Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
helps teach that violence & disorder can be overcome
Some of the reviewers claim that this movie does nothing but promote violence, but this statement couldn't be farther from the truth. Sure there IS a lot of violence in the movie, BUT if you read the book & or REALLY watched the movie you can fully understand what is trying to be said. There is a "lost" 21st chapter in the book, it was removed from the movie & the first printings of the book because American's were thought to have not liked this last chapter. The number 21 symbolizes maturity -- hence this being the chapter of him being cured & actually making a family of his own & learning his wrongs. All in all what this movie says is that you CAN change. Alex was the epitome of "droogness" yet he was able to change. Think about the movie, don't just grimace at the "ultra violence". I also strongly recommend reading the book as well, it has a lot of things that were left out of Mr. Kubrick's movie remake. Now someone said in a review the storyline was weak -- this makes me ponder as to what is a strong storyline? What could be more powerful then a story of a lost hopeless man fighting his way out of the clutches of being a droog leader only to find the light? You tell me.