I prefer the book ending, however the movie is compelling. It is horrifying, a "brave new world" dystopia, yet compelling to watch.
What do you think of this film?
I was in London when I saw the movie, and had earlier that day walked through the pedestrian underpass where Alex gets beaten up by the bums.
Note to Nathan Graham: The gang was not named the Droogs; in fact I don’t recall that the gang had a name. They were just some droogs, out for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Weird and I don’t think I ever watched it all the way through at one sitting.
The novel was very good but Kubrick stunk up the movie, IMO.
Kubrick is so overrated as a director. The only movie I like is “Spartacus” and supposedly Kirk Douglas took over much of the direction.
Which could explain why I like it.
He goes to the scifi and horror movie festivals a lot, was just in Texas a few weeks ago he’s a really nice guy
I found the movie to be a boring predictable job by a previously great director. His later works were like that.
Kiss it. If it moves, suck it.
There is a prevalence of violent images and pornography related materials readily available to youth in today’s society, so the film and book weren’t too far off in that respect. Also... Young people today feel they are entitled to everything they have, no matter how they obtain it and they have no respect nor reverence for the wisdom of their elders. They often show disdain and ignorance towards their elders and society as a whole.
The book (which I found unreadable) and the movie were a bit shocking at the time... Today, the movie and book appear very much like many other books written in the few decades after World War 2, to be sadly more prophetic than fictional.
I can’t stand watching him in Blue Thunder anymore, either.
A bit too much of the ‘ultra-violence’ for my tastes.
I didn’t really care for it. I thought it was stupid and senseless. I like Malcom Macdowell, he’s a good actor, but I am not crazy about some of the choices of roles he’s chosen.
Gratuitous violence was the entire point of the film.
My wife hates it because she cannot listen to “Singing In The Rain” the way she used to.
I could hardly stand watching it in the first place. But that was back in my ‘edgy’ college days.
In retrospect, it seems as though it completely fits in with the ‘goals’ of 1963. Go figure.
How’s he feel about Caligula?
Clockwork Orange is iconic, a classic. Caligula, not so much.
In 1980 we College Republicans on campus raised money for the Reagan campaign by showing “A Clockwork Orange.” All screenings were sellouts. I also got a date with a pretty Texan, but alas, she dropped out.
When I was younger, I really liked the film, and I was a huge Kubrick fan. I now find it too horrific to watch. Alex’s crimes are portrayed in a somewhat humorous way that was entertaining when I was in college; now, not so much.
Didn’t like it, didn’t finish watching it.
The name of the teen gang was NOT the Droogs. Droog or droopie was teen slang for friend adopted from the Russian word for friend.
Other teen slang in the film included both Russian origin and other words made up. When they said “real horrowshow” they meant horashoia which is Russian for “fine or good”.
Stanley Kubrick could create a scene but destroy the message. He sort of laughed through the key words in the film that presented the serious message. Words that originated from the prison Chaplain, the prison warden, and the anti-government conspirator.
The film’s message is very rightwing. The people will give up rights to enjoy a quieter life. The populace will not even mind human moral choices being taken away. Alex was an organic being like an orange. The Super State made him into something mechanical like a clock which had no free choice. He was thus programed by the state.
Makes three of us.
Suggestion: “Cure” McDowell of what ails him by forcing him to watch his own film ad nauseum, with Beethoven’s 9th blaring in the background.