Posted May 29, 200718 yr I watched this a while ago and forgot to make a topic on this, but saw it again the other day and was wondering if anyone else had seen this. Overall to tell the truth, as good as a movie it is, it's sickening to watch. It's one of those films that you watch once, but you dont want to see it again (even though I have now seen it twice :lol: ) Whoever directed this movie should get an award, he/she done a very good job ;)
May 29, 200718 yr Great movie, bit dated now though, was shocking at the time and really disturbing but now it is quite tame by today's standards in terms of shocking violence
May 29, 200718 yr Yeah the other week I had a triple bill of American History X, Romper Stomper and Clockwork Orange and just found that Clockwork Orange is really showing its age now, I preferred the other 2 movies I saw that night although love the Clockwork Orange soundtrack
May 29, 200718 yr I saw it the other day and I thought it was really bad. Very pointless film. I don't see how it was banned in some countries though, there's not that much violence, I've seen much worse in films.
May 29, 200718 yr It was NEVER banned, Stanley Kubrick simply blocked its distribution after a copycat attack and the film was withdrawn by Kubrick and only came back out after his death
May 31, 200718 yr I saw it the other day and I thought it was really bad. Very pointless film. That's pretty much what I thought when I viewed it. I didn't care for it at all.
July 1, 200718 yr One of Kubriks great works. Chilling characters, good film. absolutely.... it's crammed with references and imagery that most people here... well, would kind of miss, I suppose... :rolleyes:
July 3, 200718 yr It was NEVER banned, Stanley Kubrick simply blocked its distribution after a copycat attack and the film was withdrawn by Kubrick and only came back out after his death Well said. Far too many people think A Clockwork Orange was a video nasty banned by the government but not at all. The reason the film and book had to make the character of Alex DeLarge so despicable was so that you don't feel sorry for him initially following his treatment - here's a monster who deserves his situation - but by the end you realise what the true monster of the story is. The film is a triumph and has only 'aged badly' in terms of the fashions on screen...this is supposed to be some futuristic dystopia but looks, like it was, nothing more than the grim early 70s.
July 3, 200718 yr Well said. Far too many people think A Clockwork Orange was a video nasty banned by the government but not at all. The reason the film and book had to make the character of Alex DeLarge so despicable was so that you don't feel sorry for him initially following his treatment - here's a monster who deserves his situation - but by the end you realise what the true monster of the story is. The film is a triumph and has only 'aged badly' in terms of the fashions on screen...this is supposed to be some futuristic dystopia but looks, like it was, nothing more than the grim early 70s. To be honest though, as extreme and rather outlandish portrayal as it was, I reckon Burgess and Kubrick actually hit the nail squarely on the head... Look at Chavs and all those "Gangsta" kids out there, the bloody living personificication of Droogs if ever there was :lol: :lol: , all speaking a "language" which bears scant resemblance to actual English in any way, shape or form.... No, I think "A Clockwork Orange" is incredibly predictive, and when you compare the way the State in the book/film acts to control freak "Nu Labor" in this day and age, well, I reckon that's pretty spot on as well. However badly Alex and his Droogs acted, the State and its minions acted a thousand times worse.....
July 6, 200718 yr I find the main man scary, especially when he has that weird pattern around his eye and he is smiling scariely at the camera :(
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