A Clockwork Orange (20)

Oh boy. A lot of people told me not to watch A Clockwork Orange because I would be offended by it and not "get it." Well, to some degree they were right. While I didn't love it and I feel odd saying I liked it, I'm glad I saw it. I didn't hate it. I was un-comfortable a good deal of the time, but really, I've seen as bad, if not worse, in other movies. I did easily pick up on the "slang" that the original author of the book created. It only took me a few minutes to understand most of it. The overall movie itself left me scratching my head thinking, "Ok....?" The title itself I don't even get. Was something orange? Was there a clock? Or did something happen like clockwork?

While at first I really loathed the main character, I had a warm spot for him in my heart by the end of the movie, but maybe I shouldn't have. It was extremely difficult to watch his eyes being held open, that made me a bit squeamish.

Why is this a top 100? Honestly I think the only reason it can be is because it is so oddly disturbing and psychotic that it captures your attention in ways that most movies can't. For it's time, I'm sure that the direction it took was completely un-seen before. It's one of those movies you WANT to watch again, even though you were disturbed by it the first time, just so that you can try to make some sense of it.

Would I see it again...probably. Would I own it...no.