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A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick film)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Am I the only person who found this unwatchable?
It struck me as hopelessly cheesy from the first scene, and I had to turn it off after about fifteen minutes. IMO it hasn't aged nearly as well as 2001.
I thought the book was okay, though. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Am I the only person who found this unwatchable?
It struck me as hopelessly cheesy from the first scene, and I had to turn it off after about fifteen minutes. IMO it hasn't aged nearly as well as 2001.
I thought the book was okay, though. |
Eh... it was ok. But nothing I'd want in my coveted DVD collection. I like other Kubric films a lot better. |
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Am I the only person who found this unwatchable?
It struck me as hopelessly cheesy from the first scene, and I had to turn it off after about fifteen minutes. IMO it hasn't aged nearly as well as 2001.
I thought the book was okay, though. |
The book is better--better ending.
The only beef I have with the movie is that it doesn't have the book's ending. (or at least the last chapter that was chopped from the American version)
Aside from that, I love the music. Go Walter--Wendy Carlos!? |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Am I the only person who found this unwatchable?
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Yes. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
No. |
Fixed. I'm with you, JBJ - 2001, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, and the Shining are all favorites of mine, but I just couldn't manage to get into A Clockwork Orange (or Eyes Wide Shut for that matter - but that one for far more obvious reasons).
Just didn't care for the film. Book is terrific. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| I think the film is better than the book. |
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| RJT |
| One odd thing that was going back and watching it again a year or two back, all I could think was how similar I felt to when I watched THX 1138, which I also thought was just horrible. |
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| Ian |
| i think we missed the time with it. When it was new perhaps it was a lot more hard hitting and easy to get into, but with all the advances & our desensitisation to stuff, it just doesn't have much impact as it might've. |
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| jupiterone |
ugh, i cannot stand peoples fascination with this movie. horrible, horrible.
oddly enough i absolutely love thx 1138, one of my favorites :p |
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| Sunsnail |
| I thought it was boring. I turned it off too after about 20 minutes |
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| Rose |
| Everyone says it's such a great movie and "omg best movie evar!!1!!" but in my opinion...it was okay. |
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| avalonwarrior |
| the NY rapper Cage is obsessed with that film |
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