an ideological mess--- a right-wing fantasy masquerading as an Orwellian warning. Conservatives loved the movie because it "confirmed" their belief that man is inherently wicked.

[Telemakus]

A great movie for sure. I prefer not to interpret it in terms of the themes relating to morality which DJAnimosity outlined, and instead appreciate it on an experiential level - seeing things through the eyes of a brilliant but totally amoral youth, juxtaposed with an overmoral society, and the power plays which result.

It also sparked my love for Ludwig Van :]


Its great, had never belived before that you could associate the son "singing in the rain" with violence :blink:Causing an otherwise innocent song to be made sinister by association with ultraviolence? Brilliant!

[Uncle Hank]

It's an ideological mess--- a right-wing fantasy masquerading as an Orwellian warning. Conservatives loved the movie because it "confirmed" their belief that man is inherently wicked.
Try reading this (http://www.sparknotes.com/film/clockworkorange/section1.html), it's a pretty redeeming analysis.. for Burgess at least. Kubrick was known for doing things his way, and no other. And if that isn't enough for you read Burgess' foreward in the revised U.S. edition of the book.

[Klaatu]

I was influenced positively by the film. I hope someday people can be given the choice of reform over imprisonment.

Reform is a word that conservatives do not seem to understand; they prefer to think of the convicted with spite and vengeance.

Kudos to Burgess and Kubrick for this gem.

[Mike Foster]

The book's well-written, and the film's well-made, but I don't like some of the messages behind them. Doesn't Burgess end up saying that violence is a 'natural' part of growing up? And choosing to be bad or being forced to be good is a false dichotomy - what about choosing to be good?

[Apoi_Viitor]

I haven't read the novel - after reading parts of 1985, I wouldn't dare touch another book of his. But, I think the movie was very well done. If I were to sum the movie up into one idea - it seemed to portray human beings as having an innately savage nature, but also showing that society's/the government's attempts to model and repress this nature, end up being even more savage and evil.

[Bubbles]

It's one of my favorite movies. If you're trying to understand basic psychology it useful and interesting. I also like the esthetic's of the movie, but most of all, the violence and milk.

[ulises]

It's a masterpiece and it made Malcolm McDowell one of my favourite actors, if you liked A Clockwork Orange check out if... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968) in which he's even better