In the Future Rape Rocks!

There's a couple of things that are different in the future. One of them is that women are raped like..a lot...like way more then today. People wear the shortest of short shorts and wear huge goofy-ass thick rimmed glasses. Finally, teenagers wear attatchable eye lashes and everyone in the future enjoys drinking milk on furniture that is either shaped after nude women or they take dead nude women and cement them in the position so you can sit on them..

Incase you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about the movie "A Clockwork Orange." I had never seen this until two nights ago and let me say..the first hour was disappointing.

"A Clockwork Orange (1971)"

This movie is set in futuristic England where Teenage boys run around at night and just do whatever the fuck they want. One gets caught due to his group turning on him and he willingly partakes in a medical procedure that will keep him from commiting ultra-violence..

So..I want to explain really quick before I really get into anything that I loved the end of this movie..I really loved the end of this movie. On first viewing though..I have heavy, heavy dislike for the first hour. For one..I don't think I'd ever hear myself saying this but here goes: There's just to much gratuitous rape/sex/nudity. Dunno if anyone agrees but once you've seen a rape, and an almost rape..I've seen enough. I wonder if maybe that's why the 3rd scene of nudity is sped up? Even though the third one is sped up...it bored the living fuck out of me and was totally taking my interest away.

The "ultra-violence" and stuff in the first hour didn't bother me at all. Just the rape..one man can only take so much rape..did I mention that in the future they have promiscuous sex like..5 times more then my generation does (which sickens the fuck out of me to begin with.) I guess Kubrick is kind of right though when it comes to that cause that's where we're heading in the future..O'Kay, more on point. Kubrick is awesome, he's always been awesome but I don't like the beginning of this movie..to me it feels like he had all this built up sexual tension and this is how he got it out. On film...

Also, what the hell is up with the eyelashes? Offhand I can't remember if they sort of explained what it was about but I don't think they did. Maybe they explain it more thoroughly in the book but I can't remember them explaining it even a bit in the flick, I just assumed it had something to do with him going out and tearing shit up at night. Which makes sense cause I can't recall seeing it after Alex gets caught thanks to his woman raping buddies turning on him and leaving him for the police..

Once Alex gets locked up the movie gets really cool though and completely turned my negativity around. He gets the procedure, all that shenannigans, comes out and has to have the shittiest luck I've ever seen. He just gets shit on by everyone and runs into all the wrong people. As someone said to me "It's hard to make someone hate a character...then feel bad for them," and they were 100% true. Kubrick does it and does it well. It's quite amazing.

The movie was resolved wonderfully too. If I have one or two other problem with this movie is that Walter/Wendy Carlos (whatever you want to call this once gender-confused whacko,) gets a lot of credit..and I really don't think he/she deserves it. A lot of the songs used are just pieces by other composers, some the same put just a bit reworked. My other problem is that I find Kubricks re-use of the same cues/themes annoying. He uses the exact same one with no different too it. I must've heard the "Title Music from A Clockwork Orange," track 4 times...i don't dig that. The best track on the soundtrack though is "March from a Clockwork Orange," but guess what? It's from Beethovens Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement..just played all whacked on a a Moog Synthesizer or something. Who the fuck knows. I do know that some people feel different about Kubrick re-using the same music but I noticed 3 or so weeks ago when I watched "The Shining," with Robyn and I noticed it again in this damn movie..don't like it.

Overall I really like "A Clockwork Orange," and despite the extremely dark beginning and whacked out shit it's an awesome movie, especially the last hour. The last hour is..fucking genius. "A Clockwork Orange," is amazing just for the fact that this was released almost 40 years ago and how advanced feeling the movie feels. Kubrick really makes you believe your in the future. The whole movie is pretty damn good except for the beginning but I've got a feeling that will grow on me with more viewings. Overall I give it an 8 out of 10! If you're one of the few, like I was, and haven't seen this go and check it out..it's good stuff.

IMDB link for "A Clockwork Orange."

If you check out the Trivia on IMDB there's some really interesting stuff on there. Usually directors trademarks are posted in the trivia section aswell, which brings me to my next point. Some directors have trademarks that are seen in their films such as Spielberg has one where he shoots something occuring in a mirror. In the second half of "A Clockwork Orange," there's a part that set off a light bulb above my head. Well, I think I've discovered a Kubrick trademark. I will have to one day re-check the rest of his movies but in "A Clockwork Orange," and "The Shining," there are people making the most ridiculous faces ever. In "The Shining," it's Danny. In "A Clockwork Orange," it's the paralyzed guy with quite possibly the gayest assistant ever. You can see the shot to the right, click it for a bigger view. I haven't seen ALL of Kubricks movies yet so until then let me know if you can think any other occurances of this if you know any.

Anyways, I hope this review was much better and at least a bit funny. I worked hard on this one while I listened to the soundtrack for "A Clockwork Orange." I will maybe have something up later tonight. Until then you shoud all go and participate in some ultra-violence.