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Hsaru · 03-13-2008, 08:51 PM

I finally got to watch A Clockwork Orange, and it has to be one of the best movies I've ever seen. Malcom Mcdowell's character "Alex" is the most chilling and interesting acting performance I can remember.

How does the book compare to the movie, is it worth reading? And for those who have seen the movie did you like/dislike it?

il Padrino Ute · 03-13-2008, 09:08 PM

I've not read the book. I have seen the movie, but it was many years ago and I don't remember much about it but that it was disturbing. Perhaps that's why it is considered a very good movie - it's shock value really stands out and causes a rather large impression upon viewers.

I ought to watch it again now that I'm a bit older and allegedly more of an adult.

TripletDaddy · 03-13-2008, 09:27 PM

The book is better because you are better able to understand what Alex is thinking, his psyche, and how he perceives his acts of ultraviolence...or better said, how numb he is to them.

Also, there is some background and context for the nadsat/droogspeak, which in the movie sounds like Russian on LSD...actually, given the contents of the drinks at the Korova Milk Bar, it probably was Russian on LSD.

I thought the movie was excellent, though. Especially the sequences with the Ludovico Technique.

Sometimes I think that reading CB is a great exercise in Ludovico Technique.

03-13-2008, 08:51 PM	#1
Hsaru Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 108	A Clockwork Orange I finally got to watch A Clockwork Orange, and it has to be one of the best movies I've ever seen. Malcom Mcdowell's character "Alex" is the most chilling and interesting acting performance I can remember. How does the book compare to the movie, is it worth reading? And for those who have seen the movie did you like/dislike it?

03-13-2008, 09:08 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I've not read the book. I have seen the movie, but it was many years ago and I don't remember much about it but that it was disturbing. Perhaps that's why it is considered a very good movie - it's shock value really stands out and causes a rather large impression upon viewers. I ought to watch it again now that I'm a bit older and allegedly more of an adult. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

03-13-2008, 09:27 PM	#3
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	The book is better because you are better able to understand what Alex is thinking, his psyche, and how he perceives his acts of ultraviolence...or better said, how numb he is to them. Also, there is some background and context for the nadsat/droogspeak, which in the movie sounds like Russian on LSD...actually, given the contents of the drinks at the Korova Milk Bar, it probably was Russian on LSD. I thought the movie was excellent, though. Especially the sequences with the Ludovico Technique. Sometimes I think that reading CB is a great exercise in Ludovico Technique. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte