Clockwork Orange

[ASH]

Watched it. Cant say I liked it, but I didnt dislike it. Waiting to watch it again to form a solid opinion. Over all... worth watching.

And yes this will have been the first Kubrick movie I have ever seen, but apparently we are going to watch 2001 a space oddessy soon.

 

[Limper]

Watched it. Cant say I liked it, but I didnt dislike it. Waiting to watch it again to form a solid opinion. Over all... worth watching.

And yes this will have been the first Kubrick movie I have ever seen, but apparently we are going to watch 2001 a space oddessy soon.

I've seen it a few dozen times. Its a powerful film but very dark.

You might want to read the book for better effect.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

And yes this will have been the first Kubrick movie I have ever seen, but apparently we are going to watch 2001 a space oddessy soon.

Ahhh, 2001. Great, great movie. My personal favourite of Kubrick's. Its definitely another classic...then again, it seems like most of Kubrick's films are 'classics' or 'must see' movies.

 

[Limper]

Ahhh, 2001. Great, great movie. My personal favourite of Kubrick's. Its definitely another classic...then again, it seems like most of Kubrick's films are 'classics' or 'must see' movies.

Something one should note while watching 2001 is the release date and the quality of the special effects. In most ways they are superior to the first Star Wars and about 7 years earlier to boot.

 

[Wombat]

I have seen Clockwork Orange about three times. I find it intriguing, though far from my favourite film, not even for Kubrick (that would be Dr. Strangelove).

Yes, the film is violent. I also found it rather ambiguous. It's kinda hard for me to discern, ultimately, what Kubrick is saying about crime & society. Does incarceration do anything useful? Is reform even possible? Are we doomed to just breed further criminals? I'd rate the film good if for no other reason that I have to think everytime after I watch it.

 

[Mark]

I think Strangelove was his best for its time, but I think Full Metal Jacket is the one that holds up the best.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

You'll never hear "Singing in the Rain" quite the same way again after watching A Clockwork Orange.

I, too, think it hasn't aged very well--that's really the fault of the set + costume design. But I still like it as a film. Definitely something to watch when the kids are not at home. There are movies made since then that are more violent and more sexually explicit. Yet, somehow, Clockwork Orange is sicker (which is intentional).

Oh, you also get to see Darth Vader (David Prowse) without a mask--he's the bodybuilder assitant to the writer toward the end of the movie. I think he's wearing a purple leotard or something. See--the costumes don't age well at all.

 

[Patman21967]

Ok...My honest opinion...I have watched it in several mindsets, if you know what I mean...I loved it, when in the right frame of mine...Not a movie you "get high" and watch. I had a friend try that and he freaked. If I were you, I would watch it, just because you are curious.

I added some more advice, but removed it, because I felt it was not appropriate

 

[Gizzard]

It's kinda hard for me to discern, ultimately, what Kubrick is saying about crime & society...

I look at Clockwork Orange as just showing you Alex. "Here he is. What are you going to do about him?" I don't think Kubrick has a position or a solution to the problem.

...Does incarceration do anything useful? Is reform even possible?

Kubrick seemed pretty cynical about incarceration. He seemed pretty cynical about everything that Alex tried out frankly. (One of my favorite sequences is seeing what Alex learns from his brush with religion.)

 

[Bloodstone Press]

I thought it was one of the best comedies I've ever seen.