Klassic Kubrick

Rating: 10/10 (20 October 2009)

This film not only amazed me with its diverse, beautiful, and sometimes "strange" art, it also made me think about the world, government, and human nature.
In many of Kubrick's films, he takes the audience through a journey of the human mind whether the character is "good" or "evil". Alex Delarge is not exactly a good guy. He rapes, murders, tortures, and manipulates. Though throughout the movie we feel pity for him. Kubrick makes you relate to Alex as he goes through his own journey with the government.
As I watched the film, I was scared for Alex, I didn't like the doctors who put him through the treatment, I didn't like his parents for basically kicking him out of the house. I found myself cheering for the bad guy. I was relating to him even though we have more differences than not.
That is the power of Kubrick, since the first time I saw the film it has been with me. Not only as an incredible art-form, but as a mirror of life.
The book along with the film isn't about Alex or the other droogs, it is about government. How they can manipulate us and drag us down but in the end buy us back. I was born in 1994 and saw the film in 2006, so I had the advantage of knowing what happened after 1971 and how the world/gov. has changed. When I ask people about the movie who originally saw it, they say they were shocked. Back then, most people didn't want to except that the world and people can sometimes be horrible. A Clockwork Orange wasn't a big shock as I was watching it because of the generation I am in, but I can understand how it was.
Regardless of who saw it or who will see it, the movie is for every generation. Alex could be anyone and it is simply a story of a man and his world. You don't have to go through his exact situation to relate, just be open minded. A lot of people look at the title or a poster and say the movie is trash without watching it. Unfortunately that's the world we live in.
But I can recommend this to people who like thought out stories and well acted movies. Malcolm Mcdowell was the perfect choice. He rips out every emotion in him leaving me on the edge of my seat wanting to jump through the screen and be right next to him in his story.
No movie will ever match the power of realism movies like A Clockwork Orange do. They show people how people are, and hopefully inspire people to change the world and make it better.