A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick film)

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Posted by narcism on Sep-04-2008 07:11:

that cock statue = gold
i want one

Posted by Dj_Day-V on Sep-04-2008 09:03:

Yeah overrated, so are all movies before 1980

Posted by Meat187 on Sep-04-2008 09:40:

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Originally posted by Dj_Day-V
Yeah overrated, so are all movies before 1980

I hope you're making some kind of joke I don't get, because else that's one of the most idiotic statements I've ever heard.

Posted by tubularbills on Sep-04-2008 10:12:

book was better

Posted by itsamemario on Sep-04-2008 13:57:

Brilliant film.

And even if you don't like it, you cant disagree that it has a fucking awesome soundtrack!

Excellent use of synths on Henry Purcell's - "Music for the Funeral March & Procession of Queen Mary". God damn epic!

Posted by Sykonee on Sep-04-2008 15:21:

Folks forget that the movie is supposed to be over-the-top quirky. It's quite operatic.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-04-2008 15:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
Read the book and have the seen the film numerous times.

Do you get the point and the questions presented by either?

Of course. I have read the book and thought it worthwhile. It's just that the style and trappings of the movie disappointed me so badly that I turned it off rather than watching it.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-04-2008 15:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Sykonee
Folks forget that the movie is supposed to be over-the-top quirky. It's quite operatic.

That might explain why I didn't like it, since "over-the-top quirky" and "operatic" are pretty much the opposite of how the book struck me.

Posted by Dj_Day-V on Sep-05-2008 08:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
I hope you're making some kind of joke I don't get, because else that's one of the most idiotic statements I've ever heard.

You need to accept the truth

Posted by Meat187 on Sep-05-2008 15:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj_Day-V
You need to accept the truth

I see. I'll put that right on top of list, just below accepting the musical brilliance that is Armins latest album.
I'm on my way to enlightment!

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Sep-05-2008 16:14:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
That might explain why I didn't like it, since "over-the-top quirky" and "operatic" are pretty much the opposite of how the book struck me.

I don't know. I think Alex's behaviour epitomises "over the top" and there's undeniably quirkiness about the narrative voice and the language.

The problem I had with the book is that it's not subtle enough with its subtexts. Burgess basically has his chatty narrator muse over all the themes the book explores, and they don't seem like the kind of things a violent adolescent thug would care about, given he gets his kicks (excuse the pun) from rape and ultraviolence. With his narration reduced to occasional insertions as opposed to the lens through which we see the textual world, the film gives you more room to think for yourself.

Aside from that, the film stands up entirely on its own for replicating the unique reading experience as a unique viewing experience. The heavily stylised nature of the direction might put you off, especially if it's not how you pictured the events of the book, but if you just accept that this is a different version of the story you can enjoy Kubrick's very stylish vision. Technically the film is absolutely top class, as you'd expect from Kubrick. No matter what boring shit the film may be about, I can always enjoy a Stanley Kubrick film just for the way it looks and sounds.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-05-2008 20:05:

quote:
Originally posted by diggerz
no, you're so full of shit it's not even funny. im not buying that for one second, fucking prick.

Why?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-05-2008 20:08:

quote:
Originally posted by diggerz
Because I can smell a cheater from a distance...

Okey doke. Might want to check your nose, then.

Posted by Nayil on Sep-06-2008 02:05:

lol

when will the flaming stop ?

Posted by wesleysnipez on Sep-06-2008 06:16:

It was ok movie but Give me Full Metal Jacket, Shining and 2001: A Space Odyssey any day over it.

Posted by Groundhog Boy on Sep-06-2008 18:39:

quote:
Originally posted by wesleysnipez
It was ok movie but Give me Full Metal Jacket, Shining and 2001: A Space Odyssey any day over it.

I think Clockwork blows the Shining out of the water.

I'm amazed with all of the other "better" Kubrick films mentioned, no one has said Dr. Strangelove, easily one of the best 3 films that he did.

Posted by saluyamo on Sep-07-2008 01:25:

Did the movie really differ from the book? only several things were changed if I remember (sex scene and the ending?)

Posted by Sykonee on Sep-07-2008 02:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
I'm amazed with all of the other "better" Kubrick films mentioned, no one has said Dr. Strangelove, easily one of the best 3 films that he did.

Ze kidz, they don'ts understandz zee blacks and whitez.

Posted by Sunsnail on Sep-07-2008 02:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Nayil
lol

when will the flaming stop ?

You can't fight here, this is the war room

Posted by Teezdalien on Sep-07-2008 11:06:

I love all of Kubrick's films, but they're all so different from one another that I find it hard to even compare them. All of them were masterfully directed but I'd have to say 2001 was his greatest.

Posted by Dj_Day-V on Sep-07-2008 11:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
I see. I'll put that right on top of list, just below accepting the music brilliance that is Armins latest album.
I'm on my way to enlightment!

You like his latest album?

Posted by Meat187 on Sep-07-2008 12:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj_Day-V
You like his latest album?

Ironic post was ironic.

Posted by Sykonee on Sep-07-2008 15:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
Ironic post was ironic.

Irony detector was failed.

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