Excellent movies

[Wooderson]

Am I the only one who thinks A Clockwork Orange is just a curiosity? I thought the movie itself was rather bland and just plain weird, sure the psychological elements were really well presented and it raised a few very good question about psychological treatment and it's ups and downs but at the end of the day it was just a peculiar piece of psychology rather than a good movie to me.

At the time of its release it had a lot more impact. It was banned for many years here in the UK.

Like most sci-fi films, they hack into what is happening in society at the time , whether or not the film is set in the present or future. A Clockwork Orange came out at such a time where teenagers were feared a lot. Look up Stanley Cohen's book 'Folk Devils and Moral Panics'. Alex and his Droogs are pretty much representing the teens in the media at the time, but stylistically set in a teenage dystopia.

You can dwell/masturbate to all these reasons as to why the film is great to someone who agrees on why, or you can simply disagree and say nah you're just looking for reasons or that its pretentious. Thats totally up to the individual, but thats one reason as to why the film is admired.