A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Posted : 2 months, 2 weeks ago at Apr 16 0:40

For me, this movie exemplifies everything that I like about all things Kubrick. IMO, he tends to make movies that are an inch away from being abstract beyond understanding, but yet keeps the flow of the film reeled in just enough to make it seem like it makes sense on some kind of creative level. And while I don't mind discussing what the underlying meaning(s) of CO might be, I find that too much discussion on it tends to get in the way of the enjoyment that I get from the art-direction of a film that is beautifully crafted visually but with enough bite in it's storyline to act as a well-balanced counterweight against the bright set designs. Seldom do we see the light & the darkness contrast stitched on film in a manner that is both crazy & perfect at the same time.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 7 months ago at Dec 3 9:42

''Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.'' The story of Alex and his droogs,(gang members) how they terrorize, rape and cause trouble. Betrayal from his Droogs follows and Alex soon becomes chosen for an experimental brainwashing technique in a prison complex with disastrous consequences. Malcolm McDowell: Alex ''We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure.'' Malcolm McDowell plays Alex the main character who tells the story, his way of speaking was intriguing and his journey was something to contemplate on. I watched this for the first time a while ago and it being my 1st Kubrick film(2001 too!) i was apprehensive of seeing it. Was pleased with the narration and strang...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 8 months ago at Oct 31 8:25

I adore Alex's dandy, frolicking lines.
I adore Ludwig Van's symphonies.
And everything in between.
Enough said.

"What we were after now was the old surprise visit. That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolent."
Brilliant!

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Mar 19 17:39

Kubrick was a master of the controversial. When Clockwork came out, mass hysteria ensued, bannings off the film took place left, right and centre; it was even banned in areas that didn’t have cinemas. Naturally themes such as rape, violence and youth gangs are going to be demonised; what is really scary about this film however, is how Kubrick finds a way to glorify them. Despite his actions, Alex DeLarge is still in essence a likeable character. McDowell plays Alex in a innocent and childlike manner that starkly contrasts his highly sexed and violent lifestyle. This film is work of an auteur, every part of it is a feast for the senses. Seductive statues, sweeping architecture, colour and patterns are everywhere. Rather than the piano, harsh electronic instruments are used to p...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago at Jan 31 16:57

This movie has milk. Can you really fault it?

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago at Jul 27 19:22

I like this movie. I know this statement will immediately make some people assume that I like it because it is cool to like it, because it makes so many lists of "essential movies". However, I like it because of what's in the movie in itself. It makes lists and gets a high rating because it's great. It's deeply disturbing because it has a disturbing theme. A person such as Alex has a behavior which we should not oversee. The movie is greatly done, with an excellent addition of music. The actors are also amazing. Malcolm McDowell's interpretation is nothing but brilliant. As for the story itself, we owe this to the book, of course, but I will allow myself to comment on its greatness. Alex might be twisted, but he certainly is not the only one. The entire movie is filled with wei...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Oct 27 18:34

The moment I heard the first lines of the film, I was hooked:

Alex: There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 3 years, 3 months ago at Mar 28 16:08

Strange people like to fall in love with strange movies that suck but are really bizarre, that's like the definition of a cult classic.

Rating : 5/10