Alex
29Oct11
I don't think the main character is a fascinating icon, he is just as bad as politicians, true story indeed.
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Leonard Wilson
27Dec11
This was really great! I'm really interesting in finding out how this didn't get caught by any kind of Hollywood censors when it first came out. If you look at Shame, they're not totally far away from another, but how they're looked on is different. The film takes this interesting left turn in the middle of the film, and it's amazing how after the treatment, Alex meets all of those who he hurt, like Scrooge. :)
Shelley
25Nov11
"Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man." This never ceases to be my favorite film. It's so beautiful, the acting is sublime, and the message is...well, terrifying. This is the film that made me a cinephile.
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Judicial Joe
24Oct11
I dislike it for its nihilistic, cruel view of humanity, its subtle homophobia and its central theme that Alex is an anti-establishment hero who uses free will in a non-normative fashion that cannot, indeed should not be cured. Alex is just a punk rapist and murderer in my mind, not the fascinating icon of evil he was when I saw this in what, 2007? So getting older has something to do with this change in opinion.
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Tom Alexander
5Sep11
Having recently watched this (for the first time since I was a teenager), I was surprised by how uneven it is. To me, it somehow achieved this mythic status that made it no longer a movie but some sort of timeless work in a category all on it's own - which it kind of is. But it is unforgettable and distinctly it's own, almost devoid of any filmic context or prior influence.
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Mena García Vázquez
27Jul11
Like any other Kubirck film, visually appealing but rather boring development.
Krìa Brèkkan
15Jun11
Don't judge it comparing it to the book, I appreciated both for different reasons, the style of the former has nothing in common with the style of the latter
MostlyDead
4Jun11
There may be times when we're able to redeem ourselves, to have our sins put beside us, but in the case of A Clockwork Orange, at what cost is that even possible?
Daniela
9May11
It took me a while to get into it (maybe 'cause I've never read the book) but, once I did, it was good.
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T.J. Royal
3Jun11
It wouldn't have helped to had read the book first. The slang is the same in both instances, and the movie made it easier to wrap my mind around what the words referred to than if I had tried to read the book in the first place. Definitely read the book, though, with the 21st chapter if you can find it.
