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A Clockwork Orange

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A Clockwork Orange

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive

Based on Anthony Burgess's disturbing novel about England in the totalitarian future, Malcolm McDowell portrays Alex, a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk who leads his gang of droogs on ultra-violen...( read more  read more... )t assaults--until he is captured by authorities and subjected to nasty behavior-modification therapy.

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  • mistershinobi
    September 20, 2009
    mistershinobi
    After a second viewing, I regret everything I said about it the first time. But, still, it's not my cup of tea.
  • nannalauren
    September 11, 2009
    nannalauren
    I wrote a paper on this in college. I don't remember what it was about. I also dont remember much about the movie. I know this is shameful, given that it's a classic and all. Whatever. I got an A, that was my main concern. I'll give it three stars for that.
  • SirPant
    September 4, 2009
    SirPant
    This film is a classic but maybe for all the wrong reasons. It's a contemporary warning in the style of Orwell but with out any of his credibility or reasoning. Still, you can't blame Kubrick for that, he adapted the story brilliantly and gave it its unique style that has never s...( read more)ince become unfashionable. McDowell is at his menacing best and the supporting cast is also strong. The film is only let down by its own notoriety, had it not been banned (or should I say, withdrawn) it probably wouldn't have reached the status it resides in. Anyone else think of Benny Hill/Confessions films during the sped up sex scene?
  • ohagankieran
    August 3, 2009
    ohagankieran
    I first saw this movie three years ago and I have been in love with it (and Stanley Kubrick) ever since. I never get tired of seeing this movie. Why it remains so underappreciated (at least by "casual" movie viewers) is beyond me. Everything is great; acting, direction, cinematog...( read more)raphy, the sets, everything. A Clockwork Orange is the finest film that has ever been made, in my view. Stanley Kubrick has made so many masterpieces, and is by far the best director that ever graced our world. A Clockwork Orange is simply his finest hour!

    The film grabs you and glues you to your seat from start to finish. Malcolm McDowell gives us a shining example of superior acting, and the movie is as perverted as any of Kubrick's masterpieces (and then some!). It contains horrifying violence, extreme emotions, perversity and weirdness at it's very worst. It all boils down to serve you a plethora of thoughts for you to take with you and contemplate, after the film ends.

    However, with all the perversity bursting out of this film, you will probably NOT like this film the first time you see it. I know I didn't. Fortunately, I gave it a second chance, and thought: Hey, it was actually not bad at all. After the third time, I was lost for words. After the fourth time, there was little doubt in my mind, that this was the finest film ever made, and regardless of how many great masterpieces I see, A Clockwork Orange still towers above them. I'm sure you'll agree, if you give it the chance it deserves, although it may require for you to see it more than once.
  • hobster1
    August 3, 2009
    hobster1
    Future society film about juvenile delinquency is adapted from the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess. Stanley Kubrick's meditation on the use of use of classical conditioning to prevent a violent free will purports to be an alleged satire, but it unwittingly revels in our main chara...( read more)cter's sadistic nature at the same time. Malcolm McDowell is our anti-hero, Alex, an inhuman monster of a man. While his victims are dehumanized, we are oddly invited to feel pity when he gets his subsequent comeuppance. Although disturbing and still very potent today (A gang rape scene is especially difficult to watch) this technically impressive film is impossible to ignore. Despite being highly controversial when released, film still managed to receive 4 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.
  • gordws
    December 13, 2009
    gordws
    Disturbingly brilliant. One of the greatest movies of 20th century. ...that's right!
    One of the few cases where the movie is better than the book.
  • spencerkaelin
    December 9, 2009
    spencerkaelin
    don't see the appeal
  • devilsdisciple
    December 8, 2009
    devilsdisciple
    stanely kubrick continue to amaze!!!
    his best for me after sparcatus
  • TheQueenOfAwesomeness
    December 6, 2009
    TheQueenOfAwesomeness
    dark crime drama starring Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke, Patrick Magee and Michael Bates. based on the Anthony Burgess novel of the same name. directed by Stanley Kubrick.

    the tale of Alex DeLarge (McDowell) and the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted ...( read more)rehabilitation via a controversial psychological conditioning technique.

    after hearing for years about how amazing this film is, I decided to finally attempt to watch it... and was extremely disappointed. maybe it's one of those that have to be watched all the way through, in order to appreciate it. but within minutes, I had to change the channel.

    I am sorry, but I do not find such a film entertaining. and I would certainly never call a film that shows not one but TWO women being sexually assaulted in such an extremely graphic way, within the first fifteen minutes by the way, a classic.

    disgusting.

    ** UPDATE **

    to those who didn't understand my review...

    I didn't watch the entire film... just the first fifteen minutes. as soon as they started to cut the clothes off of the woman, I changed it. I just don't find watching someone being raped a decent form of entertainment.

    when a scene of rape or abuse is a crucial part of the story (i.e. A Time To Kill, The Accused, Hound Dog) I normally just fast-forward those scenes. but it was on television and I didn't have the option to ff it. I may give it a chance some other time... but I doubt it.

    and yes, I know that those things do happen in the "real world". I just cannot stomach any form of sexual abuse and when I watch a film, it is to be entertained and to escape from the ugliness of the world.

    but that's just me.
  • tiffanychung
    December 1, 2009
    tiffanychung
    pretty darned weird.
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