A Clockwork Orange

Rating:
Summary: the masterpiece
Review: Taken by a wonderful book by Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick created Mr. Burgess's book masterpiece into a masterpiece on film. Clockwork orange the book came out in 1963 with unusual language that sets the story of the book. Although hard to understand Stanley Kubrick took on the challenge and produced a film that came out in 1971. This one mischievous 15-year-old named Alexander DeLarge (who was played by Malcolm McDowell) surrounded this masterpiece. Alex was a strange young fellow and he hung out with 3 of his "pet friends" Pete (played by Michael Tarn), Georgie (played by James Marcus), and Dim (played by Warren Clarke). These four "droogs" are very violent towards humans. While walking at night in the first scene they encounter a homeless person who is drunk. They play with his mind and then start to beat him up. Throughout this movie by rapes many of people then and then killed but then this one night when going out to have a little "fun" Alex kills this one woman after she called the cops. Then while Alex is trying to get away his " friends" hit him and he is left to get arrested and go to jail. At this point the movie forgets about everyone but Alex's experience with jail and him trying this new treatment of hypnosis by the doctors. But the hypnosis leads him to become very sick whenever he is involved with any violence or any sexual contact. Which automatically leaves him hopeless in the fact that he cannot defend himself. This movie and story line is very intriguing and funny at parts but makes your stomach quench and other parts. Originally this movie came out as an "x" rated film because of its violence and content. I really grasped onto what Alex's life was really about because Stanley Kubrick really exaggerated on that. To me I see this movie as a polar movie, you both love it so much and truly understand it or you don't like it and don't truly get the message that is in the film. This film did not get any awards but was nominated by the academy awards for "best picture", and "best director" but sadly didn't get them. This film includes no big Hollywood stars,(which isn't bad), but still performed amazingly. Malcolm McDowell played an amazing part, he made the movie a masterpiece. I would recommend this movie to everyone who enjoys learning about the scares of reality.

Rating:
Summary: sf-violence
Review: With Stanley Kubrick's mastership displayed to the full, 'A Clockwork Orange' surely ranks among the best movies ever. Direction, music, colors, plot, speed, acting, there just isn't a single flaw. One gets a lavish treat on violence, that's what this movie is about. Set against a pretty terrible picture about life in England in some future year. Science fiction is the word here, in a story that grips you throughout.

Rating:
Summary: Dark satire from a twisted genius
Review: A face fills the screen with a wry smile. Slowly, the camera draws back to reveal our humble narrator, Alex, and his three droogs lounging in the Korova Milk Bar among a variety of sculptures depicting nude women.

Thus begins A Clockwork Orange, a modern satire about drugs, sex, and ultraviolence, brought to us by the fiendishly twisted mind of the late Stanley Kubrick. Played with wonderful intensity by British actor Malcolm McDowell, Alex takes the viewer on a long and winding journey in which he and his droogs, prompted by their drug-laced Milk Plus, go out and commit random acts of theft, sex, and violence night after night, much to the dismay and grief of Alex's parents. When one of these random crimes results in the death of their victim the droogs run off, leaving Alex to the mercy of a corrupt justice system. He volunteers for a program designed to "cure" incorrigibles of their desire to commit mayhem, and he is subjected to a type of aversion therapy that ultimately leaves him completely defenseless.

The language that Alex uses both as our humble narrator and as a participant is also a very vital part of the characters and story. A mixture of schoolboy speak, 60's British slang, made-up words, and "Nadsat" Russian (that is, Russian spoken without regard for the subtleties and nuances of the language), it gives Alex and his droogs a richness and dimension that sets them apart from the others and makes them unique.

All in all, A Clockwork Orange is a great movie, and one that I highly recommend.