Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Appy-polly-loggies, my droogs!
Well, NOW I see what is so special. My dad freaked out when my sister and I mentioned we wanted to see this, as he had seen it more than twenty years ago, and found it the most grotesque things he'd ever witnessed. I agree, it's shocking, violent, and unapologetic in it's representation of things that most other directors would have turned the carmera from at said points.I understand why I rarley have ever seen any clips or scenes on TV, other than Alex's menacing stare in the opening, and the ten seconds of his droogs walking along the riverbank in slow motion. There may be all of ten minutes of television-appropriate material in this entire film! Let this be a warning to the easily offended. Not a movie night movie for groups of freinds looking for a good time!However, it is also a fascinating character study, and if you have a strong heart and stomach, you'll cut through all the offensiveness to find a rather brilliant story. By today's standards, it's not violent in terms of slasher blood/gore, but rather in the purity of the violence of the acts. As the movie portrays, its all a beautiful dance number, that just happens to end in people bloodied, raped, or dead.Alot of it may seem over-the-top, but in the world Kubrick created, it makes sense to us in some weird, perverted way. Dont watch it lightly.