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A Clockwork Orange (Book)
ackblom12:
I loved the movie and the book both, but honestly I detested Chapter 21.
clockworkjames:
The main bastardisation of the book in the film was that the film pretty much missed the main point of the book.
It misses out a HUGE part of Alex's life and with this you miss the transformation made from boy to man, he is never really a boy in the film and alot of artistic license is taken so you miss out on what Burgess tries to say in the book.
I need to read the book again and watch the film I guess. I did not really like the film but the book was viddy viddy horrorshow.
Just my dva pretty polly.
VladDamien:
Actually, the movie ending is simply trying to enforce the notion of the title (which is skipped in the movie when they're with the writer... that pissed me off quite a bit).
clockworkjames:
Yeah, something about sweet orange juice.
Darby Crashed:
As for the whole "21st Chapter" hubbub, keep in mind that Kubric claims to have not even known about the 21st chapter until he was almost done with the screenplay, if memory serves.
Personally, I enjoy both the book and the film, and try to keep the two as separate tellings of the same story in my mind. A great book will never really be done direct justice by its film adaptation, which is a good thing in a way. I'd be a bit unsettled if any director, even Kubric, could match my imagination.
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