6070 (6070) wrote, @ 2007-04-18 07:48:00

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
This is more than just a futuristic gang film.

Stanley Kubrick is making a social satire about human behavior. The film's bigger idea is how important choice is to what it means to be human. If you take away human choice (even if it means the choice to be bad and do horrible things), do you take away what it means to be human? When the movie first came out now 36years ago, it was extremely controversial because of the sex and violence and sarcasm displayed throughout. Many people LOVE this movie. Many people HATE it.

What scenes and sequences stand out? How did director Stanley Kubrick use the camera and photography to what purpose? What about the use of color? What about how music plays off the images you see in the film? You can explore how Kubrick uses images of sex and violence in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE to tell this story. Consider how the tone of the film, Alex's narration and how the story resolves itself.

i hope i get this right... (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 05:59 (link)

watching this movie there is a lot of eye candy for any person to see, for me personally there was a lot of scenes especially the fight scenes in the beginning and how revenge is given in the end of the movie, the camera work on this movie is very key to make the film work with the photography and the music it creates this very broad picture that you have to pay attention to the detail in order to connect settings or moods of a scene the colors used make the smaller things more interesting, i think the images of sex and violence was an interpretation of what was the going on during modern times the and the violence was just the start of something of how it would escalate in future years in not only the UK but around the world most noticeable in the states, but i think it tried to show of how it could escalate and tried to find solutions of curving it through desensitation to see if it could be a really effective method to use in the future. the narration voice used creeped me out the story starts with violence and the violence book ends itself before the end but there is karma with that violence, there is a will with violence and sex it can be widespread and it can be problematic for society if it gets out of hand i think society was looking for an answer to curb both sex and violence but didn't know how but found Alex would be a perfect canidate and the trial of tests go through and it's a success at first but has will soon grow out of favor and is thought to be too severe and alex tells us this journey that he's gone through calm and collective with intriquing thought. Jason Dieguez (Reply to this) (Thread)

Darline Jimenez (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 12:45 (link)

Clockwork Orange to me was a film I would not consider seeing because of the controversial scenes, especially the rape scenes, the nudity, and violence. Personally I did not like the movie because it was too much for me to take and at times it was disgusting especially with the sex scene. The way Stanley Kubrick uses the camera and photography was very unique especially the use of Beethoven’s music, which is the only part I liked in the movie. I like the music plays and weaves into the music because it brought color and a sense of humor to it. The tone of the film was satire because of the use of language, music, setting, and the characters made the story of the movie the way it was. Alex’s narration definitely played a significant role to the controversy of human nature vs. nurture. It proved that taking away human nature is wrong and inhumane because it is taking a part of you. At some points of the movie it was boring but it brought a perspective of how you can’t change human nature even if society doesn’t approve of it. When Alex was “cured” the society thought that you can change human nature but really you can’t because at the end of the movie Alex was back to his human nature. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Rainelee Bernardino (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 15:09 (link)

-The scenes and sequences that stand out in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE are the ones that showed violence, nudity, sex, rape, and controversy. For instance, at the beginning of the film, it already shows the audience a horrible scene of Alex and his drougies beating an old homeless man. A scene that stood out and showed violence, nudity, sex, and rape all together was the scene when Alex and his drougies went to the writer's home and raped the writer's wife as they beat the writer and tortured him even more by having to watch his own wife get brutally raped. The sequences that stood out and showed controversy were when Alex was an experimental subject to get rid of his urges and desires of being a menace. It was controversial because the government was eliminating Alex's human right of choice. Without choice Alex was no longer human, he was a machine. Alex was conditioned to feel sick when experiencing things he once enjoyed. -I actually like the way Classical Conditioning and the issue of nature versus nurture was used in the story. The unconditioned stimulus for Alex was Beethoven's 9th Symphony and basically society. Alex's unconditioned response was violence and rape. However, after being conditioned as a way to "cure" Alex of his evil doings, his choice and natural-unlearned urges, desires, and reflexes have been compromised. Now, the conditioned stimulus for Alex was still Beethoven's 9th Symphony, but now it was also anything associated with violence and rape. His conditioned response was to feel very ill and extreme pain. -Director Stanley Kubrick uses camera and photography in an attractive way, along with music and the use of color. It's a way of letting the audience know to pay attention and that something big is going to happen. For example, the scene when Alex was at the music store the camera focuses on Alex walking down the hallway full of bright colors and loud music. The next scene was Alex having the three-some with the two girls from the music store. During this scene, the music and camera use was very effective and humorous. The music was fast and so was the sex because the use of the camera was in a fast-forwarding motion. Another scene that uses an effective camera angle is the scene when Alex jumps out the window to try to end his torment. The audience sees the ground coming toward the camera until they collide. It made it seem as if we were Alex's eyes watching as Alex got closer to hitting the pavement. -The tone of the film is satire. The film uses much irony, sarcasm, and ridicule throughout the entire film. It's effective considering the personality of the main character, whom is also the narrator, Alex. The way the story resolves itself is also satirical. It's ironic how the story resolves itself by Alex going back to his usual self. It seems that nature beat nurture and that's the way it should be. Even if Alex was destructive and cruel, an eye for an eye makes the world go blind. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Ivan Almario (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 16:09 (link)

This movie "A Clockwork Orange" is a very interestin movie. I mean the whole violence, sex, and choices. I believe that if u take anythin away from a human being that makes them human, then u just contradicted God. I believe that God gave us this physical and emotional feelings for a reason. God gave us choices to make our life more better, to make us choose which things works for our personality. And to answer the questions if a person takes away natural human choices from a human, then they took away wut human is to that person. I believe the scene that stood is the ending. The whole sex while people are around clappin and smilin. i mean i dont see that in a movie that much. It made me crack up but i felt it was too (whats the word) eh??.this is a movie that kids shudnt watch at all. anyways, kubrick used good different angles to portray every scene. i mean when alex was carryin that big penis, goin around tryin to avoid gettin hit was good. and when he was about to kill the old lady, that picure came out wit the guy or girl screamin. also the whole slow motion thing when alex hit beat up his "brothers." so what im gonna say about this movie is that its one movie that i wud like watching but i wud never recommend to people. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Cilla!! (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 19:45 (link)

I really like this movie. The first time I watched this movie was also with my dad and he didn't really want me to watch it because of the sex and violence it had. Mostly every scene that had either sex or violence stood out because mostly movies now are not as extreme. The scene that I liked the most was where Alex was harassing the old lady with that statue. The pictures and the different statues stood out a lot during that scene since everything was mostly sexual. Alex just had to kill the old lady with the statue of a man's penis. I found that really funny and ironic. The old lady was very into and also very open about her sex life that it pretty much killed her. I also liked how the people did not really look very realistic with the different color of hair and the personalities. Each character in the movie had a different personality that helped the reader identity who is who easily. Mostly all the colors in the movie were really bright colors like orange, pink, yellow, etc. A Clockwork Orange this movie was mostly about violence and sex, you would expect colors like black, red and white. The music was also very unique in the movie. Instead of playing scary music when someone was getting raped or killed, the music in the background was all full of joy. I believe the importance of playing Beethoven each time Alex was killing someone, having sex, or doing something bad, was to show how much passion Alex had for it. While Alex was getting his treatment, the music they were playing was Beethoven and this really changed Alex's life because he couldn't listen to his favorite kind of music anymore. Each time he would hear Beethoven or try to hurt someone, his body would start to hurt. I liked how throughout the whole movie Alex was telling the story from his perspective only. It was also sad how his passion for music almost killed him in the end but left him paralyzed for a short while. This movie shows how each person is different from everyone else and that every person's qualities makes them human even though they kill and rape. The only person that can truly change their behavior is themselves and that is why they go through so many experiences to learn from them. For example, Alex had a taste of his own medicine when he was getting beat up by his own "droogs" and the bums as well when he was unable to fight back. In the end of the movie, Alex went back through therapy and changed back to the person he was. Sex, drugs, violence, and music are all part of human nature and noone can change or prevent that from society even if it was for the best. (Reply to this) (Thread)

evettay gonzalez (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 20:34 (link)

Wow! Now I know why Solty loves this film and was Alex for Halloween. This film was great! The scene that mostly stands out to me was the one in the end when the media comes and in his head he’s like “I’m cured” but his face looks so evil! I love that part because its true he’s cured yet he’s still the same from like before, with the violence and the sex. I mean no one can blame him for liking violence and women, its natural almost every guys likes that yet he was obsessed with it and they just wanted him to stop. The part about how great he uses the camera is the scene when he goes into that cat lady’s house and the penis is just rocking in the corner. It’s brilliant because who would think that later he was going to be able to have penis but not use it because of his behavior. Its very ironic for that reason but very funny because its at the lower right hand side of the screen and I couldn’t help but notice that. It was funny. Also the use of color, WOW! When he goes to the record place the colors stand out to me and to have Alex and his friends dress in white, very very ironic because usually people who are violent, like to kill and rape people usually will wear black but they wear white and dress nothing like the other people around them. The whole time in the film I was just amazed by the music too. I just love how thins film is put together the music gives the film a character. It goes along with the sex and violence of this film, I just absolutely loved this film! Oh and Alex narration gave it that extra touch of greatness. I love how in the end his conscious is like YOU FOOL! hahahah it just cracks me up, everything that he would say was just hilarious. He gave us what he was truly feeling which is not done in many films but I really liked this film overall! (Reply to this) (Thread)

Brookshield Tran (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 20:52 (link)

Overall I thought that “A Clockwork Orange” was a good film and I enjoyed it. Although at times I couldn’t understand what the characters in the film were saying due to their accent and slang. I think that if you take away human choice, even if it means the choice to be bad and do horrible things, you take away what it means to be human. Because each individual makes different choices in life which affects who they are and that makes them unique from others. So if they aren’t able to make their own choices, whether good or bad, they lose themselves and their uniqueness making them like a robot, control by others and having no power of their own. Humans are made to be unique and to make choices so that they learn what is right and what is wrong on their own (make mistakes and learn from their mistakes) and supposedly make choices everyday, if their right to make decisions and to learn from one’s mistake is taken away they lose their sense of uniqueness and become robotic-like. They still have a human body but a mind of a robot. This is kind of what happened to Alexander when they experimented on him and made him get “sick” when he tried to do what the government judged bad. The scenes that stood out the most to me was the sex scene because that was the only time that it had a fast paced music background and everything was fast-forward. I like how the director always zoomed up on Alexander’s face when he gives that look, that look made me felt as if he was staring right at me and made me feel uncomfortable. It was like he can read your thoughts and it was kind of creeping me out. It was a great effect. Color was used in the scene before the sex when he picked up the girls. Everything was a bright color and the background music created a relax and happy mood. Except there was another scene where the same music was used and it was quite the opposite of the scene I mentioned before. It was in black and white and told the story of the Holocaust and was used for experimental reasons on Alexander. This mood was rather bleak and torturing. At least the Germans looked happy…I also notice that Alexander’s mom hair was purple (weird color, maybe it describe Alexander’s actions which was different) and then it became yellow after Alexander was “cured” (yellow is a normal hair color and I guess now his actions are consider normal). The music helps set a lot of the mood in the scenes. Like when Alexander was having sex and so on. When I saw the beginning of this movie I was shocked to see all this violence that this seventeen year old boy and his gang was unleashing for no apparent reason but for fun. Like when they beat up a bum and when they entered a house and beat the old man up and raped his wife (who was older than him) in front of him. What made it even crueler was the fact that Alexander was singing while he was doing all of this. What I thought was ironic was toward the end where Alexander was looking for home and found this place that said home, only it turned out not to be home. He ended up in the home of the man’s wife whom he had raped. The man didn’t realize who Alexander was until Alexander was singing (the same song he sang when he was beating up the old man and raping his wife) when he was in the tub. What sucked was that his “friends” who put him in prison became cops and beated him up as well. This resulted in Alexander’s attempted suicide and he almost broke all his bone in his body. I understood most of what was happening through Alexander’s narration. I didn’t really understand what happened at the end when he said that he was really “cured”. So is this what people thought the future was like. That the government will eventually have control once again? That the teenagers will be full of chaos? And that the government will experiment on criminals and make them good? This movie was quite a difference compared to “The Last Picture Show”. This movie was more violent and involved more nudity. “The Last Picture Show” had a kind of sad and lonely mood whereas “A Clockwork Orange” had more of a conspire mood. I like this movie better because this film took me by surprise and had a sense of unexpectedness. I hope I make sense… (Reply to this) (Thread)

Monica Brooke (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 23:22 (link)

The film was disturbing at times. I personally didn't like it because of all the violence and rape. For me the scene that stands out the most is the rape scene. It was really disgusting to see alex and his friends rape a woman while her husband has to watch. the camera and photography was interesting. The coloring was cool. there was alot of really bright colors in the scenes and the camera really goes into detail about alex's surroundings. there was alot of foreshadowing as to the way the the u.k. and u.s. go(but not to the extent of the film) The music plays a huge role in the film. I'm still not sure as to why such a hardcore guy would listen to beethoven. it shows his mentality at the beginning and end of the film. There was alot of sex and violence. I didn't like the rapeing of torture. alex's coldness for fellow humanity show's how the future is seen. the tone is satire. he is forced to be good,and it was his governments choice to make society better. the film really isn't resolved cause even if alex says he's cured, he looks so sinister while saying it. nobody can tell an enitre population how to act. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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michelle jara (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 23:43 (link)

This film, I loved it! it was something different and very interesting to watch. It left you wandering what was going to happen and what it was trying to speak to its viewer. The scenes that stand out to me were, when he was committing his crimes, and the sequences of how they were performed and how he attacked his victims. Another scene is when they are performing this treatment on him to make him a better person, and he decides to go along with it. When in reality it will change him forever! How did the director Stanley Kubrick use the camera and photography to portray the film message! To explain the sort of Alex life and how he had lived all his life an dhow he had created the monster he had turned into. The use of color, I really didn’t understand it to be honest! I did not pay attention to it, but had me a bit confused. The music that is played in the scenes is wonderfully produced! I like it. I thought every beat went with the actions of Alex crime. It was like story telling what he was committing && speaking for him. I believe that Kubrick uses images of sex and violence to show what humans are capable to do in their nature, to live so freely with no hesitation of what was happening around them and how it affecting people. More like what the era of the 60 & 70 was speaking to the world. As music, sex and violence was starting to enter in our lives. He uses the music and images as a metaphor to Alex life and from his point of view. Of what our society was becoming, and that you can’t change a human being for the good or bad. Because they are WHO THEY ARE! The tone of this film was strong and sad, to whom it affect. You have Alex this boy that live with no regrets or knowledge. He is betrayed by his friends that he tried to control with his violence and led him to be an animal in an experiment to brainwash human being (which was him). The reality is that, it never really did change him, because deep down inside he knew who he was, and in the end of the film he portrays that. Their was nothing left of him, but only had a chance to pick up what was left of himself and the life he had created! A last image, Leads me to believe that (Reply to this) (Thread)

Davis Tran (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 23:44 (link)

In my opinion, I think that if someone takes another human choice away then they will also take away what it means to be a human. In the human races there are many different types of behaviors. Good, evil, spoil, depressed, happy, shy, mean, nice and of course, bad and horrible. All of these traits balance out the world. Since population is going up so fast the world need bad and horrible people to kill off some of god smartest creation, which are humans. The world would be a better place if we didn’t have any bad and horrible people but everybody needs a little bit of badness in them. If we didn’t, our species would be destroy and crush by other species such as the lions and wolves. Instead, the bad and horrible people will kill these kinds of animals for us. Without any badness and horribleness you can not live as a human, but a prisoner. You could be bossed around, beat up, treated unfairly or possibly even killed. In the movie A Clockwork Orange Alex was unless once he got his horrible and bad traits taken away by doctors. Everyone that once knew him as a vicious person took their revenge. Without any bad traits Alex couldn’t defend himself, he was just there to get beat up. I thought all the sex and violence scene stand out in the movie because when violence happened there would be strange, unique and loud noises in the background. An example in the movie is when Alex got beat up by his two old friends, which are now police officers. While the two police officers beat Alex up you can hear the sound effect when the baton made full contact with Alex. While there are sex scenes in the movie, the graphics would be somewhat unique and funny. Like the time when Alex was having sexual intercourse with these two girls that he meant in a carnival. It’s like pictures-shot that were put in order by a camera. The funny part was when Alex was having sex with one girl while the other girl was getting dress, but he would undressed the dressed girl and have sex with her. Then the other girl would dress up, but he’ll also go to her and undressed her again, having sex with her. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Moniikay Zavala (Anonymous) 2007-04-19 23:58 (link)

okay im really irritated because i entered the wrong security code, and when i went back to change it, ALL of my work got erased! grrrrrr!!!! time to start over. well i thought that the threesome that alex had with the girls he picked up from the record store was soo hilarious! it was clever how the director decided to shoot the scene far away from the actors and speed up the sex. it wasnt long, steamy and romantic, it just allowed the viewer to see what was going on and laugh at the same time. the scene with the milk is interesting too, because now people go to bars to drink beer, but in this future, people drink glasses of milk, but like leibner told me, it had shots of vodka in it, so there is still an alcholic aspect to it. this film definately had a lot of color in it. I thought it was interesting how alex's mother had purple hair, yellow hair when he was released from prison, and white hair when he was in the hospital. I dont know why that is, but it was just something i noticed, since my hair changes colors often as well. Maybe it matched her feelings toward alex at the time, because white is pure and angelic, and this was the color of her hair when she went to apologize to alex and invite her precious son back into her home. The pink walls in the house were so pretty, and a very good choice! i noticed that the paintings in the woman's home, the one with the big penis and balls, were very vibrant, with lots of pink, green, and purple. Many movies that take place in the future portray it as being dim and dull and depressing, but this futuristic movie revealed the future in a different light, one in which people had pink walls and red furnature. as for the music, it was interesting because the classical music certainly didnt match the actions in the movie. Classical music was being played as a woman was being raped and a bum was being beaten. In movies, the viewer can predict whats about to happen when the music gets switched up. But in this movie, the classical music was played throughout, therefore the viewer was unable to predict the events that were about to unfold. this film was so violent, and when alex was watching the movies as he was being treated, the violence was stuff that occurred in the past, and occurred in everyday life- hitler and the nazis, a woman being gang raped by a bunch of men. Violence is just a part of human nature, and it is something that we hear about on the news and witness at school. i thought it was funny how alex narrarated the story as if he was a perfect little angel who was mistaken by everyone as being a horrible little devil. he obviously had self-serving bias because he saw himself in the best light possible. the experiment that the researchers performed on Alex definately violated the APA guidelines because so much harm was inflicted on him. At first i thought that it was a good idea that they were going to reform this horrible, violent individual, but because they took away his ability to choose whether he wanted to be violent and sexual, he was rendered helpless. Humans are just violent, sexual creatures, and if one cant choose to get angry or have sex whenever they please, then they aren't human. I think that we need choices, because it is the decisions we make that determine who we are as a person, and our future. i liked this movie because it ties in a lot with human nature and psychology, but all the blood and violence was waaayyy too much for me to handle. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Marthina Cinco (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 00:05 (link)

The scene that stood out the most for me was when Alex was having sex with two girls in his room. From leading up to the scene up to when they were in his room, it started off slowly, casually. Once they were on the bed, Stanley Kubrick made it so that the speed of the scene was increased. Everything seemed as if it were being fastforwarded. Also, the music accompanied the scene extremely well because the audience could feel the quickness of it all. I think the director made this scene this way to maybe show Alex's point of view on what is actually going on. He thinks that everything is happening quickly like the cliche, "Time flies when you're having fun," but I also believe time is going quickly because he doesn't care too much about the girls and he's just more concentrated on what he wanted to do with them. Music plays an important role in the music as well. Through music, we fully experience the message the author is trying to reach out to us. With the different rhythms, and beats we can feel whether something bad is happening or we can also feel the suspense. While Alex watched during his "treatments" Beethoven's 9th Symphony played and it assisted in showing how terrible people were treated due to it's forte volume and many crescendos. It gave Alex a fright and from then on he couldn't handle listening to the 9th Symphony any longer. The music is also accompanied by the camera and photography. The way the scenes were shot also builds up one's feelings and see how strong the scene really is especially with a scene that contains sex, or violence. I think Stanley Kubrick brings up a good point of where to draw the line. Brainwashing should not be tolerated no matter what. Even though it stops one from making the "wrong" choices, it damages their lifestyle and how they're able to operate daily. Lastly, I think all of the things Kubrick put into the movie worked well with each other even with the bold colors to emphasize or foreshadow an upcoming scene. Even with Alex's tone, we see that we are humans and our humanity must not be taken away from us. He ends up being how he was before proving that being brainwashed cannot hold a long-term affect. (Reply to this) (Thread)

angiw gonzalez (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 00:49 (link)

well right now im pretty damn pissed cause my stupid computer froze on me while i was doing my blurty!!! >=0 & i wrote a lot too! i was going on my third paragraph!! so anyways... i've actually heard a lot about this film before. everyon'es been telling me, "yeah a clockwork orange! tight movie! its crazy! you should watch it!" buuut beecause i'm that lazy, i haven't gone to the movie store to rent it. anyways, i actually thought this movie was pretty interesting and different from any of the other films i've seen. what i liked most about this film was the soundtrack. especially since it was classical music. i think it went perfectly witht his film because, i don't know, but it just did. although this film was mostly about sex, violence, and sex, classical music fits in, somehow. i really really enjoyed watcung this film (although i missed the first part of it.) but man, those droogs were pretty crazy & wild. it seems as if nothing in the world mattered to them, but sex & violence. raping women, causing chaos, and just having fun seemed typical to them. they were careless.... for this film do be done 36 years ago, it was pretty good because many many people still seems to love this film. actually, a lot of scenes stuck in my head. the one where alex & those 2 other girls are having sex, i found that really funny just because everything and everyone was going sooo fast and the music was so fast and catchy that it made alex and those 2 other girls have sex fun and joyful. nothing romantic about that scene. another scene in particular was after alex gets out of jail. he goes home, already starts with problems,then he's at a bridge, maing the viewers think that hes going to commit suicide, then he bumps into his old friends and they try to drown and kill him and the viewers think once again, they're going to kill him. (comes to show who his true friends are.) BUT he survives. then you see him crawling, falling everywhere, all over mud while its raining and you think he has no where to go. so after going to this house, i believe the next day the guy makes him drink the wine & it once againmakes the reader think, theres somerthing in that wine that will kill alex, but nooo! then you see him jump out of the window & you FINALLY think, okay, now we really really dies, but noo! once again he survives. i thought it was pretty funny when you see him in a body cast & he says something like, "you's think i died. but if i did die, i wouldn't be here to tell you this." lets see.. ahh another scene i remember was at the very end when alex says something like "they cured me good" (cant quite remember exactly what he said). i was like whaaat! i guess nomatter what you do, you cant change a person. no matter what you do to them, they will always stay the same. in alex's case, he will always remain as horny and violet as he was. the colors in this film were out there. i noticed how the people dressed. for example, alex's mom. the color of her hair (or wig) was, i believe bright yellow or light green. & then she wore this red vinyl outfit which i thought was pretty funny because it seems as if she was trying to hard to stay young. i also noticed the colors in alex's house. the whole house was like a damn rainbow! everything in this film was very eclectic. stanley kubrock's use of camera and photography was pretty unique. every sequence in this film was nothnig like i've seen before. overall, i think this film is one of my favorites out of all the films we've watched so far. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: angiw gonzalez (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 00:51 (link)
	spelled my name wrong... angie******** (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Jose A. (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 00:59 (link)

I REALLY liked this movie. I never thought i'd like an old movie as much as i did this movie. I think that taking away human choice somewhat does take away what it means to be human, but not completely. There are other aspects to being human besides our choices, there are also our sense of empathy, symapthy, and many other things that distinguish us from animals. The scenes that really stood out to me where the scenes where Alex and his posse raped that girl, and the sequence in which the government was brainwashing alex. In both scenes there was music that didnt really fit the scene, singing in the rain, and beethoven's 9th symphony( i think). And both Had horrible images. I guess Kurbrick uses sex & violence as a way to show human nature and the fruedian theory of Ethos and Thanthos, the theory that human's thoughts are subconsciously (and sometimes not) preoccupied with sex and death. Which ties into the bigger idea of what it means to be human. hmm... besides that i saw alot of anti-government things like, it was trying to show how the government was trying to brainwash people and control people, also how the government lies to the people about alot of things. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Shivani Narayan (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 01:12 (link)

I liked this movie. It was not like any other we have seen. There was too much violence in this movie. This movie was mostly promoted Beethoven’s music not saying that it is a bad thing. Those four guys are so crazy beating up innocent people and raping innocent women’s. I can kind of see why some people hate this movie. They might hate it because the four guys had acted like animals and there was a lot of nudity and sex scenes. This movie was 36 years ago, you would actually expect less nudity, violence and sex because no one would want their kids to do these things. You can say that this movie is mostly about violence and sex but I think that this movie shows what some of our actions leads to. I did not think that Alex would hit his own friends and push them into the water. I kind of got lost, I did not understand what had happened to the other three guys that alex used to hang out with. I think the scenes that really stand out were the sex scenes and the scenes with Beethoven’s songs. Since Alex was very fond of Beethoven’s music it seemed as when ever the song played something would happen. I think that the sex scene between alex and the two girls stand out. Also, the camera has made the sex scene go fast and with the song stand out. It sucks when your favorite songs seems like you dying peacefully. This movie has taught me a big lesson that your actions will effect you in the future. If he didn’t beat up the old man in the beginning of the movie then maybe the old man and the other poor people wouldn’t beat him up. If he was kind to the poor man then maybe the poor man would have helped him. If he didn’t rape the old man’s wife then maybe, the old man would have not played Beethoven’s song and he wouldn’t have to jump out of the window. I thought that the old man was going to poison him. The way he was staring at Alex when he was eating food seemed like he up to no good. I was kind of surprised when Alex’s parents didn’t want him to stay in the house. They knew that he had become better, but still they didn’t show any type of love or affection for him. I realize that if a person finds out that there son is a killer and rapes people they would be scared of him. But things had changed since he got out of jail. They even saw that he didn’t hit that guy in the house. Then when he was at the hospital they came and tried to show sympathy. Not saying that it’s totally the parents fault but if they had given him a chance maybe he would have not gone back to his normal way. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Shannon "BB" Page (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 01:20 (link)

The film was just as fantastic as I have seen it before. I think that if you take away choice, that what it means to be human is taken away. That's what life is all about, that what being human is all about, everyone makes choices everyday that makes the days go on. Your choices take you further. Without them, it's just a boring, halted existence. That's all there is. Like when I wake up, I make the choice of getting up, and going to school because I know that it will be for my own good for the future, to make the days go on. Some choices are bad of course, but that's just life. Everyone makes mistakes, or maybe they aren't mistakes. What's done is done, and that what it is. Choices, what else is there? (I am one of the ones that LOVE this movie.) The scenes and sequences that stand out are when Alex and his gang break into the writers home and its entirety, then when Alex gets home and listens to Beethoven. Another would be when Alex gets his "treatments" and when Beethoven's 9th is playing in the background and he freaks out. I also think the sequence after he gets beat by his old gang mates, and he is in the writers home again. Including the part where he tried to "snuff it". (I think that's how it's spelled.)Then the last scene is the best when he said, "I was cured all right." I think that maybe Stanley Kubrick used the camera and photography to capture the moods of the character Alex. Like how it seemed so out of norm and crazy in the moments. And the colors, there were alot of bright colors used to make things stand out. It seemed interesting that when Alex was with his gang, they wore all white, sort of like a vigilant color which they were not at all. There was alot of white used as well, like the manicans in that room where they hung out, their outfits, alot of art was white, walls were white, doctors coats.... The music plays off the film because there was alot of Beethoven for the character Alex, symphony. It seemed very psychotic and chaotic. I just got that feeling whenever I heard it and watched what was showing when it was playing. Then there was the singin in the rain song that seemed so happy and obnoxious when Alex was terrorizing that writer and his wife, then it almost became his doom song when he sang it in the bathtub and the writer then had recognized who he was... There was sex and violence and it's just spontaneously shown and quickly at that from the very beginning. But those are the choices of the characters. Alex is smart and charming but amazingly violent and sexual. The whole film makes sense yet it makes you feel like it doesn't make sense. There's just this sense of things being random and thrown out there yet there's a plan to it. Then hearing Alex's narration made it make sense, but the images and music made it feel hallucinogenic. Then the ending was the big kick in the face, which ive already stated above, how all that Alex went through, that he was back where he started, if not crazier. "Cured." (Reply to this) (Thread)

Patricia Silva (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 01:49 (link)

First of I want to sat that I am one of those people that LOVE this film. I really liked the sarcasm and brutal honesty that is used throughout the film. The scenes with all the ultraviolence and sex helped the movie stand out and where what gave them the brutal honesty I liked. Nothing in this film was held back and it really showed how the darker side of human nature was. The scenes with the viloence and sex were hard to watch but at the same time you can't look away because it is something that almost no movies have. The scene that stood out the most for me was the one where Alex states how he has grown fond of the Bible and then once we get to see what is in his mind we get to see how even in the Bible he can find something that will satisfy the sadist in him. Another of the violent scenes that stood out the most for me was the one were we see Alex and his friends break into the house with the old man and his wife. I think it was great hiw instead of focusing on the actual rape of the wife the camera focuses on the woman's face. They really manage to capture the horror in the woman's face as she is being raped somehow making it seem a lot more brutal then it would have been if they had actually showed Alex too. Throughout the film the camera also focuses a lot on Alex's face. I think the purposes of this was to somehow get the viewers to get a little bit closer to Alex's head and the way he thinks. Whenever there was a close up of his face you can see how much he enjoys everything he does. What really surprised me was how Alex's friends actually became cops. It's really scary to think that people like that can actually become cops. I probably just forgot but apart from the market scene and people's hair espically Alex's mom I didn't see a lot of color popping out. That helped it to have a darker sort of hopeless mood. It seemed like everthing was corrupted and bad. In contrast the scene where Alex is in the market was a lot more livlier and if I remember right it was the only scene that kind of gave you a happy feeling. It was really weird how the scene was put between gloomy scenes. The music went surprising well with the film. When I watch violent movies usually the soundtrack consist of hard rock/ metal music or creepy instrumental music but never the classics. Yet somehow this manages to work perfectly for this film. When I listen to Beethoven's music it sounds dramatic to me and full of intensity which reflects on Alex's personality. The music seems to intensify the movie without it this movie wouldn't have had the impact it had on me and probably many other people. The ending of the film was perfect. Once Alex was given his free will back he was able to make a chocie and it appears that his choice is to return to the way he was. I think that a lesser film would have had Alex redeem himself but in my opinion that would be unrealistic because throughout the film Alex had proven that he really enjoys everything he does therefore why would he give it up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Robyann Jumaoas (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 02:03 (link)

First of all, I enjoyed watching this movie. There were numerous hysterical parts in the film. However, there were also some scenes that kept me silent because it was just so intense that it left my mouth open with awe and shock. This film was split into two moods. The first mood was the recklessness of the teens in the beginning of the movie with not a care in the world and just doing whatever they please whenever they felt like doing it. It had a connection also to the liveliness to the Beatles in “Hard Day’s Nights”. Then, the second part of the movie presented a depressing, down-fall mood. Like in the movie “The Last Picture Show”. The sequence of this change was just so…..strange….. I don’t know.. I can’t describe it. It was just so sudden how karma came back to hit Alex right in the face. There were A LOT of scenes that stood out in this movie. Of course, the sexual scenes stood out the most because it was like … What the heck? It was sort of random and weird. The first part of the movie creep me out a lot. It was just Alex’s devilish face staring at you like he was going to kill you or something. I just knew from that scene on that the movie was going to be interesting. This camera shot was just like all up on your face and you know immediately the story is about him and something is going to happen to him. Also, the scene where Alex and those two other girls have sex in a like fast-forward pace made me laugh a lot. It’s funny because they were trying to dress and Alex undressed them. And also, the choice of music was just… ridiculously hilarious. It’s because it goes well with that fast pace scene. Also, in that one scene where Alex is singing that song “I’m singing in the rain (hits the hold man in the stomach) what a glorious day (rapes the woman).” Hah not sure on the words but yeah. That was just so horrible. Let’s see….archetypes. Luckily, I’m in Ms. North’s class.  Let’s see, the color that stood out the most was the color “white”. It’s ironic because the color white signifies purity, life, and basically goodness. That was the complete opposite of Alex and his group of friends. The tone of the film was of course satire. The use of all the violence and sex was just great. I can’t believe the actors would do such a thing…. It’s like they weren’t acting because it was so well played. Kubrick is comparing our behavior to that of animals. Also, the language was so… strange. I couldn’t understand some parts. It was so European English, slang. Alex’s narration were so FREAKY! Oh my gosh he’s so crazy! Hah. Like when he was first watching all those people in pain, he pictured himself being the one to torture them! Evil…. How the story ended was weird but then now I think he’s back to normal. I think I agree that if you take away someone’s choice, you’re referring them to be less of a human being. Just like the slaves back then. The white people didn’t give them any opportunities and they thought of them as less than human, almost animals. So I do think that taking away someone’s choice can also be taking away their humanity. Being human means to be able to support yourself and to be independent and to make decisions on your own. If you allow someone else to make decisions for you, you’re just a puppet tied to a short string. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Julie-Ann Dela Cruz (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 13:59 (link)

the clockwork orange was disturbing but rather interesting. it was something new for a change and i didnt know a film like this existed. the film started with a drunken man singing and alex and his friends beating him up, which is crazy because for one he was an old man. the film caught my eye with the settings of the bar or the club where the guys drank what seemed to be milk, idk. the settings caught my eye right away because of the use of female bodies as decor and furniture. it was crazy. the setting in my point of view was amazing because the color and motions of the displayed bodies caught the, i dont know how to say this, but the disturbing part of the movie. there were many scenes in which i found disturbing and understand why such a film would have been a controversy. the movie showed so much violence in the beginning along not even i would say 10-15 mins of the movie it shows alex and the guys beating an old man, driving crazy while driving people off of the road, and breaking into a writers home and raping his wife in front of him. the mood of this film gave a strong vibe but was rather sad because of the events. the events of illegal activity and total disregard for the elders i think shows a changing of values in youths when youths were becoming more rebellious. the sex scene with alex and the two girls was pretty funny and you cant help but watch and the music went along with it. way to start up the weekend mr. L. but i bet lots of people back in the day talked about that scene. alex is betrayed by the guys whom he tried so hard to control during a robbery and is sent of to prison but the government or whatever offers him another chance if he agrees to being an experimental. then he gets out and is betrayed by those he associated with. it was just all karma. i like the colors because they really depicted the scenes and mood and emotions that were arising. mmhm. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Borath Long (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 15:47 (link)

I did not like the movie when I first saw the beginning of it. The sex and violence scenes are horrible to see. I did not like the rape scene and how those guys beat up the old man. The color in the movie was more fantasy like and so were the rooms. The language was very strange and those guys faces looked very creepy. I did not even want to finish watching the rest of the movie because the beginning was already too weird for me. I never did liked movies that was way too different from reality. Some of the scenes do happen in real life, but the creator tried to make it humorous which I did not find anything funny about it. The creator of the movie seemed to make light of violence and the rape scene. The makeup on those guys matched the tone of the movie and the songs in the movie matched the rest of the tone of the movie. I really found the language annoying. In short, I just didn’t like the movie at all from the start. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Re: Borath Long (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 16:00 (link)

I forgot to answer the first part of the question about human choice. I know that to be human, we should be free in to doing what we want. However, if we act out on every desire especially the negative ones and this action in turn harms another human, then we are still human but humanity will diminish. In my personal opinion, I feel that it's good to be free, however it is more important to care more about humanity, for one another then to act out on our urges just to gain a temporary satisfaction. To be human we are free, but to be a good human being, we need to control our actions especially the ones that will cause harm to others and ourselves. Many of today's society problems are results from those who wants to act whoever they feel. If people are allowed to do whatever they want, then there will be endless chaos. That is why there are laws to limit people from harming others. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Cristina Marquez (Anonymous) 2007-04-20 17:26 (link)

Let me start out by saying that I found this movie to be very disturbing. The scene that particularly stood out was the one when Alex kicked the old man to the rhythm of the song he was signing. It was as if the movie had suddenly transformed into a musical tragedy. Not only would they beat innocent people but they would also rape women in the most disgusting of ways. The use of music in this movie was very interesting because I never seem to notice how music truly does set the tone for a movie. Particularly in this movie the director Kubrick uses Beethoven’s music to create a psychological controversy in Alex’s life. For Alex, Beethoven symbolized a higher authority or someone who is god like. He based his life on his music because it was the one thing that made him happy. Once he went in for treatment Beethoven’s music had the absolutely opposite affect which makes you think if it’s possible to want something with all your heart and then some how be psychologically treated into hating the one thing that gave you happiness besides violence and sex. I found it to be very ironic that at of all colors Alex’s gang choose to wear white. White symbolizes purity, peace, harmony which is evidently nothing like Alex or his friends. Instead they should have worn black like their boots and hats to represent their evil and dark side. The other time I noticed the use of color was when Alex in the music store and the lights were outrageously bright. From red to yellow to blue the lights and music create a whole different atmosphere in the room. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Joel Pollack (Anonymous) 2007-04-23 21:26 (link)

The content of the film was awful. The way it was done almost forces the audience to cheer and root for a sadistic rapist. It gives the an underlying message that reeking havoc in society is fun and cool. The movie was put together pretty good but I hate the content of it. The scene that stood out to me in a Clockwork Orange is the rape and violence in the first parts of the movie. I mean breaking in, tearing up the house, beating the defense people down, raping the wife while the husband is held down forced to watch, and later finding out that the most important thing in his life has died as a result of trauma that night, what a horrific thing to watch and experience. The director Stanley Kubrick uses the camera and photography to give a feeling of appalling discomfort. The were many instances of that but the one that really stuck out to me was the scene when the doctors were curing Alex of his impulsive need for havoc. The close up shot with Alex’s eyes being forced open, accompanied by his yells of pain, while the doctor kept his eyes moist was kind of intense. It made me close my eyes feeling that they were in pain. The flashy rainbow like colors had a strong effect on the setting of the film. It served its purpose by making one feel like they were in the future. The music was inappropriate at times for this movie. It had the effect of lightening the terrible crimes, cheer for a sadistic rapist, and make the movie seem like a comedic joke. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Bianca Guzman (Anonymous) 2007-04-23 21:46 (link)

The film A Clockwork Orange is one that i found very interesting. The whole idea about taking away someone`s choice to be bad is, to me, inhumane. The ability to make choices is one that make someone human. I think like everyone else the scene that stood out was the threesome scene. Stanley Kubrick used the camera and sped up the whole scene. This gave it the impression that this was just business to Alex. Like another day on the job. It was also entertaining for the audience. He also used the camera angles for emphasis. For example, when Alex and his droogs were beating up the wife and husband, the camera would come in for close-ups on the husband. This let the audience feel sympathy for the man and also express the gravity of the situation. The bright colors are everywhere! Alex`s mom`s hair, the record store, the bar. It was kinda ironic how Alex and his droogs wore all white when usually criminals want to conceal themselves, and wear black instead. Also, how white symbolizes purity and innocence & they were doing evil things. The music was another interesting aspect of the film. All the music in the film was Beethoven. The thing with the music was the even in scenes of sadness, there was cheerful music playing. Also, the whole fact that Beethoven was playing throughout the movie, it showed Alex`s love for Beethoven, especially the 9th. I think the overall tone of the movie reflected Alex`s mind. The film tried to make light of serious issues, and maybe that is what Stanley Kubrick tried to emphasize; the fact that some people, like Alex, for example, have this mentality. Alex`s narration was a way into his head, a way to know what his thoughts were. The film pretty much ended right where it started. Alex went back to his twisted little ways. This just goes to show you that you can`t change someone with a little torture. =] (Reply to this) (Thread)

Van Ardon (Anonymous) 2007-04-23 23:51 (link)

This film is pretty crazy and dramatic all mixed up. Very very crazy in the beginning and even crazier at the end, with some drama to it. The crazy part that im talkin about is how evil and sadistic he n his group was in the beginning and as if there was no law, everything seemed so innocently ok to do, even though they were work of a mad man that he was displaying. Very dramatic in the sense that he enjoys doing what he does, he enjoys implicting pain in other people. Almost like a high to him! Dramitic towards the end when it all backfires after his so called rehab from getting caught with all his crazy acts...Well parents kind of forgotten him as if he never lived, his friends turned back on him and returned the favor, you almost feel sorry for him, but u cant help remembering his the same guy from the beginning of the film...Maybe its true that the good ones go first and the bad ones, well they live long but their probably miserable...o ya also the bum scene which led to the reunion of the buddies was the craziest because you kind of fear for this kid..haha..kinda funny and cruel at the same time.well just gets worst and worst after that.! The music was cool, i liked the 9th symphony from beethoven, its uplifting. well when the music comes alive its good at the beginning, but at the end its torture. like i said it backfired and karma is the word for it. goes around comes around i guess!! maybe thats y the title is clockwork, because his life was like a clock the went around to bite him in the ass. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Ashley Lozano (Anonymous) 2007-04-24 21:12 (link)
	I loved loved loved this movie. It was so hilarious to me. The whole sex scene where it gets sped up while playing to be continued... (Reply to this) (Thread)

diana munoz (Anonymous) 2007-04-25 23:10 (link)

I liked this movie. I liked the part of the film that was sped up in fast motion, it went along with the music that was playing. I noticed that the camera did a lot of close ups, especially in dramatic scenes. So maybe the director was trying to make us feel what the character was feeling by emphasizing the expression on its face in the whole screen. I loved the use of color, it made a scene seem happy when really there was nothing happy or out of the ordinary about it. The music makes everything seem happier or a feeling different from what the feeling that is really going on in the film. I kind of hated that Alex was a horrible person, but the director made us feel sorry for him. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Richard Rodriguez (Anonymous) 2007-04-27 01:58 (link)

This movie was freaken sweet, i liked this film a lot, its crazy and fun. What stood out to me the most were the violent scenes because they would play classical music that gave the scene that certain edge to it. I liked the scene when alex and his goonies fought the other gang. I liked that scene because of the battle they had but also the song in the background. The colors were crazy too because in the scene were alex went to the music shop it was filled with colors and it reminded e of willy wonka. The music for every scene was perfectly picked and it gave me that strabge feeling of fear. It was also ironic how alex was saved from the bums by the people he once hurt and the same cops that were once his so called brothers. Alex's safety didnt last though because they took him to torture him. The way Kubric used alex to tell the story was brilliant because we get a good point of view of alex's life. Hahaha i found it funny how i was rooting for alex to be himself again in the end and i believed he was going to become his old self and take revenge on those who made his life miserable. At first i didnt like him because he was committing violent acts and was a real bad guy. My view towards him changed as the movie progressed and it totally changed once the movie was finished. Alex was a horrible guy but what they did too him was even worse. This film was great and I would like to see it again, the director did a great job of putting this film together. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Ashley Lozano (Anonymous) 2007-04-28 17:50 (link)

I loved this movie it was funny but it also made you think about human choice. In some parts I didn't really know what they were saying becaue of their accent, but other than that i got what was happening. In the begining of the movie it was carefree and then near the end it was all serious, that was a big change for me, but they changed the mood so smoothly from funny to serious. I thought the sex scene with the beethoven music plaing in the background was so funny. They were going super fast and the music complemented it. It was a well done sex scene. That was the first sex scene in fast motion that I saw. It's nice that there are a variety of ways to make a sex scene. It can be serious, romantic, or funny. In the begining of the movie the camera was llike Bam! all up on his face. He looked creepy, which i guess you could say forshadowed how he was going to be like. I though it was funny that Alex and his buddies hung out in a sophisticated place, the milk bar. You think that moost deliquents would go someplace wild. I liked the music they chose for this movie it was so cheerful even though violent things were happening, it kept you from looking away. The music called your attention to the screen. Karma is a bitch, and Alex found that out. He ends up suffering from all the things he did. It was wierd following Alex's narration because he was bad but near the end i felt bad for him because they had taken away the one thing that connects him to a human being. I ended up rooying for him which was wierd your suppose to root for the good not he bad. The movie was about decisions. Everything Alex chose to do caused him to either have happiness or to suffer. (Reply to this) (Thread)

lizzay casillas (Anonymous) 2007-05-01 22:15 (link)

Human; humanity evolves around mistakes. There is no such thing as a perfect human. If you were to take away human choice, you might as well take life itself with it. Humans are all about exploring the unknown and applying practice to learn. The scene which caught my attention was the scene where alex and his gang went the lady with a big penis sculpture’s house. Of course the audience knew what was about to happen to the lady, but we still waited inventively to see how the fighting sequence would be ending. Throughout that scene the camera is hand held to imply the effect of making the scene seem more realistic. It made it seem as if we were in the film too. During the action the camera mainly follows the sculpted head of Mozart then quickly cuts from angle to another angle to get the effect of the struggle from every angle. The color choices were amazing; the coloring really impacted the dramatic effects during the film. because of the era, there were also various patterns that added to the tone in the film. if you noticed for every scene there were a mess of bright colors and bold designs to signify the mood for the scene. For example, the scene in which alex went to the music store/bar place the background really confuses you because there are so many random things going on. It makes it harder to pay attention to the main character. Its as if that scene set you up for the unexpected following scene as alex is doing the monkey dance with two random females in a fast motion. Music is another thing that contributes to the tone in the film. the background music demonstrates alex’s inner thoughts as he goes on with his bad deeds, which were all uncaring. There where times when alex could be doing the sickest things and yet he remains self centered in his own little world. I think that that was the purpose for only playing Mozart songs. The narration also helped build the tone. It set a serious satirical tone throughout the film. Overall, the movie caught my attention, I didn’t love it or hate it. it was just ok... (Reply to this) (Thread)

stephanie bertulano (Anonymous) 2007-05-03 12:29 (link)

This movie was different but interesting. I remember hearing about this story back in your English class. Anyways, I believe that when you take away human choice you’re taking away the meaning of being human. I believe that being human, you must be capable of making decisions whether it leads to a positive outcome or a negative outcome. The scenes that stood out in this film was the sex scene that was playing at fast speed. It was interesting because he just met the girls and he was already having sex with them. Another scene that stood out was when he was being experimented on at the hospital; primarily the scene when he had to watch the movies without being able to close his eyes. I don’t believe the experiment was done well because they failed to see the negative effects. For example, he would just start getting sick when he was around violence. The scientists pretty much just took away his ability to defend himself, thus exposing him to become a victim in every situation that he may be involved in. The camera sequence that stood out the most was when the old lady was exercising with the cats. Then the camera focuses on the penis in the corner, making the viewer assume that he was going to use it for something erotic. But instead decides to hit her with it. The different types of music play off what is going on in the scene, thus adding more emphasis on what’s going on. For example, whenever the main character experienced his weakness again violence after the experiment, there would be music that accompanied it. This provided the viewer with previous knowledge that this was the effect of the experiment. The film itself revolved around the idea of when things are taken to an extreme. For example, beating up people for fun has its consequences. But experimenting with people to prevent further violence has even bigger consequences. These consequences include losing their individuality and thus making the person dependent on others. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Katherine Atehortua (Anonymous) 2007-05-04 01:22 (link)

This film was weird!!! The first like 15 mintues i coundt understand what they were saying and it was gettting me really mad. The scene that caught my eye the most was when alex was fighting the ladt with the huge penis in his hand. the pictures on the wall were like naked girls and that huge white penis was just wow. The camera angle is done so good in this scene. It would jump back and forth from alex and that women. i didnt even notice that the thing she was flighting alex with was bachs head until you pointed it out. The other scene that caught my eye was when alex and his gang were raped the women in front of her husband. They raped and beat them up so causual it was creepy. Alex was just singing and touching the women. It made me reallly mad. The old man would have never remembered it was alex if he hadnt sing that dancing in the rain song. When he sang it in the tub the old man remember and was going to get alex back real good. i think alex should have never told the people his weakness!!! Alex being the narrator had me kinda lost because i coundt understand him. and he used the word brother a lot and it was kinda annoying i was like just shut up and stop talking. There was a lot of boobs in this movie , that didnt bother me. The music almost didnt fit in with the scenes. For example when the gangs are fighting i would have expected like flighting music. This film was very strange. (Reply to this) (Thread)

jasmin javinal (Anonymous) 2007-05-21 15:01 (link)

The film "A Clockwork Orange" just does not present the life of a corrupted teen, but how a person will be after losing the will to have a choice. I found the film to be disturbing, because of all the sex and violence. Also because it came out 36 years ago it would have impacted a lot of people's minds. I have had a glimpse of the novel by Anthony Burgess and found that the movie is similiar to the novel but has a different ending. I'm pretty sure that Stanley Kubrick changed the ending of the movie because in the novel Alex was able to realize what stupid things he has done, but Kubrick did not like particularly like that ending because in a way, Alex would be giving up. It would kill the cinematic ending that Alex was able to realize what he did was wrong and disturbing. The scene that stood out the most for me was when Alex was presented as an experiment to the other scientists. They showed that they can control the anger in a person through the ludovico's technique. In that scene, Alex lost the ability to make a choice. He couldn't even defend himself without having a physical pain thinking about fighting back. I found that this scene clearly showed the satire of human nature/behavior. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Orange as the Sky (Anonymous) 2007-05-21 15:32 (link)

I think Clockwork Orange was an interesting case study. Alex's character's psychology was presented so well. Alex, he seemed to have some kind of anti social personality disorder where he doesn't give a fuck about anything much or anyone. Sometimes I want to be like Alex, a strong, center-minded individual. Maybe he's not the one who's crazy. Maybe it's the world whose fucking crazy. Which rises the quest ion, what is crazy? What does it mean. Who does it apply to? and why are people really afraid of it all? Really? People who like this film are probably fascinated with it's reality. It's reality is so different and so easy for someone like the person watching it to conquor it. When you can conquor the world or know you can it can probably be fascinating(?). All the characters like his mother and father can be easily taken advantage of. I liked the photography. I thought it was ok. Well composed. That's it, it for me. Ricardo Pulido... (Reply to this) (Thread)

matthew spears (Anonymous) 2007-05-23 19:03 (link)

This movie seem like one that a lot of people would hate and love. Liberal people would love it because of how it didn’t hold back or seem to care about what people would think. And conservative probably disagreed and called the movie an abomination. In my opinion it was a good enough movie to keep me awake so I would have to say that it was good. Its not like it was all talk and no action. In fact there was a lot of action, or different kinds of action to be exact. The camera angles were different than most movies, and the soundtrack really helped to pull the audience in. The whole part of the movie about taking away a persons human nature was a unique topic at least for me it was. I just like those kind of topics that make a person think. It reminded me of my psychology class. Well anyways.. you can’t take away a person nature. You can’t make them good or bad. A person is and individual. Because it would be like taking away a part of someone. Peoples characteristics make them who they are and make them unique. So if you were to take a person’s sarcasm it would change them to a different person. (Reply to this) (Thread)

crysta yescas (Anonymous) 2007-05-30 19:52 (link)

of the many that hate this film i am part of the many who love it. i found the brutal action in this surreal distopia very intriguing and watching alex's journey and his choices between what's "good" and what's "bad". of course what really stood out me were the many scenes of sex and violence. probably my favorite scene was the scene with the two girls and alex having a threesome. i liked the speed of the scene the colors and the techno beetovhen music. i also found their reform plan for stanley's horrible, inhuman, ways and hobbies humorous as it poked fun of the ideas of the possible ways they could help stop and control alex's menace ways. Kubrick implies that Alex is no longer human and instead somewhat of a robot without the power of choice. Using Alex as an experiment to regulate his urges for chaos, they were able to excercise a way to condition him to feel nausea when he did the things he once enjoyed. (Reply to this) (Thread)